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title: שִׁגָּעוֹן — madness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁגָּעוֹן (7697), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: madness. BDB 1906: n.m. madness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁגָּעוֹן

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«שִׁגָּעוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **madness** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7697 · **BDB:** שִׁגָּעוֹן

### Glosses

madness (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

madness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7697/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. madness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7697/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. madness;—הִכָּה בְּשׁ׳ Dt 28:28 smite with madness, fig. of wild and helpless panic (‖ עִוָּרוֹן, תִּמְהוֹן לֵבָב), Zc 12:4 (‖ תִּמָּהוֹן); בְּשׁ׳ 2 K 9:20 (hyperb.) madly.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «שִׁגָּעוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7697/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.28/)

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יַכְּכָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה בְּשִׁגָּע֖וֹן וּבְעִוָּר֑וֹן וּבְתִמְה֖וֹן לֵבָֽב׃

*Word for word:* he will.strike.you Yahweh with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of.heart

*JPS 1917:* The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.

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[2 Kings 9:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.20/)

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וַיַּגֵּ֤ד הַצֹּפֶה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֥א עַד־אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹֽא־שָׁ֑ב וְהַמִּנְהָ֗ג כְּמִנְהַג֙ יֵה֣וּא בֶן־נִמְשִׁ֔י כִּ֥י בְשִׁגָּע֖וֹן יִנְהָֽג׃

*Word for word:* and he.reported the watchman (cmp) he.came to to them and not he.has.turned.back and the driving \[is\].like the.driving of.Jehu the.son of.Nimshi (dm) with madness he.drives

*JPS 1917:* And the watchman told, saying: 'He came even unto them, and cometh not back; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.'

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