--- title: נָגַשׁ — draw near · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָגַשׁ (5066), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 125 times: draw near. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. Qal. 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Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5066/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. draw near, approach, less freq. syn. of קרב q.v. (NH id. Hiph. (rare) and deriv.);— Impf. יִגַּשׁ Ex 24:14 +, יִגָּ֑שׁ ψ 91:7, וַיִּגַּשׁ Gn 18:23 +; 3 fs. וַתִּגַּשׁ Gn 33:7; 2 ms. תִּגַּשׁ־ Is 65:5; 3 mpl. יִגְּשׁוּ Is 41:1 +, יִגָּ֑שׁוּ Ex 24:2, יִגַּ֑שׁוּ Jb 41:8 (Baer; van d. H. יִגָּ֑שׁוּ); 3 fpl. וַתִּגַּשְׁןָ Gn 33:6, etc.; Imv. גַּשׁ 2 S 1:15, גֶּשׁ־ Gn 19:9, גְּשָׁה Gn 27:21 +; גֹּשִׁי Ru 2:14, וּגְשׁוּ Je 46:3 גּשׁוּ Jos 3:9; Inf. cstr. לָגֶ֫שֶׁת Ju 20:23 +; sf. גִּשְׁתּוֹ Gn 33:3; גִּשְׁתָּם Ex 28:43 + 2 times;—draw or come near, human subj.: sq. אֶל־ pers. Gn 27:22; 43:19; 44:18; 45:4 (all J), Ex 19:15 (of sexual intercourse), 24:2 Nu 32:16; Jos 14:6 (all E), Ex 34:30; Jos 21:1 (P), + 10 times elsewhere (not D), + ψ 91:7 (subj. pestilence personif.); of priestly approach to י׳ Ez 44:13, cf. Je 30:21b, also sq. אֶל־ of altar Ex 28:43; 30:20; Lv 21:23 and abs., v 21 (all P or H); sq. אֶל־ rei also Nu 8:19; sq. עַד־ pers. Gn 33:3 (J), rei Ju 9:52; sq. עַל־ pers. Ez 9:6, rei 44:13; sq. בְּ pers. Is 65:5 (‖ קָרַב אֶל־); in Am 9:10 read תִּגַּשׁ בַּעֲדֵנוּ (for MT תַּגִּישׁ Hiph. cf. We GASm Dr Now; ‖ קִדֵּם); sq. לַמִּלְחָמָה draw near for battle Ju 20:23; Je 46:3; 2 S 10:13 = 1 Ch 19:14 (+ לִפְנֵי pers.); sq. acc. pers. 1 S 9:18; 30:21, rei Nu 4:19 (P), but acc. difficult; Dr reads אֶל־ for אֶת־ 1 S 9:18 Nu 4:19, cf. Klo HPS; in 1 S 30:21 Dr takes אֶת־ = with; sq. הֲלוֹם hither, 1 S 14:38 Ru 2:14; abs. Gn 18:23; 27:21; 29:10; 33:6, 7; 45:4 (all J), Ex 24:2 (E), Jos 8:11 (E; + ויבאו), + 9 times (not P, D), + Gn 27:26, 27 (E), Jos 3:9 (J), 2 S 1:15; 2 Ch 29:31 (all Imv. sq. 2nd Imv.), + Gn 19:9 (J), Lv 21:21(×2) (H), 2 K 4:27 (all sq. Inf. purpose). Note especially גֶּשׁ־הָ֫לְאָה Gn 19:9 lit. approach thither! i.e. move away! cf. גְּשָׁה־לִי וְאֵשֵׁ֑בָה Is 49:20 move away for me (make room for me) that I may dwell (‖ צַר־לִי הַמָּקוֹם). inanim. subj. אֶחָד בְּאֶחָד יִגַּ֑שׁוּ Jb 41:8 one to another they approach (fit closely together; of scales of crocodile).—Qal not in D. Pf. נִגַּשׁ Gn 33:7 +; 3 fs. וְנִגְּשָׁה Dt 25:9; 3 mpl. נִגְּשׁוּ Ex 34:32 +; נִגַּשְׁתֶּם 2 S 11:20, 21; Pt. pl. נִגָּשִׁים Ex 19:22;—draw near = Qal (and substit. for it in D):—sq. אֶל־ pers. Dt 25:9; 1 K 20:13; Ezr 9:1, of priestly approach to Yahweh Ex 19:22 (J), Je 30:21; sq. אֶל־ rei Ex 20:21; 24:2 (both E), 2 S 11:20, 21, אֶל־הַמִּשְׁפָּט Dt 25:1; sq. בְּ pers. Am 9:13; sq. לַמִּלְחָמָה 1 S 7:10; abs. Gn 33:7 (J), Dt 20:2 (‖ קרב), 21:5; Ex 34:32 (P), so fig. of worship Is 29:13. Pf. 3 ms. sf. consec. וְהִגִּישׁוֹ Ex 21:6(×2), וְהִגִּישָׁהּ Lv 2:8; 3 pl. הִגִּ֫ישׁוּ 2 S 17:29; 2 mpl. הִגַּשְׁתֶּם Am 5:25; Impf. juss. יַגֵּשׁ Jb 40:19; וַיַּגֶּשׁ־ Gn 27:25; וַיַּגַּ֑שׁ Ju 6:19; 3 fs. תַּגִּישׁ Am 9:10, וַתַּגֵּשׁ 1 S 28:25; 2 S 13:11; 3 mpl. יַגִּ֫ישׁוּ Is 41:22; 2 mpl. תַּגִּ֫ישׁוּ Mal 1:8, תַּגִּישׁוּן v 8, וַתַּגִּישׁוּן Am 6:3, etc.; Imv. ms. הַגִּ֫ישָׁה Gn 27:25 +; mpl. הַגִּ֫ישׁוּ 1 S 13:9 +; Pt. מַגִּישׁ Mal 2:12; pl. cstr. מַגִּישֵׁי Mal 3:3, etc.;—cause to approach, bring near, bring, sq. אֶל־ pers. (usually obj. acc. rei, rarely pers. Ex 21:6(×2) 1 S 15:32; Gn 48:10 cf. v 13):—Gn 48:10, 13 (E), Ex 21:6(×2) (E), 1 S 13:9; 14:34; 15:32; 2 S 13:11 (+ Inf. purpose), 2 K 4:5, 6; sq. אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Lv 2:8 (P; of sacrifice); עַל־מִזְבְּחִי Mal 1:7 (sacrif.); לְ pers. Gn 27:25(×2) (E), 1 S 30:7; 2 S 17:29 (read וַיַּגִּישׁוּ 𝔊 Th We Klo Kit, cf. Dr), of sacrifice Am 5:25 Mal 2:12; 3:3; לִפְנֵי pers. 1 S 28:25; 2 Ch 29:23; no prep. Ex 32:6 (J), 1 S 14:18, 34; 23:9; 30:7; Ju 6:19 (foll. הוציא אֶל־), Am 6:3; 1 K 5:1; Lv 8:14 (P), of sacrif. also Mal 1:8 (לִזְבֹּחַ), v 8 (‖ הקריב); fig. (obj. proofs, evidences) Is 41:21 (‖ קרב), v 22 (+ וַיַּגִּידוּ), cf. 45:21 (‖ הַגִּידוּ); הָעשֹׁוֹ יַגֵּשׁ חַרְבּוֹ Jb 40:19 let him that made him (the hippot.) draw near his sword, is dub.; Du הֶעָשׂוּ\[י\] נֹגֵשׂ חֲבֵרָו wh. is made ruler of its fellows (other conject. v. Di Bu); Am 9:10 read תִּגַּשׁ Qal q.v.). Pf. 3 mpl. לֹא־לִנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם הֻנַּ֑שׁוּ 2 S 3:34 (Ginsb הֻנָּ֑שׁוּ) thy feet have not been brought near (put into) fetters; Pt. מֻגָּשׁ לשׁמי Mal 1:11 it (impers.) is offered to my name. Imv. mpl. הִתְנַגְּשׁוּ Is 45:20 draw near! (‖ הִקָּֽבְצוּ וָבֹאוּ). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 96 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, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נָגַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5066/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Jeremiah 46:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.3/) עִרְכ֤וּ מָגֵן֙ וְצִנָּ֔ה וּגְשׁ֖וּ לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ *Word for word:* set.in.order shield and body.shield and draw.near for (the) battle *JPS 1917:* Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. [Genesis 33:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.33.6/) וַתִּגַּ֧שְׁןָ הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹת הֵ֥נָּה וְיַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽיןָ׃ *Word for word:* and they.approached the maidservants they and children their and they.bowed.down *JPS 1917:* Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed down. - ← previous: [נָגַשׂ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5065.md) - next →: [נֵד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5067.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)