נגיד

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ג־ד (n-g-d)

Compare Classical Syriac ܢܓܕ (“to go before”), Ge'ez ነገደ (nägädä, “to travel”), Classical Syriac ܢܰܓܳܕܰ (nagoda, “leader, chief”).

Noun

נָגִיד • (nagíd) m (plural indefinite נְגִידִים, singular construct נְגִיד־) [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. a prince, leader, ruler, commander, chief
   • Tanach, Isaiah 55:4, with translation of the King James Version:

     הֵ֛ן עֵ֥ד לְאוּמִּ֖ים נְתַתִּ֑יו נָגִ֥יד וּמְצַוֵּ֖ה לְאֻמִּֽים

     hen ed l'umím n'tatív nagíd um'tsáveh l'umím

     See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples

References

• H5057 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Noun

נגיד • (ngid) m, plural נגידים (ngidim)

1. wealthy man, powerful man