נַעַלnaʻal
sandal, shoe, dual = pair of sandals (Joshua 9:5; Genesis 14:23; Deuteronomy 25:10; Psalms 60:10; Psalms 108:10)
Pronunciation: nah'-al · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5275
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 22 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:23 that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.’
- Exodus 3:5 “Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.
- Exodus 12:11 “These are your instructions for eating this meal: Be fully dressed, wear your sandals, and carry your walking stick in your hand. Eat the meal with urgency, for this is the Lord’s Passover.
- Deuteronomy 25:9 the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.’
- Deuteronomy 25:10 Ever afterward in Israel his family will be referred to as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’!
- Deuteronomy 29:5 For forty years I led you through the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
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).