H6298 H6298
To meet or encounter someone; to meet together reciprocally; to come upon or run into by chance
A Hebrew verb synonymous with the more common paga' but carrying its own distinctive flavor of face-to-face encounter. When Jacob sends gifts ahead and coaches his servants on what to say 'when Esau meets you' (Gen 32:17), or when Abigail comes upon David in the wilderness (1 Sam 25:20), pagash captures the moment of intersection between two moving parties. Spanish encontrar and French rencontrer both echo the Latin-rooted idea of 'coming against.' The Nifal reciprocal form yields one of Scripture's most beautiful images: 'Mercy and truth have met together' (Ps 85:10), where abstract virtues are personified as parties who encounter each other. Proverbs uses the same reciprocal form to observe that rich and poor 'meet together' — the LORD made them both (Prov 22:2; 29:13).
Senses
1. meet, encounter (Qal) — The basic Qal sense of meeting or encountering someone, used transitively with a direct object. Jacob's servant rehearses what to say when Esau 'meets you' (Gen 32:17), the LORD meets Moses at the lodging place (Exod 4:24), Aaron meets Moses at the mountain of God (Exod 4:27), and Abigail encounters David as she descends the hill (1 Sam 25:20). Spanish encontrar, French rencontrer, and German begegnen all map onto this sense of two parties coming face to face. The encounters may be planned or unexpected but are always personal and direct. 10×
AR["أَلقاهُم", "صادَفْتُ", "عِنْدَ-لِقَائِهِمْ", "فَالْتَقَوْهُمْ", "فَلَاقَاهُ", "لِيَلْتَقِ", "وَ-تَلْقَى", "وَلَاقَاهُ", "وَلَقيَتهُم", "يَلْتَقِي-كَ"]·ben["আমি-তাদের-সাথে-দেখা-করব", "আর-দেখা-হল-তাদের", "এবং-সাক্ষাত-হল", "ও-সাক্ষাৎ-করলেন-তাকে", "ও-সাক্ষাৎ-হবে", "দেখা-হল-আমার", "সাক্ষাত-করার-সময়ে", "সাক্ষাত-হওয়া", "সাক্ষাৎ-করবে-তোমার-সাথে"]·DE["[אפגשם]", "[ופגשו]", "[כפגש]", "[פגוש]", "dir-begegnet", "ich-begegnet-bin", "und-er-met-ihn", "und-sie-met", "und-sie-met-ihnen"]·EN["And-shall-meet", "I-met", "I-will-meet-them", "and-he-met-him", "and-she-met", "and-they-met-them", "meeting", "meets-you", "when-meeting"]·FR["Je-rencontra", "[ופגשו]", "[כפגש]", "et-elle-rencontra", "et-il-rencontra-lui", "et-ils-rencontra-eux", "meets-tu", "rencontrer", "פגוש"]·heb["אפגשם", "ו-יפגשהו", "ו-יפגשום", "ו-פגשה", "ו-פגשו", "יפגשך-ך", "כ-פגוש", "פגוש", "פגשתי"]·HI["और-मिला-उसे", "और-मिली", "और-मिले-उन्हें", "और-मिलेंगे", "जब-मिला", "मिलना", "मिला-मैं", "मिले-तुझे", "मैं-उनसे-मिलूंगा"]·ID["Biarlah-bertemu", "Dan-akan-bertemu", "aku-bertemu", "bertemu-mu", "dan-dia-bertemu", "dan-ia-menjumpainya", "dan-menemui-dia", "dan-mereka-bertemu", "ketika-bertemu"]·IT["[אפגשם]", "[ופגשו]", "[כפגש]", "e-egli-met-lui", "e-ella-met", "e-essi-met-loro", "io-met", "meeting", "meets-tu"]·jav["Kawula-nyergap-piyambakipun", "kapanggih", "kawula-péthukaken", "lan-kepanggih", "lan-pinanggih-piyambakipun", "lan-piyambakipun-ketemu", "methúkaken-panjenengan", "nalika-kepanggih"]·KO["그리고-그가-만났다-그를", "그리고-만나리라", "그리고-만나셨다-그를", "그리고-만났다", "그리고-만났다-그들을", "내가-만난", "너를-만나면", "만나다-때에", "만나리리라-그들을", "만날지어다"]·PT["Encontrar", "Encontrarei-eles", "e-encontraram-os", "e-encontrou", "e-encontrou-o", "e-se-encontrarão", "encontrar-te", "encontrei", "quando-encontrou"]·RU["И-встретятся", "встретил-я", "встретит-тебя", "встреча", "встречу-их", "и-встретил-его", "и-встретила", "и-встретились-с-ними", "когда-встретил"]·ES["Encuentre", "Y-se-encontrarán", "cuando-encontró", "encontráre-te", "encontré", "los-encontraré", "y-encontró