נהג

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naˈhaɡ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔ.haɡ/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔˈhæɣ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔˈhaɣ/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naːˈhaɡ/, [naːˈhaɣ]

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נָהַג • (nahág) (pa'al construction) (transitive)

1. to do something out of habit or custom
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Bava Batra, section 1.1:

     מָקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לִבְנוֹת גָּוִיל גָּזִית כְּפִיסִין לְבֵנִים בּוֹנִים הַכֹּל כְּמִנְהַג הַמְּדִינָה

     [In] a place where the custom is to build [with] rough stone, smooth stone, half-bricks, or bricks, they build [with these materials], all is according to the custom of the land.

2. to be customary
3. to behave (in a particular way)
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Avot, section 6.3:

     הַלּוֹמֵד מֵחֲבֵרוֹ פֶּרֶק אֶחָד אוֹ הֲלָכָה אַחַת אוֹ פָסוּק אֶחָד אוֹ דִבּוּר אֶחָד אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אוֹת אַחַת, צָרִיךְ לִנְהוֹג בּוֹ כָבוֹד

     Hallomeḏ meḥǎvero pɛrɛq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo hǎlɔḵɔ ʾaḥaṯ ʾo pɔsuq ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo dibur ʾɛḥɔḏ ʾo ʾǎfillu ʾoṯ ʾaḥaṯ, ṣɔriḵ linhoġ bo ḵɔvoḏ.

     Whoever learns from his fellow one chapter or one halakha or one verse or one word, or even one letter, should behave toward him with respect.

4. to lead, guide (an animal, a tour group, etc.)
5. to lead, guide (a company, a generation, etc.)
6. to drive (a vehicle)

• H5090 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

נַהָג or נֶהָג • (nahág or nehág) m (plural indefinite נַהָגִים or נֶהָגִים) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. driver of a vehicle

• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, p. 406