שָׁאוֹן
sha.on (H7588)
roar
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# Shaon (שָׁאוֹן): The Hebrew Word for Roar The Hebrew word *shaon* denotes a roar—a loud, powerful sound associated with turbulent natural forces. Appearing eighteen times in the biblical text, this term captures the auditory dimension of phenomena that are forceful and overwhelming. The word's core semantic field centers on the acoustic signature of chaos or intensity, whether produced by water, crowds, or cosmic disturbance. The frequency and distribution of *shaon* across the biblical corpus suggest it served as a standard vocabulary item for describing loud, tumultuous sounds rather than a rare or specialized term. Its eighteen occurrences provided biblical writers with a concrete way to communicate the sensory experience of environments that were loud, dangerous, or beyond human control. By employing *shaon*, writers could evoke an immediate sense of disorder or power without requiring extensive description, making it a functionally important word in the language's toolkit for narrative and poetic expression.
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He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.
Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle.
Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
As the heat in a dry place you will bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low.
A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that repays his enemies what they deserve.
A noise will come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations. He will enter into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, he will give them to the sword,” ’ says Yahweh.”
They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’
“Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the middle of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice! Their waves roar like many waters. The noise of their voice is uttered.
Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;