Lexical Definition

‎הָגָה‎ hâgâh (daw-gaw') to mutter ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎הָגִיג‎)

imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.

• to murmur (in pleasure or anger)
• by implication, to ponder

1) to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to roar, growl, groan
1a2) to utter, speak
1a3) to meditate, devise, muse, imagine
1b) (Poal) to utter
1c) (Hiphil) to mutter

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎הָגָה‎ verb moan, growl, utter, speak, muse (only poetry) (onomatopoetic; Late Hebrew ‎הָגָה‎ muse, speak, spell a word, so Aramaic ‎הֲגָא‎; muse, especially Ethpa`al; Arabic satirize, insult, scold, also spell (borrowed meaning)) —

Qal Perf. 2 masculine singular ‎וְהָגִ֫יתָ‎ consecutive Josh 1:8 1 singular ‎הָגִ֫יתִי‎ Ps 143:5, ‎וְהָגִיתִי‎ consecutive Ps 77:13* Imperfect ‎יֶהְגֶּה‎ Job 27:4 + 8 t.; 3 feminine singular ‎תֶּהְגֶּה‎ Ps 35:28 + 2 t., ‎אֶהְגֶּה‎ Ps 63:7*; Isa 38:14, ‎יֶהְגּוּ‎ Ps 2:1 + 2t., ‎תֶּהְגּוּ‎ Isa 16:7 ‎נֶהְגֶּה֑‎ Isa 59:11 Infinitive absolute ‎הָגוֺ‎ Isa 59:11 —

1. of inarticulate sounds:
a. growl, of lion growling over prey, followed by ‎על‎ Isa 31:4.
b. groan, moan, in distress (like dove), absolute, Isa 38:14; Isa 59:11 (‎הָגוֺ נֶהְגֶּה‎); sigh for (‎לְ‎) in sorrow, mourning, moan for Isa 16:7 (|| ‎יְיֵלִיל לְ‎), so also Jer 48:31.

2. utter, followed by accusative of thing, Ps 38:13* subject ‎לָשׁוֺן‎ Job 27:4 (|| ‎דִּבֶּר‎) Ps 35:28; Ps 71:24; Isa 59:3 subject ‎פֶּה‎ Ps 37:30; Prov 8:7 — compare also below Po. below; speak (absolute) Ps 115:7 (‎בְּ‎ instrumental)

3. a. (soliloquize) meditate, muse, with ‎בְּ‎ of thing, Josh 1:8; Ps 1:2; Ps 63:7*; Ps 77:13*; Ps 143:5 with accusative Isa 33:18, subject ‎לֵב‎.
b. imagine, devise, with accusative Ps 2:1; Prov 24:2 (subject ‎לֵב‎); with Infinitive Prov 15:28 (subject id.) Po. Infinitive absolute only ‎הֹרוֺ וְהֹגוֺ מִלֵּב‎ ‎דִּבְרֵישֶֿׁקֶר‎ Isa 59:13 a conceiving and an uttering, out of the heart, lying words (|| ‎דַּבֵּר עשֶׁק וְסָרָה‎); — on form compare Kö^{i. 555}; but read rather ‎הָרוֺ וְהָגוֺ‎ Qal Infinitive absolute compare Di; Ba^{NB 77 retains} ᵑ0 & explanation as Qal Infinitive passive Hiph`il Participle plural ‎הַמְּצַפְצְפִים‎ ‎וְהַמַּהְגִּ֥ים‎ Isa 8:19 those that make chirpings and mutterings, of necromancers and wizards.

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