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title: הָגָה — moan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָגָה (1897), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: moan. BDB 1906: vb. moan, growl, utter, speak, muse Po. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָגָה

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«הָגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **moan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 1897 · **BDB:** הָגָה

### Glosses

it.will.utter (4); I.have.muttered (1); I.meditate (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

moan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1897/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. moan, growl, utter, speak, muse Po. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1897/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. moan, growl, utter, speak, muse (only poet.) (onomatop.; NH הָגָה muse, speak, spell a word, so Aramaic הֲגָא; ܗܓܳܐ muse, especially Ethpa.; Arabic هَجَا satirize, insult, scold, also spell (borrowed meaning))— Perf. 2 ms. וְהָגִ֫יתָ consec. Jos 1:8; 1 s. הָגִ֫יתִי ψ 143:5, וְהָגִיתִי consec. ψ 77:13; Impf. יֶהְגֶּה Jb 27:4 + 8 times; 3 fs. תֶּהְגֶּה ψ 35:28 + 2 times, אֶהְגֶּה ψ 63:7 Is 38:14, יֶהְגּוּ ψ 2:1 + 2 times, תֶּהְגּוּ Is 16:7; נֶהְגֶּ֑ה Is 59:11; Inf. abs. הָגֹה Is 59:11;— of inarticulate sounds: growl, of lion growling over prey, sq. על Is 31:4. groan, moan, in distress (like dove), abs., Is 38:14; 59:11 (הָגוֹ נֶהְגֶּה); sigh for (לְ) in sorrow, mourning, moan for Is 16:7 (‖ יְיֵלִיל לְ), so also Je 48:31. utter, sq. acc. rei, ψ 38:13; subj. לָשׁוֹן Jb 27:4 (‖ דִּבֶּר) ψ 35:28; 71:24 Is 59:3; subj. פֶּה ψ 37:30 Pr 8:7—cf. also sub Po. infr.; speak (abs.) ψ 115:7 (בְּ instr.) (soliloquize) meditate, muse, c. בְּ rei, Jos 1:8 ψ 1:2; 63:7; 77:13; 143:5; c. acc. Is 33:18, subj. לֵב. imagine, devise, c. acc. ψ 2:1 Pr 24:2 (subj. לֵב); c. Inf. Pr 15:28 (subj. id.) Inf. abs. only הֹרוֹ וְהֹגוֹ מִלֵּב דִּבְרֵי־שֶׁקֶר Is 59:13 a conceiving and an uttering, out of the heart, lying words (‖ דַּבֵּר עשֶׁק וְסָרָה);—on form cf. Köi 555; but read rather הָרוֹ וְהָגוֹ Qal Inf. abs. cf. Di; BaNB 77 retains MT \& expl. as Qal Inf. pass. Pt. pl. הַמְּצַפְצְפִים וְהַמַּהְגִּים Is 8:19 those that make chirpings and mutterings, of necromancers and wizards.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1897/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.2.1/)

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לָ֭מָּה רָגְשׁ֣וּ גוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ־רִֽיק׃

*Word for word:* why? do.they.plot nations and peoples do.they.devise? emptiness

*JPS 1917:* Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

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[Psalms 37:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.30/)

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פִּֽי־צַ֭דִּיק יֶהְגֶּ֣ה חָכְמָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ תְּדַבֵּ֥ר מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].mouth of.\[the\].righteous it.utters wisdom and tongue his it.speaks justice

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh justice.

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