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Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Classical Syriac ܢܓܕ (“to go before”), Ge'ez ነገደ (nägädä, “to travel”), Classical Syriac ܢܰܓܳܕܰ (nagoda, “leader, chief”).
Noun
נָגִיד • (nagíd) m (plural indefinite נְגִידִים, singular construct נְגִיד־)
- a prince, leader, ruler, commander, chief
Tanach, Isaiah 55:4, with translation of the King James Version:הֵ֛ן עֵ֥ד לְאוּמִּ֖ים נְתַתִּ֑יו נָגִ֥יד וּמְצַוֵּ֖ה לְאֻמִּֽים- hen ed l'umím n'tatív nagíd um'tsáveh l'umím
- See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples
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Yiddish
Noun
נגיד • (ngid) m, plural נגידים (ngidim)
- wealthy man, powerful man