שָׁגַע
shâgaʻ · shaw-gah'
to rave through insanity
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rave through insanity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be, play the) mad (man).
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
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to carry, to lift up › to see and know
To consume, to destroy that works to carry, to lift up that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁגַע 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 · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is mad2 · 29%
- so that thou shalt be mad1 · 14%
- of mad men1 · 14%
- this fellow to play the mad man1 · 14%
- this mad1 · 14%
- that is mad1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
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.