H7696

שָׁגַע

sha.gaH:V

be mad

1) to be mad 1a) (Pual) 1a1) to be mad 1a2) to be maddened (participle) 1b) (Hithpael) to show madness

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[שָׁגַע] Pu`al be mad (Arabic coo, of male pigeon, utter long whinny, of camel (compare Hoffm^{ZAW iii (1883), 89} RS^{JPhil. Xiv. 119 f.} Goldziher^{Arab. Philol. i. 59 ff.} Lag^{BN 202}); Ethiopic be mad (n insert, Di¹⁰⁵⁵ Ba^{ES 50}); Assyrian šegû, rage, howl; on meaning in Hebrew see especially We^{Skizzen iii. 130}); —

Pu`al Participle as adjective : predicate וְהָיִיתָ מְשֻׁגָּע Deut 28:34 thou shalt be maddened (מִן because of), figurative for driven to despair; ׳מ of prophets, contemptuously Hos 9:7, ׳כָּלאִֿישׁ מ וּמִתְנַבֵּא Jer 29:26, as substantive 2Kgs 9:11 plural מְשֻׁגָּעִים 1Sam 21:16 madmen. Hithpa`el shew madness; Participle אִישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ 1Sam 21:15 Infinitive construct לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ v.1Sam 21:16.

4 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), II Kings (1), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1)