שְׁא֞וֹן — Isaiah 13:4 Hebrew Word Study

שְׁא֞וֹן

𐤔𐤀𐤅𐤍

sheon

of uproar

from שָׁאָה; uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction; [idiom] horrible, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult ([idiom] -uous).

Isaiah 13:4 · Word #8

Lexicon `H7588`

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`c` — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

roar of

Root	שאה (š-ʾ-h)
Core Meanings	to roar, crash, rush noisily, lay waste, cause desolation
Semantic Range	roar, uproar, tumult, rushing noise, crashing sound, clamor of battle, destructive tumult, desolating crash
Conceptual Significance	שָׁאוֹן often depicts the overwhelming noise of invading armies, raging nations, or catastrophic events, highlighting both auditory chaos and its destructive aftermath. It evokes not only sound but the destabilizing force of divine judgment or historical upheaval.
Morphological Notes	Masculine singular common noun in construct state from שָׁאוֹן (H7588), occurring seven times. The construct form requires a following genitive to complete the sense ("roar of …").
Rendering Rationale	The noun שָׁאוֹן derives from the root שאה, conveying loud rushing or roaring that can lead to ruin. As a masculine singular noun in the construct state (HNcmsc), it is rendered "roar of," indicating it grammatically links to a following noun and preserves its singular form.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H7588-01`	beshaon	in roaring tumult
`H7722-01`	beshoah	in rushing devastation
`H7716-01`	haseh	the flock-member
`H7612-01`	hashet	the crashing devastation
`H7722-03`	kheshoah	like a rushing desolation
`H7584-01`	khshvh	a rushing desolation
`H7588-02`	kisheon	roar of
`H7582-01`	laheshot	to cause to become desolate
`H7582-02`	lehasheot	to cause desolation
`H4876-01`	lemashuot	to desolations
`H7722-04`	leshoah	to a rushing-devastation
`H7583-01`	mishetaeh	one standing appalled
`H7722-05`	mishoeyhem	from their storm-devastations
`H7716-08`	seyo	his flock-animal
`H7588-03`	shaon	a roaring tumult
`H7582-04`	shau	they have become desolate
`H7722-06`	shoah	rushing devastation
`H7582-05`	tishaeh	she will be laid waste
`H7722-07`	uleshoah	and for a storming-desolation
`H7591-01`	usheiyah	and a desolation
`H7588-05`	usheon	and uproar-of
`H7588-06`	usheonah	and her roaring tumult
`H7716-09`	vaseh	and a flock-member
`H7716-10`	veseh	a flock-animal
`H7582-06`	yishaun	they will be desolated

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Isaiah 5:14	וּ/שְׁאוֹנָ֖/הּ	usheonah	and its uproar
Isaiah 13:4	שְׁא֞וֹן	sheon	of uproar
Isaiah 17:12	וּ/שְׁא֣וֹן	usheon	and roar
Isaiah 17:12	כִּ/שְׁא֛וֹן	kisheon	like the roar
Isaiah 17:13	כִּ/שְׁא֞וֹן	kisheon	like the roaring
Isaiah 24:8	שְׁא֣וֹן	sheon	the noise
Isaiah 25:5	שְׁא֥וֹן	sheon	the noise
Isaiah 66:6	שָׁאוֹן֙	shaon	of uproar
Jeremiah 25:31	שָׁאוֹן֙	shaon	a clamor
Jeremiah 46:17	שָׁא֔וֹן	shaon	a noise
Jeremiah 48:45	שָׁאֽוֹן	shaon	of tumult
Jeremiah 51:55	שְׁא֖וֹן	sheon	roar
Hosea 10:14	שָׁאוֹן֮	shaon	tumult
Amos 2:2	בְּ/שָׁאוֹן֙	beshaon	in-tumult
Psalms 40:3	שָׁאוֹן֮	shaon	of destruction
Psalms 65:8	שְׁא֣וֹן	sheon	roar
Psalms 65:8	שְׁא֥וֹן	sheon-2	roar
Psalms 74:23	שְׁא֥וֹן	sheon	uproar