Watercourse

Watercourse wo'-ter-kors:
(1) 'aphiq (Ezek 6:3, Ezek 31:12, Ezek 32:6, Ezek 34:13, Ezek 35:8, Ezek 36:4, Ezek 36:6), the King James Version "river," elsewhere "stream," "channel," or "brook."

(2) pelegh (Pr 21:1). "The king's heart is in the hand of Yahweh as the watercourses," the King James Version "rivers," elsewhere "streams" or "rivers."

(3) yabhal, yibheley mayim, "watercourses" (English Versions of the Bible) (Isa 44:4); in Isa 30:25, English Versions of the Bible has "streams of water"; compare yubhal, "rivers" (Jer 17:8); yubhal, "Jubal" (Ge 4:21); 'ubhal, "the river Ulai" (Dan 8:2, Dan 8:3, Dan 8:6).

(4) te`alah, "channel," the King James Version "watercourse" (Job 38:25); elsewhere "conduit," "the conduit of the upper pool" (2Kgs 18:17, Isa 7:3, Isa 36:2).

(5) tsinnor, "watercourse," the King James Version "gutter" (2Sa 5:8).

See BROOK, RIVER, STREAM, WATERFALL.

Alfred Ely Day