# \*nVḥVl-: 'inherit, take possession' > Proto-Semitic *nVḥVl-, 'inherit, take possession': reflexes in 10 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [N](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*nVḥVl- | | Meaning | 'inherit, take possession' | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Akkadian | naḫālu B (Mari) (CAD N/1 126); niḫlatu (Mari) (CAD N/2 219) | CAD N/1 126; CAD N/2 219 | gloss withheld | | Aramaic | NḤL (DJA 65b apud CAL) | CAL; Anderson–Moser 2024 root nḫl | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | naḥal 'get' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root nḫl | | | Phoenician | nḥl; tnḥl (Krahmalkov 327) | Krahmalkov 327 | gloss withheld | | Punic | nḥl 'inherit' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root nḫl | | | Arabic | nḥl, niḥlat- (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 23) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.3 no. 23 | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab nḥl, nḥlt (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 23); nḥl (Sabaweb lemma 4639) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.3 no. 23; Sabaweb lemma 4639 | gloss withheld | | Ugaritic | nḥl, nḥlt (DULAT 619) | DULAT 619 | gloss withheld | | Amorite | naḥalum, naḥlum (Gelb AS 21, 26) | Gelb AS 21 26 | gloss withheld | | Emar | na-aḫ-la-ti /naḥlā̆tu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 177) | Pentiuc 2001 177 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 23, glosses Ug. nḥl 'heir'. Streck 2000, 106–108 and Streck 2011, 367 take the Mari naḫālu and niḫlatu as Amorite. ## Linked from - [N]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/K0234_inherit_take_possession/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.