נַחֲלָה
inheritance
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
133 distinct verses where H5159 appears in the Construct state, across 23 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 1 verse
Exodus 1 verse
Numbers 25 verses
- Numbers 16:14 נַחֲלַ֖ת n c fs cs Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? we won't come up.
- Numbers 18:20 וְ/נַחֲלָ֣תְ/ךָ֔ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them: I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 18:26 בְּ/נַחֲלַתְ/כֶ֑ם prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2mp Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave-offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.
- Numbers 26:54 נַחֲלָת֔/וֹ נַחֲלָת֑/וֹ נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: to everyone according to those who were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
- Numbers 26:56 נַחֲלָת֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
- Numbers 27:7 נַחֲלָ֔ה נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs n c fs cs The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
- Numbers 27:8 נַחֲלָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
- Numbers 27:9 נַחֲלָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms If he have no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
- Numbers 27:10 נַחֲלָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms If he have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
- Numbers 27:11 נַחֲלָת֗/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms If his father have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Numbers 32:18 נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
- Numbers 32:19 נַחֲלָתֵ֨/נוּ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cp For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.
- Numbers 32:32 נַחֲלָתֵ֔/נוּ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cp We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance [shall remain] with us beyond the Jordan.
- Numbers 33:54 נַחֲלָת/וֹ֙ נַחֲלָת֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall you inherit.
- Numbers 34:14 נַחֲלָתָֽ/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
- Numbers 34:15 נַחֲלָתָ֗/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.
- Numbers 35:2 מִֽ/נַּחֲלַ֛ת prep + n c fs cs Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall you give to the Levites.
- Numbers 35:8 נַחֲלָת/וֹ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites.
- Numbers 36:2 בְּ/נַחֲלָ֛ה נַחֲלַ֛ת prep + n c fs n c fs cs and they said, Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
- Numbers 36:3 נַחֲלָתָ/ן֙ מִ/נַּחֲלַ֣ת נַחֲלַ֣ת נַחֲלָתֵ֖/נוּ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3fp prep + n c fs cs n c fs cs n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cp If they be married to any of the sons of the [other] tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
- Numbers 36:4 נַחֲלָתָ֔/ן נַחֲלַ֣ת וּ/מִֽ/נַּחֲלַת֙ נַחֲלָתָֽ/ן n c fs cs + sfx pers 3fp n c fs cs conj + prep + n c fs cs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3fp When the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
- Numbers 36:7 נַחֲלָה֙ בְּ/נַחֲלַת֙ n c fs prep + n c fs cs So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave everyone to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
- Numbers 36:8 נַחֲלָ֗ה נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs n c fs cs Every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
- Numbers 36:9 נַחֲלָ֛ה בְּ/נַ֣חֲלָת֔/וֹ n c fs prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave everyone to his own inheritance.
- Numbers 36:12 נַחֲלָתָ֔/ן n c fs cs + sfx pers 3fp They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
Deuteronomy 7 verses
- Deuteronomy 9:26 וְ/נַחֲלָ֣תְ/ךָ֔ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms I prayed to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, don't destroy your people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
- Deuteronomy 9:29 וְ/נַחֲלָתֶ֑/ךָ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
- Deuteronomy 10:9 וְ/נַחֲלָ֖ה נַחֲלָת֔/וֹ conj + n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)
- Deuteronomy 18:1 וְ/נַחֲלָ֖ה וְ/נַחֲלָת֖/וֹ conj + n c fs conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 18:2 וְ/נַחֲלָ֥ה נַחֲלָת֔/וֹ conj + n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
- Deuteronomy 19:14 בְּ/נַחֲלָֽתְ/ךָ֙ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 32:9 נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms For Yahweh's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Joshua 30 verses
- Joshua 13:8 נַחֲלָתָ֑/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them:
- Joshua 13:14 נַחֲלָ֑ה נַחֲלָת֔/וֹ n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.
- Joshua 13:23 נַחֲלַ֤ת n c fs cs The border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border [of it]. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages of it.
- Joshua 13:28 נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs cs This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages of it.
- Joshua 13:33 נַחֲלָ֑ה נַחֲלָתָ֔/ם n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.
- Joshua 14:2 נַחֲלָתָ֑/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
- Joshua 14:3 נַחֲלַ֨ת נַחֲלָ֖ה n c fs cs n c fs For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
- Joshua 15:20 נַחֲלַ֛ת n c fs cs This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
- Joshua 16:5 נַחֲלָתָ/ם֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was [thus]: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper;
- Joshua 16:8 נַחֲלַ֛ת n c fs cs From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out of it were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;
- Joshua 16:9 נַחֲלַ֣ת n c fs cs together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
- Joshua 18:2 נַֽחֲלָתָ֑/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp There remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
- Joshua 18:4 נַֽחֲלָתָ֖/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.
