5050. nagah
Lexicon
nagah: To touch, reach, strike

Original Word: נָגַהּ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nagahh
Pronunciation: naw-gah'
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-gah')
KJV: (en-)lighten, (cause to) shine
NASB: illumines, shine, giveslight, shed
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

1. to glitter
2. causatively, to illuminate

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
enlighten, cause to shine

A primitive root; to glitter; causatively, to illuminate -- (en-)lighten, (cause to) shine.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to shine
NASB Translation
gives...light (1), illumines (2), shed (1), shine (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
נָגַהּ verb shine (Assyrian nagû, shine, beam, be joyful, DlHWB 446; Ethiopic Aramaic ; Late Hebrew ᵑ7 נוֺגְהָא planet Venus) —

Qal Perfect אוֺר ׳ועלדֿרכיך נ Job 22:28; עליהם ׳אור נ Isaiah 9:1; Imperfect ולאיִֿגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּׁוֺ Job 18:5.

Hiph`il Imperfect

1 enlighten ויהוה יַגִּיהַּ חָשְׁכִּי 2 Samuel 22:29 = יהוה אלהי יַגִּהַּ הּשׁכי Psalm 18:29.

2 cause to shine (of moon) וְיָרֵחַ לאֿ יַגִּיהַּ אוֺרוֺ׃ Isaiah 13:10 ("" חָשַׁך).

Forms and Transliterations
יִ֝גַּ֗הּ יַגִּ֥יהַ יַגִּ֥יהַּ יגה יגיה נָ֣גַֽהּ נָגַ֥הּ נגה nā·ḡah Nagah nāḡah yag·gî·ah yag·gî·ha yagGiah yaggîah yagGiha yaggîha yig·gah yiggah
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Samuel 22:29
HEB: יְהוָ֑ה וַיהוָ֖ה יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃
NAS: And the LORD illumines my darkness.
KJV: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
INT: LORD and the LORD illumines my darkness

Job 18:5
HEB: יִדְעָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־ יִ֝גַּ֗הּ שְׁבִ֣יב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃
NAS: of his fire gives no
KJV: of his fire shall not shine.
INT: goes no gives and the flame of his fire

Job 22:28
HEB: וְעַל־ דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃
NAS: for you; And light will shine on your ways.
KJV: unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
INT: on your ways will shine and light

Psalm 18:28
HEB: יְהוָ֥ה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃
NAS: The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
KJV: my God will enlighten my darkness.
INT: the LORD my God illumines my darkness

Isaiah 9:2
HEB: צַלְמָ֔וֶת א֖וֹר נָגַ֥הּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: land, The light will shine on them.
KJV: upon them hath the light shined.
INT: A dark the light will shine and

Isaiah 13:10
HEB: וְיָרֵ֖חַ לֹֽא־ יַגִּ֥יהַ אוֹרֽוֹ׃
NAS: And the moon will not shed its light.
KJV: shall not cause her light to shine.
INT: and the moon will not shed light

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5050
6 Occurrences


nā·ḡah — 2 Occ.
yag·gî·ah — 2 Occ.
yag·gî·ha — 1 Occ.
yig·gah — 1 Occ.

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