BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5160
na.cha.li.el — Nahaliel
Nahaliel = "torrents of God" a station of Israel in the wilderness; located north of the Arnon Another name of le.sah (לֶ֫שַׁע "Lasha" H3962)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3962
le.sah — Lasha
Lasha = "fissure" a place in the southeast of Palestine at the limit of the Canaanites territory, near Sodom and Gomorrah Also named: na.cha.li.el (נַחֲלִיאֵל "Nahaliel" H5160)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Possession, or valley of God, one of the encampments of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 21:19), on the confines of Moab. This is identified with the ravine of the Zerka M’ain, the ancient Callirhoe, the hot springs on the east of the Jordan, not far from the Dead Sea.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
