הגיע

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

1. 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!”

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?

• 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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