naal · bolt, put on sandals

What it means

naal (נָעַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bolt, put on sandals”.

Bolt, lock with a bar; also put sandals on.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To secure a door so it cannot be opened.
2. To put sandals on someone's feet.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• locked ×4
• bolt ×1
• bolted ×1
• gave them sandals ×1
• shod you ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Judges×2
• 2 Samuel×2
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Song of Songs×2
• Ezekiel×1

• Judges 3:23

  Ehud went out to the porch, closed the doors of the upper room behind him, and locked them.

• Judges 3:24

  When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and there the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the room of coolness.”

• 2 Samuel 13:17

  He called his young man, his attendant, and said, “Send this woman away from me, outside, and bolt the door after her.”

• 2 Samuel 13:18

  She was wearing a long robe, for so the king’s virgin daughters used to dress, in robes. His attendant brought her outside and bolted the door after her.

• 2 Chronicles 28:15

  Then the men who had been designated by name rose up and took charge of the captives; and all the naked among them they clothed from the spoil; they clothed them, gave them sandals, gave them food and drink, anointed them, led them on donkeys, all who stumbled, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, beside their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

• Song of Songs 4:12

  A garden locked is my sister, bride, a fountain locked, a spring sealed.

• Ezekiel 16:10

  And I clothed you with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather, and I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

And 1 more times.