Nâhal — H5095

Definition

verb

properly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow; hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustain

1. to lead, give rest, lead with care, guide to a watering place or station, cause to rest, bring to a station or place of rest, guide, refresh
1. (Piel)
1. to lead to a watering-place or station and cause to rest there
2. to lead or bring to a station or goal
3. to lead, guide
4. to give rest to
5. to refresh (with food)
2. (Hithpael)
1. to lead on
2. to journey by stations or stages

Usually translated as

guide, lead, carry, feed

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• ágō (G71)
• antilambánomai (G482)
• ektréphō (G1625)
• enischýō (G1765)
• katapaúō (G2664)
• parakaléō (G3870)

Occurrences

Nâhal occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (3)

• Genesis 33:14 — Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on (אֶתְנָהֲלָ֣ה) softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
• Genesis 47:17 — And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed (וַיְנַהֲלֵ֤ם) them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
• Exodus 15:13 — Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided (נֵהַ֥לְתָּ) them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
• 2 Chronicles 28:15 — And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried (וַיְנַהֲל֤וּם) all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
• 2 Chronicles 32:22 — Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided (וַֽיְנַהֲלֵ֖ם) them on every side.
• Psalms 23:2 — He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth (יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי) me beside the still waters.
• Psalms 31:3 — For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide (וּֽתְנַהֲלֵֽנִי) me.
• Isaiah 40:11 — He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead (יְנַהֵֽל) those that are with young.
• Isaiah 49:10 — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide (יְנַהֲלֵֽם) them.
• Isaiah 51:18 — There is none to guide (מְנַהֵ֣ל) her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.