na.hag denotes directing people, animals, vehicles, or forces onward, including leading groups away under constraint.

The verb most often marks directing persons, a flock, or other groups toward a destination; it also describes driving animals, carts, chariots, and winds, and can portray people being led away in captivity, dispersion, or procession. A small number of clauses apply this direction to a personal course shaped by wisdom or darkness.

1. Guiding a group or flock onward · dominant

   Qal forms place a leader at the head of people or animals moving toward a destination: in Exodus 3:1 the APB renders Moses taking the flock toward the wilderness, and in Genesis 31:18 it renders Jacob moving all his livestock and possessions toward Canaan. The same directional use appears when Joab leads an army in 1 Chronicles 20:1, when a child leads the animals in Isaiah 11:6, and when a compassionate figure leads people beside springs in Isaiah 49:10.

   Exodus 3:1Genesis 31:181 Chronicles 20:1Isaiah 11:6Isaiah 49:10Psalm 78:52
2. Driving animals, vehicles, or wind · common

   The verb can concern controlled movement rather than a group following a leader. In 2 Samuel 6:3 the participle occurs with Uzzah and Ahio driving the new cart, while 2 Kings 4:24 gives an imperative to a servant as the rider sets out; Piel forms in Exodus 10:13 and Psalm 78:26 accompany the movement of east and south winds.

   2 Samuel 6:32 Kings 4:242 Kings 9:20Exodus 10:13Exodus 14:25Psalm 78:26
3. Leading people away under constraint · common

   Several clauses depict people removed or brought along rather than voluntarily guided. In 1 Samuel 30:2 the APB renders captives being led away, while Deuteronomy 4:27 and Deuteronomy 28:37 place the people among nations where the LORD drives them; Isaiah 20:4 likewise describes captives led away.

   1 Samuel 30:2Genesis 31:26Deuteronomy 4:27Deuteronomy 28:37Isaiah 20:4Isaiah 60:11
4. Directing a personal course · rare

   The verb is also used of a person's course in settings not limited to a literal journey. In Ecclesiastes 2:3 the APB renders the speaker's heart as leading with wisdom, and in Lamentations 3:2 it renders the speaker as led and made to walk in darkness rather than light.

   Ecclesiastes 2:3Lamentations 3:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "led" or "leads" where a person or group is directed, but uses "driving" for carts and Jehu's movement and "drove" for wind. These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.