# H5159 נַחֲלָה

נַחֲלָה (nachălâh), Strong’s H5159: properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion KJV: heritage, to inherit…

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*nachălâh* — properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

KJV: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).

Derived from [נָחַל nâchal](https://besorah.bible/word/H5157) (to inherit)

Occurs 222 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נַחֲלָה 224 n.f. possession, property, inheritance
- 1 property
- 2 portion, share
- 3 inheritance

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 31:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=14) — Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
- [Genesis 48:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=6) — Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their…
- [Exodus 15:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/15?v=17) — You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, LORD, which you have made for…
- [Numbers 16:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/16?v=14) — Moreover you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and…
- [Numbers 18:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/18?v=20) — The LORD said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I…
- [Numbers 18:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/18?v=21) — “To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service…
- [Numbers 18:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/18?v=23) — But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute…
- [Numbers 18:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/18?v=24) — For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites…
- [Numbers 18:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/18?v=26) — “Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I…
- [Numbers 26:53](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/26?v=53) — “To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.