H7686

שָׁגָה

sha.gahH:V

to wander

1) to go astray, stray, err 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to err, stray 1a2) to swerve, meander, reel, roll, be intoxicated, err (in drunkenness) 1a3) to go astray (morally) 1a4) to commit sin of ignorance or inadvertence, err (ignorantly) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead astray 1b2) to lead astray, mislead (mentally) 1b3) to lead astray (morally)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[שָׁגָה] verb go astray, err (Aramaic שְׁגָא, id.); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular שָׁגִיתִי Job 6:24; Job 19:4, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁגֶּה Prov 5:23, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׁגוֺת Prov 19:27 Participle שֹׁגֶה Ezek 45:20; Prov 20:1, etc.; —
1. err, stray, of flock Ezek 34:6 (figurative).
2. swerve, meander, reel or roll, in drunkenness, ב of drink Isa 28:7 (twice in verse); = be intoxicated, Prov 20:1 so with (בּ) love Prov 5:19; Prov 5:20 בָּרֹאֶה ׳שׁ Isa 28:7.
3. go astay, morally, 1Sam 26:21; Prov 5:23; Job 6:24; Job 19:4, + 1Sam 14:24 (reading שְׁגָגָה ׳שׁ) Th We Dr Now (after ᵐ5; otherwise Bu HPS); with מן, of ׳י's commands Ps 119:21; Ps 119:118, מִן of words of knowledge Prov 19:27.
4. specifically commit sin of ignorance, inadvertence Lev 4:13; Num 15:22 (P) Ezek 45:20 (compare שׁגג). Hiph`il lead astray:
1. literal, Participle מַשְׁגֶּה Deut 27:18 (בַּדֶּרֶךְ).
2. ׳מַשׁ mentally = mislead Job 12:16.
3. morally, Participle Prov 28:10 (בְּדֶרֶךְ רָ֑ע); Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix תַּשְׁגֵּנִי, with מן of God's commands Ps 119:10 + perhaps Job 12:23 leadeth nations astray (ᵐ5 SvrVer, i.e. וַיַּשְׁגֵּם for וַיַּנְחֵם).


17 occurrences

Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), I Samuel (1), Job (2), Psalms (3), Proverbs (5), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (2)