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).
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:
- κληρονομέωklēronomeō“to inherit”59%
- κατακληροδοτέωkataklērodoteō“to distribute”18%
- διαμερίζωdiamerizō“to divide”6%
- εἰμίeimi“to be”6%
- εἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai“to enter”6%
- καίkai“and”6%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
59 total
- Jeremiah 3:18הִנְחַ֖לְתִּי · as an inheritanceIn those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
- Jeremiah 12:14הִנְחַ֥לְתִּי · I bequeathedThis is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
- Jeremiah 16:19נָחֲל֣וּ · inheritedO LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
- Ezekiel 46:18יַנְחִ֣ל · He is to provide an inheritanceThe prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
- Ezekiel 47:13תִּתְנַחֲל֣וּ · as an inheritanceThis is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.
- Ezekiel 47:14וּנְחַלְתֶּ֤ם · You are to divideYou are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
- Zephaniah 2:9יִנְחָלֽוּם׃ · will dispossess themTherefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
- Zechariah 2:12וְנָחַ֨ל · will take possessionAnd the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 8:12וְהִנְחַלְתִּ֗י · as an inheritance“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.