Strong H5158H5158Gנַ֫חַל
Brook
One of the 10 senses of Strong H5158
- Transliteration
- nachal nachlâh nachălâh
- Pronunciation
- {nakh'-al} {nakh'-law} nakh-al-aw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Brook of the Willows: the wadi named in Isaiah 15:7, also rendered “Ravine of the Poplars.”
General definition
From H5157 in its original sense; a {stream} especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine): - {brook} {flood} {river} {stream} valley.
In the biblical story
Brook of the Willows
Boundary of Moab's territory
The Brook of the Willows was a boundary of Moab's territory, possibly near the Wadi Zered.
In the Bible
Strong H5158G appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- brook1
First verses
- Isaiah 15:7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.