Lexical Definition

‎נַהֲלָל‎ Nahălâl (nah-hal-awl') Nahalol ^N:N--L
or נַהֲלֹל Nahălôl (nah-halole'); the same as ‎נַהֲלֹל‎

Nahalal, Nahallal, Nahalol.

• § Nahalal or Nahallal or Nahalol = "pasture"
• Nahalal or Nahalol, a place in Palestine

1) one of the cities of Zebulun given to the Merarite Levites
1a) site uncertain
1b) maybe modern 'Malul', a village in the plain of Esdraelon

Extended Information

• maybe modern 'Malul', a village in the plain of Esdraelon

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎נַהֲלֹל‎ proper name, of a location Judg 1:30 in Zebulun, ᵐ5 Δωμανα, A Εναμμαν, ᵐ5^L Αμμαν; = ‎נַהֲלָל‎ Josh 19:15; Josh 21:35, ᵐ5 Ναβααλ, Νααλωλ, ᵐ5^L Αναλωθ, Αλωμ; — site unknown, compare GFM^{Judg 1:30}.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Nahalol • A Levitical city in Zebulun

Nahalol, also called Nahalal, was a Levitical city in the territory of Zebulun.

• A location first mentioned at Jdg.1.30;
• referred to as Nahalol or Nahalal נַהֲלָל.
  

Nahalol, also known as Nahalal, was a Levitical city in the territory allotted to the tribe of Zebulun (Josh. 19:15; 21:35). It was one of the cities given to the Levites from the tribe of Zebulun, along with Kartah, Dimnah, and Rimmon. Nahalol was located in the Galilean hills, but its exact location is uncertain. According to Judges 1:30, the Zebulunites failed to drive out the Canaanite inhabitants of Nahalol, who remained and were put to forced labor.

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