Lexical Definition

‎נָהַל‎ nâhal (naw-hal') to guide ^H:V
a primitive root

carry, feed, guide, lead (gently, on).

• properly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow
• hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustain

1) to lead, give rest, lead with care, guide to a watering place or station, cause to rest, bring to a station or place of rest, guide, refresh
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to lead to a watering-place or station and cause to rest there
1a2) to lead or bring to a station or goal
1a3) to lead, guide
1a4) to give rest to
1a5) to refresh (with food)
1b) (Hithpael)
1b1) to lead on
1b2) to journey by stations or stages

See Greek: ἄγω · ἀντιλαμβάνομαι · ἐκτρέφω · ἐνισχύω · καταπαύω · παρακαλέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָהַל‎] verb Pi`el lead, guide to a watering-place or station, and cause to rest there; bring to a station or place of rest; lead, guide; refresh (compare Arabic watering-place, take a first drink; likewise (Dozy) station, stage of the road; perhaps also Assyrian Nâlu, lie down Dl^{HWB 438}; Dl^{HA 5f.; Prol. 17 ff.} tries to explain all the passages from this Assyrian nâlu; against him see Prä^{LOPh i. 195} Che^{Acad., April 12,1884} DHM^{ZKF i. 357 f.} Nö^{ZMG xi. 1886, 728}; two √ √ proposed by RDWilson^{Presb. Rev. (N.Y.), April, 1885} (careful article), compare T. Che^{Psalm 23:2. critical note}.); —

Pi`el Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎נֵהַלָתָּ‎ Exod 15:13 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְנַהֵל‎ Isa 40:11 suffix ‎יְנַהֲלֵנִי‎ Ps 23:2, ‎יְנַהְלֵם‎ Isa 49:10 ‎וַיְנַהֲלֵם‎ Gen 47:17; 2Chr 32:22 2 masculine singular suffix ‎תְּנַהֲלֵנִי‎ Ps 31:4* 3 masculine plural suffix ‎וַיְנַהֲלוּם‎ 2Chr 28:15 Participle ‎מְנַהֵל‎ Isa 51:18 —

1. lead to watering-place (or station), and cause to rest there, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ as shepherd, Isa 49:10 (‎עַלֿ‎ location; || ‎נהג‎), Ps 23:2 (with ‎עַלֿ‎ location; || ‎הִרְבִּיץ‎), Isa 40:11 (|| ‎רעה‎, ‎קִבֵּץ‎).

2. lead or bring to a station, a goal, ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject Exod 15:13 (song; no object expressed, ‎אֶלֿ‎ location; || ‎נחה‎); human subject 2Chr 28:15 and they conducted all the feeble of them by means of (‎ב‎) asses (|| ‎הֵבִיא‎).

3. lead, guide: figurative, ‎אֵין מְנַהֵל לָהּ‎ Isa 51:18 there is no one to be a guide for her, i.e. for Jerusalem, drunk with cup of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s fury (|| ‎מַחֲזִיק בְּיָדָהּ‎); ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject Ps 31:4* lead me (|| ‎תַּנְחֵנִי‎). 4. give rest to (?) ‎מִסָּבִיב‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיְנ‎ 2Chr 32:22 and he gave them rest on every hand, compare ᵐ5 ᵑ9 (= ‎׳‎‎וַיָּנִח לָהֶם מִסּ‎ +, probably so read here, see Be DHM Öttli).

5. refresh with food, ‎׳‎‎וַיְנ‎ ‎בַּלֶּחֶם‎ Gen 47:17 (J).

Hithpa`el Imperfect probably journey by stations, stages, only 1 singular ‎אֶתְנַהֲלָה‎ Gen 33:14 (J), I will proceed, journey on, by stages (i.e. deliberately with family and cattle).

‎נַהֲלָל‎ see II. ‎נַהֲלֹל‎. below

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