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title: שְׁגָגָה — sin of error · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁגָגָה (7684), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: sin of error. BDB 1906: n.f. sin of error, inadvertence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁגָגָה

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«שְׁגָגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sin of error** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 7684 · **BDB:** שְׁגָגָה

### Glosses

inadvertence (16); \[was\].inadvertence (2); an.inadvertence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sin of error [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7684/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sin of error, inadvertence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7684/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sin of error, inadvertence;—abs. שׁ׳ Nu 15:25 +; sf. שִׁגְגָתוֹ Lv 5:18; שִׁגְגָתָם Nu 15:25;—error (opp. sins of intention, or בְּיָד רָמָה) only P Ec: Nu 15:25 = Ec 5:5, cf. Ec 10:5; על שׁ׳ Lv 5:18 Nu 15:25; חטא בִּשׁ׳ Lv 4:2, 22, 27; 5:15; Nu 15:27, 28 + (vb. om.) v 26; עשׂה בִשׁ׳ Lv 4:22; Nu 15:29 + (לִשׁ׳) v 24; אכל קֹדֶשׁ בִּשׁ׳ Lv 22:14; מַכֵּה־נֶפֶשׁ בִּשׁ׳ of unintended killing Nu 35:11, 15 = Jos 20:3, 9 (‖ in D בִּבְלִי־דַעַת).—1 S 14:24 v. שׁגה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁגָגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7684/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 15:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.27/)

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וְאִם־נֶ֥פֶשׁ אַחַ֖ת תֶּחֱטָ֣א בִשְׁגָגָ֑ה וְהִקְרִ֛יבָה עֵ֥ז בַּת־שְׁנָתָ֖הּ לְחַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* and if a.person one it.will.sin by inadvertence and it.will.bring.near a.female.goat a.daughter its.year her to a.sin.offering

*JPS 1917:* And if one person sin through error, then he shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering.

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[Ecclesiastes 10:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.5/)

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יֵ֣שׁ רָעָ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ כִּשְׁגָגָ֕ה שֶׁיֹּצָ֖א מִלִּפְנֵ֥י הַשַּׁלִּֽיט׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\] an.evil \[which\].I.have.seen under the sun like an.inadvertence which.\[is\] going.forth from before the ruler

*JPS 1917:* There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceedeth from a ruler:

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