שָׁגַח
shagach · gaze
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7688 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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shagach (שָׁגַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gaze”.
To look closely, to fix one's gaze from a place.
How to say it
sha·gach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To fix one's eyes attentively.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- gazing ×1
- he observed ×1
- will gaze ×1
Where it appears
- Psalms 33:14
From the place of his dwelling he observed all the inhabitants of the earth,
- Song of Songs 2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a fawn. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattices.
- Isaiah 14:16
Those who see you will gaze at you, they will ponder you: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,