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title: נַגָּח — addicted to goring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַגָּח (5056), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: addicted to goring. BDB 1906: adj. addicted to goring. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַגָּח

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«נַגָּח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **addicted to goring** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5056 · **BDB:** נַגָּח

### Glosses

prone.to.gore (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

addicted to goring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5056/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. addicted to goring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5056/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. addicted to goring, pred. of שׁוֹר Ex 21:29, 36 (E), cf. BaNB 49.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַגָּח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5056/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 21:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.36/)

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א֣וֹ נוֹדַ֗ע כִּ֠י שׁ֣וֹר נַגָּ֥ח הוּא֙ מִתְּמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁמְרֶ֖נּוּ בְּעָלָ֑יו שַׁלֵּ֨ם יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם שׁוֹר֙ תַּ֣חַת הַשּׁ֔וֹר וְהַמֵּ֖ת יִֽהְיֶה־לּֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* or it.is.known (dm).that \[is\].an.ox prone.to.gore it from yesterday three.days.ago and not he guarded.it owner(s) its certainly.(make.compensation) he.will.make.compensation an.ox in.place.of the ox and the.dead \[animal\] it.will.belong to him

*JPS 1917:* Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.

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[Exodus 21:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.29/)

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וְאִ֡ם שׁוֹר֩ נַגָּ֨ח ה֜וּא מִתְּמֹ֣ל שִׁלְשֹׁ֗ם וְהוּעַ֤ד בִּבְעָלָיו֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁמְרֶ֔נּוּ וְהֵמִ֥ית אִ֖ישׁ א֣וֹ אִשָּׁ֑ה הַשּׁוֹר֙ יִסָּקֵ֔ל וְגַם־בְּעָלָ֖יו יוּמָֽת׃

*Word for word:* and if \[will.be\].an.ox prone.to.gore it from yesterday three.days.ago and it.has.been.protested on owner(s) its and not he will.guard.it and it.will.kill a.man or a.woman the ox it.will.be.stoned.to.death and also owner(s) its he.will.be.put.to.death

*JPS 1917:* But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been given to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

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