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title: שָׁאַג — roar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁאַג (7580), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: roar. BDB 1906: vb. roar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁאַג

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«שָׁאַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **roar** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 20 times · **Key:** 7580 · **BDB:** שָׁאַג

### Glosses

he.will.roar (6); roaring (3); I.roar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7580/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. roar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7580/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. roar (NH id.; Arabic ثَأَجَ low, bleat, Frey);— Pf. 3 ms. וְשׁ׳ Is 5:29 Kt consec. (\>Qr יִשְׁאַג), שָׁאָ֖ג Am 3:8, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁאַג Am 3:4 +, etc.; Inf. abs. שָׁאֹג Je 25:30; Pt. שֹׁאֵג Ju 14:5 ψ 22:14, שׁוֹאֵג Ez 22:25, שֹׁאֲגִים Zp 3:3 ψ 104:21;— roar, of lion Ju 14:5 (c. לִקְרָאתוֹ), Am 3:4, 8 ψ 104:21 (c. ל of prey), fig. of invaders and foes Je 2:15 (c. עַל pers.) ψ 22:14, cf. 74:4, sim. Is 5:29; Je 51:38; fig. of rapacious rulers Zp 3:3; Ez 22:25 (read נְשִׂיאֶיהָ for נְבִיאֶיהָ 𝔊 and mod.); of י׳ (like lion) calling scattered Isr. Ho 11:10(×2) (on text of v. see Now); of י׳ roaring in thunder Je 25:30a = Am 1:2 = Jo 3:16, also Je 25:30 (שָׁאֹג יִשְׁאַג, sq. עַל־נָוֵהוּ); cf. יִשְׁאַג־קוֹל Jb 37:4 (‖ יַרְעֵם). of human cry in distress ψ 38:9 (c. מִן causat.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁאַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7580/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.14/)

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פָּצ֣וּ עָלַ֣י פִּיהֶ֑ם אַ֝רְיֵ֗ה טֹרֵ֥ף וְשֹׁאֵֽג׃

*Word for word:* they.have.opened on me mouth their a.lion tearing and roaring

*JPS 1917:* They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

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[Jeremiah 51:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.38/)

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יַחְדָּ֖ו כַּכְּפִרִ֣ים יִשְׁאָ֑גוּ נָעֲר֖וּ כְּגוֹרֵ֥י אֲרָיֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* together like.(the) young lions they.roar they.growl like cubs of.lions

*JPS 1917:* They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.

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