שווא

See also: שווה‎ and שב‎

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Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Aramaic ܫܘܳܝܳܐ‎ (š'waya, literally “even, equal”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

שווא \ שְׁוָא • (sh'va) m

1. The Hebrew diacritical mark shva (◌ְ).

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: sjwa
• Finnish: švaa
• German: Schwa

• English: schwa

• Latin: Schva
• Polish: szwa
• Spanish: xuá

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

שווא \ שָׁוְא • (shav) m

1. falsehood, futility
2. (literary) emptiness, vanity, uselessness, pointlessness
   • Exodus 20:7, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏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.

ReferencesEdit

• “H7723”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979