STRONGS NUMBER H5381


Word Summary
nasag: to reach, overtake
Original Word: נָשַׂג
Transliteration: nasag
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-sag')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to reach, overtake
Meaning: to reach, overtake
Strong's Concordance
ability, be able, attain unto, be able to, can get, lay at, put, reach,

A primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively) -- ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, X surely, (over-)take (hold of, on, upon).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5381. nasag

[נָשַׂג‎] verb only

Hiph`il reach, overtake (Ecclus Ecclesiasticus 14:13 ידך והשיגת‎, Ecclesiasticus 35:10 יד ובהשגת‎ (compare Schechter on 14:13), compare

3 below; מענה ישיג‎ 32:14 shall obtain an answer; —

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular וְהִשִּׂיג‎ consecutive Leviticus 25:6, suffix וְהִשִּׂיגוֺ‎ consecutive Deuteronomy 19:6; 2masculine singular suffix וְהִשַּׂגְתָּם‎ consecutive Genesis 44:4, etc.; Imperfect יַשִּׂיגLeviticus 26:5, וַיַּשֵּׂגGenesis 31:25, suffix וַיַּשִּׂגֵם44:26, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַשֵּׂג1 Samuel 30:8; Participle מַשִּׂיג14:26, suffix מַשִּׂיגֵ֫הוּJob 41:18; feminine מַשֶּׂגֶתLeviticus 14:21; 1 Chronicles 21:12 (but read הֱיוֺת וְאִם‎ as "" 2 Samuel 24:13 WeSm Kit); —

1 overtake, with accusative, often after רָדַף‎:

a. literal Genesis 31:25 (E), 44:4, 6 (J), Exodus 14:9 (P), 15:9 (song), Deuteronomy 19:6; Joshua 2:5 (JE), 1 Samuel 30:8 (3 t. in verse); 2 Samuel 15:14; 2 Kings 25:5 = Jeremiah 39:5 = 52:8, Hosea 2:9, compare Psalm 7:6; 18:38 (וָאַשְׁמִידֵם‎ in "" 2 Samuel 22:38), Lamentations 1:3 (metaphor).

b. figurative of battle Hosea 10:9, sword Jeremiah 42:16; on 1 Chronicles 21:12 see above; of blessings Deuteronomy 28:2, curses 28:15; 28:45, predictions Zechariah 1:6, justice Isaiah 59:9, wrath of ׳יPsalm 69:25, iniquities 40:13, calamities Job 27:20.

2. a. reach, attain to, Job 41:18 (if one) reach it (crocodile) with the sword (2 accusative); figurative paths of life Proverbs 2:19, joy, etc., Isaiah 35:10; also 51:11 (CheHpt יַשִּׂיגוּם‎, for יַשִּׂיגוּן ᵑ0‎; PerlesAnalekten 64 יִשְׂגּוּן‎, from שׂגה‎); of time Genesis 47:9 my days have not reached the days ... of my fathers, compare Leviticus 26:5 (twice in verse).

b. cause to reach, bring, put, אֶלמִּֿיו יָדוֺ מַשִּׂיג1 Samuel 14:26 no one put his hand to his mouth, but read ᵑ7 ᵐ5 מֵשִׁיב‎ Klo Dr Bu Kit HPS Löhr.

3 figurative יָדוֺ הִשִּׁיגָהone's hand has reached, i.e. one is able, or has enough, Leviticus 5:11 (with לְ‎), 14:21; 25:26, 49; with accusative = able to secure, get 14:22, 30, 31, 32; 27:8; Numbers 6:21 (all P), Ezekiel 46:7; absolute = gain (riches) Leviticus 25:47 (H). — Job 24:2 see סוּג‎.

נשׂק‎ see שׂלק‎.

נשׂר‎ (√ of following; Late Hebrew נָסַרsaw (Qal, Pi`el); Aramaic נְסַר‎, saw; compare Ethiopic id.; Arabic noun a saw).