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river

/ˈɹɪvɚ/, /ˈɹɪvə/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea. Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.

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Umlambo

natural watercourse

This is an excavation faced with solid masonry, which is connected with a harbour, river or basin.
Le mingxunya ijonge imansori eziqinileyo, ezidibene kwizibuku, umlambo okanye kwisidibi.

umlambo

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large stream which drains a landmass

This is an excavation faced with solid masonry, which is connected with a harbour, river or basin.
Le mingxunya ijonge imansori eziqinileyo, ezidibene kwizibuku, umlambo okanye kwisidibi.

River

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A male given name.

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The infant Moses was concealed among the reeds on the banks of the Nile River and thus escaped the slaughter of Israelite male babies as ordered by Pharaoh of Egypt.
Imveku uMoses yafihlwa phakathi kweengcongolo kwiindonga zoMlambo umNayile ibe ngaloo ndlela yasinda ekubulaweni kweentsana ezingamakhwenkwe zamaSirayeli ngokomyalelo kaFaro waseYiputa.

This spring is one of the headwaters of the Jordan River.
Lo mthombo ungomnye wekomkhulu lamanzi oMlambo iYordan.

Our community, formerly known as the Forrest River Mission, had provisions for schooling from grade one through grade five.
Indawo esasihlala kuyo, ngaphambili eyayisaziwa ngokuba yiForrest River Mission, yayinesikolo esiqala kwibanga lokuqala ukusa kwelesihlanu.

It identifies a witness to the transaction as a servant of “Tattannu, governor of Across-the-River” —the same Tattenai who appears in the Bible book of Ezra.
Libonisa ngomntu owayelingqina kweso siqinisekiso ukuba wayesisicaka “sikaTattannu, umlawuli Ngaphaya KoMlambo,” lo nguTatenayi, ekuthethwa ngaye kwincwadi yeBhayibhile kaEzra.

The Israelites are ready to cross the Jordan River into the land of Caʹnaan.
AmaSirayeli alungele ukuwela uMlambo iYordan aye kungena elizweni lakwaKanan.

She and other devout women had assembled for worship by a river when the apostle proclaimed the good news to them.
Yena nabanye abafazi abathanda unqulo babehlanganisene ngasemlanjeni beye kunqula xa lo mpostile wabashumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo.

Sztum is a town of about 10,000 situated near the point where the Vistula River empties into the Baltic Sea.
ISztum yidolophu enabemi abamalunga ne-10 000 eme kufutshane nendawo apho uMlambo oyiVistula ungena kuyo kuLwandle iBaltic.

One morning Swamp Rat stuck his head through the reeds on the bank of the river.
Ngenye intsasa iBuzi loMgxobhozo lalivele ngentloko ezingcongolweni ezaziseludongeni lomlambo.

At the point where the Tsirku River enters the Chilkat River, however, earth faults and glacial action resulted in a large basin being gouged out to depths greater than 750 feet [230 m] below sea level.
Noko ke, apho uMlambo iTsirku ungenelela kuMlambo iChilkat khona, iintanda ezisemhlabeni nokuhamba komkhence zibangele ukuba kuvuleke isidibi esikhulu esinobunzulu obungaphezu kweemitha ezingama-230 ngaphantsi kokuphakama kolwandle.

On Saturday that same week, they were baptized in the Maroni River.
NgoMgqibelo kwakuloo veki, babhaptizwa kuMlambo iMaroni.

The soaring demand for irrigation water in that area is draining dry the rivers and streams the lake depends on for its existence.
Into ebangela ukuba eli chibi lingabi namanzi, kukuba amanzi emilambo nemisinga yalapho, kunkcenkceshelwa ngawo.

Because lots of rain falls at that time of year, the river was very full just a few minutes before.
Ngenxa yokuba ngelo xesha lonyaka imvula ina ngamandla, umlambo wawuzele uphuphuma kwimizuzu nje embalwa ngaphambi koko.

For thousands of years, people have fished the earth’s seas, lakes, and rivers.
Kangangeminyaka engamawaka, abantu bebesoloko beloba kwiilwandle, kumachibi nakwimilambo yomhlaba.

Despite their size and number, rivers carry very little of the world’s fresh water.
Nangona imikhulu yaye imininzi, imilambo inomlinganiselo omncinane wamanzi anokuselwa.

(Ezra 1:1, 2) Further, no literal river ever emerged from Jerusalem’s temple.
(Ezra 1: 1, 2) Ngaphezu koko, kwakungekho mlambo wokoqobo owawusuka etempileni yaseYerusalem.

I live on an Amerindian reservation called Waramuri, which is on the Moruka River, in the northwestern district of Guyana.
Ndihlala kwindawo yamaIndiya aseMerika ebizwa ngokuba yiWaramuri, emi kuMlambo iMoruka, ekumntla-ntshona wesithili saseGuyana.

The “river of water of life” represents Jehovah’s provisions for recovering obedient humans from sin and death.
“Umlambo wamanzi obomi” umela amalungiselelo kaYehova okuhlangula abantu abathobelayo esonweni nasekufeni.

Of the six nights, we spent four sleeping in the open mountain air or beside a river.”
Kwezo ngokuhlwa zintandathu, ezine sazichitha silele empengempenge okanye ecaleni komlambo.”

According to this theory, since they frequently dreamed about their deceased loved ones, they assumed that a soul continued living after death, that it left the body and dwelt in trees, rocks, rivers, and so on.
Ngokwale ngcamango, ekubeni babephupha ngokufuthi ngabantu babo abathandekayo abangasekhoyo, babecinga ukuba umphefumlo uyaqhubeka uphila emva kokufa, nokuba uyawushiya umzimba uze uhlale emithini, emaweni, emilanjeni, njalo njalo.

But when does that river flow, and what does it mean for us today?
Kodwa uqukuqela nini lo mlambo, yaye kuthetha ntoni kuthi namhlanje oko?

In 1940, at the beginning of World War II, I lost a beloved uncle in the heavy fighting on the river Somme.
Ngowe-1940, ekuqaleni kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II, umalume wam othandekayo wabulawa kwimfazwe eyayigquba kumlambo iSomme.

9 In Moses’ day, when the Nile River was turned into blood, the Egyptians were able to keep alive by seeking other sources of water.
9 Ngomhla kaMoses, xa uMlambo umNayile wajikwa waba ligazi, amaYiputa akwazi ukuhlala ephila ngokufuna eminye imithombo yamanzi.

38 Others bring the bodies of their loved ones to be burned on pyres by the riverside, and then the ashes may be strewn in the river.
38 Amanye ezisa nemizimba yabathandekayo bawo ukuba itshiswe ngaselunxwemeni lwalo mlambo, yaye emva koko uthuthu lwayo lusenokusasazwa apho emlanjeni.

They sailed up the river Rhine to Worms, where they finished their work.
Benyusa umlambo iRhine ngesikhephe bejolise imibombo eWorms, apho bawugqibezela khona umsebenzi wabo.

An experienced navigator who advises the Captain or Master on the navigation during the approach to or departure from a port or stretch of river or canal.
Ngumatiloshe onamava owazisa uKapteni okanye uMphathi malunga nokuhamba ngolwandle ngexesha lokusondela okanye lokushiya inxweme okanye ukunaba komlambo okanye komjelo.