H8173 שָׁעַע

שָׁעַע (shâʻaʻ), Strong’s 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 KJV: cry (out) (by…

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shâʻaʻ — (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.

Occurs 9 times.

Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [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!

Where it occurs
- Isaiah 6:10 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/6?v=10) — Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with…
- Isaiah 11:8 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/11?v=8) — The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
- Isaiah 29:9 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=9) — Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong…
- Isaiah 66:12 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/66?v=12) — For the LORD says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing…
- Psalms 94:19 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/94?v=19) — In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
- Psalms 119:16 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=16) — I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
- Psalms 119:47 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=47) — I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
- Psalms 119:70 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=70) — Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your Torah.