to lead
na.chah describes directing people or groups along a way, toward a destination, or under a guiding influence.
The occurrences chiefly describe directing persons or a people along a route or course, often with a stated way, destination, or protective provision. The same verb also appears where people are brought to a place or settled there, and where counsel, integrity, light, or instruction directs someone’s course.
Senses in use
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Directing people along a way or course · dominant
This is the prevailing use in clauses about movement along a specified path or toward a stated goal. In Exodus 13:21 the Hiphil infinitive construct occurs with the pillar of cloud going before the people “to lead them along the way”; Psalm 23:3 describes direction in “paths of righteousness,” and Psalm 107:30 ends with arrival at a desired haven.
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Bringing or placing people at a location · occasional
Several Hiphil forms occur in clauses where the result is bringing people into a ruler’s presence, settling them in named places, or bringing someone before important persons. In 1 Samuel 22:4 the APB renders the clause “He brought them into the presence of the king of Moab,” while 2 Kings 18:11 describes Israel being settled in Halah, by the Habor, and in cities of Madai.
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Directing through guidance or an enabling agent · occasional
The verb can describe a person’s course being directed by a non-personal subject or by divine guidance rather than by a traveling leader. Proverbs 11:3 has integrity guiding the upright; Psalm 43:3 asks that light and truth lead the speaker to the holy hill, and Psalm 73:24 speaks of guidance with counsel.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “lead” or “guide” in route and direction clauses, but also uses “brought,” “settled,” and “brings” where arrival or placement is foregrounded. These are renderings of whole clauses rather than fixed word-by-word equivalents.