--- title: נָהַל — lead · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָהַל (5095), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: lead. BDB 1906: vb.Pi. lead, guide to watering-place and cause to rest there; bring to station place of rest; lead, guide; refresh. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5095.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)‎ / נָהַל‎ # נָהַל «נָהַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lead** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 5095 · **BDB:** נָהַל ### Glosses he (4); I.will.journey.on (1); \[one.who\].leads (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) lead [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5095/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb.Pi. lead, guide to watering-place and cause to rest there; bring to station place of rest; lead, guide; refresh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5095/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb.Pi. lead, guide to a watering-place or station, and cause to rest there; bring to a station or place of rest; lead, guide; refresh (cf. Arabic مَنْهَلٌ watering-place, نَهَلَ take a first drink; likewise (Dozy) مَنْهَلَةٌ station, stage of the road; perhaps also Assyrian naʾâlu, lie down DlHWB 438; DlHA 5f.;Prol 17 ff. tries to explain all the passages from this Assyrian nâlu; against him v. PräLOPh i. 195 CheAcad., April 12, 1884 DHMZKF i. 357 f. NöZMG xl. 1886, 728; two √ √ proposes by RDWilson Presb. Rev. (N.Y.), April, 1885 (careful art.), cf. Che ψ 23:2, crit. n.);— Pf. 2 ms. נֵהַלְתָּ Ex 15:13; Impf. 3 ms. יְנַהֵל Is 40:11; sf. יְנַהֲלֵנִי ψ 23:2, יְנַהֲלֵם Is 49:10; וַיְנַהֲלֵם Gn 47:17 2 Ch 32:22; 2 ms. sf. תְּנַהֲלֵנִי ψ 31:4; 3 mpl. sf. וַיְנַהֲלוּם 2 Ch 28:15; Pt. מְנַהֵל Is 51:18;— lead to a watering-place (or station), and cause to rest there, subj. י׳ as shepherd, Is 49:10 (עַל־ loc.; ‖ נהג), ψ 23:2 (c. עַל־ loc.; ‖ הִרְבִּיץ), Is 40:11 (‖ רעה, קִבֵּץ). lead or bring to a station, a goal, י׳ subj. Ex 15:13 (song; no obj. expressed, אֶל־ loc.; ‖ נחה); human subj. 2 Ch 28:15 and they conducted all the feeble of them by means of (ב) asses (‖ הֵבִיא). lead, guide: fig., אֵין מְנַהֵל לָהּ Is 51:18 there is no one to be a guide for her, i.e. for Jerus., drunk with cup of י׳’s fury (‖ מַחֲזִיק בְּיָדָהּ); י׳ subj. ψ 31:4 lead me (‖ תַּנְחֵנִי). give rest to (?) וַיְנ׳ מִסָּבִיב 2 Ch 32:22 and he gave them rest on every hand, cf. 𝔊 𝔙 (= וַיָּנַח לָהֶם מִסּ׳ 1 Ch 22:18 +, prob. so read here, v. Be DHM Öt). refresh with food, וַיְנ׳ בַּלֶּחֶם Gn 47:17 (J). Impf. prob. journey by stations, stages, only 1 s. אֶתְנַהֲלָה Gn 33:14 (J), I will proceed, journey on, by stages (i.e. deliberately, with family and cattle). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נָהַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5095/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 23:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.23.2/) בִּנְא֣וֹת דֶּ֭שֶׁא יַרְבִּיצֵ֑נִי עַל־מֵ֖י מְנֻח֣וֹת יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃ *Word for word:* in pastures of.fresh.grass he makes.me.lie.down at waters of.rest(s) he leads.me *JPS 1917:* He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters. [Exodus 15:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.13/) נָחִ֥יתָ בְחַסְדְּךָ֖ עַם־ז֣וּ גָּאָ֑לְתָּ נֵהַ֥לְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ֖ אֶל־נְוֵ֥ה קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃ *Word for word:* you.have.guided in your.covenant loyalty \[the\].people which you.have.redeemed you.have.led.\[them\] by strength your to the.abode your.holiness your *JPS 1917:* Thou in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation. - ← previous: [נְהִי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5092.md) - next →: [נַהֲלֹל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5096.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)