נָהַל
nâhal · H5095 · Hebrew · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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to move along
Action by which humans and their domestic animals journey from one place to the other
ExamplesGenesis 33:14 “Please let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, at the pace of the cattle that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
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to lead
Causative action by which humans or deities help (other) humans or animals to journey from one place to the other by accompanying them and providing them with resources and protection whenever necessary
ExamplesExodus 15:13 “In Your faithfulness You have led the people whom You have redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.
2 Chronicles 28:15 Then the men who were designated by name got up, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked people from the spoils; they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria.
Psalm 23:2 He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
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to sustain, to supply
Causative action by which humans or deities help (other) humans or animals by providing for their needs
ExamplesGenesis 47:17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses and the flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.
2 Chronicles 32:22 So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
Psalm 31:3 For You are my rock and my fortress; For the sake of Your name You will lead me and guide me.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
10 occurrences in 5 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 5
- Not stated: you (one person) 2
- אֲנִיI 1
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- הֶםthem 4
- נִיme 2
- עוּלto act wrongfully 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
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- נָהַל denotes leading or guiding, used of Jacob's careful, gentle pace in leading his flocks and children (Genesis 33:14) and the LORD guiding His people, tying the word to directed movement under another's guidance.
- Safe002003003019
- The word's association with gentle, careful leading (as of young animals that could not endure a hard pace, Genesis 33:13-14) ties it to guidance that protects and preserves rather than exposes to harm.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5095. nahal [נָהַל] verb Pi`el lead, guide to a watering-place or station, and cause to…
[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 DlHWB 438; DlHA 5f.; Prol. 17 ff. tries to explain all the passages from this Assyrian nâlu; against him see PräLOPh i. 195 CheAcad., April 12, 1884 DHMZKF i. 357 f. NöZMG xi. 1886, 728; two √ √ proposed by RDWilsonPresb. Rev. (N.Y.), April, 1885 (careful article), compare T. ChePsa 23:2. critical note.); —
Pi`el Perfect2masculine singular נֵהַלָתָּ Exo 15:13; Imperfect3masculine singular יְנַהֵל Isa 40:11; suffix יְנַהֲלֵנִי Psa 23:2, יְנַהְלֵם Isa 49:10; וַיְנַהֲלֵם Gen 47:17; 2Ch 32:22; 2Ch 32:2 masculine singular suffix תְּנַהֲלֵנִי Psa 31:4; Psa 31:3masculine plural suffix וַיְנַהֲלוּם2Ch 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), Psa 23:2 (with עַלֿ location; || הִרְבִּיץ), Isa 40:11 (|| קִבֵּץ רעה,).
2 lead or bring to a station, a goal, ׳י subject Exo 15:13 (song; no object expressed, אֶלֿ location; || נחה); human subject 2Ch 28:15 and they conducted all the feeble of them by means of (ב) asses (|| הֵבִיא).
3 lead, guide: figurative, לָהּ מְנַהֵל אֵין Isa 51:18 there is no one to be a guide for her, i.e. for Jerusalem, drunk with cup of ׳יs fury (|| בְּיָדָהּ מַחֲזִיק); ׳י subject Psa 31:4 lead me (|| תַּנְחֵנִי). 4. give rest to (?) ׳וַיְנ מִסָּבִיב2Ch 32:22 and he gave them rest on every hand, compare ᵑ9 ᵐ5 (= מִסּ לָהֶם ׳וַיָּנִח 1 Chronicles 2, 18 +, probably so read here, see Be DHM Öttli).
5 refresh with food, בַּלֶּחֶם ׳וַיְנ 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
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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