Lexical Definition

‎נָגַע‎ nâgaʻ (naw-gah') to touch ^H:V
a primitive root

beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

• properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose
• euphemistically, to lie with a woman)
• by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire)
• violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)

1) to touch, reach, strike
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to touch
1a2) to strike
1a3) to reach, extend to
1a4) to be stricken
1a4a) stricken (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be stricken, be defeated
1c) (Piel) to strike
1d) (Pual) to be stricken (by disease)
1e) (Hiphil) to cause to touch, reach, approach, arrive
1e1) to cause to touch, apply
1e2) to reach, extend, attain, arrive, come
1e3) to approach (of time)
1e4) to befall (of fate)

See Greek: ἀναπληρόω · ἀναχωρέω · ἅπτομαι · ἅπτω · ἀφικνέομαι · γίνομαι · ἐγγίζω · ἐκτίθημι · ἐλέγχω · θιγγάνω · ἰσχύω · καταβαίνω · κατάγω · κολλάω · μαστιγόω · παραγίνομαι · πάρειμι · πόνος · προσάγω · προσεγγίζω · προσπίπτω · πρωΐ · συνάγω · συναντάω · τίθημι · φθάνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָגַע‎ :150 verb touch, reach, strike (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic is agree with one (of food), produce effect; Aramaic ‎נְגַע‎ Ithpa`al be struck (that is, with leprosy), compare Pi`el below); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 32:33* +; ‎נָָֽגְעָה‎ Judg 20:41 +; 1 plural suffix ‎נְנַעֲנוּךָ‎ Gen 26:29 Imperfect ‎יִגַּע‎ Lev 5:3 +; ‎וַיִּגַּע‎ Gen 32:26* +, etc.; Imperative ‎גַּע‎ Ps 144:5 + 2 t.; Infinitive construct ‎נְגֹעַ‎, ‎לִנְגּוֺעַ‎ Gen 20:6 + 3 t.; ‎גַּ֫עַת‎ 2Sam 14:10; Ezek 17:10 suffix ‎נָגְעֵךְ‎ Ruth 2:9 etc.; Participle active ‎נֹגֵעַ‎ 1Kgs 19:5 +; ‎נֹגְעִים‎ Jer 12:14 feminine ‎נֹגַ֫עַת‎ Num 19:22 + 2 t.; plural ‎נֹגְעֹת‎ 1Kgs 6:27 passive ‎נָגוּעַ‎ Ps 73:14; Isa 53:4 —

1. a. touch, usually followed by ‎בְּ‎ Gen 3:3 (J), Gen 32:25*; Gen 32:33*; Exod 19:12 (twice in verse); Exod 19:13 (all E), Exod 29:37; Exod 30:20 (P), Lev 5:2; Lev 5:3 + 25 t. Leviticus; Num 16:26 + 7 t. Numbers (P) + Num 19:22 (no ‎בְּ‎ or object), Deut 14:8; Judg 6:21; 2Sam 23:7; 1Kgs 6:27 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 19:5; 1Kgs 19:7; 2Kgs 13:21; Esth 5:2; Dan 8:5; Dan 8:18; Lam 4:14 followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎ Hag 2:12; Num 4:15; 1Kgs 6:27; Dan 9:21, compare Hos 4:2 compare ‎עַלפֶּֿה‎ Isa 6:7 ‎עַלשָֿׂפָה‎ Dan 10:16 compare accusative Isa 52:11 absolute (no object expressed) Job 6:7; Lam 4:15.
b. of ‎׳‎‎י‎ touching earth, mountains, etc., followed by ‎בְּ‎ Amos 9:5; Ps 104:32; Ps 144:5 figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ touching the heart, followed by ‎בְּ‎ 1Sam 10:26.

2. nearly = strike, passive stricken, Ps 73:14; Isa 53:4 || ‎מֻכֶּה‎), of wind Job 1:19; Ezek 17:10 of divine chastisement 1Sam 6:9; Job 1:11; Job 19:21 followed by ‎אֶל‎ Job 2:5.

3. touch = harm, followed by. ‎בְּ‎, Gen 26:11 (J), Josh 9:19; 2Sam 14:10; 1Chr 16:22 || ‎הָרֵעַ‎) = Ps 105:15; Jer 12:14; Zech 2:12* (twice in verse); followed by. ‎אֶלֿ‎ Gen 20:6 (touch a woman), so Prov 6:29 (followed by ‎בְּ‎); followed by. accusative Gen 26:29 (J, suffix), so Ruth 2:9 see also Job 5:19 (subject ‎רַע‎, followed by ‎בְּ‎), Judg 20:34; Judg 20:41 (both subject ‎רָעָה‎, followed by ‎עַלֿ‎).

