הגיע

Hebrew edit

Root
נ־ג־ע (n-g-ʿ)

הִגִּיעַ • (higía) third-singular masculine past (hif'il construction)

to arrive, to get, to reach
הִגַּעְתֶּם לְשָׁם? ― higatém 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!”
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?

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.

Conjugation of הִגִּיעַ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהַגִּיעַ action noun: הַגָּעָה
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הִגַּעְתִּי		הִגַּעְנוּ
	second	הִגַּעְתָּ	הִגַּעְתְּ	הִגַּעְתֶּם	הִגַּעְתֶּן
	third	הִגִּיעַ	הִגִּיעָה	הִגִּיעוּ
present		מַגִּיעַ	מַגִּיעָה	מַגִּיעִים	מַגִּיעוֹת
future	first	אַגִּיעַ		נַגִּיעַ
	second	תַּגִּיעַ	תַּגִּיעִי	תַּגִּיעוּ	תַּגַּעְנָה¹
	third	יַגִּיעַ	תַּגִּיעַ	יַגִּיעוּ	תַּגַּעְנָה¹
imperative		הַגַּע	הַגִּיעִי	הַגִּיעוּ	הַגַּעְנָה¹
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.