Lexical Definition

‎נַחֲלָה‎ nachălâh (nakh-al-aw') inheritance ^H:N-F
from ‎נָחַל‎ (in its usual sense)

heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare ‎נַחַל‎.

• properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom
• generally an estate, patrimony or portion

1) possession, property, inheritance, heritage
1a) property
1b) portion, share
1c) inheritance, portion

See Greek: διαίρεσις · κατάσχεσις · κληρονομία · κλῆρος · κληρόω · κτῆμα · μερίς · μέρος · οἶκος · τόπος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נַחֲלָה‎₂₂₄ noun feminine possession, property, inheritance (originally gift; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew); — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Num 18:23 +; ‎נַחֲלָת‎ Ps 16:6 (Ges^{«GKC:90g»§ 90g}), read ‎נַחֲלָתִי‎ Ew SS We Kö^{ii. 1, 425}; construct ‎נַחֲלַת‎ Josh 13:23 suffix ‎נַחֲלָתִי‎ Ruth 4:6 ‎נַחֲלַתְכֶם‎ Ps 105:11 plural ‎נְחָלוֺת‎ Isa 49:8, ‎נְחָלֹת‎ Josh 19:51

1. property:
a. in Canaan given by ‎׳‎‎י‎ to Israel, ‎נחלת ישׂראל‎ Judg 20:6 ‎יעקב‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 58:14, especially ‎אֲשֶׁר‎ ‎נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה‎ Deut 4:21; Deut 15:4; Deut 19:10; Deut 20:16; Deut 21:28; Deut 24:4; Deut 25:19; Deut 26:1 (all D); ‎הנחלה אשׁר הנחלתי את עמי‎ Jer 12:14.
b. distributive among tribes: ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎נתן נ‎ Num 16:14; Num 36:2; Josh 14:3 (restore ‎לְ‎), Josh 17:4; Josh 17:14; Josh 19:49 (all P); ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎נתן לנ‎ Deut 29:7*; Josh 11:23; Josh 14:13 (all D²); ‎נָָֽחֲלוּ נחלה‎Josh 17:6(J); ‎׳‎‎תֵּחָלֵק בּנ‎ Num 26:53; Num 26:56 (P); ‎נפל בּנחלה‎ Num 34:2 (P), Judg 18:1; Ezek 47:22 ‎׳‎‎הפיל בנ‎ Josh 13:6; Josh 23:4 (D²), Ezek 45:1; Ezek 47:22, also vEzek 47:22 (Co reads ‎ב‎ for ‎מ‎).
c. nations as possession of the people, Ps 111:6 of the king Ps 2:8.
d. Levites have no property in the land Num 18:23; Num 18:24; Deut 10:9; Deut 12:12 their possession is ‎׳‎‎י‎ Num 18:20 (P); ‎הוּא נחלתו‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ Deut 10:9; Deut 18:2; Josh 13:14; Josh 13:33 (all D); the tithes Num 18:21; Num 18:24; Num 18:26 (P).
e. ‎׳‎‎י‎ takes Israel as his property, 1Sam 10:1; 1Kgs 8:53; 2Kgs 21:14; Isa 19:25; Mic 7:18; Ps 33:12; Ps 68:10*; Ps 106:5 ‎עם נחלה‎ Deut 4:20 (D²); ‎עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָֽתְךָ‎ Deut 9:26; Deut 9:29 (D), 1Kgs 8:51 || ‎עַם‎ Isa 47:6; Joel 2:17; Joel 4:2*; Mic 7:14; Ps 28:9; Ps 78:62; Ps 78:71; Ps 94:5; Ps 94:14; Ps 106:40 ‎׳‎‎נחלת י‎ 1Sam 26:19; 2Sam 20:19; 2Sam 21:3 ‎אלהים‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 2Sam 14:16 ‎׳‎‎יעקב חבל נ‎ Deut 32:9 ‎׳‎‎שׁבט נ‎ Jer 10:16 = Jer 51:19, Ps 74:2 ‎׳‎‎שׁבטי נ‎ Isa 63:17 also, the holy mountain Exod 15:17 (song), temple Jer 12:7; Ps 79:1, land Jer 2:7; Jer 12:8; Jer 12:9; Jer 16:18; Jer 50:11.

2. portion, share:
a. assigned by God, Isa 54:17; Ps 37:18; Ps 127:3 elsewhere || ‎חֵלֶק‎ Job 20:29; Job 27:13; Job 31:2.
b. by choice, || ‎חֵלֶק‎, ‎לנו בבן ישׁי‎ ‎׳‎‎לא נ‎ 2Sam 20:1 we have no share in the son of Jesse = 1Kgs 12:16 = 2Chr 10:16.

3. inheritance (45 t.) ‎חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה‎ ‎בְּבֵית אָבִּינוּ‎ Gen 31:14 (E) portion or inheritance in the house of our father; ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎העביר נ‎ Num 27:7; Num 27:8 (P) cause the inheritance to pass unto; ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎נתן נ‎ Num 27:9; Num 27:10; Num 27:11 (P), Job 42:15 ‎נחלת אבות‎ Num 36:3; Num 36:8; 1Kgs 21:3; 1Kgs 21:4; Prov 19:14 ‎לבניו תהיה‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Ezek 46:16.

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