Hebrew verb · H5095
נָהַל
nahalnaw-hal'
to guide
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâhal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5095is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5095
properly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow; hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustain
The King James renders it: carry, feed, guide, lead (gently, on).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nahal is rendered "to guide". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 33:14Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
Genesis 33:14אֶתְנָהֲלָ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's ten uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he led them1
- and he refreshed them1
- and they led them1
- and you lead me1
- he leads me1
- he will lead1
- he will lead them1
- I will journey on1
- leads1
- you have led1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶתְנָהֲלָ֣ה1
- וַיְנַהֲל֤וּם1
- וַיְנַהֲלֵ֤ם1
- וַֽיְנַהֲלֵ֖ם1
- וּֽתְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃1
- יְנַהֵֽל׃ ס1
- יְנַהֲלֵֽם׃1
- יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃1
- מְנַהֵ֣ל1
- נֵהַ֥לְתָּ1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp2Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp
- HC/Vpu2ms/Sp1bs1HC/Vpu2ms/Sp1bs
- Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mp1Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVpi3ms/Sp1bs
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HVpi3ms/Sp3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpp2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular1HVprmsa
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular1HVtc1cs
Genesis
two uses
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
- אֶתְנָהֲלָ֣הʾetnahalahverb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will journey on
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
- וַיְנַהֲלֵ֤םvaynahalemHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he refreshed them
Exodus
one use
With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
- נֵהַ֥לְתָּnehaltaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have led
2 Chronicles
two uses
Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
- וַיְנַהֲל֤וּםvaynahalumHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they led them
So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.
- וַֽיְנַהֲלֵ֖םvaynahalemHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he led them
Psalms
two uses
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
- יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃yenahaleniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he leads me
For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
- וּֽתְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃utenahaleniHC/Vpu2ms/Sp1bstagged: and you lead me
Isaiah
three uses
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- יְנַהֵֽל׃ סyenahelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lead
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- יְנַהֲלֵֽם׃yenahalemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he will lead them
Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
- מְנַהֵ֣לmenahelverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: leads
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.