Lexicon shaga: to be mad Original Word: שָׁגַעPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: shaga Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-gah') Short Definition: madman NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto be mad NASB Translationact the madman (1), behaving as a madman (1), demented (1), driven mad (1), mad fellow (1), madman (1), madmen (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ 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, Di 1055 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 Deuteronomy 28:34 thou shalt be maddened (מִן because of), figurative for driven to despair; ׳מ of prophets, contemptuously Hosea 9:7, ׳כָּלאִֿישׁ מ וּמִתְנַבֵּא Jeremiah 29:26, as substantive 2 Kings 9:11; plural מְשֻׁגָּעִים 1 Samuel 21:16 madmen. Hithpa`el shew madness; Participle אִישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ 1 Samuel 21:15; Infinitive construct לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ v.1 Samuel 21:16.
Strong's play the mad man A primitive root; to rave through insanity -- (be, play the) mad (man). |
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