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נָגַד

nâgad · H5046 · Hebrew · 370 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to tell, to inform, to report, to show

    Causative action by which humans pass on information to others, usually by word of mouth

    Examples

    Genesis 3:11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?”

    Genesis 9:22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

    Genesis 12:18 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

How it’s used In 12 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

359 occurrences in 56 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

159 occurrences in 88 groups

Second objectAs in “call him Lord”

3 occurrences in 3 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

302 occurrences in 99 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

41 occurrences in 8 groups

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 5 groups

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

21 occurrences in 2 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Contrasting words 1 word
כָּחַד kâchad · H3582 · to be hidden, to hide, to conceal
The direct lexical opposite of כָּחַד, denoting the act of declaring or making known what would otherwise be concealed.
In the other Testament 2 words
ἀπαγγέλλω apangéllō · G518 · to tell, to report
Greek ἀπαγγέλλω specifically denotes the act of announcing or reporting information (often back to a source), while Hebrew נָגַד encompasses a broader semantic range including declaring, making known, reporting, and expounding, with ἀπαγγέλλω serving as the standard LXX rendering for נָגַד's core reportative sense.
ἀναγγέλλω anangéllō · G312 · to announce, to inform, to tell
Greek ἀναγγέλλω specifically emphasizes detailed announcement or reporting, corresponding to Hebrew נָגַד's core sense of declaring, reporting, or making known information to others.
Semantic domains 3 entries
Speak002004001009008
נָגַד denotes telling, declaring, or reporting, one of the most common verbs of communication in the Hebrew Bible, as when the serpent's question prompts Adam and Eve's tree-eating to be told (Genesis 3:11) or Ham tells his brothers of Noah's nakedness (Genesis 9:22).
Know002004002007
The word's core sense of making something known ties it closely to the transfer of knowledge or information, as in Pharaoh's rebuke of Abram for not disclosing (making known) that Sarai was his wife (Genesis 12:18), associating the term with bringing hidden information into the open.
Flow002002001008
The domain classification here reflects a rarer, etymologically related use describing something flowing or issuing forth, distinct from and far less frequent than the word's dominant sense of verbal declaration attested throughout the sampled citations.
Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָגַדnâgad · H5046נֶגֶד neged · H5048 · before, in front of, opposite · 152×נָגִיד nâgîyd · H5057 · ruler, chief, leader · 43×נְגַד nᵉgad · H5047 · issue · 1×נֶגֶד neged · H5049 · toward · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5046. nagad [נָגַד]363 verb be conspicuous (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician…
H5046. nagad
[נָגַד]363 verb be conspicuous (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician proper name, masculine נגד; Arabic conquer, overcome, also be apparent, conspicuous; high land or country; be courageous, vigorous, effective, courageous, efficient; Aramaic , נְגַד drag, draw, lead; נָגוֺדָא leader; Ethiopic is travel); —
