Hebrew verb · H5274
נָעַל
naalnaw-al'
to lock; to shoe
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâʻal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5274is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5274
properly, to fasten up, i.e. with abar or cord; hence, to sandal, i.e. furnish with slippers
The King James renders it: bolt, inclose, lock, shoe, shut up.
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
naal is rendered "to lock; to shoe". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to lock".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 3:23Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
Judges 3:23וְנָעָֽל׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight uses are in Judges.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to lock, and to shoe.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to lockStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJudges 3:23Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind… |
| to shoeStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- locked3
- and he locked2
- and I shod you1
- and lock1
- and they shod them1
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 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- נָע֖וּל2
- וָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְ1
- וַ֠יַּנְעִלוּם1
- וְנָעַ֥ל1
- וּנְעֹ֥ל1
- וְנָעָֽל׃1
- נְעֻל֑וֹת1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqq3ms2Hc/Vqq3ms
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular2HVqsmsa
- Hc/Vhw3mp/Sp3mp1Hc/Vhw3mp/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vqv2ms
- Hc/Vqw1cs/Sp2fs1Hc/Vqw1cs/Sp2fs
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine plural1HVqsfpa
Judges
two uses
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
- וְנָעָֽל׃venaalHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he locked
After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
- נְעֻל֑וֹתneulotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: locked
2 Samuel
two uses
Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
- וּנְעֹ֥לuneolconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and lock
So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
- וְנָעַ֥לvenaalHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he locked
2 Chronicles
one use
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.
- וַ֠יַּנְעִלוּםvaiyanilumHc/Vhw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they shod them
Song of Solomon
two uses
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
- נָע֖וּלnaulverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: locked
- נָע֖וּלnaulverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: locked
Ezekiel
one use
I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
- וָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְvaenalekhHc/Vqw1cs/Sp2fstagged: and I shod you
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.