נָעַל
nâʻal · naw-al'
properly, to fasten up, i.e. with abar or cord; hence, to sandal, i.e. furnish with slippers
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also denominative from H5275 (נַעַל)
properly, to fasten up, i.e. with abar or cord; hence, to sandal, i.e. furnish with slippers
- properly, to fasten up, i.e. with abar or cord
- hence, to sandal, i.e. furnish with slippers
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bolt, inclose, lock, shoe, shut up.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 see and know › authority, the one who leads
The seed, life continuing that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָעַל 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- upon him, and locked1 · 13%
- were locked1 · 13%
- from me, and bolt1 · 13%
- and bolted1 · 13%
- them, and shod1 · 13%
- inclosed1 · 13%
- shut up1 · 13%
- and shod1 · 13%
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.