שְׁאָגָה
shᵉʼâgâh · sheh-aw-gaw'
a rumbling or moan
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7580 (שָׁאַג);
a rumbling or moan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: roaring.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › to carry, to lift up › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader that works to carry, to lift up that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁאָגָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and my roarings1 · 14%
- the roaring1 · 14%
- of my roaring1 · 14%
- through my roaring1 · 14%
- their roaring1 · 14%
- of his roaring1 · 14%
- of the roaring1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.