Lexical Definition

‎שָׁעָה‎ shâʻâh (shaw-aw') to gaze ^H:V
a primitive root

depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.

• to gaze at or about (properly, for help)
• by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered

1) to look at or to, regard, gaze at or about
1a) (Qal) to gaze at, regard, behold, look about
1b) (Hiphil) to look away, cause gaze to turn away
1c) (Hithpael) to look in dismay, gaze about (in anxiety)

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Also see: שָׁעַע

‎שָׁעָה‎ verb gaze (steadily, with interest, etc.) (Assyrian še°û, behold, look for, aim at); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Gen 4:5, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁעֶה‎ Isa 17:7; Isa 17:8, with apocope ‎וַיִּ֫שַׁע‎ Gen 4:4, 1 singular ‎אֶשְׁעָה‎ (Ges^{«GKC:75»§ 75} 1) Ps 119:117, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎שְׁעֵה‎ Job 14:6 masculine plural ‎שְׁעוּ‎ Isa 22:4 — gazeat, regard (with favour), ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject, with ‎אֶל‎ Gen 4:4; Gen 4:5 (J); with ‎מִן‎ person = turn gaze away Isa 22:4; Job 7:19 Thes Ew Che, + probably Job 10:20 (for ‎יָשִׁית‎), with ‎מֵעַל‎ person Job 14:6 man subject, regard God (with trust, devotion), with ‎עַל‎ Isa 17:7; Isa 31:1 with ‎אֶל‎ of thing Isa 17:8 with ‎בְּ‎ of words, statutes, Exod 5:9 (J) Ps 119:117 absolute 3 feminine plural ‎תִּשְׁעֶינָה‎ Isa 32:3 shall not behold makes no sense, read probably ‎תְּשֹׁעֶינָה‎ (√ I. ‎שׁעע‎, Ew and most); 3 masculine plural ‎יִשְׁעוּ‎ 2Sam 22:42 they look (about) for help, < as || Ps 18:42* ‎יְשַׁוְּעוּ‎. Hiph`il Imperative masculine singular ‎הָשַׁע מִמֶּנִּי‎ Ps 39:14* cause thy gaze to turn away from me (see also √I. ‎שׁעע‎), < Qal ‎שְׁעֵה‎ as Job 14:6 (compare Job 7:19; Isa 22:4) Hup Bae Du Ges<sup>«GKC:75gg»§ 75gg</sup>. Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular with apocope ‎אַלתִּֿשְׁתָּע‎ Isa 41:10 gaze not about (in anxiety, || ‎אַלתִּֿירָא‎); 1 plural ‎וְנִשְׁתָּ֫עָה‎ (Ges^{«GKC:75»§ 75} 1) vIsa 41:23 let us look at each other (in rivalry, see ‎ראה‎ Hiph`il).

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