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Strong's #5159 - נַחֲלָה
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- possession, property, inheritance, heritage
- property
- portion, share
- inheritance, portion
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2391) lhn (נההל NHhL) AC: Inherit CO: Inheritance AB: ?
V) lhn (נההל NHhL) - Inherit: KJV (61): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Hophal, Piel) inherit, inheritance, possess, have, divide, heritage - Strongs: H5157 (נָחַל)
Nm) lhn (נההל NHhL) - River: Also the valley of a stream. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (141): river, brook, valley, stream, flood - Strongs: H5158 (נַחְלָה)
Nf1) elhn (נההלה NHhLH) - Inheritance: KJV (222): inheritance, heritage, inherit, possession - Strongs: H5159 (נַחֲלָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 property:
a. in Canaan given by׳י to Israel, נחלת ישׂראל Judges 20:6; יעקב׳נ Isaiah 58:14, especially אֲשֶׁרנֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה Deuteronomy 4:21; Deuteronomy 15:4; Deuteronomy 19:10; Deuteronomy 20:16; Deuteronomy 21:28; Deuteronomy 24:4; Deuteronomy 25:19; Deuteronomy 26:1 (all D); הנחלה אשׁר הנחלתי את עמי Jeremiah 12:14.
b. distributive among tribes:לְ ׳נתן נ Numbers 16:14; Numbers 36:2; Joshua 14:3 (restore לְ), Joshua 17:4,14; Joshua 19:49 (all P); לְ׳נתן לנ Deuteronomy 29:7; Joshua 11:23; Joshua 14:13 (all D2); נָָֽחֲלוּ נחלה Joshua 17:6(J); ׳תֵּחָלֵק בּנ Numbers 26:53,56 (P); נפל בּנחלה Numbers 34:2 (P), Judges 18:1; Ezekiel 47:22; ׳הפיל בנ Joshua 13:6; Joshua 23:4 (D2), Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 47:22, also Ezekiel 47:22 (Co reads ב for מ).
c. nations as possession of the people, Psalm 111:6; of the king Psalm 2:8.
d. Levites have no property in the land Numbers 18:23,24; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 12:12; their possession is ׳י Numbers 18:20 (P); הוּא נחלתו׳י Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 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; Psalm 68:10; Psalm 106:5; עם נחלה Deuteronomy 4:20 (D2); עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָֽתְךָ Deuteronomy 9:26,29 (D), 1 Kings 8:51; "" עַם Isaiah 47:6; Joel 2:17; Joel 4:2; Micah 7:14; Psalm 28:9; Psalm 78:62; Psalm 78:71; Psalm 94:5; Psalm 94:14; Psalm 106:40; ׳נחלת י 1 Samuel 26:19; 2 Samuel 20:19; 2 Samuel 21:3; אלהים׳נ 2 Samuel 14:16; ׳יעקב חבל נ Deuteronomy 32:9; ׳שׁבט נ Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19, Psalm 74:2; ׳שׁבטי נ Isaiah 63:17; also, the holy mountain Exodus 15:17 (song), temple Jeremiah 12:7; Psalm 79:1, land Jeremiah 2:7; Jeremiah 12:8,9; Jeremiah 16:18; Jeremiah 50:11.
2 portion, share:
a. assigned by God, Isaiah 54:17; Psalm 37:18; Psalm 127:3; elsewhere "" חֵלֶק Job 20:29; Job 27:13; Job 31:2.
b. by choice, "" חֵלֶק, לנו בבן ישׁי׳לא נ 2 Samuel 20:1 we have no share in the son of Jesse = 1 Kings 12:16 2 Chronicles 10:16.
3 inheritance (45t.) חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָהבְּבֵית אָבִּינוּ Genesis 31:14 (E) portion or inheritance in the house of our father; לְ׳העביר נ Numbers 27:7,8 (P) cause the inheritance to pass unto; לְ׳נתן נ Numbers 27:9,10,11 (P), Job 42:15; נחלת אבות Numbers 36:3,8; 1 Kings 21:3,4; Proverbs 19:14; לבניו תהיה׳נ Ezekiel 46:16.
נַחֲלָה f.
(1) taking possession, occupation of any thing, Isaiah 17:11, בְּיוֹם נַחֲלָה “in the day of occupation,” of occupying the harvest, [“but on account of the following words, the reading נַחְלָה wound, is to be preferred; see חָלָה Niphal”]; also, possession, domain, Numbers 18:21. Often used of the territory in the Holy Land assigned to the respective tribes, e.g. Joshua 13:23, נַחֲלַת בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן “the possession of the Reubenites;” Numbers 18:23, 26:62 27:7 also used of the whole of the Holy Land which was given to the Israelites, Deuteronomy 4:21. נַחֲלַת יְהוָֹה is
(a) the especial possession of Jehovah, i.e. Israel, for whom Jehovah cared and watched as being his own, Deuteronomy 4:20, 9:26, 29 Psal. 28:9.
(b) a possession granted by Jehovah, the gift of Jehovah, Psalms 127:3. As to the phrase יֵשׁ לי חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה בְּ, see חֵלֶק No. 2,.
(2) inheritance, 1 Kings 21:3, 1 Kings 21:4. Proverbs 19:14, נַחֲלַת אָבוֹת “an inheritance received from fathers.”
(3) a lot assigned by God, i.q. חֵלֶק No. 2, Job 20:29, 27:13 31:2.