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Numbers 33:54

“And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.” (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
  • וְ — conjunction
  • הִתְנַחַלְתֶּם֩ — verb Hithpael, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vtq2mp
Usage
Occurs 59 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 23:30Exodus 32:13Exodus 34:9Leviticus 25:46Numbers 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.

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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.