נַ֫עַל

Genesis 14:23 נַ֔עַל a sandal

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Exodus 3:5 נְעָלֶ֙יךָ֙ sandals your

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Here: Plural: both of his sandals. These were simple leather soles tied on with thongs, the ordinary footwear of a traveller or herdsman.

Exodus 12:11 נַֽעֲלֵיכֶם֙ sandals your

This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

Here: Leather sandals, normally taken off indoors and at meals. Wearing them at table is a deliberate oddity: these people are already dressed to go out the door.

Deuteronomy 25:9 נַעֲלוֹ֙ sandal his

his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

Deuteronomy 25:10 הַנָּֽעַל׃ ס the sandal

And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

Deuteronomy 29:5 וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥ and sandal your

For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

Here: A leather sole tied on with thongs. Here the address switches to a singular 'you', as if Moses were speaking to each listener, or to Israel as one person. Sandals were the first thing to give out on rough desert ground.

Joshua 5:15 נַֽעַלְךָ֙ sandal your

The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

Here: A leather sole tied on with thongs, the everyday footwear of the time. The Hebrew is singular. It may be a collective 'your footwear', but it differs from the plural at the bush (see debates).

Joshua 9:5 וּנְעָל֨וֹת and sandals

They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.

Here: Ordinary leather sandals, the footwear of anyone who walked. The verse begins with the feet, the part of a traveller that shows the distance most plainly.

Joshua 9:13 וּנְעָלֵ֔ינוּ and sandals our

These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”

Here: Leather-soled sandals tied on with thongs. Verse 5 says they were also 'patched', which makes the long-road story look true.

Ruth 4:7 נַעֲל֖וֹ sandal his

Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

Here: His own sandal, the thing that touches and treads the ground. That makes it a natural token for a claim to land.

Ruth 4:8 נַעֲלֽוֹ׃ sandal his

So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”

Here: The ordinary leather sandal. By verse 7 it is the token handed to the other party. 'His' most naturally means the redeemer's own sandal, though the Hebrew does not spell out the subject. Ancient rabbis argued over which man's sandal it was.

1 Kings 2:5 וּֽבְנַעֲל֖וֹ and on sandal[s] his

Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

Here: "And on his sandal", singular in Hebrew but meaning his footwear in general. The blood reached down to his feet.

Psalm 60:8 נַעֲלִ֑י sandal my

Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

Psalm 108:9 נַעֲלִ֑י sandal my

Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

Song of Songs 7:1 בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים in <the> sandals

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

Isaiah 5:27 נְעָלָֽיו׃ sandals its

None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

Isaiah 11:15 בַּנְּעָלִֽים׃ in <the> sandals

The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

Here: 'In the sandals'. They cross without even taking off their sandals, which is how dry the crossing is. KJV's 'dryshod' captures it.

Isaiah 20:2 וְנַעַלְךָ֥ and sandal[s] your

the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

Here: The Hebrew is singular but means the pair. Sandals were basic outdoor footwear, and going without them was a public sign of distress or degradation.

Ezekiel 24:17 וּנְעָלֶ֖יךָ and sandals your

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

Ezekiel 24:23 וְנַֽעֲלֵיכֶם֙ and sandals your

Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.

Amos 2:6 נַעֲלָֽיִם׃ a pair of sandals

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

Here: The Hebrew form for a pair: 'a pair of sandals', one of the cheapest goods there was. It points to a trivial debt or a petty bribe, and may also recall the sandal used to seal legal transfers.

Amos 8:6 נַעֲלָ֑יִם a pair of sandals

Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

Here: The form means two of something: 'a pair of sandals'. It stands for an almost worthless sum, the cheapest everyday article. A person's freedom goes for a trifle.