נָגַד (b. h.) to draw a line; denom. נֶגֶד.
    Hif. - הִגִּיד (denom. of נֶגֶד) to show; to announce, tell; to testify. Tanḥ. Tsav 13 ומשם … והִגִּידָה לאהרן from there Miriam learned it and told Aaron. Ib. מַגִּיד שהכל מודים וכ׳ this shows (intimates) that all agreed as to her beauty. Snh. IV, 5 להַגִּיד גדולתו וכ׳ to show the greatness &c. Ib. 44ᵇ, a. e. (ref. to Lev. V, 1) כיון שה׳ שוב אינו חוזר ומַגִּיד after he has once testified, he cannot again testify, i.e. is not permitted to retract; a. v. fr.—[Pes. 87ᵃ, v. אָגַד.]—V. מַגִּיד.
    Hof. - הוּגַּד to be told, proclaimed. Yalk. Koh. 989 שה׳ לה בסיני the word which has been proclaimed at Sinai; a. e.
    Pi. - נִגֵּד to oppose. Yeb. 63ᵃ; Yalk. Gen. 23 (ref. to כנגדו, Gen. II, 18) זכה כנגדו לא זכה מְנַגַּדְתּוֹ if he is favored, she will be corresponding to (in harmony with) him, if not, she will oppose him (Rashi: ‘she will be a lash to him’, v. נִגְדָּא II); Pirké’ d’R. El. ch. XII א"ת כנגדו אלא לנגדו אם זכה תהיה לו עזר ואם לאו לנַגְּדוֹ להלחם read not k’negdo, but l’nagg’do; if he is favored, she will be a help to him, if not, ‘to oppose him’, to fight.