Lexical Definition

‎נַעַל‎ naʻal (nah'-al) sandal ^H:N-F
or (feminine) נַעֲלָה naʻălâh (nah-al-aw'); from ‎נָעַל‎

dryshod, (pair of) shoe((-latchet), -s).

• properly, a sandal tongue
• by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)

1) sandal, shoe

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נַ֫עַל‎ noun feminine^{Josh 9:5} sandal, shoe (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic id. (also horse-shoe, etc.); Syriac apparently only horse-shoe (rare; also NS) PS²⁴⁰⁵; compare possibly Ethiopic (obsolete) wife of Levirate marriage Di⁶⁷⁶); — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 14:23, ‎נָ֑עַל‎ Deut 25:10 suffix ‎נַעֲלִי‎ Ps 60:10*; Ps 108:10*, ‎נַעַלְךָ‎ Josh 5:15, etc.; dual ‎נַעֲלָ֑יִם‎ Amos 2:6; Amos 8:6 plural ‎נְעָילִם‎ Isa 11:15; Song 7:2*, ‎נְעָלוֺת‎ Josh 9:5 suffix ‎נְעָלֶיךָ‎ Exod 3:5; Ezek 24:17, ‎נְעָלָיו‎ Isa 5:27, ‎נְעָלֵינוּ‎ Josh 9:13, ‎נַעֲלֵיכֶם‎ Exod 12:11; Ezek 24:23 — sandal Judg 9:13; Amos 2:6; Amos 8:6 (dual = pair of sandals; mentioned as of little worth); Deut 29:4* on (‎ב‎) feet Josh 9:5 (JE), 1Kgs 2:5; Ezek 24:23; Exod 12:11 (P); compare ‎פְּעָמַיִךְ בַּנְּעָלִים‎ Song 7:2*, ‎׳‎‎וְהִדְרִיךְ בַּנ‎ Isa 11:15 put on sandal is ‎בְּרֶגֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎שִׂים נ‎ Ezek 24:17 loose the sandal is ‎חָלַץ‎ Isa 20:2; Deut 25:9 compare vDeut 25:10 ‎שַׁל‎ (Imperative) Exod 3:5 (E), Josh 5:15 (JE); ‎שָׁלַף‎ Ruth 4:7; Ruth 4:8 (compare Burton^{Midian ii. 197}); sandal-thong is ‎שְׂרוֺךְ‎ Gen 14:23; Isa 5:27 ‎עַלאֱֿדוֺם אַשְׁלִיךְ נַעֲלִי‎ Ps 60:10* upon Edom do I cast my sandal = Ps 108:10*, denotes either contempt (Hup; ‎עַל‎ = unto, figurative of slave), or taking possession of (Fl in De, Che Bae), || ‎מוֺאָב סִיר רַחְצִי‎ favoursformer. — On symbolic use of sandal see further Goldziher^{Abh. z. Arab. Philol. i. 47 f.} Jacob^{Arab. Dicht. iv. 23}.

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