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Nahallal

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5096

נַהֲלֹל

na.ha.lal — Nahalol

§ Nahalal or Nahallal or Nahalol = "pasture" one of the cities of Zebulun given to the Merarite Levites maybe modern 'Malul', a village in the plain of Esdraelon

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Historical dictionary entry

Pasture, a city in Zebulun on the border of Issachar (Josh. 19:15), the same as Nahalol (Judg. 1:30). It was given to the Levites. It has been by some identified with Malul in the plain of Esdraelon, 4 miles from Nazareth.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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