- Joshua 18:7 נַחֲלָת֑/וֹ נַחֲלָתָ֗/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them.
- Joshua 18:20 נַחֲלַת֩ n c fs cs The Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders of it round about, according to their families.
- Joshua 18:28 נַֽחֲלַ֥ת n c fs cs and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, [and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
- Joshua 19:1 נַֽחֲלָתָ֔/ם נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp n c fs cs The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.
- Joshua 19:2 בְּ/נַֽחֲלָתָ֑/ם prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp They had for their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
- Joshua 19:8 נַחֲלַ֛ת n c fs cs and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
- Joshua 19:9 נַחֲלַ֖ת נַחֲלָתָֽ/ם n c fs cs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
- Joshua 19:10 נַחֲלָתָ֖/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid;
- Joshua 19:16 נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs cs This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:23 נַחֲלַ֛ת n c fs cs This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:31 נַחֲלַ֛ת n c fs cs This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:39 נַחֲלַ֛ת n c fs cs This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:41 נַחֲלָתָ֑/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
- Joshua 19:48 נַחֲלַ֛ת n c fs cs This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 21:3 מִ/נַּחֲלָתָ֖/ם prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
- Joshua 24:28 לְ/נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
- Joshua 24:30 נַחֲלָת֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
Judges 5 verses
- Judges 2:6 לְ/נַחֲלָת֖/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
- Judges 2:9 נַחֲלָת֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
- Judges 20:6 נַחֲלַ֣ת n c fs cs I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
- Judges 21:23 נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp The children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them.
- Judges 21:24 לְ/נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms The children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
Ruth 3 verses
- Ruth 4:5 נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Then said Boaz, What day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.
- Ruth 4:6 נַחֲלָתִ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs The near kinsman said, I can't redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: take my right of redemption on you; for I can't redeem it.
- Ruth 4:10 נַ֣חֲלָת֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day.
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 10:1 נַחֲלָת֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
- 1 Samuel 26:19 בְּ/נַחֲלַ֤ת prep + n c fs cs Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 14:16 מִֽ/נַּחֲלַ֖ת prep + n c fs cs For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
- 2 Samuel 20:19 נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs cs I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?
- 2 Samuel 21:3 נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs cs and David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?
1 Kings 3 verses
- 1 Kings 8:51 וְ/נַחֲלָתְ/ךָ֖ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms (for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);
- 1 Kings 21:3 נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs cs Naboth said to Ahab, Yahweh forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.
- 1 Kings 21:4 נַחֲלַ֣ת n c fs cs Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. He laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
2 Kings 1 verse
1 Chronicles 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 3 verses
- Job 20:29 וְ/נַחֲלַ֖ת conj + n c fs cs This is the portion of a wicked man from God, The heritage appointed to him by God."
- Job 27:13 וְֽ/נַחֲלַ֥ת conj + n c fs cs "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, The heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
- Job 31:2 וְֽ/נַחֲלַ֥ת conj + n c fs cs For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Psalms 17 verses
- Psalms 2:8 נַחֲלָתֶ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, The uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
- Psalms 16:6 נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת n c fs cs The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.
- Psalms 28:9 נַחֲלָתֶ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Save your people, And bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, And bear them up forever.
- Psalms 37:18 וְ֝/נַחֲלָתָ֗/ם conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
- Psalms 47:4 נַחֲלָתֵ֑/נוּ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cp He chooses our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
- Psalms 68:9 נַחֲלָתְ/ךָ֥ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.
- Psalms 74:2 נַחֲלָתֶ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, Which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
- Psalms 78:62 וּ֝/בְ/נַחֲלָת֗/וֹ conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He also gave his people over to the sword, And was angry with his inheritance.
- Psalms 78:71 נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms From following the ewes that have their young, He brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, And Israel, his inheritance.
- Psalms 79:1 בְּֽ/נַחֲלָתֶ֗/ךָ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
- Psalms 94:5 וְֽ/נַחֲלָתְ/ךָ֥ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, And afflict your heritage.
- Psalms 94:14 וְ֝/נַחֲלָת֗/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms For Yahweh won't reject his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
- Psalms 105:11 נַחֲלַתְ/כֶֽם n c fs cs + sfx pers 2mp Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;"
- Psalms 106:5 נַחֲלָתֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms That I may see the prosperity of your chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, That I may glory with your inheritance.
- Psalms 106:40 נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
- Psalms 111:6 נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs cs He has shown his people the power of his works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.
