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Word Study · Strong's H5159 · Hebrew

נַחֲלָה

nachalah

nakh-al-aw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: nachălâh

properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

Rendered in the KJV as

heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).

  • 222
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 123
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 222 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 123

  • נַחֲלַ֥ת10
  • נַחֲלָת֔וֹ9
  • נַחֲלָ֑ה8
  • נַחֲלַ֛ת8
  • נַחֲלָ֖ה7
  • נַחֲלַ֣ת7
  • נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃6
  • וְנַחֲלָ֖ה5
  • נַחֲלָת֑וֹ5
  • נַחֲלָת֖וֹ5
  • לְנַחֲלָ֑ה4
  • בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה3

and 111 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 53

  • an inheritance35
  • inheritance his19
  • inheritance their17
  • [the] inheritance of16
  • [was] [the] inheritance of12
  • in an inheritance12
  • inheritance your11
  • inheritance its8
  • and an inheritance7
  • inheritance my6
  • to an inheritance6
  • and inheritance your5

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 27

  • noun · feminine singular37
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)34
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular31
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular28
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural15
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular9
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular8
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular7
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)7
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular5
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural5
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcfsa · 37
  • HNcfsc · 34
  • HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 31
  • HR/Ncfsa · 28
  • HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 15
  • HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 9
  • HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 8
  • HC/Ncfsa · 7
  • HR/Ncfsc · 7
  • HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 7
  • HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms · 5
  • HNcfsc/Sp1bp · 5

All 222, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

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Genesis2 occurrences
Exodus1 occurrence
Numbers46 occurrences
Deuteronomy25 occurrences
Joshua50 occurrences
Judges7 occurrences
Ruth3 occurrences
1 Samuel2 occurrences
2 Samuel4 occurrences
1 Kings6 occurrences
2 Kings1 occurrence
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Job4 occurrences
Psalms23 occurrences
Proverbs3 occurrences
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
Isaiah6 occurrences
Jeremiah12 occurrences
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel15 occurrences
Joel2 occurrences
Micah3 occurrences
Malachi1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).