Meditation and Utterance

† I. הָגָה vb. moan, growl, utter, speak, muse (only poet.) (onomatop.; NH הָגָה muse, speak, spell a word, so Aramaic הֲגָא; ܗܓܳܐ muse, especially Ethpa.; Arabic هَجَا satirize, insult, scold, also spell (borrowed meaning))— Qal Perf. 2 ms. וְהָגִ֫יתָ consec. Jos 1:8; 1 s. הָגִ֫יתִי ψ 143:5, וְהָגִיתִי consec. ψ 77:13; Impf. יֶהְגֶּה Jb 27:4 + 8 times; 3 fs. תֶּהְגֶּה ψ 35:28 + 2 times, אֶהְגֶּה ψ 63:7 Is 38:14, יֶהְגּוּ ψ 2:1 + 2 times, תֶּהְגּוּ Is 16:7; נֶהְגֶּ֑ה Is 59:11; Inf. abs. הָגֹה Is 59:11;— 1. of inarticulate sounds: a. growl, of lion growling over prey, sq. על Is 31:4. b. groan, moan, in distress (like dove), abs., Is 38:14; 59:11 (הָגוֹ נֶהְגֶּה); sigh for (לְ) in sorrow, mourning, moan for Is 16:7 (‖ יְיֵלִיל לְ), so also Je 48:31. 2. utter, sq. acc. rei, ψ 38:13; subj. לָשׁוֹן Jb 27:4 (‖ דִּבֶּר) ψ 35:28; 71:24 Is 59:3; subj. פֶּה ψ 37:30 Pr 8:7—cf. also sub Po. infr.; speak (abs.) ψ 115:7 (בְּ instr.) 3. a. (soliloquize) meditate, muse, c. בְּ rei, Jos 1:8 ψ 1:2; 63:7; 77:13; 143:5; c. acc. Is 33:18, subj. לֵב. b. imagine, devise, c. acc. ψ 2:1 Pr 24:2 (subj. לֵב); c. Inf. Pr 15:28 (subj. id.) Po. Inf. abs. only הֹרוֹ וְהֹגוֹ מִלֵּב דִּבְרֵי־שֶׁקֶר Is 59:13 a conceiving and an uttering, out of the heart, lying words (‖ דַּבֵּר עשֶׁק וְסָרָה);—on form cf. Köi 555; but read rather הָרוֹ וְהָגוֹ Qal Inf. abs. cf. Di; BaNB 77 retains MT & expl. as Qal Inf. pass. Hiph. Pt. pl. הַמְּצַפְצְפִים וְהַמַּהְגִּים Is 8:19 those that make chirpings and mutterings, of necromancers and wizards.

† שִׂיחַ vb.denom. muse, complain, poet. talk (of);— Qal Impf. 3 ms. יָשִׂיחַ ψ 119:23; 3 fs. sf. תְּשִׂיחֶ֑ךָ Pr 6:22; 1 s. אָשִׂיחַ ψ 119:78 +, etc.; Imv. ms. שִׂיחַ Jb 12:8; mpl. שִׂיחוּ Ju 5:10 +; Inf. cstr. שִׂיחַ ψ 119:148;— 1. complain: ψ 55:18; 77:4 (both ‖ הָמָה), Jb 7:11 (בְּמַר נַפְשִׁי), + ψ 6:7 (read prob. אָשִׂיחָה for אַשְׂחֶה). 2. muse: עִם־לְבָבִי ψ 77:7; c. ב, meditate upon, study, God’s עֲלִילוֹת v 13 (‖ הָגָה); פִּקּוּדִים 119:15, 78; חֻקִּים v 23, 48; נִפְלָאוֹת v 27; אִמְרָה v 148; c. acc. דִּבְרֵי נִפְלְאֹתֶיךָ 145:5. 3. a. talk (about), sing (of): abs. Ju 5:10 (ode); c. ב rei, ψ 105:2 = 1 Ch 16:9 (‖ שִׁיר, זִמֵּר; so SS Gerber, but poss. = 2, so Dr), ψ 69:13 (ב pers. against; ‖ נְגִינוֹת, of mocking words). b. c. sf. pers. talk (with) Pr 6:22 (del. Toy); c. לְ speak to Jb 12:8 (Di ‘sprich sinnend’; Hi Bu read שֶׁרֶץ; Kau חַיַּת (so Bu as altern.), Bö al. sub II. שִׂיחַ). Pôlʿel meditate, consider: Impf. 3 ms. יְשׂוֹחֵחַ Is 53:8 (abs.); 1 s. אֲשׂוֹחֵחַ ψ 143:5 (ב rei; ‖ הָגָה).

