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title: נָהַג — drive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָהַג (5090), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: drive. BDB 1906: vb. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָהַג

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«נָהַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **drive** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 5090 · **BDB:** נָהַג

### Glosses

he (5); he.drove (3); \[were\].leading (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5090/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5090/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. drive, conduct (NH conduct oneself, behave, be accustomed; Arabic نَهَجَ go along the road, keep to the road; Aramaic נְהַג lead);— Pf. נ׳ La 3:2; נָֽהֲגוּ 1 S 30:20; Impf. יִנְהַג Is 20:4, etc.; Imv. נְהַג 2 K 4:24; Pt. act. נֹהֵג Is 11:6 + 2 times, etc.; pass. נְהוּגִים Is 60:11;— drive, flocks Ex 3:1; cf. (in predict.) Is 11:6 (sq. בְּ); fig., obj. Joseph, ψ 80:2 (sim. of flock); hence, obj. human being, lead on, Ct 8:2 (‖ הֵבִיא אֶל־)); also fig., subj. י׳, La 3:2 (‖ הוֹלִיךְ); pass. pt. of kings led in procession Is 60:11 cf. Di (rather than as captives, Che, as earlier usage; ‖ הֵבִיא); drive away, off, (obj. מִקְנֶה) Gn 31:18 (of Jacob, going by stealth); usually as booty (obj. flocks and herds) 1 S 23:5, חמור יתומים ינהגו Jb 24:3 (unjustly); cf. 1 S 30:2, 20 (read וַיִּנְהֲגוּ We Dr Kit Bu, cf. Th, not HPS q.v.), v 22 (no obj. expr. but really captives ‖ הָלַךְ), Is 20:4; drive an ass for riding 2 K 4:24 (‖ הָלַךְ); a cart (עֲגָלָה) 2 S 6:3 = 1 Ch 13:7 (where בָּע׳); abs. of driving chariot 2 K 9:20; lead out an army to battle (late) 1 Ch 20:1 2 Ch 25:11. fig. וְלִבִּי נֹהֵג בַּחָכְמָה Ec 2:3 my heart behaving itself in wisdom (cf. NH supr.). Pf. נִהַג Ex 10:13; נִהַ֫גְתָּ Is 63:14; Impf. יְנַהֵג Dt 4:27, etc.;— drive away, lead off, sq. acc., daughters of Laban Gn 31:26 (‖ גָּנַב); of י׳, leading off people into exile, sq. שָׁ֫מָּה Dt 4:27 (‖ הֵפִיץ), 28:37 (‖ הוֹלִיךְ). lead on, guide, sq. acc., subj. י׳, ψ 78:52 (כַּעֵ֫דֶר ‖ הִסִּיעַ כַּצֹּאן); Is 49:10 (‖ נִהֵל, cf. ψ 23:2); 63:14; ψ 48:15; guide on, a wind, Ex 10:13 (sq. בָּאָרֶץ), ψ 78:26 (‖ הִסִּיעַ). cause to drive (cf. Qal, 2 K 9:20) Ex 14:25 (JE; subj. י׳, v. Di).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 0 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 «נָהַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5090/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.3/)

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חֲמ֣וֹר יְתוֹמִ֣ים יִנְהָ֑גוּ יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ שׁ֣וֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].donkey of.fatherless.ones they.drive.away they.take.as.pledge \[the\].ox of.a.widow

*JPS 1917:* They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

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[Lamentations 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.2/)

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אוֹתִ֥י נָהַ֛ג וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* me he.has.driven and he.has.made.walk darkness and not light

*JPS 1917:* He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.

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