נָגִ֗יד

𐤍𐤂𐤉𐤃

nagid

prince

or נָגִד; from נָגַד; a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes; captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.

H5057

Proverbs 28:16 · Word #1

Lexicon H5057

Lemmaנָגִיד
Lemma (Paleo)𐤍𐤂𐤉𐤃
Transliterationnâgîyd
Strong'sH5057
In-contextprince

Morphology HNcmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H5057-03

front-set leader

Rootנגד (n-g-d)
Core Meaningsto be in front, to stand before, to be conspicuous, to declare, to make known
Semantic Rangeleader, chief, commander, prince, governor, ruler, overseer; sometimes one publicly prominent or set before the people
Conceptual Significanceנָגִיד often describes a leader appointed or recognized by YHWH, especially in royal contexts (e.g., Saul and David). The term emphasizes being set before the people by divine designation, highlighting authority derived from divine commissioning rather than mere political power.
Morphological NotesCommon masculine singular noun in the absolute state (HNcmsa). Derived from the verbal root נגד, likely conveying the sense of one who stands or is appointed before others.
Rendering RationaleThe noun נָגִיד derives from the root נגד, "to be in front" or "to stand before." As a masculine singular absolute noun (HNcmsa), it denotes one who is set in front of others—hence "front-set leader." The singular form is preserved, and the rendering reflects the idea of being placed before or over others rather than using a generic political title.

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Words from Root נגד (to be in front, to stand before, to be conspicuous, to declare, to make known)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5046-01 agid I will make known openly
H5046-02 agidah Let me make-known
H5046-03 agidenu I will make it manifest to him
H5046-04 haged Make it known!
H5046-05 hageyd Make it openly known!
H5046-06 hagidah Make it known!
H5046-07 hagidi Declare!
H5046-08 hagidu Make it known, you men!
H5046-09 hamagid the one making known
H5057-01 hanagid the one set in front
H5046-10 hayagid will he make known?
H5046-11 higadeta you have made known openly
H5046-12 higadetah you have made known
H5046-13 higadeti I have made known
H5046-14 higid he made known
H5046-15 higidah she made known
H5046-16 higidu they have made it known
H5046-17 hugad it was made known
H5046-18 huged it was made known
H5048-01 kenegedo as his counterpart before him
H5046-19 lehagid to make known openly
H5046-20 lemagidey to proclaimers of
H5057-02 lenagid to a front-set ruler
H5048-02 leneged to the front of
H5048-03 lenegedam in front of them
H5048-04 lenegedekha in front of you
H5048-05 lenegedekhem in front of you (masculine plural)
H5048-06 lenegedi in front of me
H5048-07 lenegedo to what-is-in-front-of him
H5046-21 lgyd to cause to declare openly
H5046-22 magedet she who makes known
H5046-23 magid one who makes known
H5046-24 mehagid from making known openly
H5048-08 mineged from before
H5048-09 minegedi from in front of me
H5048-10 minegedo from before him
H5048-11 neged in front of
H5048-12 negedah in front of her
H5048-13 negedam in front of them
H5048-14 negedekha in front of you
H5048-15 negedi in front of me
H5048-16 negedo opposite him
H5057-04 negid front-standing leader of
H5057-05 negidey front-standing leaders of
H5057-06 negidim front-standing leaders
H5046-25 tagid you will make known
H5046-26 tagidi you will make known
H5046-27 tagidu you men shall declare openly
H5046-28 ulehagid and to cause to declare openly
H5046-29 umagid and the one who makes known
H5046-30 vaagid and I made known openly
H5046-31 vanaged and we caused (it) to be made known
H5046-32 vataged and she made known
H5046-33 vayaged and he made known
H5046-34 vayagidu and they made known
H5046-35 vayugad and it was made known
H5046-36 veagidah and let me make known
H5046-37 vehaged and make known!
H5046-38 vehagidu and you (m.pl.) make known!
H5046-39 vehigadeta and you have made known
H5046-40 vehigadetem and you (masculine plural) caused it to be made known
H5046-41 vehigadeti and I made known
H5046-42 vehigid and he made known
H5046-43 vehigidah and she made it known
H5046-44 vehigidu and they caused to make known
H5046-45 vehugad and it was made known
H5046-46 venagidah and let us make known
H5046-47 venagidenu and we will make it known to him
H5048-17 veneged and in front of
H5048-18 venegedam and in front of them
H5046-48 vetageyd and you shall make known
H5046-49 veyaged and he makes-known
H5046-50 veyagedekha and he will make-known to you
H5046-51 veyagidah and he will make her known
H5046-52 veyagideha and he will make her known
H5046-53 veyagidu and they will make known
H5046-54 yageyd he will make known openly
H5046-55 yagid he makes known
H5046-56 yagidu they will make known openly

Word Usage (44 occurrences of H5057)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
1 Samuel 9:16 לְ/נָגִיד֙ lenagid to be prince
1 Samuel 10:1 לְ/נָגִֽיד lenagid to be ruler
1 Samuel 13:14 לְ/נָגִיד֙ lenagid to be ruler
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