7696

šāgaʿ שָׁגַע ‘be mad’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

šāgaʿ v
1) to be mad
 1a) (Pual)
  1a1) to be mad
  1a2) to be maddened (participle)
 1b) (Hithpael) to show madness

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:34 1 Samuel 21:15, 21:16 2 Kings 9:11 Jeremiah 29:26 Hosea 9:7

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
About | Listen audio | In other languages: .