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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H5275

נַעַל

naalnah'-al

sandal

22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: naʻal

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5275is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 21
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5275

properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)

The King James renders it: dryshod, (pair of) shoe((-latchet), -s).

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 "sandal". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.

  • Three of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:23that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.

The first use

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Genesis 14:23נַ֔עַל

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eleven of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • sandal his3
  • a pair of sandals2
  • and sandal your2
  • and sandals your2
  • in the sandals2
  • sandal my2
  • sandals your2
  • a sandal1
  • and on sandal his1
  • and sandals1
  • and sandals our1
  • sandal your1

and 2 more, 22 uses in all

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.

נַעַרnaaryouthUses239
נַעַרnaarnewbornUses1

All 22, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

21 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

  • נַעֲלִ֑י2
  • בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים1
  • בַּנְּעָלִֽים׃1
  • הַנָּֽעַל׃ ס1
  • וּֽבְנַעֲל֖וֹ1
  • וּנְעָל֨וֹת1
  • וּנְעָלֶ֖יךָ1
  • וְנַֽעֲלֵיכֶם֙1
  • וּנְעָלֵ֔ינוּ1
  • וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥1
  • וְנַעַלְךָ֥1
  • נַ֔עַל1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcfsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · feminine dual2HNcfda
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcfsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural2HRd/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HC/Ncmpc/Sp1bp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcfsc/Sp2ms

Genesis

one use
  • that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

    Genesis 14:23

    • נַ֔עַלnaalnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sandal

Exodus

two uses
  • “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

    Exodus 3:5

    • נְעָלֶ֙יךָ֙nealeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: sandals your
  • This 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.

    Exodus 12:11

    • נַֽעֲלֵיכֶם֙naaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: sandals your

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • his 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.”

    Deuteronomy 25:9

    • נַעֲלוֹ֙naalonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sandal his
  • And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

    Deuteronomy 25:10

    • הַנָּֽעַל׃ סhanaalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sandal
  • For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

    Deuteronomy 29:5

    • וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥venaalkhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and sandal your

Joshua

three uses
  • The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

    Joshua 5:15

    • נַֽעַלְךָ֙naalkhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: sandal your
  • They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.

    Joshua 9:5

    • וּנְעָל֨וֹתunealotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and sandals
  • These 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.”

    Joshua 9:13

    • וּנְעָלֵ֔ינוּunealeinuconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and sandals our

Ruth

two uses
  • Now 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.

    Ruth 4:7

    • נַעֲל֖וֹnaalonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sandal his
  • So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”

    Ruth 4:8

    • נַעֲלֽוֹ׃naalonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sandal his

1 Kings

one use
  • Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

    1 Kings 2:5

    • וּֽבְנַעֲל֖וֹuvenaaloconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and on sandal his

Psalms

two uses
  • Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

    Psalms 60:8

    • נַעֲלִ֑יnaalinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: sandal my
  • Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

    Psalms 108:9

    • נַעֲלִ֑יnaalinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: sandal my

Song of Solomon

one use
  • How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

    Song of Solomon 7:1

    • בַּנְּעָלִ֖יםbanealimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the sandals

Isaiah

three uses
  • None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

    Isaiah 5:27

    • נְעָלָֽיו׃nealavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sandals its
  • The 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.

    Isaiah 11:15

    • בַּנְּעָלִֽים׃banealimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the sandals
  • the 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.

    Isaiah 20:2

    • וְנַעַלְךָ֥venaalkhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and sandal your

Ezekiel

two uses
  • Groan 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.”

    Ezekiel 24:17

    • וּנְעָלֶ֖יךָunealeikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and sandals your
  • Your 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.

    Ezekiel 24:23

    • וְנַֽעֲלֵיכֶם֙venaaleikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and sandals your

Amos

two uses
  • This 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.

    Amos 2:6

    • נַעֲלָֽיִם׃naalayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: a pair of sandals
  • Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

    Amos 8:6

    • נַעֲלָ֑יִםnaalayimnoun · feminine dualtagged: a pair of sandals

The letters

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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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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