BDB5008 [H5090]

Qal Perfect ׳נ Lam 3:2 נָָֽהֲגוּ 1Sam 30:20 Imperfect יִנְהַג Isa 20:4, etc.; Imperative נְהַג 2Kgs 4:24 Participle active נֹהֵג Isa 11:6 + 2 t., etc.; passive נְהוּגִים Isa 60:11 —

1. drive, flocks Exod 3:1 compare (in predict.) Isa 11:6 (followed by בְּ); figurative, object Joseph, Ps 80:2 (simile of flock); hence, object human being, lead on, Song 8:2 (|| הֵבִיא אֶלֿ)); also figurative, subject ׳י, Lam 3:2 (|| הוֺלִיךְ); passive participle of kings led in procession Isa 60:11 compare Di (rather than as captives, Che, as earlier usage; || הֵבִיא); drive away, off, (object מִקְנֶה) Gen 31:18 ( of Jacob, going by stealth); usually as booty (object flocks and herds) 1Sam 23:5, חמור יתומים ינהגו Job 24:3 (unjustly); compare 1Sam 30:2 (twice in verse) (read וַיִּנְהֲגוּ We Dr Kit Bu, compare Th, not HPS q. v. ), v1Sam 30:22 (no object expressed but really captives || הָלַךְ), Isa 20:4 drive an ass for riding 2Kgs 4:24 (|| הָלַךְ); a cart (עֲגָלָה) 2Sam 6:3 = 1Chr 13:7 (where ׳בָּע); absolute of driving chariot 2Kgs 9:20 lead out an army to battle (late) 1Chr 20:12; 1Chr 25:11.

2. figurative וְלִבִּי נֹהֵג בַּחָכְמָה Eccl 2:3 my heart behaving itself in wisdom (compare Late Hebrew above). Pi`el Perfect נִהַג Exod 10:3 נִהַ֫גְתָּ Isa 63:14 Imperfect יְנַהֵג Deut 4:27, etc.; —

1. drive away, lead off, followed by accusative, daughters of Laban Gen 31:26 (|| גָּנַב); of ׳י, leading off people into exile, followed by שָׁ֫מָּה Deut 4:27 (|| הֵפִיץ), Deut 28:37 (|| הוֺלִיךְ).

2. lead on, guide, followed by accusative, subject ׳י Ps 78:52 (כַּעֵ֫דֶר || הִסִּיעַ כַּצּאֹן); Isa 49:10 (|| נִהֵל, compare Ps 23:2); Isa 63:14; Isa 48:15 guide on, a wind, Exod 10:13 (followed by בָּאָרֶץ), Ps 78:26 (|| הִסִּיעַ).

3. cause to drive (compare Qal, 2Kgs 9:20) Exod 14:25 (J E; subject ׳י, see Di)