{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8173",
  "lemma": "שָׁעַע",
  "transliteration": "shâʻaʻ",
  "definition": "(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",
  "kjv": "cry (out) (by confusion with H7768 (שָׁוַע)), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.",
  "occurrences": 9,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[שָׁעַע] vb. Pilp., etc., sport, take delight in, delight",
    "Pilp. the suckling shall sport on the cobra’s hole",
    "Palp. upon the knees shall ye be fondled.",
    "Hithpalp. in thy statutes will I delight myself",
    "שָׁעַע vb",
    "[שָׁעַע] vb. be smeared over, blinded",
    "Qal Hithpalp. blind yourselves and be blind!",
    "Hiph. and its eyes besmear!"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 6:10",
      "text": "Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/6?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 11:8",
      "text": "The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/11?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 29:9",
      "text": "Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 66:12",
      "text": "For the LORD says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/66?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 94:19",
      "text": "In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/94?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 119:16",
      "text": "I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 119:47",
      "text": "I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 119:70",
      "text": "Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your Torah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=70"
    }
  ],
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