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šāgā שָׁגָה ‘to wander’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

šāgā v
1) to go astray, stray, err
 1a)(Qal)
  1a1) to err, stray
  1a2) to swerve, meander, reel, roll, be intoxicated, err (in drunkenness)
  1a3) to go astray (morally)
  1a4) to commit sin of ignorance or inadvertence, err (ignorantly)
 1b) (Hiphil)
  1b1) to lead astray
  1b2) to lead astray, mislead (mentally)
  1b3) to lead astray (morally)

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 4:13 Numbers 15:22 Deuteronomy 27:18 1 Samuel 26:21 Isaiah 28:7 Ezekiel 34:6, 45:20 Psalms 119:10, 119:21, 119:118 Proverbs 5:19, 5:23, 19:27, 5:20, 28:10, 20:1 Job 19:4, 6:24, 12:16

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