King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5159
Transliteration: nachalah
Phonetic Spelling: (nakh-al-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: possession, property, inheritance
Meaning: something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion
Word Summary
nachalah: possession, property, inheritance
Original Word: נַחֲלָהTransliteration: nachalah
Phonetic Spelling: (nakh-al-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: possession, property, inheritance
Meaning: something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion
Strong's Concordance
heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession From nachal (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion -- heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare nachal.
see HEBREW nachal
see HEBREW nachal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5159. nachalah
נַחֲלָה224 noun feminine possession, property, inheritance (originally gift; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew); — ׳נ Numbers 18:23 +; נַחֲלָת Psalm 16:6 (Ges§ 90g), read נַחֲלָתִי Ew SS We Köii. 1, 425; construct נַחֲלַת Joshua 13:23; suffix נַחֲלָתִי Ruth 4:6; נַחֲלַתְכֶם Psalm 105:11; plural נְחָלוֺת Isaiah 49:8, נְחָלֹת Joshua 19:51;
1 property:
a. in Canaan given by ׳י to Israel, ישׂראל נחלת Judges 20:6; ׳נ יעקב Isaiah 58:14, especially נַחֲלָה לְךָ נֹתֵן אֲשֶׁר Deuteronomy 4:21; 15:4; 19:10; 20:16; Deuteronomy 21:28; 24:4; 25:19; 26:1 (all D); עמי את הנחלתי אשׁר הנחלה Jeremiah 12:14.
b. distributive among tribes: נ ׳נתן לְ Numbers 16:14; 36:2; Joshua 14:3 (restore לְ), 17:4, 14; 19:49 (all P); לנ ׳נתן לְ Deuteronomy 29:7; Joshua 11:23; 14:13 (all D2); נחלה נָָֽחֲלוּ17:6(J); בּנ ׳תֵּחָלֵק Numbers 26:53, 56 (P); בּנחלה נפל 34:2 (P), Judges 18:1; Ezekiel 47:22; בנ ׳הפיל Joshua 13:6; 23:4 (D2), Ezekiel 45:1; 47:22, also 47:22 (Co reads ב for מ).
c. nations as possession of the people, Psalm 111:6; of the king 2:8.
d. Levites have no property in the land Numbers 18:23-24, Deuteronomy 10:9; 12:12; their possession is ׳י Numbers 18:20 (P); ׳י נחלתו הוּא Deuteronomy 10:9; 18:2; Joshua 13:14, 33 (all D); the tithes Numbers 18:21, 24, 26 (P).
e. ׳י takes Israel as his property, 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Kings 8:53; 2 Kings 21:14; Isaiah 19:25; Micah 7:18; Psalm 33:12; 68:10; 106:5; נחלה עם Deuteronomy 4:20 (D2); וְנַחֲלָֽתְךָ עַמְּךָ 9:26, 29 (D), 1 Kings 8:51; "" עַם Isaiah 47:6; Joel 2:17; Joel 4:2; Micah 7:14; Psalm 28:9; 78:62; 78:71; 94:5; 94:14; 106:40; י ׳נחלת 1 Samuel 26:19; 2 Samuel 20:19; 21:3; ׳נ אלהים 14:16; נ חבל ׳יעקב Deuteronomy 32:9; נ ׳שׁבט Jeremiah 10:16 = 51:19, Psalm 74:2; נ ׳שׁבטי Isaiah 63:17; also, the holy mountain Exodus 15:17 (song), temple Jeremiah 12:7; Psalm 79:1, land Jeremiah 2:7; 12:8-9, 16:18; 50:11.
2 portion, share:
a. assigned by God, Isaiah 54:17; Psalm 37:18; 127:3; elsewhere "" חֵלֶק Job 20:29; 27:13; 31:2.
b. by choice, "" נ ׳לא ישׁי בבן לנו חֵלֶק, 2 Samuel 20:1 we have no share in the son of Jesse = 1 Kings 12:16 2 Chronicles 10:16.
3 inheritance (45 t.) אָבִּינוּ בְּבֵית וְנַחֲלָה חֵלֶק Genesis 31:14 (E) portion or inheritance in the house of our father; נ ׳העביר לְ Numbers 27:7-8, (P) cause the inheritance to pass unto; נ ׳נתן לְ 27:9-10, 11 (P), Job 42:15; אבות נחלת Numbers 36:3, 8; 1 Kings 21:3-4, Proverbs 19:14; ׳נ תהיה לבניו Ezekiel 46:16.