roaring
she.a.gah denotes a roar or loud cry, heard from lions and from speakers voicing intense distress.
The attested uses chiefly denote the roar of lions or lion-like creatures; the same noun also occurs for intense human vocal distress and for the destructive sound attributed to a figure who devastates cities.
Senses in use
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Roar associated with lions · dominant
In Isaiah 5:29 the absolute noun occurs in a clause comparing an advancing group's sound with that of a lion; the APB renders, “Their roar is like that of a lion.” In Job 4:10 and Zechariah 11:3, construct forms occur in clauses explicitly naming lions, and the APB renders “The roaring of the lion” and “the voice of the roaring of lions.”
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Loud cry of personal distress · common
In Job 3:24, the plural construct form is joined to the speaker's sighing and is described in the APB as pouring out like water. In Psalm 22:2 and Psalm 32:3, singular construct forms occur in first-person contexts of calling without an answer and suffering while silent; the APB renders Psalm 32:3 with “my roaring all the day.”
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Desolating roar of a devastator · occasional
In Ezekiel 19:7, a singular construct form follows the devastation of cities, and the APB says that the land was made desolate “by the sound of his roaring.” The verse presents the roar as part of the destructive scene, without identifying it as a lion's cry.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun with “roar,” “roaring,” or “roarings,” including lion scenes and personal speech. In Psalm 22:2, the translation instead foregrounds the speaker's calling and lack of silence, so the term's individual English rendering is not isolated.