The following terms designate artificial or temporary flowings of water of greater or less extent, some of them of local nse:
3. Yii'ir (liX^ or "IN^), once (Eccles. xxiv, 27) Or (^it, by abbreviation), is properly a canal (perhaps an Egyp- tian word), specifically a branch of the Nile (so in the plur., Exod. vii, 19; viii, 5; 2 Kings xix, 24; Job xxviii, 10; Psa. Ixxviii, 44: Isa. vii, IS; xix, 6, 7; xxxiii, 21 ; xxxvii, 26; Ezek. xxix, 3, 4, 5, 10; xxx, 12; Nah. iii, 8), and so the Nile itself (in the sing , Gen. xli, 1, 2, 3, 17: Exod. i, 22; ii, 3, 5; iv, 9 ; vii, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25; viii, 3, 9, 11 ; xvii, 5; Isa. xxiii, 3, 10; Jer. xlvi, 7, 8; Ezek. xxix, 3, 9 ; .\m()s viii, S ; ix, 5 ; Zech. x, 11), and iu Daniel (xii, 5, 0, 7) the river Ulai, a similar alluvial stream.
4. Shwhor ("liiTylJ), a "black" or turbid stream, as swol- len or discolored by showers, either generally (Isa. xxiii, 3 ; Jer. ii, 18) or specifically (the Belus, Josh, xix, 26 ; and perhai)s the .\rish, xiii, 3 ; 1 Chron. xiii, 5).
6. Pelcg (233), a channel, a poetical term for the divis- ions of a stream (Psa. xlvi, 4), such as the gullies of Reu- ben (Jndg. v, 15, 16), the subdivisions of an irrigating stream (Psa. i, 3), contrasted with Jitbdl (Isa. xxx, -25), or with ydchal (Job xx, 17), or even the dew (Psa. Ixv, 9).
6. Mikdl (bDi"a), a rivulet (2 Sam. xvii, 20).
7. Te'ddh {trS'JT}), a conduit or trench for water raised or poured out for irrigation, such as a ditch (1 Kings xviii, 32, 35, 3S), an aqueduct (2 Kind's xviii, 17 ; xx, 20; Isa. vii, 3; xxxvl, 2; see also Job xxxviii, 25), or for a garden (Ezek. xxxi, 4).
The following denote rainfall or its effects more or less direct :
8. Ge.ihem (D"^;?), a shower, i. e. sudden and heavy rain as it ordinarily falls in the East.
9. Zerem (SIT), a storm or violent and overwhelming rain (e. «■. Job xxiv, 8 ; Isa. xxv, 4 ; xxviii, 2 ; Hab. iii, 10 ; comp. Matt, vii, 27).
10. Vabdl (b^^i), Vabdl (^2^), or Ubal (bs^S or bsX), ti freshet or overflow of streams from rain (Isa. xxx, 25; xli V, 4 ; Jer. xvii, 8) ; hence the Ulai itself, as liable to such inundations (Dan. viii, 2, 3, 6).
11. Ajihik (p^SX), an outburst or crevasse in the banks of an alluvial stream or mountain torrent, throwing the water into new and destructive channels; a poetical term for any unusual rush (.Tob vi, 15; Psa. xiii, 1; Cant, v, 12; Isii. viii, 7; Ezek. vi, 2; xxxi, 12; Joel i, 20, etc.).
12. Nozel (5T3), a (lushing, as tears (Job xxxvi, 28 ; Isa. xlv, S), brooklets (Psa. Ixxviii, 16; Prov. v, IS, etc.), or the sea (Exod. xv, 8).
13. Shibbf'leth ("ba^r), n full Stream (Psa. Ixix, 12, 15; Isa. xxvii, 12).
14. £.ihed n':i^}, a rapid (Numb, xxi, 15 : Josh, x, 50 ; xii, 8) ; in the plur. especially the tumbling stream burst- ing forth from the roots of Pisgah (Deut. iii, 17; iv, 49; Josh, xii, 3 : xiii, 20).
15. Slieteph (C]I3"^), a poetical word apparently for a local inundation (Job xxxviii, 25; Psa. x.xxii, 6; Prov. xxvii, 4; Dan. ix, 26; xi, 22; Nah. i, S).
16. Mnbbfil (b^ia^X a deluge, as of the accumulation of waters iu the sky (Psa. xxix, 10), and especially Noah's flood.
II. Sources of supply, whether living or otherwise.
1. Ai/in ("j^?), lit. "an eye," hence a spring of natural
water open and running (A. V. usually " fountain," but unfortunately "well" iu Gen. xvi, 7; Numb, xxxiii, 9 [comp. Exod. XV, 27]; Deut. viii, 7; xxxiii, 28; 1 Sam. xxix, 1; 2 Chron. xxxii, 3; Neh. ii, 14; iii, 15; xii, 37; Prov. viii, 28). It is applied, in the nature of a proper name (being a marked feature of any locality) to the fol- lowing places: simply ,4 Mi, a city of Simeon (Josh, xv, 32; xix, 7; xxxi, 16; 1 Chron. iv, 32); the Ain, a land- mark of Palestine (Numb, xxxiv, 11); the two Ains, i.e. Eiiani (Josh, xv, 34; comp. Gen. xxxviii, 14, 21); the spring of Jezreel (1 Sam. xxix, 1), of Harod (Judg. vii, 1), the dragon spring (Neh. ii, 13), of Shur (Gen. xvi, 7) ; also En-dor, En-eglaim, En-gannim, En-gedi, En-h:uldah, En- hak-kore, Eu-hazor, Eii-mishpah, En-riuimon, Eu-rogel, En-shemesh, En-tappuah, and .lEnon.
2. Maijdn ("i"^"^), ixfotmtaia consisting of a collection of springs (" fountain," Gen. vii, 10 ; viii, 2 ; Lev. xi, 36 ; Psa. Ixxiv, 15 ; cxiv, 8 ; Prov. v, 16 ; viii, 24 ; xxv, 26 ; Cant, iv, 12, 15; Isa. xli, IS; Hos. xiii, 15; Joel iii, 18; "well," Psa. Ixxxiv, 6; Isa. xii, 3; "springs," Psa. Ixxxvii, 7; civ, 10); hence (topographically) a place watered by springs ("fountain," Josh, xv, 9; 1 Kings xviii, 5; 2 Chron. xxxii, 4; "well," Josh, xviii, 15; 2 Kings iii, 19, 25).
3. Motsd (XST!3), a source or spring-head ("spring," 2 Kiugs ii, 21; Isa. xli, IS; Iviii, 11; "watercourse," 2 Chron. xxxii, 30; "water-springs," Psa. cvii, 33, 35).