שָׁגַג shâgag — to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)
Translated in the KJV as × also for that, deceived, err, go astray, sin ignorantly.
a primitive root; to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology).
shâgag in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 2Perfect (qatal) 1
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
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 ›