- Original: שׁגע - Transliteration: Shaga` - Phonetic: shaw-gah' - Definition: 1. to be mad a. (Pual) 1. to be mad 2. to be maddened (participle) b. (Hithpael) to show madness - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2328 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to rave through insanity: - (be play the) mad (man). Total KJV Occurrences: 7 • mad, 5 Deuteronomy 28:34; 1 Samuel 21:14; 2 Kings 9:11; Jeremiah 29:26; Hosea 9:7 • man, 1 1 Samuel 21:15 • men, 1 1 Samuel 21:15