הגה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ה־ג־ה (h-g-h)
3 terms

Noun

הֶגֶה • (hégem (plural indefinite הֲגָיִים or הֲגָאִים, plural construct הֲגָיֵי־ or הֲגָאֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. sound
    • Tanach, Job 37:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ בְּרֹגֶז קֹלוֹ וְהֶגֶה מִפִּיו יֵצֵא׃
      Hear attentively the noise of His voice, And the sound that goeth out of His mouth.
  2. (phonology) phoneme
Derived terms
  • תּוֹרַת הַהֶגֶה (torát hahége, phonetics)

Verb

הָגָה • (hagá) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶהֱגָה)

  1. to pronounce
Conjugation
Conjugation of הָגָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לַהֲגוֹת
action noun הֲגִיָּה
passive participle הָגוּי
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first הָגִיתִי הָגִינוּ
second הָגִיתָ הָגִית הֲגִיתֶם1 הֲגִיתֶן1
third הָגָה הָגְתָה הָגוּ
present הוֹגֶה הוֹגָה הוֹגִים הוֹגוֹת
future first אֶהֱגֶה נֶהֱגֶה
second תֶּהֱגֶה תֶּהֱגִי תֶּהֱגוּ תֶּהֱגֶינָה2
third יֶהֱגֶה תֶּהֱגֶה יֶהֱגוּ תֶּהֱגֶינָה2
imperative הֲגֵה הֲגִי הֲגוּ הֲגֶינָה2

1 Pronounced הָגִיתֶם and הָגִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Uncertain. First attested in the 12th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

הֶגֶה • (hégem (plural indefinite הֲגָאִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (nautical) helm
  2. steering wheel
  3. (figurative) control of something: reins, helm, wheel
Derived terms
  • הַגַּאי (hagái)

Etymology 3

Related to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic הֵיגְתָא (heg'ta) and Classical Syriac ܚܵܓܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥāggəṯāʾ), all derived from Akkadian 𒂊𒄖𒌋 (egû).

First attested in the Talmud.

Pronunciation

Noun

הגה • (hagém (plural indefinite הָגִים or הָגִין)

  1. camelthorn (Alhagi, a genus of shrubs native to northern Africa and Asia Minor)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Verb

הַגַּהּ or הַגֵּהַּ • (hagáh or hagéah)

  1. Masculine singular imperative of הִגִּיהַּ (higíah)

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