מַנְהִיג, (נָהַג) leader, director. Gen. R. s. 39, beg.; a. e. תאמר שהעולם הזה בלא מ׳ is it possible that this world has no leader?—B. Bath. 91ᵃ sq. אוי … שאבד מַנְהִיגוֹ וכ׳ woe to the world (humanity) whose leader is gone, woe to the ship whose captain is gone!; a. e.—Pl. מַנְהִיגִים. Gen. R. s. 24 דור ודור ומַנְהִיגָיו generation after generation and their several leaders. Ib. s. 12 ברא הן ומַנְהִיגֵיהֶן created them (the heavens) and their directing agencies, v. נַוְוטָא.—V. נָהַג.