שווא

Character  ְ  Unicode name HEBREW POINT SHEVA Unicode block Hebrew Codepoint U+05B0 Hebrew → חטף סגול

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Etymology 1Edit

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NounEdit

שווא \ שְׁוָא • (sh'va) m

1. The Hebrew diacritical mark shva.

DescendantsEdit

• English: schwa
• Finnish: švaa
• German: Schwa
• Polish: szwa

ReferencesEdit

• “שוא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.

External linksEdit

• שווא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.he.Wikipedia
• Shva on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia:Shva

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

שווא \ שָׁוְא • (shav) m

1. falsehood, futility
2. (literary) emptiness, vanity, uselessness, pointlessness
   • Exodus 20:7

     לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת שֵׁם ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה ה׳ אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׂא אֶת שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא׃

ReferencesEdit

Strong’s concordance number: H7723