--- title: נָשַׂג — reach · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָשַׂג (5381), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 50 times: reach. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. 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/5381.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/1504-4.md)‎ / נָשַׂג‎ # נָשַׂג «נָשַׂג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reach** — 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:** 50 times · **Key:** 5381 · **BDB:** נָשַׂג ### Glosses it.will.reach (12); they (6); they.overtook (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) reach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5381/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5381/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Hiph. reach, overtake (Ecclus 14:13 והשיגת ידך, 35:10 ובהשגת יד (cf. Schechter on 14:13), cf. 3 infr.; ישיג מענה 32:14 shall obtain an answer);— Pf. 3 ms. וְהִשִּׂיג consec. Lv 26:5, sf. וְהִשִּׂיגוֹ consec. Dt 19:6; 2 ms. sf. וְהִשֵּׂגְתָּם consec. Gn 44:4, etc.; Impf. יַשִּׂיג Lv 26:5, וַיַּשֵּׂג Gn 31:25, sf. וַיַּשִּׂגֵם Gn 44:6, etc.; Inf. abs. הַשֵּׂג 1 S 30:8; Pt. מַשִּׂין 1 S 14:26, sf. מַשִּׂיגֵ֫הוּ Jb 41:18; f. מַשֶּׂגֶת Lv 14:21 1 Ch 21:12 (but read וְאִם הֱיוֹת as ‖ 2 S 24:13 We Sm Kit);— overtake, c. acc., often after רָדַף: lit. Gn 31:25 (E), 44:4, 6 (J), Ex 14:9 (P), 15:9 (song), Dt 19:6 Jos 2:5 (JE), 1 S 30:8(×3) 2 S 15:14 2 K 25:5 = Je 39:5 = 52:8, Ho 2:9, cf. ψ 7:6; 18:38 (וָאַשְׁמִידֵם in ‖ 2 S 22:38), La 1:3 (metaph.). fig. of battle Ho 10:9, sword Je 42:16; on 1 Ch 21:12 v. supr.; of blessings Dt 28:2, curses v 15, 45 predictions Zc 1:6, justice Is 59:9, wrath of י׳ ψ 69:25, iniquities 40:13, calamities Jb 27:20. reach, attain to, Jb 41:18 (if one) reach it (crocodile) with the sword (2 acc.); fig. paths of life Pr 2:19, joy, etc., Is 35:10 also 51:11 (CheHpt יַשִּׂיגוּם, for MT יַשִּׂיגוּן; PerlesAnalekten. 64 יִשְׂגּוּן, from שׂגה); of time Gn 47:9 my days have not reached the days … of my fathers, cf. Lv 26:5(×2). cause to reach, bring, put, מַשִּׂיג יָדוֹ אֶל־פִּיו 1 S 14:26 no one put his hand to his mouth, but read מֵשִׁיב 𝔊 𝔗 Klo Dr Bu Kit HPS Löhr. fig. הִשִּׂיגָה יָדוֹ one’s hand has reached, i.e. one is able, or has enough, Lv 5:11 (c. לְ), 14:21; 25:26, 49; c. acc. = able to secure, get 14:22, 30, 31, 32; 27:8 Nu 6:21 (all P), Ez 46:7; abs. = gain (riches) Lv 25:47 (H).—Jb 24:2 v. סוּג. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 47 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נָשַׂג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5381/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 24:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.2/) גְּבֻל֥וֹת יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ עֵ֥דֶר גָּ֝זְל֗וּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃ *Word for word:* borders people.reach flock\[s\] they.seize and they.have.pastured.\[them\] *JPS 1917:* There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them. [Job 41:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.18/) מַשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ חֶ֭רֶב בְּלִ֣י תָק֑וּם חֲנִ֖ית מַסָּ֣ע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃ *Word for word:* \[is\].reaching it a.sword not it.is.established a.spear a.dart and a.javelin *JPS 1917:* If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. - ← previous: [נָשַׁב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5380.md) - next →: [נָשָׁה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5382.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-4.md)