נָחַל
nâchal · naw-khal'
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
- to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy
- causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: divide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 separate and protect › authority, the one who leads
The seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָחַל 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
59 occurrences · 59 OT · 0 NT · 53 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall inherit4 · 13%
- to inherit3 · 9%
- shall possess2 · 6%
- have inherited2 · 6%
- they shall inherit1 · 3%
- and take us for thine inheritance1 · 3%
- and they shall inherit1 · 3%
- by inheritance1 · 3%
- they have1 · 3%
- they shall have1 · 3%
- giveth you to inherit1 · 3%
- for we will not inherit1 · 3%
- and ye shall divide1 · 3%
- for an inheritance1 · 3%
- which shall divide1 · 3%
- which ye shall inherit1 · 3%
- ye shall inherit1 · 3%
- to divide1 · 3%
- thou shalt have no inheritance1 · 3%
- to divide the inheritance1 · 3%
- which he inheriteth1 · 3%
- and he shall cause them to inherit1 · 3%
- and ye shall take them as an inheritance1 · 3%
- giveth thee to inherit1 · 3%
- and inherit1 · 3%
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.