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*nḥl - to inherit, to possess
(Kogan 2015: 216)
see also
*niḥl-at-
Note that the root seems to be missing from Aramaic.
Words
Akkadian
naḫālu
- to hand over (property)
(CAD N₁ 126; Streck 2000:106, 108)
OB Mari
Ugaritic
nḥl
- heir
(DUL 627)
Hebrew
nḥl
- to maintain as a possession
(HALOT 686)
Hebrew
naḥălā
- inalienable, hereditary property
(HALOT 687)
Arabic
nḥl
- to give
(LA 11 775)
Sabaic
nḥl
- to grant lease
(SD 95)
Sabaic
nḥlt
- grant, lease, concession, bail
(SD 95)
Minaean
nḥl
- louer à bail, concéder une proprieté (to lease, grant property)
(LM 67)
Minaean
nḥl
- concession, bail, bien affermé (concession, lease, well-leased)
(LM 67)
Qatabanian
nḥl
- to grant lease, to give a part of, to share, to distribute
(LIQ 103)
Mehri
nəḥāl
- to give one’s son his portion of one’s livestock
(ML 291)
likely borrowed from Arabic
Jibbali
naḥál
- to give one’s son his portion of one’s livestock
(JL 186)
likely borrowed from Arabic