נַחֲלָה
naḥălâ
possession
Strong's H5159NounHebrewTWOT 1342a

נַחֲלָה (naḥălâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning possession. It appears 222 times in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5159).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1342a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1342a)possession, property, inheritance; portion, share; inherited, occupancy, heirloom, estate, patrimony; heritage
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נַחֲלָה noun, feminine: possession, property, inheritance

Strong's H5159 נַחֲלָה: properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV:heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1342: נָחַל nāḥal — get, take as a possession; take possession, inherit, have, get as a possession, property, divide the land for a possession; divide for a possession; possess oneself of; give as a possession, cause to inherit…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 48:6Exodus 15:17Numbers 18:20

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