Nahalal
(Heb. Nahalal’, , pasture; Sept. v.r. , and even ; Vulg. Nahum 1 lol; Auth. Vers. once “Nahallal,” Jos 19:15), a city, in the tribe of Zebulun, on the border of Issachar (Jos 19:15), but inhabited by Canaanites tributary to Israel (Jdg 1:30, where the name is “Nahalol”), given with its “suburbs” to the Merarite Levites (Jos 21:35). It is mentioned between Kithlish and Shimron. Eusebius erroneously locates it E. of the Jordan (Onomast. s.v. ). “The Jerusalem Talmud (Megillah, chapter 1; Maaser Sheni, chapter 5), as quoted by Schwarz (Palest. page 172) and Reland (Palest. page 717), asserts that Nahalal (or Mahalal, as it is in some copies) was in postBiblical times called Maohlul; and this Schwarz identifies with the modern Malul, a village in the plain of Esdraelon under the, mountains which enclose the plain on the north, four miles west of Nazareth, and two from Japhia; an identification concurred in by Van de Velde (Memoir, s.v.). One Hebrew MS. (30 Kennicott) lends countenance to it by reading , i.e. Mahalal, in Jos 21:35. If the town was in the great plain, we can understand why the Israelites were unable to drive out the Canaanites from it, since their chariots must have been extremely formidable as long as they remained on level or smooth ground.” This site, however, has been appropriated by Porter to that of the ancient MARALAH SEE MARALAH (q.v.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Nahalal (2)
Malul, the site proposed by some for this place, is described in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey (1:274) as “a mud village on a hill, with open ground on the west, where stands the prominent ruin Kusr ez-Zir.”
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Nahalal
Jos 19:15; Jos 21:35; Jdg 1:30. A city of Zebulun, given to the Merarite Levites. Now Malul in the Esdraelon plain; four miles W. of Nazareth. Being in the plain Israel could not drive out of it the Canaanites with their chariots, which could act on the level ground.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Nahalal
NAHALAL (in Jdg 1:30 Nahalol).A town of Zebulun (Jos 19:15), given to the Levites (Jos 21:35). Its inhabitants were not expelled by the Zebulunites, but were made tributary (Jdg 1:30). A possible site is Ain Mahil, north of Nazareth, on the hill which formed the limit of Zebulun to the east. Another is Malul, a village west of Nazareth, and on the south border of Zebulun.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Nahalal
A city of Zebulon. (Jos 19:15) The meaning of this name is strength, from Hallal.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Nahalal
nahal-al (, nahalal; Codex Vaticanus, , Baithman; Codex Alexandrinus , Naalol, and other forms): A city in the territory of Zebulun assigned with its suburbs to the Merarite Levites, out of which the Canaanite inhabitants were not driven (Jos 19:15, the King James Version (incorrectly) Nahallal; 21:35; Jdg 1:30, Nahalol). In the Talmud Jerusalem (Meg., i. 1) it is identified with Mahlul. This name might correspond either with Ain Mahil, or with Malul. The former lies about 3 1/2 miles Northeast of Nazareth on a hill near the eastern boundary of Zebulun. The latter is situated about 3 1/2 miles West of Nazareth, near the southern border of Zebulun. The change of n to m is not unusual.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Nahalal
[Nah’alal] See NAHALLAL.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Nahalal
Nahal’al or Na’halal. (pasture). One of the cities of Zebulun, given with its “suburbs,” to the Merarite Levites. Jos 21:35. It is the same which in Jos 19:15, is inaccurately given, in the Authorized Version, as Nahallal, the Hebrew being in both cases identical. Elsewhere, it is called Nahalol. Jdg 1:30. It is identified with the modern Malul, a village in the plain of Esdraelon.