Word Study · Strong's H5275 · Hebrew
נַעַל
naal
nah'-al
Strong's 1890 spelling: naʻal
“properly, a sandal tongue”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
Rendered in the KJV as
dryshod, (pair of) shoe((-latchet), -s).
- 22occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 21inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 21
- נַעֲלִ֑י2
- בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים1
- בַּנְּעָלִֽים׃1
- הַנָּֽעַל׃ ס1
- וּֽבְנַעֲל֖וֹ1
- וּנְעָל֨וֹת1
- וּנְעָלֶ֖יךָ1
- וְנַֽעֲלֵיכֶם֙1
- וּנְעָלֵ֔ינוּ1
- וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥1
- וְנַעַלְךָ֥1
- נַ֔עַל1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 15
- sandal his3
- a pair of sandals2
- and sandals your2
- in the sandals2
- sandal my2
- sandals your2
- a sandal1
- and on sandal[s] his1
- and sandal your1
- and sandal[s] your1
- and sandals1
- and sandals our1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 16
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- noun · feminine dual2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 3
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms · 2
- HNcfda · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 2
- HRd/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/Ncfpa · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp1bp · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms · 1
- HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 1
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 3:5נְעָלֶ֙יךָ֙nealeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”here: sandals your
- Exodus 12:11נַֽעֲלֵיכֶם֙naaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralThis is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.here: sandals your
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 25:9נַעֲלוֹ֙naalonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularhis brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”here: sandal his
- Deuteronomy 25:10הַנָּֽעַל׃ סhanaalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”here: the sandal
- Deuteronomy 29:5וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥venaalkhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularFor forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.here: and sandal your
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 5:15נַֽעַלְךָ֙naalkhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThe Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.here: sandal your
- Joshua 9:5וּנְעָל֨וֹתunealotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluralThey put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.here: and sandals
- Joshua 9:13וּנְעָלֵ֔ינוּunealeinuconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralThese wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”here: and sandals our
Ruth2 occurrences
- Ruth 4:7נַעֲל֖וֹnaalonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNow in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.here: sandal his
- Ruth 4:8נַעֲלֽוֹ׃naalonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”here: sandal his
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 60:8נַעֲלִ֑יnaalinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMoab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”here: sandal my
- Psalms 108:9נַעֲלִ֑יnaalinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMoab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”here: sandal my
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:27נְעָלָֽיו׃nealavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNone of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.here: sandals its
- Isaiah 11:15בַּנְּעָלִֽים׃banealimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralThe LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.here: in the sandals
- Isaiah 20:2וְנַעַלְךָ֥venaalkhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularthe LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.here: and sandal[s] your
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 24:17וּנְעָלֶ֖יךָunealeikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularGroan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”here: and sandals your
- Ezekiel 24:23וְנַֽעֲלֵיכֶם֙venaaleikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralYour turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.here: and sandals your
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 2:6נַעֲלָֽיִם׃naalayimnoun · feminine dualThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.here: a pair of sandals
- Amos 8:6נַעֲלָ֑יִםnaalayimnoun · feminine dualLet us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”here: a pair of sandals