Strong's Lexicon

H7696

H7696 — שָׁגַע

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshagaverb-stemOccurrences: 7TWOT: 2328

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7696
Word:	שָׁגַע
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	shaga
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	` (shaw-gah') v.
Meaning:	1. to rave through insanity
KJV Renderings:	(be, play the) mad (man).

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BDB8468

[שָׁגַע] Pu`al be mad (Arabic [untranscribed source text 5409] coo, of male pigeon, utter long whinny, of camel (compare Hoffm^{ZAW iii (1883), 89} RS^{JPhil. Xiv. 119 f.} Goldziher^{Arab. Philol. i. 59 ff.} Lag^{BN 202}); Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5410] be mad (n insert, Di¹⁰⁵⁵ Ba^{ES 50}); Assyrian šegû, rage, howl; on meaning in Hebrew see especially We^{Skizzen iii. 130} ); —

Pu`al Participle as adjective : predicate וְהָיִיתָ מְשֻׁגָּע Deut 28:34 thou shalt be maddened (מִן because of), figurative for driven to despair; ׳ מ of prophets, contemptuously Hos 9:7, ׳ כָּלאִֿישׁ מ וּמִתְנַבֵּא Jer 29:26, as substantive 2Kgs 9:11 plural מְשֻׁגָּעִים 1Sam 21:16 madmen.

Hithpa`el shew madness; Participle אִישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ 1Sam 21:15 Infinitive construct לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ v.1Sam 21:16.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke