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Genesis 4:12 נָ֥ע a wanderer

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 4:14 נָ֤ע a wanderer

Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Here: Someone who totters or moves about with no footing: restless, unstable, unsettled. Cain repeats God's own words from 4:12.

Exodus 20:18 וַיָּנֻ֔עוּ and they trembled

When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

Here: “And they shook.” It is a physical word: swaying, trembling, being moved. It can mean shaking in place or lurching back and away, and translations divide between “trembled” and the KJV's “removed” (moved back).

Numbers 32:13 וַיְנִעֵם֙ and he made wander them

The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.

Judges 9:9 לָנ֖וּעַ to sway

But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

Judges 9:11 לָנ֖וּעַ to sway

But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’

Judges 9:13 לָנ֖וּעַ to sway

But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

1 Samuel 1:13 נָּע֔וֹת [were] quivering

Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk

Here: A verb of shaking, swaying, quivering and wandering, in an ongoing form. Her lips were trembling. The same verb is used elsewhere for the staggering of drunkards (Isa 24:20; 29:9; Ps 107:27), which prepares for Eli's mistake.

2 Samuel 15:20 אֲנִֽיעֲךָ֤ will I make wander? you

In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”

2 Kings 19:21 הֵנִ֔יעָה she has shaken

This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

Here: "She has wagged [her head]." In Israel this was a set gesture of mockery at someone who has been brought low, not a sign of sadness or of saying "no".

2 Kings 23:18 יָנַ֣ע he disturb

“Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.

Job 16:4 וְאָנִ֥יעָה and I will shake

I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

Here: 'And I could shake (my head).' In biblical usage this head gesture belongs to onlookers who mock or disown someone who has fallen.

Job 28:4 נָֽעוּ׃ they swing

Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

Psalm 22:7 יָנִ֥יעוּ they shake

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Here: In this causative form, 'they make (the head) shake', i.e. they wag their heads. In Israel's world this was a known gesture of derision and gloating, not of sorrow or of saying 'no'.

Psalm 59:11 הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ make wander about them

Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Here: A command form: 'make them reel / make them wander'. The verb pictures things that sway and cannot stay put: a drunk man staggering, lips trembling, a homeless wanderer like Cain. The ending -mô is an old poetic form of 'them'.

Psalm 59:15 יְנִיע֣וּן they make wander about !

They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.

Psalm 107:27 וְ֭יָנוּעוּ and they may trembled

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

Here: And they tottered, swaying back and forth with no firm footing. It is the same verb Isaiah uses for the earth that 'staggers like a drunkard' (Isa 24:20). The supplied gloss 'they may trembled' is clumsy. The sense is a plain description: they lurched.

Psalm 109:10 וְנ֤וֹעַ יָנ֣וּעוּ and really <wander>, may they wander

May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Psalm 109:25 יְנִיע֥וּן they shake !

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

Proverbs 5:6 נָע֥וּ they wander

She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

Here: Her tracks wobble and stray, like a drunk staggering or a fugitive drifting from place to place. The picture is instability with no fixed course, not just a bend in the road.

Isaiah 6:4 וַיָּנֻ֙עוּ֙ and they shook

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.

Here: 'And they shook.' A physical, visible trembling, the word used for trees swaying in the wind (Isa 7:2) or the earth reeling like a drunk (Isa 24:20). The verb form moves the story on: right after the seraphs cry out, the building reacts.

Isaiah 7:2 וַיָּ֤נַע כְּנ֥וֹעַ and it shook, as shake

When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

Here: "And it swayed / shook." The verb is for something that moves back and forth with nothing firm under it: staggering drunkards, a homeless wanderer, branches tossing. The narrative form shows it as the immediate reaction to the news.

Isaiah 19:1 וְנָע֞וּ and they will tremble

This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Here: 'And they will totter.' This verb describes trees swaying in the wind (Isa 7:2), drunkards staggering, and lips moving. It gives a picture of statues swaying on their bases, unable to stand.

Isaiah 24:20 נ֣וֹעַ תָּנ֤וּעַ wildly <stagger>, it will stagger

The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.

Here: The verb stated first as a bare action, before the regular verb that follows. Hebrew doubles a verb this way for force, so the line opens on the motion itself: staggering, truly staggering.

Isaiah 29:9 נָע֖וּ people have staggered

Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

Here: 'They reel': the unsteady lurching of a drunk man (compare 24:20, the earth 'staggers like a drunkard'). As the Hebrew is pointed it is a statement, though some read it as a command.

Isaiah 37:22 הֵנִ֔יעָה she has shaken

this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

Here: 'She has shaken (her head)', a fixed gesture of scorn and gloating at someone humiliated (Ps 22:7; Lam 2:15).

Jeremiah 14:10 לָנ֔וּעַ to wander

This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”

Here: 'To wander, to roam unsteadily'. The word suggests restless, aimless movement, like Cain's 'wanderer' (Gen 4:12) or reeling drunkards (Isa 24:20). Here it means unsteady loyalty that keeps drifting from God.

Lamentations 2:15 וַיָּנִ֣עוּ and they have shaken

All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

Here: “And they shake.” This is the causative form, “make move to and fro”: the head is deliberately shaken as a sign.

Lamentations 4:14 נָע֤וּ they wandered

They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

Lamentations 4:15 נָ֑עוּ they wandered

“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”

Daniel 10:10 וַתְּנִיעֵ֥נִי and it shook me

Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

Amos 4:8 וְנָע֡וּ and they staggered

People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Here: The unsteady, swaying walk of someone weak and desperate: people tottering on the road from town to town. The verb form ("and" + perfect) after the past-tense report of verse 7 most likely describes something that happened again and again: "they would stagger."

Amos 8:12 וְנָעוּ֙ and people will stagger

People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

Here: The movement of something that sways and cannot hold steady: a drunk man reeling, a tree in the wind, a homeless drifter. Here it pictures people weak from hunger and thirst, lurching from place to place. The form, a perfect with "and", carries on the future of v. 11: "and they will totter".

Amos 9:9 וַהֲנִע֥וֹתִי יִנּ֙וֹעַ֙ and I will shake, it is shaken

“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

Here: 'And I will shake / set moving.' The same verb is used for making people wander homeless (Num 32:13; Amos 4:8; 8:12). So it carries both the picture of a shaken sieve and the reality of a scattered, wandering people.

Nahum 3:12 יִנּ֕וֹעוּ they will be shaken

All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

Zephaniah 2:15 יָנִ֥יעַ he will shake

This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

Here: 'He will wave/shake'. A causative form ('make something move'). It describes a gesture of scorn or dismissal. Hebrew more often speaks of shaking the head in mockery (Psalm 22:7; Lamentations 2:15).