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title: שִׁגָּיוֹן — go astray · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁגָּיוֹן (7692), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: go astray. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁגָּיוֹן

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«שִׁגָּיוֹן» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7692 · **BDB:** שִׁגָּיוֹן²

### Glosses

a.shiggaion (1); shiggionoth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

go astray [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7692/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** doubtful word, ψ 7:1 (title), Ew De al. from √ שׁגה go astray, reel, i.e. wild, passionate song, with rapid changes of rhythm; cf. LagBN 201 f. who cp. שִׁגָּעוֹן, √ שׁגע; 𝔊 ψαλμός, read prob. מִזְמוֹר; pl. שִׁגְיֹנוֹת Hb 3:1 (title), read נְגִינוֹת, so 𝔊.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁגָּיוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7692/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.1/)

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תְּפִלָּ֖ה לַחֲבַקּ֣וּק הַנָּבִ֑יא עַ֖ל שִׁגְיֹנֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* a.prayer of Habakkuk the prophet on shiggionoth

*JPS 1917:* A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.

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[Psalms 7:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.7.1/)

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שִׁגָּי֗וֹן לְדָ֫וִ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֥ר לַיהוָ֑ה עַל־דִּבְרֵי־כ֝֗וּשׁ בֶּן־יְמִינִֽי׃

*Word for word:* a.shiggaion of David which he.sang to Yahweh on the.words of.Cush a.Ben- jaminite

*JPS 1917:* Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning Cush a Benjamite.

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