Meaning: From the Hebrew Nahaliel, 'torrent of God' or 'valley of God' — nahal ('stream; wadi') joined to El ('God'). In the Book of Numbers it is a place name, one of the stations of the Israelites on the journey through the wilderness; its use as a given name is modern.Medium
In 30 seconds: Nahaliel is Hebrew for 'torrent of God' (said 'nuh-HAY-lee-el') — a biblical wilderness place name now used for boys.
MeaningFrom the Hebrew Nahaliel, 'torrent of God' or 'valley of God' — nahal ('stream; wadi') joined to El ('God'). In the Book of Numbers it is a place name, one of the stations of the Israelites on the journey through the wilderness; its use as a given name is modern.
Nahaliel joins the Hebrew nahal, 'stream' or 'wadi', with El, 'God' — 'torrent of God'. It appears in the Book of Numbers as a stopping place in the wilderness rather than as a person, and its life as a given name is recent, part of a wider modern interest in -el names from scripture (said 'nuh-HAY-lee-el').
In the U.S. it appears only rarely. Rare, biblical, and flowing.
Did you know? Nahaliel is a place before it is a person: in the Book of Numbers it is one of the camps on the Israelites' desert journey, its name meaning 'torrent of God' — a stream in dry country, which says a good deal (said 'nuh-HAY-lee-el').
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References — Nahaliel — Hebrew nahal + El, 'torrent of God'; Numbers 21
