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2 Kings 15:5

“And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָגַעnâgaʻ · naw-gah'
H5060 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יְנַגַּ֨ע — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vpw3ms
Usage
Occurs 150 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:3Genesis 12:17Genesis 20:6Genesis 26:11Genesis 26:29

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָגַע here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.