שָׁאוֹן

1. roar of water (waves), Es 17,12 (|| הָמָה), simile of noise of invading host, so vEs 17,13, but strike out Du Che^Hpt Marti, as doublet; roar of this host vEs 17,12 (|| הָמוֺן), compare שְׁאוֺן קוֺלָם Jer 51,55 of waves also Sl 65,8 (twice in verse); of din, or crash of battle Amos 2,2; Hos 10,14; Sl 74,23 ׳בְּנֵי שׁ Jer 48,45 (i. e. warriors); of battle in which ׳י beats down his foes Jer 25,31, compare Es 66,6 of gathering hosts Es 13,4 זָרִים Es 25,3 (Du Marti, plausibly, גְּאוֺן זְדִים, as Es 13,11); read ׳שׁ also probably (for שַׁאֲנָן, q. v.) 2 Kong 19,28 = Es 37,29 in mocking appell. of Pharaoh (Necho), Jer 46,17 ׳פּ (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9) קִרְאוּ שֵׁם call ye the name of Phoenician a crash.

2. uproar of revellers Es 5,14; Es 24,8. — ׳בּוֺר שׁ Sl 40,3, pit of roaring (of waters? figurative, compare מַעֲמַקֵּימַֿיִם Sl 69,3, where also || יָוִן); Thes and others of destruction (see √ 2), but against usage of שָׁאוֺן; > Du proposes בּוֺר שָׁוְא (compare נָפַת שָׁוְא Es 30,28).