Conduit* — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Water tunnel or channel. In the OT the Hebrew word can mean rivulets in the ground made by rain (Jb 38:25, “channel”; Ez 31:4, “stream”) or a simple trench such as Elijah dug around the altar in his encounter with the prophets of Baal, a Canaanite fertility god (1 Kgs 18:31-38).

Show passage in OET: JOB 38:25

OET-RV JOB 38:25

25 Who cuts out the channels for the downpours to flow in,
⇔ ≈ and makes the path for thunderbolts?

OET-LV JOB 38:25

25 Who does _he _divide for_flood a _channel and_a _path for_the_storm _of thunder _claps.

Show passage in OET: EZE 31:4

OET-RV EZE 31:4

4 A deep water supply made it grow tall. Rivers flowed all around its area, because their channels stretched out to all the trees in the countryside.

OET-LV EZE 31:4

4 Waters they_made _it _grow the _deep it_raised _it _up DOM rivers _of_its was_going around _of place _of_its _planting and_DOM channels _of_its it _sent _out to all _of the _trees _of the_field.

Show passage in OET: KI1 18:31–38

OET-RV KI1 18:31

31 He took twelve stones (the number of the sons of Ya’akov (Jacob) who Yahweh told would be called Yisrael)

OET-RV KI1 18:32

32 and used them to rebuild Yahweh’s altar. Then around the altar he made a trench large enough to hold the water to water in two drums of seed.

OET-RV KI1 18:33

33 He arranged the firewood, and cut the bull into pieces and placed them on top,

OET-RV KI1 18:34

34 and then ordered, “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and the firewood.” Then he said “Now do it a second time,” and they did it a second time, and again he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time.

OET-RV KI1 18:35

35 The water ran around the altar and even filled the trench.

OET-RV KI1 18:36

36 When it was time to offer the evening sacrifices, the prophet Eliyah approached the altar and prayed, “Yahweh, God of Avraham, Yitshak (Isaac), and Yisrael (Israel), let it be known today that you are God in Yisrael and I’m your servant, and I’ve done all these things following your instructions.

OET-RV KI1 18:37

37 Answer me, Yahweh! Answer me, so that this country will understand that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you can turn their hearts back again.”

OET-RV KI1 18:38

38 Then Yahweh sent fire down from the sky that consumed the pieces of meat, the firewood, the stones, and the dirt around the altar, including all the water that had been in the trench.

OET-LV KI1 18:31

31 And_ ʼĒliy^yāh _he/it _took two _plus ten stones according_to _the _number _of the _tribes _of the _sons _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) whom the _message _of YHWH it _had _come to_him/it to_say Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) it _will _be name _of_your.

OET-LV KI1 18:32

32 And_he _built DOM the_stones an _altar in/on_name _of YHWH and_he/it _made a _trench like_a _receptacle _of two _seahs seed around (to)_altar.

OET-LV KI1 18:33

33 And_he _arranged DOM the_wood(s) and_he _cut _it _in _pieces DOM the _young_bull and_he/it _assigned on the_wood(s).

OET-LV KI1 18:34

34 And_he/it _said fill four jars water and_pour_it on the _burnt_offering and_on the_wood(s) and_he/it _said do_it_again and_they _did_it_again and_he/it _said do_it_a _third _time and_they _did_it_a _third _time.

OET-LV KI1 18:35

35 And_ the_waters _they _went around (to)_altar and_also DOM the_trench he _filled water.

OET-LV KI1 18:36

36 And_he/it _was when_went _up the_offering and_ ʼĒliy^yāh the_prophet _he _drew _near and_he _said Oh_YHWH the _god _of ʼAⱱrāhām Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) and_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the_day let _it _be _known if/because _that you are_god in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_I servant _of_am_your and_in/on/at/with I _have _done DOM all _of the_things the_these.

OET-LV KI1 18:37

37 Answer_me Oh_YHWH answer_me so_ the_people the_this _that _they _may _know if/because _that you Oh_YHWH the_ʼElohīm and_you(ms) you _have _turned _around DOM heart _of_their backwards.

OET-LV KI1 18:38

38 And_ the _fire _of YHWH _it _fell and_she/it _ate DOM the _burnt_offering and_DOM the_wood(s) and_DOM the_stones and_DOM the_dust and_DOM the_waters which was_in_trench it _licked _up.

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A water tunnel was constructed during King Hezekiah’s reign to bring water from the Gihon Spring, once located outside the walls of Jerusalem, to inside the city proper (“pool,” 2 Kgs 18:17; 20:20; Neh 2:14; Is 7:3; 22:9-11; 36:2). The mouth of the spring was sealed and its water diverted into the city through the conduit to keep Israel’s enemies from using the spring during a siege of the city. That tunnel expanded a tunnel begun by earlier inhabitants of the city, the Jebusites. David and his men may have entered Jerusalem through that first tunnel to overthrow the Jebusites (2 Sm 5:8).

Show passage in OET: KI2 18:17

OET-RV KI2 18:17

17 However, the Assyrian king still sent his general and some of his top officials from Lakish to King Hizkiyah in Yerushalem (Jerusalem). They arrived at Yerushalem with a large army and camped by the aquifer supplying the upper pool that was near the field where the people washed their clothes.

OET-LV KI2 18:17