Nahaliel

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Naha'liel. (Torrents Of God). One of the halting-places of Israel, in the latter part of their progress to Canaan.  Numbers 21:19. It lay "beyond," that is, north of, the Arnon ,  Numbers 21:13, and between Mattanah and Bamoth, the next after Bamoth being Pisgah.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("torrent of God".) A station of Israel toward the close of their journey to Canaan ( Numbers 21:19), N. of Arnon, the next stage but one to Pisgah. Probably the Wady Encheyle with the letters transposed; it runs into Mojeb, the ancient Arnon.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Nahaliel A station in the journey from the Arnon to Jericho (  Numbers 21:19 ), either Wâdy Waleh , a N.E. tributary of the Arnon, or the Wâdy Zerka Ma‘in , farther north, which runs into the Dead Sea.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

A place where Israel encamped in the wilderness, and is compounded of Nahal, brook—and El, God. ( Numbers 21:19)

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One of the stations of the Israelites.  Numbers 21:19 . Identified by some with the ravine of the Zerka Main, 31 38' N, 35 44' E .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 21:19

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 21:19

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Nachaliel', נִחֲלַיאֵל , Possession [or Valley] Of God; Sept. Νααλιήλ v.r. Μαναήλ ), the fifty-fourth encampment of the Israelites in the wilderness, between Mattanah and Bamoth ( Numbers 21:19), apparently in the northern part of the plain Ard Ramadan, south-east of Jebel Humeh, perhaps on the northern branch of Wady Waleh (Bunrckhardt. 2:635). (See Exode). It lay "beyond," that is, north of the Arnon ( Numbers 21:13), and between Mattanah and Bamoth, the next after Bamoth being Pisgah. It does not occur in the catalogue of Numbers 33, nor anywhere besides the passage quoted above. By Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Naaliel) it is mentioned as close to the Arnon. Mr. Grove, in Smith's Dict., suggests that "its name seems to imply that it was a stream or wady, and it is not impossibly preserved in that of the Wady Encheyle, which runs into the Mojeb, the ancient Arnon, a short distance to the east of the place at which the road between Rabba and Aroer crosses the ravine of the latter river. The name Encheyle, when written in Hebrew letters ( אנחילה ), is little more than נחליאל transposed." (See Mattanah).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

na - hā´li - el , na - hal´i - el ( נחליאל , naḥalı̄'ēl , "torrent valley of God"; Codex Vaticanus Μαναήλ , Manaḗl  ; Codex Alexandrinus Νααλιήλ , Naaliḗl ): A place where Israel encamped on the way from Arnon to Jericho, named with Mattanah and Bamoth   Numbers 21:19 . Eusebius, Onomasticon places it near to the Arnon. It is natural to seek for this "torrent valley" in one of the tributaries of the Arnon. It may be Wâdy Wāleh , which drains a wide area to the Northeast of the Arnon; or perhaps Wâdy Zerḳā Ma‛ı̄n farther to the North.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Naha´liel, an encampment of the Israelites in the wilderness [WANDERING].