הָגָה
hâgâh · daw-gaw'
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1901 (הָגִיג));
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
- to murmur (in pleasure or anger)
- by implication, to ponder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to carry, to lift up › to reveal, behold
To reveal, behold that works to carry, to lift up that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָגָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall speak2 · 8%
- studieth2 · 8%
- but thou shalt meditate1 · 4%
- utter1 · 4%
- doth he meditate1 · 4%
- imagine1 · 4%
- speaketh1 · 4%
- and imagine1 · 4%
- and meditate1 · 4%
- also shall talk1 · 4%
- i will meditate1 · 4%
- not: neither speak1 · 4%
- i meditate1 · 4%
- and that mutter1 · 4%
- shall ye mourn1 · 4%
- roaring1 · 4%
- shall meditate1 · 4%
- i did mourn1 · 4%
- hath muttered1 · 4%
- and mourn1 · 4%
- sore1 · 4%
- and uttering1 · 4%
- mine heart shall mourn1 · 4%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.