Deuteronomy 20:16:10Deut.20.16.W10TAB
נַחֲלָ֑ה
nakhala
“as an inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-kha-LA
- Extended
- nah-kha-LAH
- IPA
- /naħaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as an inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-kha-LA
- clause
RAK me-a-REI ha-a-MIM ha-EI-le a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-kha-LA
- sentence
RAK me-a-REI ha-a-MIM ha-EI-le a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-kha-LA LO te-khai-YE kol-ne-sha-MA
Exegesis
Within this clause the Qal participle nōṯēn {נוֹתֵן | nōṯēn} ‘gives,’ with the dative lᵉkhā {לְךָ | lᵉkhā} ‘to you,’ expresses ongoing divine action by YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}, and naḥālā {נַחֲלָה | naḥālā} ‘inheritance’ situates it in a covenantal-legal context.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun–chet–lamed
“to inherit, receive as possession”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:16
But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance , you shall not let live any breathing thing.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 20:16, so the Hebrew word נַחֲלָ֑ה (nakhala) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.20.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.16.W10.S1) and character.