שָׁאַג shâʼag — to rumble or moan

pronounced shaw-ag' · Strong's H7580 · 21 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as × mightily, roar.

a primitive root; to rumble or moan.

shâʼag in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 21×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 12Participle (active) 5Perfect (qatal) 3Infinitive absolute 1

שֹׁאֵ֖ג Judg 14:5 Participle (active), masculine singular

Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. (KJV)

יִשְׁאַג Job 37:4 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. (KJV)

וְשֹׁאֵֽג Ps 22:14 Participle (active), masculine singular

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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