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title: נָגַשׂ — press · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָגַשׂ (5065), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: press. BDB 1906: vb. press, drive, oppress, exact. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָגַשׂ

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«נָגַשׂ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **press** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 5065 · **BDB:** נָגַשׂ

### Glosses

taskmasters (4); an.oppressor (2); oppressors (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

press [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5065/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. press, drive, oppress, exact [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5065/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. press, drive, oppress, exact (Assyrian nagâšu, throw down, overthrow, DlHWB 448; Arabic نَجَشَ rouse and drive game, drive vehemently; Ethiopic ነግሠ reign, wield power, ንጉሥ king);— Pf. נ׳ 2 K 23:25; Impf. יִגּשֹׁ Dt 15:2; 2 ms. תִּגּשֹׁ Dt 15:3; 2 mpl. תִּנְנֹּ֑שׂוּ Is 58:3;—Pt. נֹגֵשׂ Is 9:3 +, etc.;— press, drive to work (obj. עַצְּבֵיכֶם your workmen), Is 58:3 (GesComm., De Di Du; exact \[changing ע׳, q.v.\] Che, etc.); v. 3. exact c. acc. כֶּסֶף, 2 K 23:35; sq. acc. pers. only Dt 15:2, 3. Pt. (= subst.) driver, taskmaster Ex 3:7; 5:6, 10, 13, 14 Jb 3:18; (ass-)driver Jb 39:7; of (arbitrary) ruler Is 3:12, ruler (good sense) Zc 10:4; = foreign oppressor, tyrant Is 9:3 (c. בְּ) 14:2, 4 Zc 9:8; exactor of tribute, Dn 11:20; pl. abstr. lordship = lord, ruler, fig. of צְדָקָה (personif.) Is 60:17 (‖ פְּקֻדָּתֵךְ שָׁלוֹם). Pf. נִגַּשׂ 1 S 13:6 + 2 times + Is 3:5 (וְ consec.);—hard pressed by enemy 1 S 13:6, and so 14:24 (but om. by emend., after 𝔊, Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS); treated harshly, of suffering servant of י׳ Is 53:7; recipr. tyrannize over (ב׳) each other Is 3:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 3 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָגַשׂ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5065/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.18/)

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יַ֭חַד אֲסִירִ֣ים שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ לֹ֥א שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ ק֣וֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃

*Word for word:* together prisoners they.are.at.ease not they.hear \[the\].voice of.a.taskmaster

*JPS 1917:* There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

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[Job 39:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.7/)

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יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע׃

*Word for word:* it.laughs to.\[the\] tumult of.a.town \[the\].shouting(s) of.a.driver not it.hears

*JPS 1917:* He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

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