Lexical Definition

‎שָׁגַג‎ shâgag (shaw-gag') to go astray ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] also for that, deceived, err, go astray, sin ignorantly.

• to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)

1) to go astray, err, commit sin or error
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to err (mentally)
1a2) to sin (ignorantly or inadvertently)

See Greek: ἀγνοέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁגַג‎] verb go astray, commit sin or error (|| ‎שׁגה‎, ‎שׁוג‎); —

Qal Perfect ‎שָׁגָג֛‎ Lev 5:18 Participle ‎שֹׁגֵג‎ Job 12:16; Ps 119:67 feminine ‎שֹׁגֶ֫גֶת‎ Num 15:23 —

1. err,. mentally Job 12:16.

2. sin ignorantly, inadvertently, Lev 5:18; Num 15:28 (P), compare Ps 119:67. — ‎בְּשַׁגָּם‎ Gen 6:3 perhaps Infinitive construct suffix, by reason of their going astray, see Ges^{«GKC:67p»§ 67p} Ew Dr and others; > Vrss for that he also is flesh. ‎אֲבִישַׁג‎.

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