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It conveys the action of closing or securing an entryway, such as a door or gate, to prevent access or passage. This term can also imply the act of enclosing or confining something within a space.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, including Israel, doors and gates were vital for the security and protection of homes, cities, and sacred spaces. The act of locking or bolting a door was a common practice to ensure safety from intruders or enemies. The concept of "na'al" reflects the importance of security and the measures taken to protect valuable or sacred spaces. In a broader sense, it also symbolizes the idea of setting boundaries and maintaining order within a community or household.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">נָעַל</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>bar, bolt, lock</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">נָעַל</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-18.htm">2 Samuel 13:18</a>, <font class="hebrew2">נָעָ֑ל</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/3-23.htm">Judges 3:23</a>; <em>Imperative</em> <font class="hebrew2">נְעֹל</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-17.htm">2 Samuel 13:17</a>; <em>Passive participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">נָעוּל</font> <a href="/interlinear/songs/4-12.htm">Songs 4:12</a> (twice in verse); feminine plural <font class="hebrew2">נְעֻלוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24</a>; — <em>bar, bolt, lock</em>, usually with accusative <font class="hebrew2">דֶּלֶת</font>, <font class="hebrew2">׃דְּלָתוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/3-23.htm">Judges 3:23</a>, + <font class="hebrew2">אַחֲרֵי</font> <em>after, behind</em>, <a href="/interlinear/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-17.htm">2 Samuel 13:17,18</a>; elsewhere only <font class="hebrew2">גַּן נָעוּל</font> <a href="/interlinear/songs/4-12.htm">Songs 4:12</a> <em>a garden barred</em> (figurative of Shulamite), so also <a href="/interlinear/songs/4-12.htm">Songs 4:12</a> b (reading <font class="hebrew2">גַּן</font> for <font class="hebrew2">גַּל</font>, Vrss Gr Bu). <p> [<font class="hebrew2">נָעַל</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb denominative</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>furnish with sandals, shoe</b></font> (<font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> <font class="hebrew2">נְעַל</font> (rare), <em>bind on sandal</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb065304.gif"> <em>furnish with sandals, shoe</em> horse or camel; Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb065305.gif"> <em>shoe</em> horse); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>1singular suffix <font class="hebrew2">וָאֶנְעֲלֵךְ</font> <font class="hebrew2">תָּ֑חַשׁ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Ezekiel 16:10</a> <em>and I shod thee with</em> <font class="hebrew2">תחשׁ</font> (q. v.). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine plural suffix <font class="hebrew2">וַיַּנְעִלוּם</font>2Chronicles 28:15 <em>and gave them sandals</em>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bolt, enclose, lock, shoe, shut up <p>A primitive root; properly, to fasten up, i.e. With a bar or cord; hence (denominative from <a href="/hebrew/5275.htm">na'al</a>), to sandal, i.e. Furnish with slippers -- bolt, inclose, lock, shoe, shut up. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5275.htm">na'al</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְנָעַ֥ל וְנָעָֽל׃ וַ֠יַּנְעִלוּם וָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְ וּנְעֹ֥ל ואנעלך וינעלום ונעל ונעל׃ נְעֻל֑וֹת נָע֖וּל נעול נעלות nā‘ūl nā·‘ūl naUl nə‘ulōwṯ nə·‘u·lō·wṯ neuLot ū·nə·‘ōl ūnə‘ōl uneOl vaenaLech Vaiyanilum venaAl wā’en‘ălêḵ wā·’en·‘ă·lêḵ way·yan·‘i·lūm wayyan‘ilūm wə·nā·‘al wə·nā·‘āl wənā‘al wənā‘āl<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/judges/3-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 3:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָעַלִיָּ֛ה בַּעֲד֖וֹ <b> וְנָעָֽל׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> behind <span class="itali">him, and locked</span> [them].<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the parlour <span class="itali">upon him, and locked</span> them.<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/3-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the roof brandish <span class="itali">and locked</span><p><b><a href="/text/judges/3-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 3:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דַּלְת֥וֹת הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה <b> נְעֻל֑וֹת </b> וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אַ֣ךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the roof chamber <span class="itali">were locked;</span> and they said,<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the parlour <span class="itali">[were] locked,</span> they said,<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/3-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the doors of the roof <span class="itali">were locked</span> said is only<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/13-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 13:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מֵעָלַ֖י הַח֑וּצָה <b> וּנְעֹ֥ל </b> הַדֶּ֖לֶת אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> this woman <span class="itali">out of my [presence], and lock</span> the door<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> now this [woman] out <span class="itali">from me, and bolt</span> the door<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> now this out <span class="itali">of my and lock</span> the door behind<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/13-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 13:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מְשָֽׁרְתוֹ֙ הַח֔וּץ <b> וְנָעַ֥ל </b> הַדֶּ֖לֶת אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> took <span class="itali">her out and locked</span> the door<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> her out, <span class="itali">and bolted</span> the door<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his attendant her out <span class="itali">and locked</span> the door behind<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/28-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 28:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַשָּׁלָל֒ וַיַּלְבִּשׁ֣וּם <b> וַ֠יַּנְעִלוּם </b> וַיַּאֲכִל֨וּם וַיַּשְׁק֜וּם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and they gave them clothes <span class="itali">and sandals,</span> fed<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> among them, and arrayed <span class="itali">them, and shod</span> them, and gave them to eat<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/28-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the spoil gave <span class="itali">and sandals</span> fed and gave<p><b><a href="/text/songs/4-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Songs 4:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/songs/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> גַּ֥ן ׀ <b> נָע֖וּל </b> אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/songs/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> A garden <span class="itali">locked</span> is my sister,<br><a href="/kjvs/songs/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> A garden <span class="itali">inclosed</span> [is] my sister,<br><a href="/interlinear/songs/4-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A garden <span class="itali">locked</span> is my sister bride<p><b><a href="/text/songs/4-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Songs 4:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/songs/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כַלָּ֑ה גַּ֥ל <b> נָע֖וּל </b> מַעְיָ֥ן חָתֽוּם׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/songs/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> A rock garden <span class="itali">locked,</span> a spring<br><a href="/kjvs/songs/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a spring <span class="itali">shut up,</span> a fountain<br><a href="/interlinear/songs/4-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bride A rock <span class="itali">locked</span> A spring sealed<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/16-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 16:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וָאַלְבִּישֵׁ֣ךְ רִקְמָ֔ה <b> וָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְ </b> תָּ֑חַשׁ וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁ֣ךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you with embroidered cloth <span class="itali">and put sandals</span> of porpoise skin<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thee also with broidered work, <span class="itali">and shod</span> thee with badgers' skin,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> clothed embroidered <span class="itali">and put</span> of porpoise wrapped<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5274.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5274.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5274<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/naul_5274.htm">nā·‘ūl — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/neulot_5274.htm">nə·‘u·lō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uneol_5274.htm">ū·nə·‘ōl — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaenalech_5274.htm">wā·’en·‘ă·lêḵ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyanilum_5274.htm">way·yan·‘i·lūm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/venaal_5274.htm">wə·nā·‘āl — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' 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