na.sag describes catching up to someone or something, and also reaching what is available, attainable, or due to arrive.

The verb most often describes a pursuer or advancing force catching up with a person or group. It also marks what a hand can reach or afford, the meeting of successive agricultural seasons, and blessings, curses, joy, terrors, or divine words coming upon their recipients.

1. Catch up with a pursued person or group · dominant

   In Genesis 31:25, Laban catches up with Jacob after Jacob has pitched his tent; Genesis 44:4 and Genesis 44:6 place the action after men are sent to pursue travelers. The same pursuit-and-capture setting appears when Egyptian forces catch Israel in Exodus 14:9 and when the Chaldean army catches Zedekiah in Jeremiah 39:5.

   Genesis 31:25Genesis 44:4Genesis 44:6Exodus 14:9Jeremiah 39:52 Kings 25:5
2. Reach what one's hand can provide · common

   In Leviticus 14:21, a poor person's hand does not reach the larger offering, while Leviticus 14:22 identifies birds according to what the hand reaches. Leviticus 25:26 and Leviticus 25:49 use the verb where a person's hand reaches sufficient means for redemption; Ezekiel 46:7 likewise concerns what his hand attains for an offering.

   Leviticus 14:21Leviticus 14:22Leviticus 25:26Leviticus 25:49Leviticus 27:8Ezekiel 46:7
3. Come upon someone or meet an advancing course · common

   In Deuteronomy 28:2 and Deuteronomy 28:15, blessings or curses come upon and catch up with those addressed; Deuteronomy 28:45 adds pursuit before destruction. Isaiah 35:10 depicts rejoicing and joy catching up with the returning people, while Job 27:20 has terrors catching up with a man.

   Deuteronomy 28:2Deuteronomy 28:15Deuteronomy 28:45Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 51:11Job 27:20
4. Reach a limit, destination, or successive point · occasional

   Genesis 47:9 uses the verb negatively of Jacob's years not reaching the years of his fathers. Leviticus 26:5 describes threshing reaching the vintage and vintage reaching the seed, and Proverbs 2:19 speaks of people not regaining the paths of life in the APB rendering.

   Genesis 47:9Leviticus 26:5Proverbs 2:19Isaiah 59:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly renders the verb with forms of "overtake" in pursuit and in blessings, curses, joy, and terrors coming upon someone. In resource clauses it varies with "reaches," "attains," or "can afford"; These renderings only indicate the clauses' overall presentation.