נָעַל
na.al
“to lock”
Definition
properly, to fasten up, i.e. with abar or cord; hence, to sandal, i.e. furnish with slippers
a primitive root; also denominative from H5275 (נַעַל)
- to bar, lock, bolt 1a) (Qal) to bar, lock, bolt
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Occurrences
נָעַל appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
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Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
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