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# שָׁגַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7688

**gaze** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

gaze [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7688/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁגַח: vb. gaze [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7688/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. gaze (NH id., Ecclus 40:29; 50:5; late Rabb. הַשְׁגָּחָה = providence (from ψ 33:14); J Aram. שְׁגַח gaze, consider);—c. אֶל־ pers.: Pf. 3 ms. הִשְׁגִּיחַ ψ 33:14 (of י׳; מִן loc.); Impf. 3 mpl. רֹאֶיךָ אֵלֶיךָ יַשְׁגִּיחוּ Is 14:16 they that see thee, at thee shall they gaze (‖ אֵלֶיךָ יִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּ; cf. משגיח על שלחן Ecclus 40:29); abs.: Pt. מַשְׁגִּיחַ Ct 2:9 (c. מִן from (the outside of) the windows).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[he is\] gazing (1); he gazes (1); they will stare (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 33:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.33.14/#tree)

מִֽמְּכוֹן־שִׁבְתּ֥וֹ הִשְׁגִּ֑יחַ אֶ֖ל כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* from the.place of his.dwelling he.gazes to all the.inhabitants of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* From the place of His habitation He looketh intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

[Isaiah 14:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.16/#tree)

רֹאֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יַשְׁגִּ֔יחוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ יִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּ הֲזֶ֤ה הָאִישׁ֙ מַרְגִּ֣יז הָאָ֔רֶץ מַרְעִ֖ישׁ מַמְלָכֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].see.you to you they.will.stare to you they.will.consider.carefully \[is\] this? the man \[who\].made.tremble the earth \[who\].made.shake kingdoms

*JPS 1917:* They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, they gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7688.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7688/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).