to inherit
na.chal denotes receiving an allotted possession, especially land, and also causing others to receive an inheritance.
The verb most often describes receiving or holding an allotted inheritance, especially land, whether by tribes, families, or individuals. Its causative forms describe assigning such a possession to others; a smaller set applies the pattern to non-land outcomes such as glory, good, folly, wind, substance, or allotted misery.
Senses in use
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Receive an allotted possession or land · dominant
Qal and Hithpael forms describe persons or groups coming into an inheritance or assigned share. In Numbers 33:54 the APB renders the clause “You shall inherit the land by lot,” while Joshua 19:9 places Simeon's inheritance within Judah's inheritance; Judges 11:2 presents Jephthah's exclusion from inheritance in his father's house.
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Cause or assign an inheritance · common
Hiphil and Piel forms place the action with a giver, leader, or allotter who brings others into possession. In Joshua 1:6 the APB renders Joshua's task as causing the people to inherit the land, and Ezekiel 46:18 concerns causing sons to inherit from the leader's own possession rather than taking the people's possession.
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Come into a non-land outcome · occasional
Several Qal clauses extend the receiving pattern beyond territorial possession. In Proverbs 3:35 the APB renders the wise as inheriting “glory”; Proverbs 14:18 says the simple have inherited “folly,” and Proverbs 11:29 describes the household-troubler as inheriting “the wind.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses “inherit,” “inheritance,” and “cause... to inherit,” especially in land-allotment settings. It also uses “allotted” and “assigned” in Job 7:3; These renderings only indicate how the clauses are presented.