Hebrew verb · H8173
שָׁעַע
shaashaw-ah'
to smear; to delight
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâʻaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8173is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8173
(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
The King James renders it: cry (out) (by confusion with H7768 (שָׁוַע)), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shaa is rendered "to smear; to delight". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Five of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to smear".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 94:19When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
Psalms 94:19יְֽשַׁעַשְׁע֥וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to smear, and to delight.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to smearStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WherePsalms 94:19When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul. |
| to delightStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and be blind1
- and he will play1
- and I may delight myself1
- blind yourselves1
- I delight1
- I will delight myself1
- seal over1
- they delighted1
- you will be fondled1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע1
- הָשַׁ֑ע1
- הִשְׁתַּֽעַשְׁע֖וּ1
- וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁ֥ע1
- וָשֹׁ֑עוּ1
- וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥ע1
- יְֽשַׁעַשְׁע֥וּ1
- שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי׃1
- תְּשָׁעֳשָֽׁעוּ׃1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vpq3ms1Hc/Vpq3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Vqv2mp
- HC/Vtu1cs1HC/Vtu1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhv2ms
- verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVPi2mp
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVpi3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVpp1cs
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVti1cs
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HVtv2mp
Psalms
four uses
When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
- יְֽשַׁעַשְׁע֥וּyeshaashuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they delighted
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑עʾeshtaasha'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will delight myself
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
- וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁ֥עveeshtaasha'HC/Vtu1cstagged: and I may delight myself
Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
- שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי׃shiashaetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I delight
Isaiah
five uses
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
- הָשַׁ֑עhasha'verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: seal over
The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
- וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥עveshiasha'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will play
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- הִשְׁתַּֽעַשְׁע֖וּhishtaashuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: blind yourselves
- וָשֹׁ֑עוּvashouconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be blind
For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
- תְּשָׁעֳשָֽׁעוּ׃teshooshauverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be fondled
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.