נָהַג (b. h.) [to drive an animal,] to lead, conduct; to demean one’s self; to be guided by, be wont to; to apply, be practiced. Keth. 103ᵇ נְהוֹג, v. דָּמִים. Ḥull. VII, 1 נוֹהֵג, v. גִּיד. Sifra Tsav, Par. 11, ch. XVIII שיִנְהוֹג הדבר לדורות which intimates that this order should be preserved at all times. Pes. IV, 1 מקום שנָהֲגוּ וכ׳ where it is a local usage to &c. Meg. 6ᵇ כל מצות שנוֹהֲגוֹת בשני וכ׳ all laws that apply to the second (Adar) apply also to the first. Ib. 5ᵇ, a. e. דברים … ואחרים נָהֲגוּ בהן איסור things which are permitted, but which some treat as forbidden; a. v. fr.—נ׳ כבוד, v. כָּבוֹד.—(ראש) נ׳ קלות, v. קַלּוּת.—Ab. Zar. 54ᵇ עולם … נוהג, v. מִנְהָג.—Yalk. Num. 764 נ׳ שמנים וכ׳ he applied oils and baths.
Hif. - הִנְהִיג same, esp. 1) to drive, direct; to take possession of an animal by driving. Kil. VIII, 2 להַנְהִיג, v. מָשַךְ. Ib. 3 המַנְהִיג the driver of heterogeneous animals. B. Mets. I, 2 אחד רוכב ואחד מנהיג one rode (the animal that was found), and the other directed it (by leading). Ib. 8ᵇ רכוב במקום מנהיג the rights of the driver as against those of the leader. Ib. במנהיג ברגליו when the rider drives by means of his heels. Ib. תרי גווני מנהיג there are two ways of driving; a. fr.—B. Bath. V, 1 ואת כל המַנְהִיגִין אותה and all the implements needed for directing the ship; a. e., v. מַנְהִיג. —2) to lead, conduct. Ber. 35ᵇ הַנְהֵג בהן דרך ארץ combine with the study of the Law a secular occupation; Yalk. Deut. 863 תּנְהוֹג. Snh. 92ᵃ כל פרנס שמנהיג … ומַנְהִיגָם וכ׳ a manager that leads a community with gentleness, will be privileged to lead it in the days to come (of resurrection); a. fr.—Tosef. Bets. II, 15 ה׳ את בני רומי וכ׳ made it a custom among the Jews in Rome &c.—ה׳ עצמו ברבנות to assume airs of superiority. Sot. 13ᵇ; a. fr.