H1897

הָגָה

ha.gahH:V

to mutter

1) to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to roar, growl, groan 1a2) to utter, speak 1a3) to meditate, devise, muse, imagine 1b) (Poal) to utter 1c) (Hiphil) to mutter

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. הָגָה verb moan, growl, utter, speak, muse (only poetry) (onomatopoetic; Late Hebrew הָגָה muse, speak, spell a word, so Aramaic הֲגָא; muse, especially Ethpa`al; Arabic 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 Köi. 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.


18 occurrences

Joshua (1), Job (1), Psalms (6), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (7)