--- title: נָגִיד — leader · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָגִיד (5057), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: leader. BDB 1906: n.m. leader ruler, prince. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5057.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)‎ / נָגִיד‎ # נָגִיד «נָגִיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **leader** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 43 times · **Key:** 5057 · **BDB:** נָגִיד ### Glosses ruler (13); leader (5); a.leader (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) leader [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5057/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. leader ruler, prince [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5057/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. leader (lit. prob. one in front), ruler, prince;—abs. נ׳ 1 S 9:16 + 31 times; cstr. נְגִיד (נְגִד) 2 K 20:5 + 6 times; pl. נְגִידִים Jb 29:10 + 3 times; נְגִידֵי 2 Ch 35:8;—ruler, prince ψ 76:13 Pr 28:16 Jb 29:10; 31:37 (in sim.). Especially of king of Isr.: of Saul מָשַׁח לְנ׳ עַל (+ acc. pers.), 1 S 9:16 (subj. proph.), cf. of Sol., subj. people, 1 Ch 29:22; 1 S 10:1 (subj. י׳); of David צִוָּהוּ לְנ׳ עַל 1 S 13:14; 25:30, צִוָּהוּ נ׳ עַל 2 S 6:21 (in these י׳ subj.), היה לנ׳ על 5:2, היה נ׳ על 7:8 1 Ch 11:2; 17:7; cf. also 5:2 2 Ch 6:5; of David also נָתַן נ׳ לְ׳ Is 55:4; of Sol. צִוָּה אֹתוֹ לִהְיוֹת נ׳ על 1 K 1:35 (י׳ subj.); of Jerob. נתן נ׳ על (+ acc. pers.) 1 K 14:7 (י׳ subj.); so 16:2 of Baasha; of Hezekiah נְ׳ עַמִּי 2 K 20:5; הֶעֱמִיד לְנ׳ בְּאֶחָיו (+ acc. pers.) 2 Ch 11:22 (of Abijah, subj. Rehob.); of Judah 1 Ch 28:4. of a foreign ruler or prince Ez 28:2 Dn 9:25, 26. the title of some high official connected with the temple Je 20:1 (of Pashḥur) וְהוּא פָקִיד נָגִיד בבית י׳ and he was prince-overseer in, etc. (for פ׳ see 29:26); hence נ׳ בית האלהים 1 Ch 9:11 2 Ch 31:13; 35:8 (three נגידי ב׳ ה׳, including the high-priest), Ne 11:11; of high-priest Dn 11:22 נ׳ בְּרִית. ruler in other capacities (late): of tribe 1 Ch 27:16 2 Ch 19:11; of Ḳoraḥites 9:20; of Aaronite warriors 1 Ch 12:28; of division of army 1 Ch 13:1; 27:4 2 Ch 11:11 (commandant of fortress), 32:21 (in Assyrian army: ‖ שַׂר); of temple-treasuries 1 Ch 26:24, cf. 2 Ch 31:12; נ׳ הבית 2 Ch 28:7 (i.e. of palace?). princely things, pl. abstr. Pr 8:6. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 42 of its verses cited, 3 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 «נָגִיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5057/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 76:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.13/) יִ֭בְצֹר ר֣וּחַ נְגִידִ֑ים נ֝וֹרָ֗א לְמַלְכֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ *Word for word:* he.humbles \[the\].spirit of.rulers \[he.is\].to.be.feared by.\[the\] kings of.\[the\].earth *JPS 1917:* He minisheth the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth. [Job 31:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.37/) מִסְפַּ֣ר צְ֭עָדַי אַגִּידֶ֑נּוּ כְּמוֹ־נָ֝גִ֗יד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃ *Word for word:* the.number my.steps my I will.tell.to.him like a.chief I will.approach.him *JPS 1917:* I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. - ← previous: [נַגָּח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5056.md) - next →: [נְגִינָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5058.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)