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her´i-tā̇j (× ×—×œ×”, nahÌ£ălaÌ„h, from naÌ„hÌ£al, “to giveâ€; κληÏοÌω, kleÌ„roÌoÌ„): That which is allotted, possession, property, portion, share, peculiar right, inheritance; applied to land transferred from the Canaanites to Israel (; ); to Israel, as the heritage of Yahweh (, etc.). In the New Testament () applied to believers, the spiritual Israel, as God's peculiar possession (Ellicott, Eadie).