Meaning
Strong's Number: H5381
Original Word: nasag
Usage Notes: "to reach, overtake, attain." This verb is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew. It is used in the text of the Hebrew Old Testament approximately 50 times, the first time being Gen 31:25: "Then Laban overtook Jacob." Often it is used in connection with the verb, "to pursue, follow," as in Gen 44:4: "…follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them…" Nasag is sometimes used in the figurative sense to describe "being overtaken" by something undesirable or unwanted, such as war (Hos 10:9), the sword (Jer 42:16), or curses (Deut 28:15, 45). Fortunately, blessings may "overtake" those who are obedient (Deut 28:2). Nasag may mean "to attain to" something, "to come into contact" with it: "The sword of him that layeth at him [Leviathan] …" (Job 41:26). Used figuratively, "The ransomed of the Lord …. shall obtain joy and gladness …" (Isa 35:10). Jacob complained: "… the days of the years of my pilgrimage … have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers …" (Gen 47:9).
