נָהַג

vb. drive, conduct (NH conduct oneself, behave, be accustomed; Arabic نَهَجَ go along the road, keep to the road; Aramaic נְהַג lead);— Pf. נ׳ La 3:2; נָֽהֲגוּ 1 S 30:20; Impf. יִנְהַג Is 20:4, etc.; Imv. נְהַג 2 K 4:24; Pt. act. נֹהֵג Is 11:6 + 2 times, etc.; pass. נְהוּגִים Is 60:11;— drive, flocks Ex 3:1; cf. (in predict.) Is 11:6 (sq. בְּ); fig., obj. Joseph, ψ 80:2 (sim. of flock); hence, obj. human being, lead on, Ct 8:2 (‖ הֵבִיא אֶל־)); also fig., subj. י׳, La 3:2 (‖ הוֹלִיךְ); pass. pt. of kings led in procession Is 60:11 cf. Di (rather than as captives, Che, as earlier usage; ‖ הֵבִיא); drive away, off, (obj. מִקְנֶה) Gn 31:18 (of Jacob, going by stealth); usually as booty (obj. flocks and herds) 1 S 23:5, חמור יתומים ינהגו Jb 24:3 (unjustly); cf. 1 S 30:2, 20 (read וַיִּנְהֲגוּ We Dr Kit Bu, cf. Th, not HPS q.v.), v 22 (no obj. expr. but really captives ‖ הָלַךְ), Is 20:4; drive an ass for riding 2 K 4:24 (‖ הָלַךְ); a cart (עֲגָלָה) 2 S 6:3 = 1 Ch 13:7 (where בָּע׳); abs. of driving chariot 2 K 9:20; lead out an army to battle (late) 1 Ch 20:1 2 Ch 25:11. fig. וְלִבִּי נֹהֵג בַּחָכְמָה Ec 2:3 my heart behaving itself in wisdom (cf. NH supr.). Pf. נִהַג Ex 10:13; נִהַ֫גְתָּ Is 63:14; Impf. יְנַהֵג Dt 4:27, etc.;— drive away, lead off, sq. acc., daughters of Laban Gn 31:26 (‖ גָּנַב); of י׳, leading off people into exile, sq. שָׁ֫מָּה Dt 4:27 (‖ הֵפִיץ), 28:37 (‖ הוֹלִיךְ). lead on, guide, sq. acc., subj. י׳, ψ 78:52 (כַּעֵ֫דֶר ‖ הִסִּיעַ כַּצֹּאן); Is 49:10 (‖ נִהֵל, cf. ψ 23:2); 63:14; ψ 48:15; guide on, a wind, Ex 10:13 (sq. בָּאָרֶץ), ψ 78:26 (‖ הִסִּיעַ). cause to drive (cf. Qal, 2 K 9:20) Ex 14:25 (JE; subj. י׳, v. Di).