Hiph`il328 Perfect הִגִּיד Gen 3:11 +, 3 feminine singular הִגִּ֫ידָה 1Sa 25:19 +, הִגַּדְתָּ Gen 12:8 +, etc.; Imperfect יַגִּיד 1Sa 9:6 +; וַיַּגֵּד Gen 9:22 +; suffix יַגִּידֶ֫הָ Isa 44:7; יַגִּדָהּ Jer 9:11; יַגֵָּֽדְךָ Deu 32:7 (jussive), etc.; Imperative הַגֵּד 2Sa 18:21 +; הַגִּ֫ידָה Gen 29:15 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַגֵּד Jdg 14:12 Jdg 14:2t.; הַגֵּיד Jer 36:16; construct לְהַגִּיד Gen 32:6 +; לגיד 2Ki 9:15 Kt. (Qr ׳לְהַגּ); Participle מַגִּיד Gen 41:24 +; feminine מַגֶּ֫דֶת Est 2:20; plural construct מַגִּידֵי Jdg 14:19; — declare, tell [usually followed by לְ of indirect object Gen 3:11 + often; insert also 1Sa 12:7; 2Sa 13:34 ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu, so HPS 2Sa 13:34 (1Sa 12:7 he following HCT as more different); followed by אֶל Exo 19:9; 1Sa 3:15; followed by לִפְנֵי 1Sa 17:31; Psa 142:3; עַלמָּֿנָיו Job 21:31; בְּאָזְנֵָי Jer 36:20; followed by בְּ local (instead of indirect object) chiefly prophets Jer 4:5; Jer 5:20; Jer 31:10 +; also 1Sa 4:13; 2Sa 1:20; 2Ki 9:15; Mic 1:10; rarely followed by accusative of person 2Sa 15:31 (but read הִגִּיד וּלְדָוִד HPS (indefinite subject), or ׳ולס הֻגַּד We Dr Kit, ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Th Klo Bu favour הֻגַּד), 2Ki 7:9, 2Ki 7:11; Eze 43:10; Job 17:5; Job 26:4; Job 31:37; followed by direct object in accusative Gen 45:13 + often; followed by clause with כִּי Gen 3:11 + often; followed by clause with אֲשֶׁר = כִּי (late) Est 3:4; Est 6:2; followed by clause with מָה Gen 29:15; Jdg 16:15; Est 8:1 +; followed by clause with מִי 2Ki 6:11; followed by clause with אֵיבָה Son 1:7, once followed by clause with הֲ Gen 43:6, etc.; often no direct object, followed by לֵאמֹר Exo 13:8; 1Sa 25:14 +; followed by וַיּאֹמֶר Gen 47:1 +; אמר then following by oratio recta [direct speech]; ׳הִגּ alone followed by oratio recta Zec 9:12; followed by עַל concerning, 1Sa 27:11; Est 6:2; often indirect object omitted 1Sa 24:19 +; direct object omitted Jdg 13:10 +; both omitted Lev 5:1 + ]. In Hexateuch rarely P, Lev 5:1; Lev 14:35; Exo 16:22 ; J, Gen 3:11; Gen 12:18; Exo 13:8 Exo 13:18t.; E, Gen 21:6; Gen 31:20; Gen 41:25 Gen 41:15t.; D, Deu 17:9; Deu 26:3; Deu 30:18 Deu 30:5t.; —
1 tell, announce, report, usually human subject Gen 9:22; Gen 24:23; Gen 32:6; Lev 14:35; Jdg 13:6; 1Sa 3:18; 1Ki 1:23; Neh 2:12; Est 2:10 (twice in verse); Job 12:7; Psa 142:3; Isa 19:12; Jer 5:20; Eze 24:19 +.
2 declare, make known, expound, especially of something before not understood, concealed or mysterious, Gen 3:11; Gen 12:18, etc.; 1Ki 10:3 2Ch 9:2; a riddle Jdg 14:12, Jdg 14:15, Jdg 14:16 (3 t. in verse); Jdg 14:19; dream Dan 2:2; secret Job 11:6, etc.; of ׳י as revealing, Gen 41:25; 2Sa 7:11; 2Ki 4:27; Mic 6:8; Jer 42:3; Psa 147:19; of declaring by ׳יs agents Deu 5:5; Mic 3:8; 1Sa 15:16; 2Sa 24:13; Jer 50:28; Isa 58:1; by divin. Hos 4:12.
3 inform of (play the informer concerning) Jos 2:14, Jos 2:20; Jer 20:10; Job 17:5; Lev 5:1; Pro 29:24.
4 publish declare, proclaim, especially of proclaiming wisdom, power, loving-kindness, etc., of ׳י (especially Psalms): Psa 9:12; Psalm 22:32; Psa 51:17; Psa 92:3; Psalm 92:16; Psa 145:4 +, subject heavens Psa 19:2; Psa 50:6; Psa 97:6; Isa 42:12; Isa 57:12.
5 avow, acknowledge, confess: Isa 3:9; Psa 38:19, compare Isa 48:6. — Participle = messenger 2Sa 15:13; Jer 51:31 (twice in verse) compare הַמַּגִּיד הַנַּ֫עַר 2Sa 1:5-6, 2Sa 1:13; הַמּ ׳הָאִישׁ 2Sa 18:11.
Hoph`al Perfect הֻגַּד Jos 9:24 +; Imperfect וַיֻּגַּד Gen 22:20 +; Infinitive absolute הֻגֵּד Jos 9:24; Rth 2:11; — be told, announced, reported, always followed byלְ (sometimes impersonal, logical subject in accusative, compare Gen 27:42; 2Sa 21:11, with feminine Isa 21:2; not in P): Gen 27:42 (J), Gen 31:22 (E), Deu 17:4; Jos 9:24 (twice in verse) (D), Rth 2:11 (twice in verse); Jdg 9:25; 2Sa 10:17; 2Sa 19:2; 2Sa 21:11; 1Ki 10:7; 1Ki 18:13; 1Ch 19:17; 2Ch 9:6; Isa 21:2; Isa 40:21; followed by לֵאמֹר Gen 22:20; Gen 38:13; Genesis 13:24 (all J), Jos 10:17 (JE), 1Sa 15:12; 1Sa 19:19; 2Sa 6:12; 1Ki 1:51; 2Ki 6:13; 2Ki 8:7; Isa 7:2; followed by clause with כִּי Exo 14:5 (J), Jdg 9:47; 1Sa 23:7; 1Sa 23:13; 1Sa 27:4; 1Ki 2:29; 1Ki 29:41.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Flow0 occurrencesSpeak362 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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