Lexical Definition

‎שָׁאַג‎ shâʼag (shaw-ag') to roar ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] mightily, roar.

• to rumble or moan

1) (Qal) to roar
1a) of lion, conqueror, Jehovah, cry of distress

See Greek: ἀνακράζω · βοάω · ἐξεγείρω · ἐρεύγομαι · φθέγγομαι · χρηματίζω · ὠρύομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁאַג‎ verb roar (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic low, bleat, Frey); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎וְשׁ‎ Isa 5:29 Kt consecutive (> Qr ‎יִשְׁאַג‎), ‎שָׁאָ֖ג‎ Amos 3:8, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁאַג‎ Amos 3:4 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎שָׁאֹג‎ Jer 25:30 Participle ‎שֹׁאֵג‎ Judg 14:5; Ps 22:14*, ‎שׁוֺאֵג‎ Ezek 22:25, ‎שֹׁאֲגִים‎ Zeph 3:3; Ps 104:21 —

1. roar, of lion Judg 14:5 (with ‎לִקְרָאתוֺ‎), Amos 3:4; Amos 3:8; Ps 104:21 (with ‎ל‎ of prey), figurative of invaders and foes Jer 2:15 (with ‎עַל‎ person) Ps 22:14*, compare Ps 74:4, simile Isa 5:29; Jer 51:38 figurative of rapacious rulers Zeph 3:3; Ezek 22:25 (read ‎נְשִׂיאֶיהָ‎ for ‎נְבִיאֶתהָ‎ ᵐ5 and modern); of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (like lion) calling scattered Israel Hos 11:10 (twice in verse) (on text of see see Now); of ‎׳‎‎י‎ roaring in thunder Jer 25:30a = Amos 1:2 = Joel 3:16, also Jer 25:30 (‎שָׁאֹג יִשְׁאַג‎, followed by ‎עַלנָֿוֵהוּ‎); compare ‎יִשְׁאַגקֿוֺל‎ Job 37:4 (|| ‎יַרְעֵם‎).

2. of human cry in distress Ps 38:9* (with ‎מִן‎ causative).

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