Lexical Definition

‎שָׁגַע‎ shâgaʻ (shaw-gah') be mad ^H:V
a primitive root

(be, play the) mad (man).

• to rave through insanity

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

See Greek: μαίνομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁגַע‎] Pu`al be mad (Arabic coo, of male pigeon, utter long whinny, of camel (compare Hoffm^{ZAW iii (1883), 89} RS^{JPhil. Xiv. 119 f.} Goldziher^{Arab. Philol. i. 59 ff.} Lag^{BN 202}); Ethiopic be mad (n insert, Di¹⁰⁵⁵ Ba^{ES 50}); Assyrian šegû, rage, howl; on meaning in Hebrew see especially We^{Skizzen iii. 130}); —

Pu`al Participle as adjective : predicate ‎וְהָיִיתָ מְשֻׁגָּע‎ Deut 28:34 thou shalt be maddened (‎מִן‎ because of), figurative for driven to despair; ‎׳‎‎מ‎ of prophets, contemptuously Hos 9:7, ‎׳‎‎כָּלאִֿישׁ מ‎ ‎וּמִתְנַבֵּא‎ Jer 29:26, as substantive 2Kgs 9:11 plural ‎מְשֻׁגָּעִים‎ 1Sam 21:16* madmen. Hithpa`el shew madness; Participle ‎אִישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ‎ 1Sam 21:15* Infinitive construct ‎לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ‎ v.1Sam 21:16*.

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