שווא
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Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Aramaic ܫܘܳܝܳܐ (š'waya, literally “even, equal”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- The Hebrew diacritical mark shva (◌ְ).
DescendantsEdit
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- English: schwa
ReferencesEdit
- “שוא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.
Further readingEdit
- שווא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- Shva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
- falsehood, futility
- (literary) emptiness, vanity, uselessness, pointlessness
- Exodus 20:7, with translation of the King James Version:
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לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת שֵׁם ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה ה׳ אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׂא אֶת שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא׃
- Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
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- Exodus 20:7, with translation of the King James Version:
ReferencesEdit
- “H7723”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979