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נָחַל

na.chalto inheritHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb59 occurrences16 books57 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
Traditional 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).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָחַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

59 total
  1. Exodus 23:30וְנָחַלְתָּ֖ · and possess
    Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
  2. Exodus 32:13וְנָחֲל֖וּ · and it shall be their inheritance
    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
  3. Exodus 34:9וּנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ׃ · and take us as Your inheritance
    “O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
  4. Leviticus 25:46וְהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּ֨ם · You may leave
    You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
  5. Numbers 18:20תִנְחָ֔ל · inheritance
    Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
  6. Numbers 18:23יִנְחֲל֖וּ · receive an inheritance
    The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
  7. Numbers 18:24יִנְחֲל֖וּ · receive an inheritance
    For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
  8. Numbers 26:55יִנְחָֽלוּ׃ · they shall receive their inheritance
    Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
  9. Numbers 32:18הִתְנַחֵל֙ · has taken possession of
    We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.
  10. Numbers 32:19נִנְחַל֙ · have an inheritance
    Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
  11. Numbers 33:54וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם֩ · And you are to divide; תִּתְנֶחָֽלוּ׃ · You will receive an inheritance
    And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.
  12. Numbers 34:13תִּתְנַחֲל֤וּ · as an inheritance
    So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
  13. Numbers 34:17יִנְחֲל֥וּ · as an inheritance
    “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
  14. Numbers 34:18לִנְחֹ֥ל · to distribute
    Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.
  15. Numbers 34:29לְנַחֵ֥ל · to apportion the inheritance
    These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
  16. Numbers 35:8יִנְחָ֔לוּ
    The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
  17. Deuteronomy 1:38יַנְחִלֶ֥נָּה · to inherit
    Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
  18. Deuteronomy 3:28יַנְחִ֣יל · and enable them to inherit
    But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
  19. Deuteronomy 12:10מַנְחִ֣יל · is giving you as an inheritance
    When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
  20. Deuteronomy 19:3יַנְחִֽילְךָ֖ · is giving you as an inheritance
    You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.
  21. Deuteronomy 19:14תִּנְחַ֔ל · you shall receive
    You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
  22. Deuteronomy 21:16הַנְחִיל֣וֹ · assigns his inheritance
    …when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
  23. Deuteronomy 31:7תַּנְחִילֶ֥נָּה · shall give it to them as an inheritance
    Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
  24. Deuteronomy 32:8בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל · their inheritance
    When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
  25. Joshua 1:6תַּנְחִיל֙ · shall give these people the inheritance
    Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
  26. Joshua 13:32נִחַ֥ל · had given them
    These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.
  27. Joshua 14:1נָחֲל֥וּ · inherited; נִֽחֲל֜וּ · as distributed
    Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.
  28. Joshua 16:4וַיִּנְחֲל֥וּ · received their inheritance
    So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.
  29. Joshua 17:6נָחֲל֥וּ · received
    …because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
  30. Joshua 19:9וַיִּנְחֲל֥וּ · Judah’s portion
    The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.
  31. Joshua 19:49לִנְחֹל־ · distributing
    When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,
  32. Joshua 19:51נִחֲל֣וּ · distributed
    These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.
  33. Judges 11:2תִנְחַ֣ל · inheritance
    And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
  34. 1 Samuel 2:8יַנְחִלֵ֑ם · and bestows on them
    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
  35. 1 Chronicles 28:8וְהִנְחַלְתֶּ֛ם · and leave it as an inheritance
    So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
  36. Job 7:3הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי · I am allotted
    So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
  37. Psalm 69:36יִנְחָל֑וּהָ · will inherit it
    The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
  38. Psalm 82:8תִ֝נְחַ֗ל · inheritance
    Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
  39. Psalm 119:111נָחַ֣לְתִּי · are my heritage forever
    Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
  40. Proverbs 3:35יִנְחָ֑לוּ · will inherit
    The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
  41. Proverbs 8:21לְהַנְחִ֖יל · bestowing
    …bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
  42. Proverbs 11:29יִנְחַל־ · will inherit
    He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
  43. Proverbs 13:22יַנְחִ֥יל · man leaves an inheritance
    A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
  44. Proverbs 14:18נָחֲל֣וּ · inherit
    The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
  45. Proverbs 28:10יִנְחֲלוּ־ · will inherit
    He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
  46. Isaiah 14:2וְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּם · will possess [the nations]
    The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
  47. Isaiah 49:8לְהַנְחִ֖יל · to apportion
    This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
  48. Isaiah 57:13יִנְחַל־ · will inherit
    When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”