Lexical Definition

‎שָׁגָה‎ shâgâh (shaw-gaw') to wander ^H:V
a primitive root

(cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.

• to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress
• by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured

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)

See Greek: ἀγνοέω · ἀπωθέομαι · διασπείρω · ἐκκλίνω · ἐξίστημι · πλανάω

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Also see: שְׁגָגָה

[‎שָׁגָה‎] verb go astray, err (Aramaic ‎שְׁגָא‎, id.); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎שָׁגִיתִי‎ Job 6:24; Job 19:4, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁגֶּה‎ Prov 5:23, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎שְׁגוֺת‎ Prov 19:27 Participle ‎שֹׁגֶה‎ Ezek 45:20; Prov 20:1, etc.; —

1. err, stray, of flock Ezek 34:6 (figurative).

2. swerve, meander, reel or roll, in drunkenness, ‎ב‎ of drink Isa 28:7 (twice in verse); = be intoxicated, Prov 20:1 so with (‎בּ‎) love Prov 5:19; Prov 5:20 ‎בָּרֹאֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 28:7.

3. go astay, morally, 1Sam 26:21; Prov 5:23; Job 6:24; Job 19:4, + 1Sam 14:24 (reading ‎שְׁגָגָה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎) Th We Dr Now (after ᵐ5; otherwise Bu HPS); with ‎מן‎, of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s commands Ps 119:21; Ps 119:118, ‎מִן‎ of words of knowledge Prov 19:27.

4. specifically commit sin of ignorance, inadvertence Lev 4:13; Num 15:22 (P) Ezek 45:20 (compare ‎שׁגג‎). Hiph`il lead astray:

1. literal, Participle ‎מַשְׁגֶּה‎ Deut 27:18 (‎בַּדֶּרֶךְ‎).

2. ‎׳‎‎מַשׁ‎ mentally = mislead Job 12:16.

3. morally, Participle Prov 28:10 (‎בְּדֶרֶךְ רָ֑ע‎); Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎תַּשְׁגֵּנִי‎, with ‎מן‎ of God's commands Ps 119:10 + perhaps Job 12:23 leadeth nations astray (ᵐ5 SvrVer, i.e. ‎וַיַּשְׁגֵּם‎ for ‎וַיַּנְחֵם‎).

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