Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
הגיע. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
הגיע, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
הגיע in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
הגיע you have here. The definition of the word
הגיע will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
הגיע, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Hebrew
Pronunciation
Verb
הִגִּיעַ • (higía) third-singular masculine past (hif'il construction)
- to arrive, to get, to reach
- הִגַּעְתֶּם לְשָׁם? ― higatém l'shám? ― Have you gotten there?
- Passover Haggadah:
[…] עַד שֶׁבָּאוּ תַלְמִידֵיהֶם וְאָמְרוּ לָהֶם: "רַבּוֹתֵינוּ, הִגִּיעַ זְמַן קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע שֶׁל שַׁחֲרִית!"- 'ad shebá'u talmideihém v'am'rú lahém: "rabotéinu, higía' z'mán k'ri'át sh'má' shel shakharít!"
ʿaḏ šebbā́ʾū ṯalmīḏēhem wəʾāmərū lāhem: "rabbōṯḗnū, higgī́aʿ zəman qərīʾaṯ šəmaʿ šel šaḥărīṯ!" - until their students came and said to them: “Our teachers, the time has arrived for the morning recital of the Shema!”
- to be deserved, to serve someone right
- אני לא חושב שזה מגיע לי. ― aní lo khoshév she-zé magía li ― I don't think I deserve this.
- מה עשיתי שזה מגיע לי? ― ma asíti she-zé magía li? ― What did I do to (lit. that I) deserve this?
Usage notes
- English arrive typically uses similar prepositions to those of be: “be/arrive in a country”, “be/arrive at home” (or “be/arrive home”), and so on. By contrast, Hebrew הִגִּיעַ typically uses similar prepositions (and postpositions) to those of הָלַךְ (halákh, “to walk, to go”): “הלך/הגיע למדינה”, “הלך/הגיע לבית” (or “הלך/הגיע הביתה”), and so on.
Conjugation
Derived terms