Lexical Definition

‎נוּעַ‎ nûwaʻ (noo'-ah) to shake ^H:V
a primitive root

continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).

• to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)

1) to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable
1a2) to totter, go tottering
1a2a) vagabond (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be tossed about or around
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to toss about
1c2) to shake, cause to totter
1c3) to shake, disturb
1c4) to cause to wander

See Greek: ἄρχω · διασκορπίζω · ἐξίστημι · ἐπαίρω · κινέω · κλίνω · λικμάω · μετακινέω · σαλεύω · σείω · συναθροίζω · φοβέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נוּעַ‎ verb quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter (Late Hebrew Pilpal ‎נִעְנַע‎ shake, Aramaic ‎נוּעַ‎ waver, stagger (rare); Arabic , bend (of boughs), see commotus fuit (of id.), so Kam Frey; also change, kind, species, variety; Di compare Ethiopic hunt); —

Qal Perfect ‎נָ֫עוּ‎ Job 28:4 +; ‎וְנָע֫וּ‎ Amos 4:8 + 2 t.; Imperfect ‎וַיָּ֫נַע‎ Isa 7:2 3 feminine singular ‎תָּנוּעַ‎ Isa 24:20 ‎אֲנוּעֲךָ‎ 2Sam 15:20 Kt (but read Qr Hiph`il q. v.); ‎יָנ֫וּעוּ‎ Ps 109:10 ‎יְנוּע֑וּן‎ Ps 59:16* Kt (so read; not Qr Hiph`il), etc.; Infinitive absolute Isa 24:20; Ps 109:10 construct ‎נוּעַ‎ Judg 9:9 +3 t.; ‎נוֺעַ‎ Isa 7:2 Participle ‎נָע‎ Gen 4:12; Gen 4:14 ‎נָעִים‎ Prov 22:19 ‎נָעוֺת‎ 1Sam 1:13: —

1. wave, of trees, followed by ‎עַל‎ Judg 9:9; Judg 9:11; Judg 9:13 followed by ‎מִפְּנֵי‎ of cause Isa 7:2 quiver, vibrate, of lips 1Sam 1:13 swing (to and fro) of miners Job 28:4 (|| ‎דלל‎); stagger like drunkard, of mariners in storm Ps 107:27 (|| ‎חגג‎), compare Isa 29:9 (|| ‎שׁכר‎); hence be unstable, figurative of ways of harlot Prov 5:6 tremble, of doorposts, Isa 6:4 (followed by ‎מִן‎ causative ), idols Isa 19:1 (followed by ‎מִפְּנֵי‎), earth Isa 24:20 (|| ‎התנודד‎), people Exod 20:18 (E); figurative of heart Isa 7:2.

2. totter, go tottering (faint and uncertain) Lam 4:14 vLam 4:15 (|| ‎נוּץ‎), Amos 8:12 (|| ‎שׁוטט‎); as beggars Ps 109:10 (|| ‎שִׁאֵל‎), compare Ps 59:16*; Amos 4:8 followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎; participle vagabond Gen 4:12; Gen 4:14 (both || ‎נָד‎); figurative = err, sin, Jer 14:10. Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִנּוֺעַ‎ Amos 9:9 be tossed about (of corn) in a sieve; ‎יִנּוֺעוּ‎ id., of bulwarks as fig-trees Nah 3:12 (|| ‎נפל‎). Hiph`il Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎הֵנִ֫יעָה‎ 2Kgs 19:21 = Isa 37:22 ‎וַהֲנִָֽעוֺתִ֫י‎ Amos 9:9 Imperfect ‎יָנִיעַ‎ Zeph 2:15 jussive ‎יָ֫נַע‎ 2Kgs 23:18 ‎אֲנִיעֲךָ‎ 2Sam 15:20 Qr (compare Qal); ‎יְנִיעוּן‎ Ps 109:25 + Ps 59:16* Qr (read Kt Qal q. v. ), etc.; Imperative suffix ‎הֲנִיעֵ֫מוֺ‎ Ps 59:12* —

1. toss about Amos 9:9 subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, object Israel followed by ‎בַּגּוֺיִם‎ (compare Niph`al).

2. shake, cause to totter: = set me tottering Dan 10:10 on my knees and hands; especially shake or wag the head, in mockery 2Kgs 19:21 = Isa 37:22 (|| ‎בוז‎, ‎לעג‎) compare Ps 22:8*; Ps 109:25 followed by ‎עַלֿ‎ Job 16:4 (‎׳‎‎בְּמוֺ ר‎ [Ges](/btb/not_created.html)^{«GKC:119q»§ 119q}]), also Lam 2:15 (|| ‎שׁרק‎), Zeph 2:15 ‎יָדוֺ‎ (|| id.), [see also Eccl 12:18; Eccl 13:7 (‎׳‎‎בְּר‎)].

3. (shake), disturb, bones of dead 2Kgs 23:18.

4. cause to wander Num 32:13 (J); 2Sam 15:20 (followed by ‎ללכת‎); Ps 59:12* (|| ‎הוריד‎, for which Lag^{Proph. Chald. xlviii.} proposes ‎הניד‎).

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