- נגהּ
- נְגַהּch. 1) same, to be bright, shine. Yoma 28b אי הכי נ׳ ליה טובא (Ms. M. נַגְהָא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if that is so (that it was the time for working men to go to their labors), it must have been bright day-light (sunrise). M. Kat. 16b לא נ׳ לך לישרי לי מר בתיגראי (or בתיגרי, not בתיגריה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; Ms. M. נהגא a. differ. version; ed. Ven. נגיחא, v. נְגַח) is it (the case you have been thinking of) not yet clear to you? Attend, sir, now to my case (differ. interpret. in Rashi). 2) (denom. of נַגְהֵי) to get dark, to be belated. Taan.24a נ׳ להווכ׳ night set in, and no food was brought to them. Ib. האי דנְגַהְנָא (differ. in Ms. M.) the reason why I am late. Sabb.10a נ׳ לצלויי the time for the evening prayer arrived (Rashi: he delayed).Y.Dem.II, 22c נגיהין, read: נְהִיגִין. Af. אַגַּהּ to dwell until late. Nidd.65b דמַגְּהֵי ביה טפיוכ׳ Var. (v. גִּיחַ) they protract their negotiations before they sign.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
