נהג

נהג

Hebrew

Root
נ־ה־ג‎ (n-h-g)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naˈhaɡ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔ.haɡ/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔˈhæɣ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔˈhaɣ/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naːˈhaɡ/, [naːˈhaɣ]

Verb

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

1. to do something out of habit or custom
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bava Batra 1:1:

     ‏מָקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לִבְנוֹת גָּוִיל גָּזִית כְּפִיסִין לְבֵנִים בּוֹנִים הַכֹּל כְּמִנְהַג הַמְּדִינָה‎‎

     [In] a place where the custom is to build [with] rough stone, smooth stone, half-bricks, or bricks, they build [with these materials], all is according to the custom of the land.

2. to be customary
3. to behave (in a particular way)
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 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

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		נְהַג	נַהֲגִי‎	נַהֲגוּ‎	נְהַגְנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced נָהַגְתֶּם‎ and נָהַגְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• התנהגות‎
• מנהג‎
• נהוג‎
• נהיגה‎

 

References

• H5090 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

נַהָג or נֶהָג • (nahág or nehág) m (plural indefinite נַהָגִים‎ or נֶהָגִים‎) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. driver of a vehicle

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, p. 406