שָׁגַח
shâgach · H7688 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to gaze, to stare
Action by which humans or deities fix their eyes on an object for a prolonged period of time
ExamplesPsalm 33:14 From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth,
Song of Solomon 2:9 “My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice.
Isaiah 14:16 “Those who see you will stare at you, They will closely examine you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- רָאָהto see 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- אֵלto, toward+ יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 1
- אֵלto, toward+ ךָּyou 1
- מִןfrom+ חַלּוֹןwindow 1
- מִןfrom+ מָכוֹןplace 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- רָאָה râʼâh · H7200 · to see, to look, to notice
- General Hebrew verb for seeing/looking; שָׁגַח is more specialized, emphasizing the narrow, careful, or attentive quality of looking, while רָאָה is the broader, unmarked term.
- נָבַט nâbaṭ · H5027 · to look, to see, to gaze
- Hebrew verb for looking or gazing, often with attention or regard; overlaps with שָׁגַח in denoting intentional, focused looking, though שָׁגַח may emphasize the narrowness or intensity of the gaze more specifically.
In the other Testament 1 word
- παρακύπτω parakýptō · G3879 · to bend over, to stoop down, to stoop and look into
- Greek verb denoting careful, attentive looking or stooping to look closely, semantically equivalent to Hebrew שָׁגַח in contexts of looking narrowly or intently at something.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- Psalm 33:14 says God "looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth," and Isaiah 14:16 describes those who "stare at you... closely examine you," both directly attesting the intent looking this word denotes.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7688. shagach [שָׁגַח] verb Hiph`il gaze (Late Hebrew id., Ecclus 40:29; Ecclus 50:5;…
[שָׁגַח] verb Hiph`il gaze (Late Hebrew id., Ecclus 40:29; Ecclus 50:5; late Rabb הַשְׁגָּחָה = providence (from Psa 33:14; Jewish-Aramaic שְׁגַח gaze, consider); — with אֶלֿ person; Perfect3masculine singular הִשְׁגִּיחַ Psa 33:14 (of ׳י; מִן local); Imperfect3masculine plural יַשְׁגִּיחוּ אֵלֶיךָ רֹאֶיךָ Isa 14:16 they that see thee, at thee shall they gaze (|| יִתְבּוֺנָ֫נוּ אֵלָיךָ; compare שלחן על משגיח Ecclus 40:29); absolute: Participle מַשְׁגִּיחַ Son 2:9 (with מִן from (the outside of) the windows).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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