שגג

שָׁגַג(b. h.) (to be excited, confounded, to err, do wrong inadvertently; to act under a wrong impression. Ker.IV, 1 ש׳ … באיזה מהן ש׳ if he had connection with one of them under the impression that it was his wife, and it is unknown with which of them. Ib. II, 4 עשה בה את המזיד כשוֹגֵג with reference to her the law puts the wilful transgressor on a level with the inadvertent (obliging him to offer a sacrifice). Sabb.69a ש׳ בשבת והזיד במלאכות, v. זִיר. Ib. או שש׳ במלאכותוכ׳ or he acted inadvertently with regard to labors (not knowing that such a labor was forbidden on the Sabbath), but consciously as regards the Sabbath. Ib. ש׳ בזה ובזה if he was in error as to both. Ib. עד שיִשְׁגּוֹג בלאו וכרת שבה he must be ignorant of the prohibition (לאו) and of the eventual punishment of extinction (כרת); a. v. fr. Hif. הֵשֵׁג to confound. Yalk. Gen. 146 מְשִׁיגִּין, v. שָׁגָה.