Psalm 1:2 | The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked
² But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, & on HIS
law he meditates day & night.
1897. hagah [Original Word: הָגָה]
hagah: to moan, growl, utter, speak, muse
Phonetic Spelling: [daw-gaw']
Definition: to moan, growl, utter, speak, muse
Word Origin: a prim. root
NASB: declare, devise, devising, growls, make a sound,
meditate, meditates, moan, moan sadly, mutter, mutters,
ponders, utter, uttering, utters.
Brown-Driver-Briggs:
I.] הָגָה verb moan, growl, utter, speak, muse [only poetry]
[onomatopoetic; Late Hebrew הָגָה muse, speak, spell a
word, so Aramaic הֲגָא; muse, especially Ethpa`al; Arabic
Qal Perf.2masculine singular וְהָגִ֫יתָ consecutive Joshua 1:8;
1singular הָגִ֫יתִי Psalm 143:5, וְהָגִיתִי consecutive Psalm 77:13;
Imperfect יֶהְגֶּה Job 27:4 8t; f singular תֶּהְגֶּה Psalm 35:28 2t.,
אֶהְגֶּה Psalm 63:7; Isaiah 38:14, יֶהְגּוּ Psalm 2:1 + 2t., תֶּהְגּוּ
Isaiah 16:7; נֶהְגֶּה֑ Isaiah 59:11; absolute הָגוֺ Isaiah 59:11; —
1.] of inarticulate sounds:
a.] growl, of lion growling over prey, followed by על Isaiah 31:4
b.] groan, moan, in distress (like dove), absolute, Isaiah 38:14;
Isaiah 59:11 (הָגוֺ נֶהְגֶּה); sigh for (לְ) in sorrow, mourning,
moan for Isaiah 16:7 ("" יְיֵלִיל לְ), so also Jeremiah 48:31.
2.] utter, followed by accusative of thing, Psalm 38:13; subject
לָשׁוֺן Job 27:4 ("" דִּבֶּר) Psalm 35:28; Psalm 71:24; Isaiah 59:3;
subject מֶּה Psalm 37:30; Proverbs 8:7 — compare also below
Po. below; speak (absolute) Psalm 115:7 (בְּ instrumental)
3a] soliloquize, meditate, muse, with בְּ of thing, Joshua 1:8;
Psalm 1:2; Psalm 63:7; Psalm 77:13; Psalm 143:5; with
accusative Isaiah 33:18, subject לֵב.
3b] imagine, devise, with accusative Psalm 2:1; Proverbs 24:2
(subject לֵב); with Infinitive Proverbs 15:28 (subject id.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, sore, speak, study,:
A primitive root [compare hagiyg; to murmur [in pleasure or
anger; by implication, to ponder—imagine, meditate, mourn,
mutter, roar, X sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Meditation and Solitude P1,2 | Tim Mackie [Psalm 1:2]
Meditate has taken on so many various distinctions
with other religions I’m very grateful for a detailed
summary of the word as it appears in the Bible.
Personally meditating on Scripture is something I
haven’t done a good job of in my life. I tend to be
very busy and scattered.
I’m really going to take this practice and implement
it into my life and I’m excited for what it will bring.
Why don’t you join us as we make a pact to daily take
time to meditate on GOD‘s Word, put off distractions,
even learning, to let the SPIRIT work through us.