(Shittim) Valley
נַ֫חַלStrong’s H7851nachal (na-chal)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nachal is the Hebrew word usually translated “shittim” and “from shittim”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.”
Meaning
- Abel Shittim = "meadow of acacias"
- Combined with shit.tim (שִׁטִּים " of Shittim" H7851H)
How it's translated
- shittim 3
- in shittim 1
- from shittim 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 2
- Numbers 1
- Joel 1
- Micah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
- Joshua 3:1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
- Joel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
- Micah 6:5O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים avel hashshittim · Abel-shittim
Abel Shittim = "meadow of acacias" place in lowlands of Moab Another name of shit.tim (שִׁטִּים "Shittim" H7851G)
נַ֫חַל nachal · (Shittim) Valley
Combined with shit.tim (שִׁטִּים " of Shittim" H7851H) § palm-tree
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.