שְׁגָגָה shᵉgâgâh — a mistake or inadvertent transgression
Translated in the KJV as error, ignorance, at unawares; unwittingly.
from H7683; a mistake or inadvertent transgression.
shᵉgâgâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
הַשֹּׁגֶ֛גֶת Num 15:28 Participle (active), feminine singular
And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
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 ›