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title: שָׁגָה — go astray · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁגָה (7686), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: go astray. BDB 1906: vb. go astray, error. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁגָה

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«שָׁגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **go astray** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 7686 · **BDB:** שָׁגָה

### Glosses

\[one.who\].leads.astray (3); they.reeled (3); I.have.erred (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

go astray [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7686/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. go astray, error [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7686/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. go astray, error (Aramaic שְׁגָא, ܫܓܳܐ id.);— Pf. 1 s. שָׁגִיתִי Jb 6:24; 19:4, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁגֶּה Pr 5:23, etc.; Inf. cstr. שְׁגוֹת 19:27; Pt. שֹׁגֶה Ez 45:20; Pr 20:1, etc.;— error, stray, of flock Ez 34:6 (fig.). swerve, meander, reel or roll, in drunkenness, ב of drink Is 28:7(×2); = be intoxicated, Pr 20:1; so with (בּ) love 5:19, 20; שׁ׳ בָּרֹאֶה Is 28:7. go astray, morally, 1 S 26:21; Pr 5:23; Jb 6:24; 19:4, + 1 S 14:24 (reading שׁ׳ שְׁגָגָה) Th We Dr Now (after 𝔊; otherwise Bu HPS); c. מן, of י׳’s commands ψ 119:21, 118, מִן of words of knowledge Pr 19:27. specif. commit sin of ignorance, inadvertence Lv 4:13; Nu 15:22 (P) Ez 45:20 (cf. שׁגג). lead astray: lit., Pt. מַשְׁגֶּה Dt 27:18 (בַּדֶּרֶךְ). מַשׁ׳ mentally = mislead Jb 12:16. morally, Pt. Pr 28:10 (רָ֑ע בְּדֶרֶךְ); Impf. 2 ms. sf. תַּשְׁגֵּנִי, c. מן of God’s commands ψ 119:10; + perhaps Jb 12:23 leadeth nations astray (מַשְׂגִּיא in Kenn., Field).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7686/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.21/)

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גָּ֭עַרְתָּ זֵדִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֑ים הַ֝שֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.rebuke arrogant.\[people\] cursed.\[people\] \[who\].go astray from commandments your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do err from Thy commandments.

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[Job 19:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.4/)

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וְאַף־אָמְנָ֥ם שָׁגִ֑יתִי אִ֝תִּ֗י תָּלִ֥ין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and even truly I.have.erred with me it.lodges error my

*JPS 1917:* And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

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