נחל

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See also: נח״ל

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
נ־ח־ל (n-ḥ-l)

Noun

נַחַל • (nákhal) m (plural indefinite נְחָלִים, plural construct נַחֲלֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form נָחַל)

  1. a stream (small river)
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) a valley
    • Tanach, Genesis 26:19, with translation of the New International Version:
      וַיַּחְפְּרוּ עַבְדֵֽי־יִצְחָק בַּנָּחַל וַיִּמְצְאוּ־שָׁם בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּֽים׃
      Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
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Etymology 2

Verb

נָחַל • (nakhál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to receive, take possession of, inherit
Conjugation
Conjugation of נָחַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first נָחַלְתִּי נָחַלְנוּ
second נָחַלְתָּ נָחַלְתְּ נְחַלְתֶּם1 נְחַלְתֶּן1
third נָחַל נָחֲלָה נָחֲלוּ
present נוֹחֵל נוֹחֶלֶת נוֹחֲלִים נוֹחֲלוֹת
future first אֶנְחַל נִנְחַל
second תִּנְחַל תִּנְחֲלִי תִּנְחֲלוּ תִּנְחַלְנָה2
third יִנְחַל תִּנְחַל יִנְחֲלוּ תִּנְחַלְנָה2
imperative נְחַל נַחֲלִי נַחֲלוּ נְחַלְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced נָחַלְתֶּם and נָחַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
References
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