† הֶ֫גֶה n.m. Jb 37:2 a rumbling, growling, moaning:—ה׳ abs. Ez 2:10 + 2 times;— 1. a rumbling, growling sound וְה׳ מִפִּיו יֵצֵא Jb 37:2 of thunder, as sound going forth from God’s mouth. 2. a moaning קִינִים וָה׳ וָהִי Ez 2:10 lamentations and moaning and woe. 3. a sigh or moan, as transient, כִּלִּינוּ שָׁנֵינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶ֑גֶה ψ 90:9 we bring our years to an end as a sigh, i.e. a fleeting sound (cf. RVm VB).

μελετ-άω, future -ήσω Refs 8th c.BC+ Verb, take thought or care for, with genitive, βίου, ἔργου, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a physician, treat a case, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive Refs __2 attend to, study, οὐ δύναμαι ἀκοῦσαι, τοῦτο μελετῶν (i.e. τὸ ἀκοῦσαι) Refs 5th c.BC+ __II pursue, exercise, [μαντείην] Refs; μ. τοῦτο (i.e. ἡμεροδρόμην εἶναι) Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently in Attic dialect, μ. σοφίαν Refs 5th c.BC+; τέχνας, ῥητορικήν, Refs 5th c.BC+; practise, ἤθη, γαστριμαργίας, ὕβρεις, Refs; [νόμους] NT+5th c.BC+; especially practise speaking, con over a speech in one's mind, λογάρια δύστηνα μελετήσας Refs 4th c.BC+; also, deliver, declaimRefs 2nd c.AD+ —passive, τὸ ναυτικὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι naval warfare cannot be practised 'en amateur', Refs 5th c.BC+; εὐταξία μετὰ κινδύνων μελετωμένη discipline put in practice on the battle-field, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 with infinitive, μετρίως ἀλγεῖν μελετᾷ σοφία practises moderation in grief, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ἀποθνῄσκειν, τεθνάναι, practise dying, death, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.3 less frequently with participle, μ. κυβερνῶντες Refs 5th c.BC+; with ὡς and participle, Refs __II.4 with preposition, μ. ἔν τινι LXX __II.5 absolutely, study, train oneself, Refs 5th c.BC+: with dative modi, τόξῳ μ. καὶ ἀκοντίῳ Refs; ἐν τῷ μὴ μελετῶντι by want of practice, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.5.b especially practise oratory, declaim, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τῶν καιρῶν μ. extemporize a speech, Refs 4th c.BC+; of actors, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.6 in Medicine texts, of disease, threaten, μ. τὴν τοῦ καρκινώματος γένεσιν Refs 1st c.AD+:—passive, ἀπειλᾷ καὶ μελετᾶται μανία Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.7 with accusative person, exercise, train persons, ἐμελέτησεν [αὐτοὺς] ὡς εἶεν.. Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, οὓς ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους μελετᾷ Φείδων Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, μελετώμενοι ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τὴν πτῆσιν, of eaglets, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III Grammars, to be accustomed, with infinitive, μεμελέτηκε τὸ τ ¯ εἰς θ ¯ τρέπεσθαι Refs 9th c.AD+ __III.b in Medicine texts, acquire a habit, μελετησάντων ἐκπίπτειν βραχιόνων Refs 2nd c.AD+:— passive, become chronic, μελετηθὲν τὸ πάθος Refs 6th c.AD+

† I. שׁוּט vb. go or rove about (NH Aramaic שׁוּט rove, row (Jon 1:13), swim (Is 25:11), stroke, besmear; v. also שׁוֹט);— Qal go or rove about: Pf. 3 pl., abs. שָׁטוּ הָעָם Nu 11:8 (J; gathering manna), so, c. ב loc., Impf. 3 mpl. וַיָּשֻׁטוּ 2 S 24:8, Imv. ms. שׁוּט־נָא v 2, Inf. cstr. שׁוּט Jb 1:7, שֻׁט 2:2 (both ‖ הִתְהַלֵּךְ), perhaps also Gn 24:63 (לָשׁוּט for לָש��וּחַ, so 𝔖 Thes 1322 cf. Di Gunk Dr); Je 8:6 Du reads שָׁט for שָׁב.—Pt. שָׁטִים v. שׁוּט²" dir="rtl" >שׁוּט denom. infr. Pōʿl. go eagerly, quickly, to and fro: Impf. 3 ms. יְשׁוֹטְטוּ לְבַקֵּשׁ Am 8:12 (‖ וְנָעוּ); abs. יְשֹׁטְטוּ Dn 12:4; c. ב loc., Imv. mpl. שׁוֹטְטוּ Je 5:1, Pt. pl. מְשׁוֹטְטִים Zc 4:10, מְשֹׁטְטוֹת 2 Ch 16:9 (both of עֵינֵי י׳). Hithpōʿl. Imv. fpl., ב loc., הִתְשׁוֹטַטְנָה Je 49:3 run to and fro.