נָגַע (b. h.) 1) to touch; to strike; to injure (with ב of object). Sabb. 13ᵇ. Num. R. s. 14 אילו נ׳ באשת וכ׳ if he touched Potifar’s wife. Ib. (ref. to Koh. VIII, 5) שלא נ׳ בו הדבר the thing (the speech of the chief butler) did not harm him, v. נִגְעָה. Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ bot., a. e. נָגְעוּ בה, v. מַכָּה. Y. Yeb. I, end, 13ᵇ לא היו ב"ש נוֹגְעִין בו the Shammaites would not take up the case; a. v. fr.—נוֹגֵעַ בעדות an interested witness. Snh. 34ᵃ דמיחזי כנ׳ בעדותו he has the appearance of an interested witness. B. Bath. 43ᵃ top אמאי נוֹגְעִין בעדותן הן why are they admitted to testify? Are they not interested witnesses? Kidd. 43ᵇ; a. fr. —2) (v. Hif.) to arrive, to come to pass. Gen. R. s. 84 שעתידין הדברים לִיגַּע for these things (which Joseph dreamt) shall come to pass; Yalk. ib. 141.
Hif. - הִגִּיעַ 1) to reach; to become the property of; to obtain; to cause to reach. B. Mets. X, 5 הִגִּיעוּךָ they shall be thine. Arakh. VIII, 1; 3 (27ᵃ, sq.) הִגִּיעָתְךָ it is thine (Bab. ed. הִגַּעְתִּיךָ I let thee have it), i.e. thy offer is accepted; Tosef. ib. IV, 20 הִגַּעְתָּהוּ thou hast acquired it. Tosef. B. Bath. VI, 7, a. e. הִגִּיעוֹ it is his, i.e. he must pay for it. Y. Erub. III, 21ᵃ bot., a. e. הִגִּיעוּךָ סוף thou hast been made to reach the final conclusion, i.e. thou must admit, v. חָוַר. Ber. IX, 3 (54ᵃ) שהחינו וקיימנו והִגִּיעָנוּ לזמן הזה (Mish. ed. only שהחינו) who hast granted us life and sustenance and suffered us to reach this period. Pes. X, 6 כן … יַגִּיעֵנוּ וכ׳ so may He allow us to reach &c.; a. v. fr.—הַגַּע עצמך put thyself in the position, i.e. suppose. Y. Gitt. III, 44ᵈ, v. זָוַג; a. fr. —2) to arrive, to come to pass; to concern. Gen. R. l. c. שתחיית המתים מַגַּעַת בימיו that the resurrection of the dead will come to pass in his days. Ib. שהדברים מַגִּיעִים לבלהה וכ׳ that these things concern Bilhah. &c. Gitt. VIII, 3 כיון שה׳ לאויר וכ׳ as soon as the letter of divorce reaches the space over the roof. Ib. VII, 7 ה׳ לאנטיפטריס if he came as far as Antipatris. Num. R. s. 5 שלא יַגִּיעַ לכם כשם שה׳ וכ׳ that the same may not happen to you as happened to the sons of Aaron. Ned. VIII, 2 עד שיגיע until the time (Passover) comes, opp. עד שיצא until it is passed; a. fr.—[Tosef. Toh. VI, 14 ומשהגיע, v. יָגַע.]