4. reach, extend to, 2Sam 5:8, followed by ‎בְּ‎ (but corrupt see Dr HPS); in metaphor, followed by ‎עַד‎, of vine Isa 16:8; Jer 48:32 of sword Jer 4:10, compare vJer 4:18 of chastisement Mic 1:9, compare Job 4:5 (|| ‎בּוֺא אֶלֿ‎); also (followed by ‎אֶל‎) Jer 51:9 = come, followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎ Jonah 3:6 arrive (of time), absolute Ezra 3:1; Neh 7:73.

Niph`al Imperfect ‎וַיִּנָָּֽנְעוּ‎ Josh 8:15 be stricken, defeated (in battle), i.e. feign to be so, but read probably ‎וַיִּנָָּֽגְפוּ‎, see ‎נגף‎ Niph`al

Pi`el Perfect suffix ‎נִגְּעוֺ‎ 2Chr 26:20 strike (with leprosy, 2 accusative), subject ‎׳‎‎י‎; so Imperfect ‎וַיְנַגַּע‎ 2Kgs 15:5; Gen 12:17 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎; accusative of person + accusative of cognate meaning).

Pu`al Imperfect ‎יְנֻגָּע֑וּ‎ be sticken by diseases (?; compare Pi`el and ‎נֶגַע‎

2. 3. especially 2Sam 7:14) Ps 73:5.

Hiph`il Perfect ‎הִגִּיעַ‎ Isa 25:12 + 6 t.; 2 feminine singular ‎הִגַּ֫עַתְּ‎ Esth 4:14 1 singular suffix ‎וְהִגַּעְתִּ֫יהוּ‎ Ezek 13:14, etc.; Imperfect ‎יַגִּיעַ‎ Isa 8:8 + 3 t.; ‎וַיַּגַּע‎ Isa 6:7; Jer 1:9, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎הַגִּיעַ‎ Esth 2:12; Esth 2:15 Participle ‎מַגִּיעַ‎ Gen 28:12 +; feminine ‎מַגַּ֫עַת‎ 2Chr 3:11 — cause to touch; reach, approach, arrive:

1. cause to touch, apply, Exod 12:22) (J E; ‎מִדָּם‎, ‎אֶלֿ‎); cause to touch (compare ‎עַד עָפָר‎, ‎לָאָרֶץ‎), i.e. bring to ground, Isa 25:5; Isa 25:12, compare Lam 2:2; Ezek 13:14 (followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎), Exod 4:25 (J; followed by ‎לְרַגְלָיו‎); followed by ‎עַלפֶּֿה‎ Isa 6:7; Jer 1:9 followed by ‎בְּ‎ Isa 5:8.

2. intransitive reach, extend, Gen 28:12 (followed by ‎ָ  ה‎ locative); followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎ Zech 14:5, followed by ‎עַד‎ Isa 8:8 compare ‎׳‎‎תַּגּ‎ ‎יָדוֺ דֵּי שֶׂה‎ Lev 5:7 if his hand do not reach enough for a lamb (i.e. he be not able to furnish a lamb); followed by ‎לְ‎ Job 20:6 (hyperbole) 2Chr 3:11 (twice in verse); 2Chr 3:12 followed by ‎עַד לְ‎ 2Chr 28:9 attain, followed by ‎לְ‎ Esth 4:14, arrive, come, followed by accusative of location Isa 30:4; Esth 4:3; Esth 8:17, followed by ‎לְ‎ (of time) Dan 12:12, followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎ 1Sam 14:9, followed by ‎עַדֿ‎ Ps 107:18, absolute Esth 6:14 followed by ‎אֵצֶל‎ Dan 8:7.

3. approach, of time, absolute Eccl 12:1; Song 2:12; Ezek 7:12 (|| ‎בּוֺא‎); see also Esth 9:1 (followed by Infinitive), compare Esth 2:12; Esth 2:15; Ps 88:4* (followed by ‎לְ‎).

4. of fate or lot, = befal, followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎ Esth 9:26; Eccl 8:14 (twice in verse); Ps 32:6.

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