- Psalms 127:3 נַחֲלַ֣ת n c fs cs Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 1 verse
Isaiah 5 verses
- Isaiah 19:25 וְ/נַחֲלָתִ֖/י conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs because Yahweh of Hosts has blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.
- Isaiah 47:6 נַחֲלָתִ֔/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you did show them no mercy; on the aged have you very heavily laid your yoke.
- Isaiah 54:17 נַחֲלַת֩ n c fs cs No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 58:14 נַחֲלַת֙ n c fs cs then shall you delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
- Isaiah 63:17 נַחֲלָתֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
Jeremiah 11 verses
- Jeremiah 2:7 וְ/נַחֲלָתִ֥/י conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
- Jeremiah 3:19 נַחֲלַ֥ת n c fs cs But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
- Jeremiah 10:16 נַֽחֲלָת֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.
- Jeremiah 12:7 נַחֲלָתִ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
- Jeremiah 12:8 נַחֲלָתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
- Jeremiah 12:9 נַחֲלָתִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go you, assemble all the animals of the field, bring them to devour.
- Jeremiah 12:15 לְ/נַחֲלָת֖/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
- Jeremiah 16:18 נַחֲלָתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
- Jeremiah 17:4 מִ/נַּחֲלָֽתְ/ךָ֙ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms You, even of yourself, shall discontinue from your heritage that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don't know: for you have kindled a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.
- Jeremiah 50:11 נַחֲלָתִ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out [the grain], and neigh as strong horses;
- Jeremiah 51:19 נַחֲלָת֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 6 verses
- Ezekiel 35:15 לְ/נַחְלַ֧ת prep + n c fs cs As you did rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 44:28 לְֽ/נַחֲלָ֔ה נַֽחֲלָתָ֑/ם prep + n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
- Ezekiel 46:16 נַחֲלָת֥/וֹ בְּ/נַחֲלָֽה n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c fs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: If the prince give a gift to any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
- Ezekiel 46:17 מִ/נַּחֲלָת֗/וֹ נַחֲלָת֔/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.
- Ezekiel 46:18 מִ/נַּחֲלַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not be scattered every man from his possession.
- Ezekiel 47:23 נַחֲלָת֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall happen, that in what tribe the stranger sojourns, there shall you give him his inheritance, says the Lord Yahweh.
Joel 2 verses
- Joel 2:17 נַחֲלָתְ/ךָ֤ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, And don't give your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
- Joel 3:2 וְ/נַחֲלָתִ֤/י conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I will gather all nations, And will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will execute judgment on them there for my people, And for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,
Micah 3 verses
- Micah 2:2 וְ/נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms They covet fields, and seize them; And houses, and take them away: And they oppress a man and his house, Even a man and his heritage.
- Micah 7:14 נַֽחֲלָתֶ֔/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Shepherd your people with your staff, The flock of your heritage, Who dwell by themselves in a forest, In the midst of fertile pasture land, let them feed; In Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- Micah 7:18 נַחֲלָת֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, And passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, Because he delights in loving kindness.
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
נחלה (nachălâh) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “inheritance.” Beyond “inheritance” it also covers “possession”, “property”, and “heritage” — see its full sense range. With 191 verses in 25 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. First canonically at Genesis 31:14, it enters the text early. It clusters with נחל and נחל under a shared root. See the sense tree, 191-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5159 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 191
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 191 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #213
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 213 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 191 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Joshua 43 verses 23%
- Numbers 31 verses 16%
