נָגַשׂ, cmp. preced.) to push on, drive, press. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVII, 7 ואין אחד מהם נוֹגֵשׂ אותך וכ׳ none of them presses thee &c., v. נָגַשׁ.—נוֹגֵשׂ task-master. Tanḥ. Sh’moth 9 אותו נ׳ עשוי וכ׳ that taskmaster was appointed over &c.; Ex. R. s. 1 נ׳ ממונה על עשרה שוטרים one (Egyptian) taskmaster was appointed over ten (Israelitish) officers. Lev. R. s. 32 (in Chald. dict.) קרץ נ׳ גבי וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קדם) the taskmaster came early to the officer, saying, go and gather thy men &c.; a. fr.—Pl. נוֹגְשִׂים, נוֹגְשִׂין. Ib.; Ex. R. l. c. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XLVIII נוֹגְשֵׂי פרעה the taskmasters appointed by Pharaoh; a. fr.—Esp. to exact a debt. Macc. 3ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XV, 2) לא קרינן ביה לא יִגּוֹשׂ we do not apply to him (he does not violate the law) ‘he shall not exact’; סוף אתי לידי יגוש he will finally (after the lapse of ten years) transgress &c.—Sifré Deut. 113 (ref. to Deut. XV, 3) ואת אחיך לא תִגּוֹשׂ but thou must not exact of thy brother.