נַחֲלָהnachălâh

possession, property, inheritance

Pronunciation: nakh-al-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5159

Meanings

1. property

2. portion, share

b. we have no share in the son of Jesse (2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 12:16; 2 Chronicles 10:16)

3. inheritance (Genesis 31:14; Numbers 27:7; Numbers 27:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 222 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 31:14 Rachel and Leah responded, “That’s fine with us! We won’t inherit any of our father’s wealth anyway.
  • Genesis 48:6 But any children born to you in the future will be your own, and they will inherit land within the territories of their brothers Ephraim and Manasseh.
  • Exodus 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain— the place, O Lord, reserved for your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
  • Numbers 16:14 What’s more, you haven’t brought us into another land flowing with milk and honey. You haven’t given us a new homeland with fields and vineyards. Are you trying to fool these men? We will not come.”
  • Numbers 18:20 And the Lord said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.
  • Numbers 18:21 As for the tribe of Levi, your relatives, I will compensate them for their service in the Tabernacle. Instead of an allotment of land, I will give them the tithes from the entire land of Israel.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).