שָׁוָה

«שָׁוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: be even — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 7 times · Key: lemma:שָׁוָה · BDB: שָׁוָה²

Glosses

I.have.placed (3); [he.is].making (2); he.made (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

be even tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. set, place tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. set, place (Biblical Aramaic Hithpa. 𝔗 שְׁוָא Pa. set, make (often 𝔗 = שׂום, שׁית); Thes al. sub I. שׁ׳, orig. set, place, then set together, compare, make even, right, cf. Vulg. Ar. سَوَى ii. make (Wahrm, cf. also BaES 66));—Pf. 1 s. שִׁוִּיתִי ψ 16:8 I have set י׳ before me (לְנֶגְדִּי); שׁ׳ עֵזֶר עַל 89:20 I have placed strength upon a hero, cf. 21:6; Pt. מְשַׁוֶּה רַגְלַי כְּ 2 S 22:34 setting my feet like hinds = ψ 18:34 (cf. 𝔗 שַׁזִּי כְּ Gn 48:20 Je 29:22, for שׂים כְּ);—Is 38:13 v. I. שׁוה;—Impf. = make, produce, 3 ms. פְּרִי יְשַׁוֶּה לוֹ Ho 10:1 (Israel as vine), si vera l., v. We Now (‖ עשׂה פְּרִי Ho 9:16, cf. 8:7).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «שָׁוָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 119:30

דֶּֽרֶךְ־אֱמוּנָ֥ה בָחָ֑רְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ שִׁוִּֽיתִי׃

Word for word: a.way of.faithfulness I.have.chosen judgments your I.have.placed

JPS 1917: I have chosen the way of faithfulness; Thine ordinances have I set before me.

2 Samuel 22:34

מְשַׁוֶּ֥ה רַגְלַ֖י כָּאַיָּל֑וֹת וְעַ֥ל בָּמוֹתַ֖י יַעֲמִדֵֽנִי׃

Word for word: [he.is].making feet my like (the) does and on places my.high he makes.me.stand.firm

JPS 1917: Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;

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