לְ/נַחֵ֥ל
𐤋/𐤍𐤇𐤋
nâchal
to divide as inheritance
To acquire or receive inheritance, property, or a hereditary share (especially land or tribal allotment); to apportion or assign through inheritance, often via familial or tribal lineage; to act as heir or pass on a possession to another as an inheritance.
Numbers 34:29 · Word #5
Lexicon H5157
| Lemma | נָחַל |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤇𐤋 |
| Transliteration | nâchal |
| Strong's | H5157 |
| Definition | To acquire or receive inheritance, property, or a hereditary share (especially land or tribal allotment); to apportion or assign through inheritance, often via familial or tribal lineage; to act as heir or pass on a possession to another as an inheritance. |
Morphology HR/Vpc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
Common Translation
| Phrase | to divide as inheritance |
SIBI-P1 Translation H5157-07
to assign as inheritance
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Piel stem (intensive/causative), infinitive construct with prefixed לְ. |
| Rendering Rationale | The root נחל concerns inheriting or apportioning hereditary property. In the Piel stem it carries an intensive/causative sense, meaning to cause someone to inherit or to formally assign property as an inheritance; the infinitive construct with לְ expresses purpose: "to assign as inheritance." |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
to assign as inheritance
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | P1 matches the directive sense in this legal context, as supported by SILEX; no change needed. |