נָגַשׂ

vb. press, drive, oppress, exact (Assyrian nagâšu, throw down, overthrow, DlHWB 448; Arabic نَجَشَ rouse and drive game, drive vehemently; Ethiopic ነግሠ reign, wield power, ንጉሥ king);— Pf. נ׳ 2 K 23:25; Impf. יִגּשֹׁ Dt 15:2; 2 ms. תִּגּשֹׁ Dt 15:3; 2 mpl. תִּנְנֹּ֑שׂוּ Is 58:3;—Pt. נֹגֵשׂ Is 9:3 +, etc.;— press, drive to work (obj. עַצְּבֵיכֶם your workmen), Is 58:3 (GesComm., De Di Du; exact [changing ע׳, q.v.] Che, etc.); v. 3. exact c. acc. כֶּסֶף, 2 K 23:35; sq. acc. pers. only Dt 15:2, 3. Pt. (= subst.) driver, taskmaster Ex 3:7; 5:6, 10, 13, 14 Jb 3:18; (ass-)driver Jb 39:7; of (arbitrary) ruler Is 3:12, ruler (good sense) Zc 10:4; = foreign oppressor, tyrant Is 9:3 (c. בְּ) 14:2, 4 Zc 9:8; exactor of tribute, Dn 11:20; pl. abstr. lordship = lord, ruler, fig. of צְדָקָה (personif.) Is 60:17 (‖ פְּקֻדָּתֵךְ שָׁלוֹם). Pf. נִגַּשׂ 1 S 13:6 + 2 times + Is 3:5 (וְ consec.);—hard pressed by enemy 1 S 13:6, and so 14:24 (but om. by emend., after 𝔊, Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS); treated harshly, of suffering servant of י׳ Is 53:7; recipr. tyrannize over (ב׳) each other Is 3:5.