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נוּעַ‎ verb quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter (Late Hebrew Pilpal נִעְנַע‎ shake, Aramaic נוּעַ‎ waver, stagger (rare); Arabic , bend (of boughs), see commotus fuit (of id.), so Kam Frey; also change, kind, species, variety; Di compare Ethiopic hunt); —

Qal Perfect נָ֫עוּ‎ Job 28:4 +; וְנָע֫וּ‎ Amos 4:8 2t.; Imperfect וַיָּ֫נַע‎ Isaiah 7:2-3;feminine singular תָּנוּעַ‎ 24:20; אֲנוּעֲךָ‎ 2 Samuel 15:20 Kt (but read Qr Hiph`il q. v.); יָנ֫וּעוּ‎ Psalm 109:10; יְנוּע֑וּן‎ 59:16 Kt (so read; not Qr Hiph`il), etc.; Infinitive absolute Isaiah 24:20; Psalm 109:10; construct נוּעַ‎ Judges 9:9 3t.; נוֺעַ‎ Isaiah 7:2; Participle נָע‎ Genesis 4:12, 14; נָעִים‎ Proverbs 22:19; נָעוֺת‎ 1 Samuel 1:13: —

1 wave, of trees, followed by עַל‎ Judges 9:9, 11, 13 followed by מִמְּנֵי‎ of cause Isaiah 7:2; quiver, vibrate, of lips 1 Samuel 1:13; swing (to and fro) of miners Job 28:4 ("" דלל‎); stagger like drunkard, of mariners in storm Psalm 107:27 ("" חגג‎), compare Isaiah 29:9 ("" שׁכר‎); hence be unstable, figurative of ways of harlot Proverbs 5:6; tremble, of doorposts, Isaiah 6:4 (followed by מִן‎ causative ), idols 19:1 (followed by מִמְּנֵי‎), earth 24:20 ("" התנודד‎), people Exodus 20:18 (E); figurative of heart Isaiah 7:2.

2 totter, go tottering (faint and uncertain) Lamentations 4:14 4:15 ("" נוּץ‎), Amos 8:12 ("" שׁוטט‎); as beggars Psalm 109:10 ("" שִׁאֵל‎), compare 59:16; Amos 4:8 followed by אֶלֿ‎; participle vagabond Genesis 4:12, 14 (both "" נָד‎); figurative = err, sin, Jeremiah 14:10.

Niph`al Imperfect יִנּוֺעַ‎ Amos 9:9 be tossed about (of corn) in a sieve; יִנּוֺעוּ‎ id., of bulwarks as fig-trees Nahum 3:12 ("" נפל‎).

Hiph`il Perfect3feminine singular הֵנִ֫יעָה‎ 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; וַהֲנִָֽעוֺתִ֫י‎ Amos 9:9; Imperfect יָנִיעַ‎ Zephaniah 2:15; jussive יָ֫נַע‎ 2 Kings 23:18; אֲנִיעֲךָ‎ 2 Samuel 15:20 Qr (compare Qal); יְנִיעוּן‎ Psalm 109:25 + 59:16 Qr (read Kt

Qal q. v. ), etc.; Imperative suffix הֲנִיעֵ֫מוֺ‎ Psalm 59:12; —

1 toss about Amos 9:9 subject ׳י‎, object Israel followed by בַּגּוֺיִם‎ (compare Niph`al).

2 shake, cause to totter: = set me tottering Daniel 10:10 on my knees and hands; especially shake or wag the head, in mockery 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22 ("" לעג בוז,‎) compare Psalm 22:8; 109:25; followed by עַלֿ‎ Job 16:4 (ר ׳בְּמוֺ‎ [Ges^{§ 119q}]), also Lamentations 2:15 ("" שׁרק‎), Zephaniah 2:15 יָדוֺ‎ ("" id.), [see also Ecclus 12:18; Ecclus 13:7 (׳בְּר‎)].

3 (shake), disturb, bones of dead 2 Kings 23:18.

4 cause to wander Numbers 32:13 (J); 2 Samuel 15:20 (followed by ללכת‎); Psalm 59:12 ("" הוריד‎, for which Lag^{Proph. Chald. xlviii.} proposes הניד‎).