Nahalal

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nā´hal-al (נחלל, naḥălāl; Codex Vaticanus, Βαιθμάν, Baithmán; Codex Alexandrinus Νααλώλ, Naalṓl, 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 (Joshua 19:15, the King James Version (incorrectly) “Nahallal”; 21:35; Judges 1:30, “Nahalol”). In the Talmud Jerusalem (Meg., i. 1) it is identified with Mahlul. This name might correspond either with ‛Ain Māhil, or with Ma‛lūl. 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.