na.cha.lah denotes an allotted possession—especially land or an estate—and can describe a people as belonging to the LORD.

The word most often identifies land or property allotted for possession, including family estates and territorial holdings. It also marks a share or claim that may be withheld or contested, and in construct expressions it can portray Israel or other groups as belonging to the LORD.

1. Allotted land or landed possession · dominant

   The noun identifies land given for possession: in Deuteronomy 15:4 the APB renders land that God is giving "as an inheritance to possess," and Deuteronomy 19:14 places a neighbor's boundary within the holding to be received. In Ezekiel 47:23, the construct form occurs where a sojourner is to receive an allotted holding within the tribe where he resides.

   Deuteronomy 15:4Deuteronomy 19:14Deuteronomy 20:16Ezekiel 47:231 Chronicles 16:18Isaiah 49:8
2. Family estate or an allotted share · common

   The construct noun can designate a family's estate or a person's share within a household or community. In 1 Kings 21:3 Naboth refuses to give the estate of his fathers, while Ezekiel 46:16 distinguishes a leader's gift from his estate to a son and says that it remains the sons' possession. In Deuteronomy 10:9, the clause contrasts Levi's lack of a share among his brothers with the LORD as his allotted portion.

   1 Kings 21:31 Kings 21:4Ezekiel 46:16Ezekiel 46:17Genesis 48:6Deuteronomy 10:9
3. A people belonging to the LORD · occasional

   In construct phrases, the noun describes a people or tribes as the LORD's own possession. Deuteronomy 9:29 calls the people brought out by great strength "your inheritance," and Deuteronomy 32:9 identifies Jacob as the cord of his possession. Jeremiah 12:7 then speaks of leaving "my inheritance" and giving it into enemies' hands.

   Deuteronomy 9:29Deuteronomy 32:91 Kings 8:51Isaiah 19:25Jeremiah 12:7Jeremiah 12:8
4. Claim or share disavowed or endangered · occasional

   The noun can occur in statements denying a share or protesting its loss. In 1 Kings 12:16, the APB renders the people's rejection of David's house as having no share in the son of Jesse; in 1 Samuel 26:19 David says that others have driven him from sharing in the LORD's portion. In 2 Samuel 20:19, destroying a city is described as swallowing up the LORD's possession.

   1 Kings 12:162 Samuel 20:11 Samuel 26:192 Samuel 20:192 Kings 21:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses "inheritance," while also rendering the broader clauses with terms such as "portion," "share," "possession," and "heritage." Because it is a whole-verse translation, those English terms confirm the contexts without fixing a separate rendering in every occurrence.