Lexical Definition

‎נָהַג‎ nâhag (naw-hag') to lead ^H:V
a primitive root

acquaint, bring (away), carry away, drive (away), lead (away, forth), (be) guide, lead (away, forth).

• to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away
• reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself)
• also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh

1) to drive, lead, guide, conduct
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drive, lead on, drive away, drive off
1a2) to behave itself (fig.) (of heart)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to drive away, lead off
1b2) to lead on, guide, guide on
1b3) to cause to drive
2) (Piel) to moan, lament

See Greek: ἄγω · αἰχμαλωτεύω · ἀνάγω · ἀπάγω · εἰσάγω · ἐπάγω · παρακαλέω · παραλαμβάνω · ποιμαίνω

Extended Information

• (Piel) to moan, lament

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎נָהַג‎ verb drive, conduct (Late Hebrew conduct oneself, behave, be accustomed; Arabic go along the road, keep to the road; Aramaic ‎נְהַג‎ lead); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Lam 3:2 ‎נָָֽהֲגוּ‎ 1Sam 30:20 Imperfect ‎יִנְהַג‎ Isa 20:4, etc.; Imperative ‎נְהַג‎ 2Kgs 4:24 Participle active ‎נֹהֵג‎ Isa 11:6 + 2 t., etc.; passive ‎נְהוּגִים‎ Isa 60:11 —

1. drive, flocks Exod 3:1 compare (in predict.) Isa 11:6 (followed by ‎בְּ‎); figurative, object Joseph, Ps 80:2* (simile of flock); hence, object human being, lead on, Song 8:2 (|| ‎הֵבִיא אֶלֿ‎)); also figurative, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, Lam 3:2 (|| ‎הוֺלִיךְ‎); passive participle of kings led in procession Isa 60:11 compare Di (rather than as captives, Che, as earlier usage; || ‎הֵבִיא‎); drive away, off, (object ‎מִקְנֶה‎) Gen 31:18 ( of Jacob, going by stealth); usually as booty (object flocks and herds) 1Sam 23:5, ‎חמור יתומים ינהגו‎ Job 24:3 (unjustly); compare 1Sam 30:2 (twice in verse) (read ‎וַיִּנְהֲגוּ‎ We Dr Kit Bu, compare Th, not HPS q. v. ), v1Sam 30:22 (no object expressed but really captives || ‎הָלַךְ‎), Isa 20:4 drive an ass for riding 2Kgs 4:24 (|| ‎הָלַךְ‎); a cart (‎עֲגָלָה‎) 2Sam 6:3 = 1Chr 13:7 (where ‎׳‎‎בָּע‎); absolute of driving chariot 2Kgs 9:20 lead out an army to battle (late) 1Chr 20:12; 1Chr 25:11.

2. figurative ‎וְלִבִּי‎ ‎נֹהֵג בַּחָכְמָה‎ Eccl 2:3 my heart behaving itself in wisdom (compare Late Hebrew above). Pi`el Perfect ‎נִהַג‎ Exod 10:3 ‎נִהַ֫גְתָּ‎ Isa 63:14 Imperfect ‎יְנַהֵג‎ Deut 4:27, etc.; —

1. drive away, lead off, followed by accusative, daughters of Laban Gen 31:26 (|| ‎גָּנַב‎); of ‎׳‎‎י‎, leading off people into exile, followed by ‎שָׁ֫מָּה‎ Deut 4:27 (|| ‎הֵפִיץ‎), Deut 28:37 (|| ‎הוֺלִיךְ‎).

2. lead on, guide, followed by accusative, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 78:52 (‎כַּעֵ֫דֶר‎ || ‎הִסִּיעַ כַּצּאֹן‎); Isa 49:10 (|| ‎נִהֵל‎, compare Ps 23:2); Isa 63:14; Isa 48:15 guide on, a wind, Exod 10:13 (followed by ‎בָּאָרֶץ‎), Ps 78:26 (|| ‎הִסִּיעַ‎).

3. cause to drive (compare Qal, 2Kgs 9:20) Exod 14:25 (J E; subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, see Di)

II. [‎נָהַג‎] verb Pi`el moan, lament (Arabic be out of breath, pant, breathe heavily; Aramaic sigh, groan); —

Pi`el Participle feminine plural ‎מְנַהֲגוֺה‎ Nah 2:8* (‎כְּקוֺל יוֺנִים‎ ).

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