נַחַל

נַחַלm. (b. h.; חוּל, חלל; cmp. מְחִילָּה) wady, river-bed, ravine, stream. Sabb.56b (ref. to 1 Sam. 15:5) על עסקי נ׳ (he was discussing) the subject of naḥal (Deut. 21:4), i. e. the regard due to human lives. Cant. R. to I, 2 עד שנעשה כנ׳ נובע until he (through his erudition) becomes like a bubbling stream; a. e.Pl. נְחָלִים, נְחָלִין. Ib. מה מים … ונעשין נ׳ נ׳ as waters come down in drops and grow to be torrents; Midr. Till. to Ps. 1. Ber.16a (ref. to Num. 24:6) מה נ׳ … אף אהליםוכ׳ as the waters of streams raise man from uncleanness to cleanness, so do the tents (of learning) ; a. fr.