Etymology?:
from nāḥal נָחַל ‘to inherit’ (in its usual sense )
Roots:
נחל
naḥălā n, f
1) possession, property, inheritance, heritage
1a) property
1b) portion, share
1c) inheritance, portion
Mentioned in Genesis 31:14, 48:6 Exodus 15:17 Numbers 27:7, 27:10, 27:11, 33:54, 34:14, 36:3, 36:4, 36:7, 36:8, 36:12, 36:2, 18:21, 18:23, 18:20, 27:9, 32:32, 35:2, 35:8, 36:9, 27:8, 16:14, 26:54, 32:18, 18:26, 32:19, 34:2, 26:53, 26:62, 18:24, 26:56, 34:15 Deuteronomy 15:4, 21:23, 9:26, 10:9, 18:2, 24:4, 25:19, 12:12, 14:27, 14:29, 18:1, 4:21, 12:9, 26:1, 20:16, 19:10, 19:14, 4:38, 29:7, 9:29, 4:20, 32:9 Joshua 17:4, 19:51, 24:32, 17:14, 14:9, 14:14, 18:7, 18:4, 24:28, 11:23, 21:3, 19:8, 19:16, 19:31, 19:48, 23:4, 13:14, 13:33, 18:28, 13:6, 16:5, 16:8, 16:9, 24:30, 13:7, 17:6, 19:49, 13:8, 14:2, 18:2, 19:41, 14:13, 18:20, 19:2, 13:23, 13:28, 15:20, 19:1, 19:9, 19:10, 19:23, 19:39, 14:3 Judges 20:6, 18:1, 2:6, 21:24, 21:23, 2:9 1 Samuel 26:19, 10:1 2 Samuel 20:1, 14:16, 21:3, 20:19 1 Kings 8:53, 21:3, 21:4, 12:16, 8:36, 8:51 2 Kings 21:14 Isaiah 58:14, 19:25, 49:8, 54:17, 63:17, 47:6 Jeremiah 3:19, 50:11, 12:14, 12:15, 12:7, 17:4, 2:7, 12:9, 10:16, 51:19, 12:8, 16:18 Ezekiel 47:14, 36:12, 35:15, 46:16, 47:23, 48:29, 47:22, 46:17, 44:28, 46:18, 45:1 Joel 2:17, 4:2 Micah 2:2, 7:18, 7:14 Malachi 1:3 Psalms 47:5, 78:55, 2:8, 78:71, 33:12, 68:10, 79:1, 105:11, 16:6, 106:40, 135:12, 136:21, 28:9, 106:5, 127:3, 74:2, 111:6, 94:5, 37:18, 136:22, 78:62, 94:14 Proverbs 19:14, 17:2, 20:21 Job 42:15, 20:29, 27:13, 31:2 Ruth 4:10, 4:5, 4:6 Lamentations 5:2 Ecclesiastes 7:11 Nehemiah 11:20 1 Chronicles 16:18 2 Chronicles 10:16, 6:27