הָגָה hâgâh — to remove

pronounced haw-gaw' · Strong's H1898 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as stay, stay away.

a primitive root; to remove.

hâgâh in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 3×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Infinitive absolute 2Perfect (qatal) 1

הָג֣וֹ Prov 25:4 Infinitive absolute

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. (KJV)

הָג֣וֹ Prov 25:5 Infinitive absolute

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. (KJV)

הָגָ֛ה Isa 27:8 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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