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נהג

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Hebrew

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Root
נ־ה־ג (n-h-g)
10 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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נָהַג (nahág) (pa'al construction) (transitive)

  1. to do something out of habit or custom
  2. to be customary
  3. to behave (in a particular way)
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Avot, section 6.3:
      הַלּוֹמֵד מֵחֲבֵרוֹ פֶּרֶק אֶחָד אוֹ הֲלָכָה אַחַת אוֹ פָסוּק אֶחָד אוֹ דִבּוּר אֶחָד אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אוֹת אַחַת, צָרִיךְ לִנְהוֹג בּוֹ כָבוֹד
      Hallomeḏ meḥǎvero pɛrɛq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo hǎlɔḵɔ ʾaḥaṯ ʾo pɔsuq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo dibur ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo ʾǎfillu ʾoṯ ʾaḥaṯ, ṣɔriḵ linhoġ bo ḵɔvoḏ.
      Whoever learns from his fellow one chapter or one halakha or one verse or one word, or even one letter, should behave toward him with respect.
  4. to lead, guide (an animal, a tour group, etc.)
  5. to lead, guide (a company, a generation, etc.)
  6. to drive (a vehicle)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of נָהַג (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לנהוג / לִנְהֹג
action noun נְהִיגָה
passive participle נָהוּג
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first נָהַגְתִּי נָהַגְנוּ
second נָהַגְתָּ נָהַגְתְּ נְהַגְתֶּם1 נְהַגְתֶּן1
third נָהַג נָהֲגָה נָהֲגוּ
present נוֹהֵג נוֹהֶגֶת נוֹהֲגִים נוֹהֲגוֹת
future first אֶנְהַג נִנְהַג
second תִּנְהַג תִּנְהֲגִי תִּנְהֲגוּ תִּנְהַגְנָה2
third יִנְהַג תִּנְהַג יִנְהֲגוּ תִּנְהַגְנָה2
imperative positive נְהַג נַהֲגִי נַהֲגוּ נְהַגְנָה2
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Pronounced נָהַגְתֶּם and נָהַגְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

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Noun

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נַהָג or נֶהָג (nahág or nehágm (plural indefinite נַהָגִים or נֶהָגִים, feminine counterpart נַהֶגֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. driver of a vehicle

Declension

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References

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  • Klein, Ernest (1987), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, p. 406
  • "נהג" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language