Lexical Definition

‎פָּגַע‎ pâgaʻ (paw-gah') to fall on ^H:V
a primitive root

come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.

• to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity

1) to encounter, meet, reach, entreat, make intercession
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to meet, light upon, join
1a2) to meet (of kindness)
1a3) to encounter, fall upon (of hostility)
1a4) to encounter, entreat (of request)
1a5) to strike, touch (of boundary)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to light upon
1b2) to cause to entreat
1b3) to make entreaty, interpose
1b4) to make attack
1b5) to reach the mark

See Greek: ἀναιρέω · ἀντιλαμβάνομαι · ἀπαντάω · ἀποκτείνω · διέρχομαι · ἐμπίπτω · ἔρχομαι · θανατόω · λαλέω · παραδίδωμι · προσέρχομαι · συναντάω · ὑποτίθημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פָּגַע‎ verb meet, encounter, reach (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎פְּגַע‎, ; possibly akin to Arabic , happen to, light upon; is pain, afflict); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎פ‎ 1Kgs 2:32 +, suffix ‎וּפְגָעוֺ‎ consecutive Amos 5:19, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּפְגַּע‎ Gen 28:11+; 1 plural ‎נְפְגַּע‎ Job 21:15, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎פְּגַע‎ Judg 8:21+; masculine plural ‎פִּגְעוּ‎ Gen 23:8 Infinitive construct ‎לִפְגֹּע‎ 1Sam 22:17, suffix ‎פִּגְעוֺ‎ Num 35:19; Num 35:21 —

1. meet, light upon, with accusative of person 1Sam 10:5; Exod 5:20 (J), with suffix person Amos 5:19 ‎שׁוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Exod 23:4 with ‎ב‎ person Gen 32:2* (E), Num 35:19; Num 35:21 (P); with ‎ב‎ location Gen 28:11 (E).

2. meet, with kindness, with accusative of person Isa 64:5* (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎), so Isa 47:3 according to Ew De Di and others; Che^Hpt ‎אֶפְרַע‎ (reading, with Du, ‎אמר‎ for ‎אָדָם‎).

3. encounter with hostility, fall upon with ‎ב‎ person Josh 2:16 (JE), Judg 8:21; Judg 15:12; Judg 18:25; 1Sam 22:17; 1Sam 22:18 (twice in verse); 2Sam 1:15; 1Kgs 2:25; 1Kgs 2:29; 1Kgs 2:31; 1Kgs 2:32; 1Kgs 2:34; 1Kgs 2:46; Ruth 2:22 of God, with accusative (suffix), + ‎ב‎ instrumental Exod 5:3.

4. encounter with request, entreat, with ‎ב‎ person Jer 7:16; Job 21:15, followed by clause Jer 27:18; Ruth 1:16, + ‎ל‎ person on whose behalf Gen 23:8

5. strike, touch, of boundary, with ‎ב‎ location Josh 16:7; Josh 19:11; Josh 19:22; Josh 19:26; Josh 19:27; Josh 19:34 (twice in verse), compare Josh 17:10 with ‎אֶל‎ location Josh 19:11.

Hiph`il 1. cause to light upon, Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִפְגִּיעַ‎ with accusative of thing + ‎ב‎ person Isa 53:6.

2. cause one (accusative) to entreat 1 singular ‎הִפְגַּעְתִּי‎ (‎ב‎ person) Jer 15:11 (otherwise Gie; Co strike out see as gloss).

3. make entreaty, 3 plural ‎הִפְגִּעוּ‎ Jer 36:25 with ‎ב‎ person; more generally interpose, Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַפְגִּיעַ‎ Isa 53:12, with ‎ל‎ person in whose behalf; Participle ‎מַפְגִּיעַ‎ Isa 59:16 one interposing.

4. make attack, only Participle Job 36:32 assailant, but Ol Bu Du and others ‎מִפְגָּע‎ mark.

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