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H1898 הָגָה (hâgâh) haw-gaw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to remove

KJV Usage: stay, stay away

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

הָגָה (ha.gah) — to remove. (Qal) to remove, drive out

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · הֶגֶה · הָגוּת · הִגָּיֹון

Location | verb qal

to remove = causative action by which humans causes other humans or objects to be removed from their place,◄ as if by blowing them away

PRO 25:4 · PRO 25:5 · ISA 27:8

Sounds | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ המה · צפף

to produce a sound, to growl, to mutter, to moan = action by which living creatures produce inarticulate sounds

PSA 115:7 · ISA 8:19 · ISA 16:7 · ISA 31:4 · ISA 38:14 · ISA 59:11 · ISA 59:11 · JER 48:31

Speak | verb qal | ≈ שׂיח

to meditate, to rehearse = action by which humans speak softly for themselves as if thinking out loud

JOS 1:8 · PSA 1:2 · PSA 63:7 · PSA 77:13 · PSA 143:5 · PRO 15:28

Speak | verb qal, verb hof | ≈ דבר

to mutter, to speak = action by which humans utter words with the focus on what is said

JOB 27:4 · PSA 2:1 · PSA 35:28 · PSA 37:30 · PSA 38:13 · PSA 71:24 · PRO 8:7 · PRO 24:2 · ISA 33:18 · ISA 59:3 · ISA 59:13

1 ISA 16:7 NIV "the men" follows LXX (τοις κατοικουσιν) and makes the text cohere with JER 48:31, which has אַנְשֵׁי ("men") instead of the אַשִׁישֵׁי ("raisin cakes")

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

הָגָה vb. remove base

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