- Deuteronomy 22 verses 12%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 191 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 97 verses · 51%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 56 verses · 29%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 38 verses · 20%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Inheritance 125×, Heritage 23×, Is the inheritance 10×
- American Standard Version: Inheritance 118×, Heritage 19×, Is the inheritance 10×
- Berean Standard Bible: Inheritance 159×, Heritage 11×, Was the inheritance 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Inheritance 163×, Inheritance of 33×, And 5×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5159 across 222 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 41 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5159 across 221 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 52 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5159 across 216 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5159 across 232 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
10 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 10 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. property:
- a. in Canaan given by י׳ to Israel, †נחלת ישׂראל Ju 20:6; †נ׳ יעקב Is 58:14, especially †אֲשֶׁר נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה Dt 4:21; 15:4; 19:10; 20:16; 21:23; 24:4; 25:19; 26:1 (all D); הנחלה אשׁר הנחלתי את עמי Je 12:14. e.g. Judges 20:6
- b. distrib. among tribes: נתן נ׳ לְ Nu 16:14; 36:2 Jos 14:3 (restore לְ), 17:4, 14; 19:49 (all P); נתן לנ׳ לְ Dt 29:7 Jos 11:23; 14:13 (all D2); נָֽחֲלוּ נחלה Jos 17:6 (J); תֵּחָלֵק בנ׳ Nu 26:53, 56 (P); נפל בנחלה Nu 34:2 (P), Ju 18:1 Ez 47:22; הפיל בנ׳ Jos 13:6; 23:4 (D2), Ez 45:1; 47:22, also v 29 (Co reads ב for מ). e.g. Numbers 16:14
- c. nations as possession of the people, ψ 111:6; of the king 2:8. e.g. Psalms 111:6
- d. Levites have no property in the land Nu 18:23, 24 Dt 10:9; 12:12; their possession is י׳ Nu 18:20 (P); י׳ הוּא נחלתו Dt 10:9; 18:2 Jos 13:14, 33 (all D); the tithes Nu 18:21, 24, 26 (P). e.g. Numbers 18:23
- e. †י׳ takes Isr. as his property, 1 S 10:1 1 K 8:53 2 K 21:14 Is 19:25 Mi 7:18 ψ 33:12; 68:10; 106:5; עם נחלה Dt 4:20 (D2); עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָֽתְךָ Dt 9:26, 29 (D), 1 K 8:51; ‖ עַם Is 47:6 Jo 2:17; 4:2 Mi 7:14 ψ 28:9; 78:62, 71; 94:5, 14; 106:40; נחלת י׳ 1 S 26:19 2 S 20:19; 21:3; נ׳ אלהים 2 S 14:16; יעקב חבל נ׳ Dt 32:9; שׁבט נ׳ Je 10:16 = 51:19, ψ 74:2; שׁבטי נ׳ Is 63:17; also, the holy mt. Ex 15:17 (song), temple Je 12:7 ψ 79:1, land Je 2:7; 12:8, 9; 16:18; 50:11. e.g. 1 Samuel 10:1
- 2. portion, share:
- a. assigned by God, Is 54:17 ψ 37:18; 127:3; elsewhere ‖ חֵלָק Jb 20:29; 27:13; 31:2. e.g. Isaiah 54:17
- b. by choice, ‖ חֵלֶק, לא נ׳ לנו בבן ישׁי 2 S 20:1 we have no share in the son of Jesse = 1 K 12:16 = 2 Ch 10:16. e.g. 2 Samuel 20:1
- 3. inheritance (45 times) חֵלָק וְנַחֲלָה בְּבֵית אָבִינוּ Gn 31:14 (E) portion or inheritance in the house of our father; העביר נ׳ לְ Nu 27:7, 8 (P) cause the inheritance to pass unto; נתן נ׳ לְ Nu 27:9, 10, 11 (P), Jb 42:15; †נחלת אבוה Nu 36:3, 8 1 K 21:3, 4 Pr 19:14; נ׳ לבניו תהיה Ez 46:16. e.g. Genesis 31:14
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.f. possession, property, inheritance (orig. gift; NH = BH);—נ׳ Nu 18:23 +; נַחֲלָת ψ 16:6 (Ges§ 80 g), read נַחֲלָתִי Ew SS We Köii 1, 425; cstr. נַחֲלַת Jos 13:23; sf. נַחֲלָתִי Ru 4:6; נַחֲלַתְכֶם ψ 105:11; pl. נְחָלוֹת Is 49:8, נְחָלֹת Jos 19:51;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from נחל (nâchal) (H5157) — to inherit.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נַחֲלָה
- [turn, lot,] inheritance, right of succession. B. Bath. VIII, 4 אחד הבן ואחד הבת בנ׳ the same law of succession applies to sons and (eventually) to daughters (v. ib. 122ᵇ). Bekh. VIII, 1, v. בְּכוֹר. Midr. Till. to Ps. V, 1 (play on נחילות ib.) על הנ׳ שנחלתם וכ׳ for the possession which you took from me, and for the possession which I took from you; a. fr.—Trnsf. the central sanctuary at Shiloh or at Jerusalem. Tosef. Zeb. XIII, 20; Zeb. 119ᵃ, sq.; Meg. 10ᵃ, contrad. to מְנוּחָה.—Pl. נַחֲלוֹת. B. Bath. VIII, 2 סדר נ׳ וכ׳ the following is the order of succession (among relatives). Ib. 117ᵃ משונה נחלה זו מכל נ׳ שבעולם this division of inheritance (after the conquest of Canaan) is different from all other successions; a. fr.—Yalk. Ps. 629, v. נְחִילָה.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 117 distinct written forms H5159 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 57 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5159, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 182 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 191 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 31:14
- Exodus 15:17
- Numbers 16:14
- Deuteronomy 4:20
- Joshua 11:23
- Judges 2:6
- Ruth 4:5
- 1 Samuel 10:1
- 2 Samuel 14:16
- 1 Kings 8:36
- 2 Kings 21:14
- 1 Chronicles 16:18
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
