{
  "id": "dict_003930",
  "term": "Neballat",
  "slug": "neballat",
  "letter": "N",
  "entry_type": "biblical_place",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "A postexilic settlement in Benjamin mentioned in Nehemiah 11:34.",
  "simple_one_line": "Neballat is a biblical place-name for a town in Benjamin listed after the exile.",
  "tooltip_text": "Biblical place-name in Benjamin; exact location is uncertain.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Benjamin",
    "Nehemiah",
    "postexilic settlements",
    "biblical geography"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Nehemiah 11",
    "Benjamin",
    "towns of Judah and Benjamin"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Neballat is a minor biblical place-name associated with the postexilic community in Benjamin.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A town or village in Benjamin listed among the settlements inhabited after the exile.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "A place-name, not a theological concept.",
    "Mentioned in Nehemiah 11:34.",
    "Its exact location is not securely known."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Neballat is a biblical place-name, a town or village associated with the postexilic settlement of Benjamin in Nehemiah 11:34.",
  "description_academic_full": "Neballat is presented in Nehemiah 11:34 as one of the towns in Benjamin after the exile. The text gives no theological teaching attached to the name, and the site is not securely identified in modern geography. For dictionary purposes, Neballat belongs under biblical geography rather than theological terminology.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Nehemiah 11 lists towns repopulated in the restored community after the exile. Neballat appears among the Benjaminite settlements, showing the return and reorganization of life in the land.",
  "background_historical_context": "The name reflects the postexilic period when returned Judeans and related communities resettled towns in and around Jerusalem. The historical location of Neballat is uncertain.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "In ancient Israelite and Second Temple contexts, town lists helped define territorial belonging, inheritance, and the restored community. Neballat functions as one such settlement name in Benjamin.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Nehemiah 11:34"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "No other canonical text is commonly cited with confidence."
  ],
  "original_language_note": "Hebrew toponym; the exact etymology and modern identification are uncertain.",
  "theological_significance": "Neballat has no direct doctrinal significance; it serves as a geographical marker in a postexilic settlement list.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "This is a historical place reference rather than a theological idea. Its value lies in biblical geography and the narrative of restoration.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not overstate the site’s exact location or importance. The biblical text names Neballat but gives few details beyond its place in Benjamin.",
  "major_views_note": "Most readers and commentators treat Neballat as a Benjaminite settlement named in Nehemiah’s list; its precise identification remains uncertain.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Neballat should not be used for doctrine. It is a geographic headword only and should be read as part of the restoration history in Nehemiah.",
  "practical_significance": "Neballat illustrates the repopulation of the land after exile and the concrete, local shape of covenant restoration.",
  "meta_description": "Neballat is a postexilic town in Benjamin named in Nehemiah 11:34.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/neballat/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/neballat.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}