נַ֫עַל
na.al
“sandal”
Definition
properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
or (feminine) נַעֲלָה; from H5274 (נָעַל);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
נַ֫עַל appears 18 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
None of them grows weary or stumbles;no one slumbers or sleeps.No belt is looseand no sandal strap is broken.
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