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<p> '''''brook''''' ( נחל , <i> '''''naḥal''''' </i> , אפיק , <i> ''''''āphı̄ḳ''''' </i> , יאור , <i> '''''ye'ōr''''' </i> , מיכל , <i> '''''mı̄khāl''''' </i> ; χείμαρῥηος , <i> '''''cheı́marrhos''''' </i> ): In [[Palestine]] there are few large streams. Of the smaller ones many flow only during the winter, or after a heavy rain. The commonest [[Hebrew]] word for brook is <i> '''''naḥal''''' </i> , which is also used for <i> river </i> and for <i> valley </i> , and it is not always clear whether the valley or the stream in the valley is meant ( Numbers 13:23; Deuteronomy 2:13; 2 Samuel 15:23 ). The Arabic <i> '''''wādy''''' </i> , which is sometimes referred to in this connection, is not an exact parallel, for while it may be used of a dry valley or of a valley containing a stream, it means the valley and not the stream. <i> ''''''Āphı̄ḳ''''' </i> and <i> '''''ye'ōr''''' </i> are translated both "brook" and "river," ר , <i> '''''ye'or''''' </i> being generally used of the Nile ( Exodus 1:22 , etc.), though in Daniel 12:5-7 , of the Tigris. <i> '''''Cheimarrhos''''' </i> , "winter-flowing," is applied in John 18:1 to the Kidron. Many of the streams of Palestine which are commonly called rivers would in other countries be called brooks, but in such a dry country any perennial stream assumes a peculiar importance. </p> | |||
<p> '''''brook''''' ( נחל , <i> '''''naḥal''''' </i> , אפיק , <i> ''''''āphı̄ḳ''''' </i> , יאור , <i> '''''ye'ōr''''' </i> , מיכל , <i> '''''mı̄khāl''''' </i> ; χείμαρῥηος , <i> '''''cheı́marrhos''''' </i> ): In Palestine there are few large streams. Of the smaller ones many flow only during the winter, or after a heavy rain. The commonest Hebrew word for brook is <i> '''''naḥal''''' </i> , which is also used for <i> river </i> and for <i> valley </i> , and it is not always clear whether the valley or the stream in the valley is meant ( Numbers 13:23; Deuteronomy 2:13; 2 Samuel 15:23 ). The Arabic <i> '''''wādy''''' </i> , which is sometimes referred to in this connection, is not an exact parallel, for while it may be used of a dry valley or of a valley containing a stream, it means the valley and not the stream. <i> ''''''Āphı̄ḳ''''' </i> and <i> '''''ye'ōr''''' </i> are translated both "brook" and "river," ר , <i> '''''ye'or''''' </i> being generally used of the Nile ( Exodus 1:22 , etc.), though in Daniel 12:5-7 , of the Tigris. <i> '''''Cheimarrhos''''' </i> , "winter-flowing," is applied in John 18:1 to the Kidron. Many of the streams of Palestine which are commonly called rivers would in other countries be called brooks, but in such a dry country any perennial stream assumes a peculiar importance. </p | |||
Revision as of 13:28, 6 October 2021
brook ( נחל , naḥal , אפיק , 'āphı̄ḳ , יאור , ye'ōr , מיכל , mı̄khāl ; χείμαρῥηος , cheı́marrhos ): In Palestine there are few large streams. Of the smaller ones many flow only during the winter, or after a heavy rain. The commonest Hebrew word for brook is naḥal , which is also used for river and for valley , and it is not always clear whether the valley or the stream in the valley is meant ( Numbers 13:23; Deuteronomy 2:13; 2 Samuel 15:23 ). The Arabic wādy , which is sometimes referred to in this connection, is not an exact parallel, for while it may be used of a dry valley or of a valley containing a stream, it means the valley and not the stream. 'Āphı̄ḳ and ye'ōr are translated both "brook" and "river," ר , ye'or being generally used of the Nile ( Exodus 1:22 , etc.), though in Daniel 12:5-7 , of the Tigris. Cheimarrhos , "winter-flowing," is applied in John 18:1 to the Kidron. Many of the streams of Palestine which are commonly called rivers would in other countries be called brooks, but in such a dry country any perennial stream assumes a peculiar importance.
