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title: נַעַל — sandal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַעַל (5275), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: sandal. BDB 1906: n.f. sandal, shoe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַעַל

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«נַעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sandal** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 5275 · **BDB:** נַ֫עַל

### Glosses

sandals (8); sandal (7); a.pair.of.sandals (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sandal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5275/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sandal, shoe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5275/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Jos 9:5 sandal, shoe (NH id.; Arabic نَعْلٌ id. (also horse-shoe, etc.); Syriac ܢܰܥܠܴܐ appar. only horse-shoe (rare; also NS) PS2405; cf. poss. Ethiopic ንዑልት: (obsol.) wife of Levirate marriage Di676);—abs. נ׳ Gn 14:23, נָ֑עַל Dt 25:10; sf. נַעֲלִי ψ 60:10; 108:10, נַעַלְךָ Jos 5:15, etc.; du. נַעֲלָ֑יִם Am 2:6; 8:6; pl. נִ֑עָלִים Is 11:15; Ct 7:2, נְעָלוֹת Jos 9:5; sf. נְעָלֶיךָ Ex 3:5; Ez 24:17, נְעָלָיו Is 5:27, נְעָלֵינוּ Jos 9:13, נַעֲלֵיכֶם Ex 12:11; Ez 24:23;—sandal Ju 9:13, Am 2:6; 8:6 (du. = pair of sandals; mentioned as of little worth); Dt 29;4; on (ב) feet Jos 9:5 (JE), 1 K 2:5; Ez 24:23 Ex 12:11 (P); cf. פְּעָמַיִךְ בַּנְּעָלִים Ct 7:2, וְהִדְרִיךְ בַּנ׳ Is 11:15; put on sandal is שִׂים נ׳ בְּרֶגֶל Ez 24:17; loose the sandal is חָלַץ Is 20:2; Dt 25:9 cf. v 10; שַׁל (Imv.) Ex 3:5 (E), Jos 5:15 (JE); שָׁלַף Ru 4:7, 8 cf. BurtonMidian ii. 197); sandal-thong is שְׂרוֹךְ Gn 14:23; Is 5:27; עַל־אֱדוֹם אַשְׁלִיךְ נַעֲלִי ψ 60:10 upon Edom do I cast my sandal = 108:10, denotes either contempt (Hup; עַל = unto, fig. of slave), or taking possession of (Fl in De, Che Bae), ‖ מוֹאָב סִיר רַחְצִי favoursformer.—On symbolic use of sandal v. further GoldziherAbh. z. Arabic Philol. i. 47 f. JacobArab. Dicht. iv. 23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5275/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 25:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.10/)

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וְנִקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בֵּ֖ית חֲל֥וּץ הַנָּֽעַל׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.called name its in Israel the.house of.the.\[one\].drawn.off of the.sandal

*JPS 1917:* And his name shall be called in Israel The house of him that had his shoe loosed.

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[Psalms 108:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.108.10/)

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מוֹאָ֤ב ׀ סִ֬יר רַחְצִ֗י עַל־אֱ֭דוֹם אַשְׁלִ֣יךְ נַעֲלִ֑י עֲלֵֽי־פְ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת אֶתְרוֹעָֽע׃

*Word for word:* Moab \[is\].the.pot my.washing my over Edom I.throw sandal my over Philistia I.shout.in.triumph

*JPS 1917:* Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; over Philistia do I cry aloud.

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