נַחֲלָה
nachălâh · nakh-al-aw'
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5157 (נָחַל) (in its usual sense);
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
- properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom
- generally, an estate, patrimony or portion
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נַחֲלָה 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
222 occurrences · 222 OT · 0 NT · 123 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the inheritance11 · 10%
- this is the inheritance10 · 9%
- for an inheritance9 · 8%
- thee for an inheritance8 · 7%
- his inheritance6 · 5%
- of his inheritance6 · 5%
- inheritance6 · 5%
- their inheritance5 · 5%
- nor inheritance5 · 5%
- and thine inheritance4 · 4%
- mine heritage4 · 4%
- an inheritance4 · 4%
- and their inheritance3 · 3%
- of the inheritance3 · 3%
- of thine inheritance3 · 3%
- mine inheritance3 · 3%
- them an inheritance3 · 3%
- of their inheritance3 · 3%
- is their inheritance2 · 2%
- to the inheritance2 · 2%
- from the inheritance2 · 2%
- to his inheritance2 · 2%
- of our inheritance2 · 2%
- to inherit2 · 2%
- no inheritance2 · 2%
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.