H5128. nua
נוּעַ verb quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter (Late Hebrew Pilpal נִעְנַע shake, Aramaic נוּעַ waver, stagger (rare); Arabic , bend (of boughs), see commotus fuit (of id.), so Kam Frey; also change, kind, species, variety; Di compare Ethiopic hunt); —
Qal Perfect נָ֫עוּ [Job 28:4] +; וְנָע֫וּ [Amos 4:8] [2]t.; Imperfect וַיָּ֫נַע [Isa 7:2-3];feminine singular תָּנוּעַ [24:20]; אֲנוּעֲךָ [2Sam 15:20] Kt (but read Qr Hiph`il q. v.); יָנ֫וּעוּ [Psa 109:10]; יְנוּע֑וּן [59:16] Kt (so read; not Qr Hiph`il), etc.; Infinitive absolute [Isa 24:20]; [Psa 109:10]; construct נוּעַ [Judg 9:9] [3]t.; נוֺעַ [Isa 7:2]; Participle נָע [Gen 4:12], [14]; נָעִים [Prov 22:19]; נָעוֺת [1Sam 1:13]: —
1 wave, of trees, followed by עַל [Judg 9:9], [11], [13] followed by מִמְּנֵי of cause [Isa 7:2]; quiver, vibrate, of lips [1Sam 1:13]; swing (to and fro) of miners [Job 28:4] (|| דלל); stagger like drunkard, of mariners in storm [Psa 107:27] (|| חגג), compare [Isa 29:9] (|| שׁכר); hence be unstable, figurative of ways of harlot [Prov 5:6]; tremble, of doorposts, [Isa 6:4] (followed by מִן causative ), idols [19:1] (followed by מִמְּנֵי), earth [24:20] (|| התנודד), people [Exod 20:18] (E); figurative of heart [Isa 7:2].
2 totter, go tottering (faint and uncertain) [Lam 4:14] [4:15] (|| נוּץ), [Amos 8:12] (|| שׁוטט); as beggars [Psa 109:10] (|| שִׁאֵל), compare [59:16]; [Amos 4:8] followed by אֶלֿ; participle vagabond [Gen 4:12], [14] (both || נָד); figurative = err, sin, [Jer 14:10].
Niph`al Imperfect יִנּוֺעַ [Amos 9:9] be tossed about (of corn) in a sieve; יִנּוֺעוּ id., of bulwarks as fig-trees [Nahum 3:12] (|| נפל).
Hiph`il Perfect3feminine singular הֵנִ֫יעָה [2Kin 19:21] = [Isa 37:22]; וַהֲנִָֽעוֺתִ֫י [Amos 9:9]; Imperfect יָנִיעַ [Zeph 2:15]; jussive יָ֫נַע [2Kin 23:18]; אֲנִיעֲךָ [2Sam 15:20] Qr (compare Qal); יְנִיעוּן [Psa 109:25] + [59:16] Qr (read Kt
Qal q. v. ), etc.; Imperative suffix הֲנִיעֵ֫מוֺ [Psa 59:12]; —
1 toss about [Amos 9:9] subject ׳י, object Israel followed by בַּגּוֺיִם (compare Niph`al).
2 shake, cause to totter: = set me tottering [Dan 10:10] on my knees and hands; especially shake or wag the head, in mockery [2Kin 19:21] = [Isa 37:22] (|| לעג בוז,) compare [Psa 22:8]; [109:25]; followed by עַלֿ [Job 16:4] (ר ׳בְּמוֺ [Ges§ 119q]), also [Lam 2:15] (|| שׁרק), [Zeph 2:15] יָדוֺ (|| id.), [see also Ecclus 12:18; Ecclus 13:7 (׳בְּר)].
3 (shake), disturb, bones of dead [2Kin 23:18].
4 cause to wander [Num 32:13] (J); [2Sam 15:20] (followed by ללכת); [Psa 59:12] (|| הוריד, for which LagProph. Chald. xlviii. proposes הניד).