Strong's Lexicon

H1897

H1897 — הָגָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewhagahverbOccurrences: 25TWOT: 467

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1897
Word:הָגָה
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:25
Transliteration:hagah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:daw-gaw'
Meaning:1. to murmur (in pleasure or anger) 2. (by implication) to ponder
KJV Renderings:imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, X sore, speak, study, talk, utter.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2049

I. הָגָה verb moan, growl, utter, speak, muse (only poetry) (onomatopoetic; Late Hebrew הָגָה muse, speak, spell a word, so Aramaic הֲגָא; [untranscribed source text 1237] muse, especially Ethpa`al; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1238] satirize, insult, scold, also spell (borrowed meaning)) —

Qal Perf. 2 masculine singular וְהָגִ֫יתָ consecutive Josh 1:8 1 singular הָגִ֫יתִי Ps 143:5, וְהָגִיתִי consecutive Ps 77:13 Imperfect יֶהְגֶּה Job 27:4 + 8 t.; 3 feminine singular תֶּהְגֶּה Ps 35:28 + 2 t., אֶהְגֶּה Ps 63:7; Isa 38:14, יֶהְגּוּ Ps 2:1 + 2t., תֶּהְגּוּ Isa 16:7 נֶהְגֶּה֑ Isa 59:11 Infinitive absolute הָגוֺ Isa 59:11
1. of inarticulate sounds:
a. growl, of lion growling over prey, followed by על Isa 31:4.
b. groan, moan, in distress (like dove), absolute, Isa 38:14; Isa 59:11 (הָגוֺ נֶהְגֶּה); sigh for (לְ) in sorrow, mourning, moan for Isa 16:7 (|| יְיֵלִיל לְ), so also Jer 48:31.
2. utter, followed by accusative of thing, Ps 38:13 subject לָשׁוֺן Job 27:4 (|| דִּבֶּר) Ps 35:28; Ps 71:24; Isa 59:3 subject פֶּה Ps 37:30 ; Prov 8:7 — compare also below Po. below; speak (absolute) Ps 115:7 (בְּ instrumental)
3.
a. (soliloquize) meditate, muse, with בְּ of thing, Josh 1:8; Ps 1:2; Ps 63:7; Ps 77:13 ; Ps 143:5 with accusative Isa 33:18, subject לֵב.
b. imagine, devise, with accusative Ps 2:1; Prov 24:2 (subject לֵב ); with Infinitive Prov 15:28 (subject id.)
Po. Infinitive absolute only הֹרוֺ וְהֹגוֺ מִלֵּב דִּבְרֵישֶֿׁקֶר Isa 59:13 a conceiving and an uttering, out of the heart, lying words (|| דַּבֵּר עשֶׁק וְסָרָה); — on form compare i. 555; but read rather הָרוֺ וְהָגוֺ Qal Infinitive absolute compare Di; BaNB 77 retains ᵑ0 & explanation as Qal Infinitive passive
Hiph`il Participle plural הַמְּצַפְצְפִים וְהַמַּהְגִּ֥ים Isa 8:19 those that make chirpings and mutterings, of necromancers and wizards.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הגה (hāh-gāh’)

Joshua 1:8

KJV: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.have…: or, do wisely
EHCC: but thou shalt meditate therein

Psalms 77:12

KJV: I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
EHCC: (13). 7 will meditate also of all thy work,

Isaiah 59:11

KJV: We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
EHCC: mourn sore like doves: (lit. mourniag ז*

Job 27:4

KJV: My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
EHCC: nor my tongue utter deceit.

Psalms 1:2

KJV: But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
EHCC: in his law doth he meditate

Psalms 2:1

KJV: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?rage: or, tumultuously assembleimagine: Heb. meditate
EHCC: qhe people imagine a vain thing? (mar:

Psalms 35:28

KJV: And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
EHCC: my tongue speak

Psalms 37:30

KJV: The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
EHCC: oft the righteous speaketh wisdom,

Psalms 88:19

EHCC: 13 ( . imagine deceits all the day long.

Psalms 63:6

KJV: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
EHCC: ( 7)- meditate on thee in the (night)

Psalms 71:24

KJV: My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
EHCC: y tongue also shall talk

Psalms 115:7

KJV: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
EHCC: neither speak they through their וומו

Psalms 15:28

EHCC: of the righteous studicth to anawer:

Psalms 24:2

KJV: For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
EHCC: For their heart studieth destruction,

Isaiah 16:7

KJV: Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.mourn: or, mutter
EHCC: foundations of Kir-hareseth shell jt

Isaiah 31:4

KJV: For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.noise: or, multitude
EHCC: the young lion roaring on his

Isaiah 33:18

KJV: Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?receiver: Heb. weigher?
EHCC: "Thine hestt shall mediate terror

Isaiah 38:14

KJV: Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.undertake…: or, ease me
EHCC: 7 did mourn as a dove:

Isaiah 59:3

KJV: For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
EHCC: your tongue Aath muttered perversenest

Jeremiah 48:81

EHCC: shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.

Isaiah 59:13

KJV: In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
EHCC: conceiving and uttering from the heart

Isaiah 8:19

KJV: And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
EHCC: that peep, and that mutter : |

Isaiah 27:8

KJV: In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.it shooteth…: or, thou sendest it forthhe…: or, when he removeth it with
EHCC: he stayeth his rough wind

Proverbs 25:4

KJV: Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
EHCC: Take away the dross
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