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title: שָׁגַע — be mad · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁגַע (7696), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: be mad. BDB 1906: Pu. be mad Pu. Hithp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁגַע

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«שָׁגַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be mad** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7696 · **BDB:** שָׁגַע

### Glosses

\[is\].mad (1); \[man\] (1); \[who.is\].mad (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be mad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7696/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

Pu. be mad Pu. Hithp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7696/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Pu. be mad (Arabic سَجَعَ coo, of male pigeon, utter long whinny, of camel (cf. HoffmZAW iii (1883), 89 RSJPhil. xiv. 119 f. GoldziherArabic Philol. i. 59 ff. LagBN 202); Ethiopic ዘንግዐ: be mad (n ins., Di1055 BAES 50); Assyrian šegû, rage, howl; on meaning in Heb. v. especially WeSkizzen iii. 130);—Pu. Pt. as adj.: pred. וְהָיִיתָ מְשֻׁגָּע Dt 28:34 thou shalt be maddened (מִן because of), fig. for driven to despair; מ׳ of proph., contemptuously Ho 9:7, כָּל־אִישׁ מ׳ וּמִתְנַבֵּא Je 29:26, as subst. 2 K 9:11; pl. מְשֻׁגָּעִים 1 S 21:16 madmen. Hithp. shew madness; Pt. אִישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ 1 S 21:15; Inf. cstr. לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ v 16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «שָׁגַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7696/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.34/)

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וְהָיִ֖יתָ מְשֻׁגָּ֑ע מִמַּרְאֵ֥ה עֵינֶ֖יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּרְאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.be driven.mad from the.sight\[s\] your.eyes your which you.will.see

*JPS 1917:* so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

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[1 Samuel 21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.21.15/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אָכִ֖ישׁ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֑יו הִנֵּ֤ה תִרְאוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַ לָ֛מָּה תָּבִ֥יאוּ אֹת֖וֹ אֵלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Achish to servants his there! you.see a.man behaving.like.a.madman why? do.you.bring him to me

*JPS 1917:* Then said Achish unto his servants: 'Lo, when ye see a man that is mad, wherefore do ye bring him to me?

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