Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, X surely, (over-)take (hold of, on, upon)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָשַׂג (na.sag) — to overtake. 1) to reach, overtake, take hold upon 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to overtake 1a2) to reach, attain to, cause to reach 1a3) to be able to secure, reach, have enough
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Pursue | verb hif
to overtake, to catch up with = action by which humans succeed to catch up with other humans after having pursued them
GEN 31:25 · GEN 44:4 · GEN 44:6 · EXO 14:9 · EXO 15:9 · DEU 19:6 · JOS 2:5 · 1SA 30:8 · 1SA 30:8 · 1SA 30:8 · 2SA 15:14 · 2KI 25:5 · PSA 7:6 · PSA 18:38 · JER 39:5 · JER 52:8 · LAM 1:3 · HOS 2:9
Happen | verb hif, verb nif
to catch up with (= happen) literally: to overtake; hence: = process by which events that humans have been expecting or dreading finally take place, ◄ as if they had been pursuing them for some time and ultimately caught up with them
DEU 28:2 · DEU 28:15 · DEU 28:45 · 1CH 21:12 · JOB 27:20 · JOB 41:18 · PSA 40:13 · PSA 69:25 · ISA 35:10 · ISA 51:11 · ISA 59:9 · JER 42:16 · HOS 10:9 · MIC 2:6 · ZEC 1:6
Engage | verb hif | ≈ שׁוב
Collocation: נשׂג אֹרַח
to regain a path, to reengage literally: to catch up with a path; hence: = process by which humans reengage with a particular activity
Quantity | verb hif
to catch up with (in number) literally: to overtake; hence: = process by which a repetitive event increases in frequency to the extent that it starts matching the frequency of another event
Rich | verb hif
Collocation: יָד נשׂג
to afford literally: (one's) hand catches up (with something); hence: = state in which someone has sufficient resources to carry out a certain task
LEV 5:11 · LEV 14:21 · LEV 14:22 · LEV 14:30 · LEV 14:31 · LEV 14:32 · LEV 25:26 · LEV 25:47 · LEV 25:49 · LEV 27:8 · NUM 6:21 · EZK 46:7
verb
Stance | verb hif
Collocation: נשׂג יָד
to move (one's) hand = action by which humans cause their hands to move in a certain direction
Birth
to try to give birth meaning unsure, possibly: = causative action by which a mother pushes the child in her womb towards the mouth of the womb
1 MIC 2:6 RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV ESV | MT יִסַּג = סוג 2 1SA 14:26 MT מַשִׂיג | LXX ἐπιστρέφων TRG mtyb OL convertebant 3 MIC 6:14 REB "come to labour" | MT סוג RSV NRSV ESV "put away" NIV NJB CEV "store up" GNT "carry things off"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָשַׂג] vb. only Hiph. reach, overtake Hiph. overtake
reach, attain
cause to reach, bring, put
fig. one’s hand has reached, i.e. one is able, or has enough
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