Midvash

שָׁעַעshâʻaʻ

שָׁעַע: be smeared over, blinded

Pronunciation: shaw-ah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8173

Meanings

Qal: blind yourselves and be blind!, look about (Isaiah 29:9; 2 Samuel 22:42; Isaiah 32:3)

Hiph`il: and its eyes besmear! (Isaiah 6:10; Psalms 39:14)

שָׁעַע: sport, take delight in, delight

Pilpel: shall sport, delight (Isaiah 29:9; Psalms 119:70; Psalms 119:77)

Palpel: be fondled (Isaiah 66:12)

Hithpalpel: delight myself (Psalms 119:16; Psalms 119:47)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 94:19 When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.
  • Psalms 119:16 I will delight in your decrees and not forget your word.
  • Psalms 119:47 How I delight in your commands! How I love them!
  • Psalms 119:70 Their hearts are dull and stupid, but I delight in your instructions.
  • Isaiah 6:10 Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts and turn to me for healing.”
  • Isaiah 11:8 The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).