נָהַל
nâhal · naw-hal'
properly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow; hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustain
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow; hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustain
- properly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow
- hence, (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: carry, feed, guide, lead (gently, on).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold › authority, the one who leads
The seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָהַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and i will lead on1 · 10%
- and he fed1 · 10%
- thou hast guided1 · 10%
- them, and carried1 · 10%
- of all other, and guided1 · 10%
- he leadeth1 · 10%
- me, and guide1 · 10%
- and shall gently lead1 · 10%
- shall he guide1 · 10%
- there is none to guide1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.