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

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  1. a prince, leader, ruler, commander, chief
    • 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

Yiddish

Noun

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

  1. wealthy man, powerful man
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