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Amos 3:4
“Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁאַגshâʼag · shaw-ag'
H7580 · Hebrew
H7580 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to rumble or moan
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] mightily, roar.
- Grammar
- הֲ — particle (interrogative)
- יִשְׁאַ֤ג — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible.Judges 14:5Job 37:4Psalms 22:14Psalms 38:9Psalms 74:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁאַג here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.