", "y-lo-encontró", "y-los-encontraron"]·SW["Na-watakutana", "akutanapo-nawe", "alipokutana-nao", "kukutana-na", "na-akakutana-nao", "na-akakutana-naye", "na-wakakutana-nao", "nilipata", "nitawakutana"]·TR["Ve-karsilasacak", "karşılaşacağım-onlarla", "karşılaşsın", "karşılaştım", "karşılaştığında-", "karşılaşırsa-seni", "ve-karşılaştı", "ve-karşılaştı-onu", "ve-karşılaştılar-onlarla"]·urd["اور-ملا", "اور-ملا-اُسے", "اور-ملی", "اور-ملیں-گے", "اور-ملے-اُنہیں", "جب-ملا", "جب-ملے-تجھے", "ملا-میں", "ملنا", "میں-اُن-سے-ملوں-گا"]
2. meet together (Nifal reciprocal) — The Nifal reciprocal sense: two parties meet each other, come together, or converge. The most celebrated instance is Psalm 85:10, where 'mercy and truth have met together' — a poetic personification of abstract qualities encountering one another in harmony. Proverbs 22:2 and 29:13 use the identical form to observe that rich and poor 'meet together,' both made by the LORD. Spanish se encontraron and German sich treffen capture the mutual, symmetrical quality of this reciprocal meeting, which is absent from the simple Qal. 3×
AR["الْتَقَيَا", "يَلْتَقِيانِ"]·ben["মিলিত-হয়", "মিলিত-হয়েছে", "সাক্ষাত-করে"]·DE["[נפגשו]", "meet"]·EN["meet", "meet-together"]·FR["rencontrer", "נפגשו"]·heb["נפגשו"]·HI["मिलते", "मिलते-हैं", "मिलीं"]·ID["bertemu"]·IT["[נפגשו]", "meet-insieme"]·jav["kepanggih", "ketemu"]·KO["만나느니라", "만나다", "만났다"]·PT["encontram-se", "se-encontram", "se-encontraram"]·RU["встретились", "встречаются"]·ES["se-encontraron", "se-encuentran"]·SW["hukutana", "zimekutana"]·TR["buluştular", "buluşur", "karşılaşır"]·urd["ملتے-ہیں", "ملیں"]
3. encounter, come upon (Piel) — A sense of coming upon someone by chance or encountering them in passing, distinguished from the deliberate encounters of sense 1 by its context of darkness and confusion. In Job 5:14, fools 'meet with' darkness in the daytime and grope at noon as in the night. The encounter here is not purposeful but accidental or fated. Spanish encuentran and the broader context of stumbling and groping mark this as an encounter that befalls rather than one that is sought. 1×
AR["يُصادِفونَ"]·ben["তারা-সাক্ষাৎ-করে"]·DE["[יפגשו]"]·EN["they-meet"]·FR["יפגשו"]·heb["יפגשו"]·HI["मिलते-हैं-उनको-"]·ID["mereka-menemui"]·IT["essi-meet"]·jav["sami-nemoni"]·KO["만난다-그들이"]·PT["encontram"]·RU["встречают"]·ES["encuentran"]·SW["wanakutana-na"]·TR["karşılaşırlar-"]·urd["ملتے-ہیں"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)H7971 1. to send, dispatch (Qal) (701×)G2064 1. come / arrive (physical movement toward) (588×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H5307 1. Qal: fall down physically (339×)H5375 1. Qal: to lift up, raise (330×)H5975 1. to stand, stand up (310×)H5674a 1. Qal: pass by, pass through (256×)H3381 1. Qal: to go down, descend (physical movement) (242×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)G1831 1. go/come out physically (193×)H5337 1. deliver, rescue, save (Hifil) (188×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [פָּגַשׁ] vb. meet, encounter (syn. פָּגַע);— Qal Pf. 1 s. פָּגָ֑שְׁתִּי Gn 33:8; 3 pl. consec. וּפָֽגְשׁוּ Is 34:14; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִפְֿגָֽשְׁךָ֫ Gn 32:18 (Gi; Baer יִפְגָֽשְׁךָ֫; van d. H. יִֽפְגָּֽשְׁךָ֫), וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁהוּ Ex 4:24, 27; 3 fs. וַתִּפְגֹשׁ 1 S 25:20 (read prob. וַתִּפְגֹּשׁ Ges§ 47 k, cf. van d. H.), etc.; Inf. abs. פָּגוֹש Pr 17:12; cstr. פְּגשׁ Je 41:6;—meet, c. acc. Gn…