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title: נָגַח — push · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָגַח (5055), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: push. BDB 1906: vb. push, thrust, gore. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָגַח

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«נָגַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **push** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 5055 · **BDB:** נָגַח

### Glosses

it.will.gore (4); you.will.gore (2); goring (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

push [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5055/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. push, thrust, gore [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5055/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. push, thrust, gore (NH id.; Arabic نَجَحَ succeed, attain, make progress; 𝔗 as BH);— Impf. יִגַּח Ex 21:28, 31, 32 (E), יִגָּ֑ח v 31;—gore, subj. שׁוֹר, sq. acc. pers. Impf. יְנַגַּח Dt 33:17; 2 ms. תְּנַגַּח 1 K 22:11 2 Ch 18:10; תְּנַגְּחוּ Ez 34:21; נְנַגֵּחַ ψ 44:6; Pt. מְנַגֵּחַ Dn 8:4;—push or thrush at, sq. acc.: of Joseph under fig. of wild ox Dt 33:17, cf. 1 K 22:11 = 2 Ch 18:10 ψ 44:6 (‖ בּוּס); v. also Ez 34:21 (of Isr. under fig. of sheep), cf. Dn 8:4 (of ram in vision; obj. not expr.). Impf. יִתְנַגַּח עִמּוֹ מֶלֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב Dn 11:40 engage in thrusting with, wage war with.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָגַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5055/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 44:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.6/)

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בְּ֭ךָ צָרֵ֣ינוּ נְנַגֵּ֑חַ בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗ נָב֥וּס קָמֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* by you foes our we.gore in name your we.tread.down \[those who\].rise.against.us

*JPS 1917:* Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.

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[Exodus 21:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.31/)

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אוֹ־בֵ֥ן יִגָּ֖ח אוֹ־בַ֣ת יִגָּ֑ח כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט הַזֶּ֖ה יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* or a.son it.will.gore or a.daughter it.will.gore according to the.judgment (the) this it.will.be.done to him

*JPS 1917:* Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

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