Jastrow: נַחֲלָה

נַחֲלָה f. (b. h.; חוּל) [turn, lot,] inheritance, right of succession. B. Bath. VIII, 4 אחד הבן ואחד הבת בנ׳ the same law of succession applies to sons and (eventually) to daughters (v. ib. 122ᵇ). Bekh. VIII, 1, v. בְּכוֹר. Midr. Till. to Ps. V, 1 (play on נחילות ib.) על הנ׳ שנחלתם וכ׳ for the possession which you took from me, and for the possession which I took from you; a. fr.—Trnsf. the central sanctuary at Shiloh or at Jerusalem. Tosef. Zeb. XIII, 20; Zeb. 119ᵃ, sq.; Meg. 10ᵃ, contrad. to מְנוּחָה.—Pl. נַחֲלוֹת. B. Bath. VIII, 2 סדר נ׳ וכ׳ the following is the order of succession (among relatives). Ib. 117ᵃ משונה נחלה זו מכל נ׳ שבעולם this division of inheritance (after the conquest of Canaan) is different from all other successions; a. fr.—Yalk. Ps. 629, v. נְחִילָה.