na.gad denotes making information known, whether by a direct answer, a report, or an announcement.

The supplied verses show a single broad communicative use: making information known to a recipient, including reporting events, answering questions, disclosing actions, and announcing what is to happen. Active Hiphil forms occur where speakers convey a message, while Hophal forms present the same communication as news received or reported.

1. Making information known · dominant

   The Hiphil forms place a speaker before a recipient or audience: in 1 Samuel 14:43 Saul asks Jonathan about what he has done, and Jonathan answers; in 2 Kings 4:2 Elisha asks the woman what she has in her house. The same use carries reports of events in 1 Kings 19:1, a warning sent to David in 2 Samuel 17:16, and an announced outcome for the boy in 1 Kings 14:3. Hophal forms present the information as received: in 1 Kings 2:41 the APB renders the clause "It was told to Solomon" concerning Shimei's journey.

   1 Samuel 14:432 Kings 4:21 Kings 19:12 Samuel 17:161 Kings 14:31 Kings 2:41

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously renders the clauses with "tell," "reported," "declare," "informed," and "was told." These are presentations of the surrounding clauses rather than separate definitions.