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Ezekiel 47:14

“And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָחַלnâchal · naw-khal'
H5157 · Hebrew

Definition: to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: divide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
נְחַלְתֶּ֤ם — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqq2mp
Usage: Occurs 59 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 23:30 Exodus 32:13 Exodus 34:9 Leviticus 25:46 Numbers 18:20

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָחַל here.

Verse 13 Verse 15

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.