Lexical Definition

‎שׂוּג‎ sûwg (soog) to turn back ^H:V
a primitive root

turn back.

• to retreat

1) to move, go, turn back, turn away
1a) (Niphal) to turn oneself away

Extended Information

spelling of: סוּג

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎סוּג‎, seldom ‎שׂוּג‎] verb move away, backslide (‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ erroneous; Arabic go and come Lane¹⁴⁵⁹, abitus et adventus Frey (Kam)); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎סָג‎ Ps 53:4* Imperfect 1 plural ‎נָסוֺג‎ Ps 80:19* Participle active construct ‎סוּג‎ Prov 14:14 (Ba^{NB § 124c} Ges^{«GKC:50f»§§ 50f}, «GKC:72p»72p); — backslide, prove recreant to ‎׳‎‎י‎, with ‎מִן‎ Ps 80:19* so absolute Ps 53:4* ‎סוּג לֵב‎ Prov 14:14 a backslider in heart. Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נָסוֺג‎ Ps 44:19*, ‎נָשׂוֺג‎ 2Sam 1:20 (‎שׂ‎ for ‎ס‎); 1 singular ‎נְסוּגֹּ֫תִי‎ Isa 50:5 3 plural ‎נָסֹ֫גוּ‎ Isa 42:17; Jer 38:22 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִסַּג‎ Mic 2:6 (Ges^{«GKC:72dd»§ 72dd}, but see below); 3 masculine plural ‎יִמֹּ֫גוּ‎ Ps 35:4 + 3 t., ‎וַיִּסֹּ֫גוּ‎ Ps 78:57 Infinitive absolute ‎נָסוֺג‎ Isa 59:13 Participle plural ‎נְסוֺגִים‎ Zeph 1:6; Jer 46:5 —

1. reflexive turn oneself away, turn back :
a. literally of Jonathan's bow 2Sam 1:22, with ‎מִן‎ (see HPS).
b. figurative = prove faithless (as Qal): (1) of human friends, ‎אָחוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎נס‎ Jer 38:22 (absolute); usually (2) ‎׳‎‎מֵאַחֲרֵי י‎ ‎׳‎‎נס‎ Zeph 1:6 compare Isa 59:13 so absolute Ps 78:57 (+ ‎בָּגַד‎), with ‎אָחוֺר‎ Isa 50:5 (|| ‎מָרִיתִי‎), Ps 44:19* (|| ‎נָטָה מִן‎). — ‎לֹא יִסַּג כְּלִמּוֺת‎ Mic 2:6 could mean reproaches do not depart, i.e. cease (Hi-St Che GASm Now RV); Now proposes also (emending following see) shall not disgrace depart from Jacob's house ? Buhl^{Lex 13} conjecture, plausibly, ‎יַשִּׂיג‎ (√ ‎נשׂג‎) disgrace shall not overtake us.

2. be truned or driven back, be repulsed, of ‎׳‎‎נ‎'s foes: + ‎אָחוֺד‎ Jer 46:5; Isa 42:17; Ps 35:4; Ps 40:15* = Ps 70:3*; Ps 5.

Hiph`il 1. usually of displacing, moving back a boundary mark (‎גְּבוּ‎), Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תַּסִּיג‎ Deut 19:14, jussive ‎תַּסֵג‎ Prov 22:10 3 masculine plural ‎יַשִּׂיגוּ‎ Job 24:2 (‎שׂ‎ for ‎ס‎); Participle ‎׳‎‎מַסִּיג ג‎ Deut 27:17, ‎׳‎‎מַסִּיגֵי ג‎ Hos 5:10.

2. remove carry away, valuables, to rescue them, jussive, 2 masculine singular ‎תַּסֵּג‎ Mic 6:14 si vera lectio (on synt.see Dr^{§§ 152, 1. 2; 155 Obs.}) Hoph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְהֻסַּג אָחוֺר מִשְׁפָּט‎ Isa 59:14 and justice is driven back (|| ‎צְדָקָה מֵרָחוֺק‎ ‎תַּעֲמֹד‎).

‎סוג‎ Ezek 22:18 see following.

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