הגיע

Hebrew

Root
נ־ג־ע‎ (n-g-ʿ)

Verb

הִגִּיעַ • (higía) (hif'il construction)

  1. to arrive, to get, to reach
    ‏הִגַּעְתֶּם לְשָׁם?‎‎ ― higa'atém l'shám? ― Have you gotten there?
    • Passover Haggadah:
      ‏ […] עַד שֶׁבָּאוּ תַלְמִידֵיהֶם וְאָמְרוּ לָהֶם: "רַבּוֹתֵינוּ, הִגִּיעַ זְמַן קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע שֶׁל שַׁחֲרִית!"‎‎
      […] 'ad shebá'u talmideihém v'am'rú lahém: "rabotéinu, higía' z'mán k'ri'át sh'má' shel shakharít!"
      […] ʿaḏ šebbā́ʾū ṯalmīḏēhem wəʾāmərū lāhem: "rabbōṯḗnū, higgī́aʿ zəman qərīʾaṯ šəmaʿ šel šaḥărīṯ!"
      […] until their students came and said to them: “Our teachers, the time has arrived for the morning recital of the Shema!”
  2. to be deserved, to serve someone right
    ‏אני לא חושב שזה מגיע לי.‎‎ ― aní lo khoshév she-zé magía li ― I don't think I deserve this.
    ‏מה עשיתי שזה מגיע לי?‎‎ ― ma asíti she-zé magía li? ― What did I do to (lit. that I) deserve this?

Usage notes

  • English arrive typically uses similar prepositions to those of be: “be/arrive in a country”, “be/arrive at home” (or “be/arrive home”), and so on. By contrast, Hebrew הִגִּיעַ typically uses similar prepositions (and postpositions) to those of הָלַךְ‎ (halákh, “to walk, to go”): “הלך/הגיע למדינה”, ‎ “הלך/הגיע לבית” (or “הלך/הגיע הביתה”), and so on.

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