שָׁגָה shâgâh — to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress
Translated in the KJV as go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.
a primitive root; to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured.
shâgâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 6Perfect (qatal) 5Participle (active) 4Wayyiqtol 1Infinitive construct 1
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
Hiph'il
Participle (active) 3Jussive 1
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
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 ›