שָׁגַע shâgaʻ — to rave through insanity

pronounced shaw-gah' · Strong's H7696 · 7 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Pu'al, Hitpa'el

Translated in the KJV as (be, play the) mad.

a primitive root; to rave through insanity.

shâgaʻ in each stem

Pu'al 5×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 5

מְשֻׁגָּ֑ע Deut 28:34 Participle (passive), masculine singular

So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. (KJV)

מְשֻׁגָּעִים֙ 1Sam 21:16 Participle (passive), masculine plural

הַמְשֻׁגָּ֥ע 2Kgs 9:11 Participle (passive), masculine singular

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. (KJV)

Hitpa'el 2×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Participle (active) 1Infinitive construct 1

מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַ 1Sam 21:15 Participle (active), masculine singular

Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house? (KJV)

לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּ֖עַ 1Sam 21:16 Infinitive construct

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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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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