# H8159 שָׁעָה

שָׁעָה (shâʻâh), Strong’s H8159: to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered KJV…

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*shâʻâh* — to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered

KJV: depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.

Occurs 15 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שָׁעָה vb. gaze (steadily, with interest, etc.)
- Qal gaze at, regard (with favour)
- Hiph. cause thy gaze to turn away from me
- Hithp. gaze not about

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 4:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=4) — Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. The LORD respected Abel and his offering,
- [Genesis 4:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=5) — but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
- [Exodus 5:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=9) — Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
- [2 Samuel 22:42](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=42) — They looked, but there was no one to save; even to the LORD, but he didn’t answer them.
- [Isaiah 17:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/17?v=7) — In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
- [Isaiah 17:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/17?v=8) — They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have…
- [Isaiah 22:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/22?v=4) — Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the…
- [Isaiah 31:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/31?v=1) — Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in…
- [Isaiah 32:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/32?v=3) — The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
- [Isaiah 41:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/41?v=10) — Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help…