Original Language Studio
Genesis 12:17
“And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נָגַעnâgaʻ · naw-gah'
H5060 · Hebrew
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
- Usage
- Occurs 150 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:3Genesis 20:6Genesis 26:11Genesis 26:29Genesis 28:12
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.
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.