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title: חֲוָה — declare · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲוָה (lemma:חֲוָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 14 times: declare. BDB 1906: vb. Pa. Haph. declare. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲוָה

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«חֲוָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **declare** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** lemma:חֲוָה · **BDB:** חֲוָה

### Glosses

declare (6); he (2); we.will.declare (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

declare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pa. Haph. declare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pa. Haph. (M§ 65 c) declare (𝔗 Syriac; BH III. \[חָוָה\] (late));— c. acc. פִּשְׁרָא (or equiv.): Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְחַוִּנַּ֫נִי (sf. pers. indir. obj.) Dn 5:7; יְחַוִּנַּהּ 2:11 (קֳדָם pers.); 1 s. אֲחַוֶּה 2:24 (ל pers.), 1 pl. נְחַוֶּה v 4. usually c. acc. פִּשְׁרָא (or equiv.): Impf. 3 ms. יְהַחֲוֶה Dn 5:12; 2 mpl. תְּהַחֲוֹן 2:6, sf. (of indir. obj.) תְּהַחֲוֻנַּ֫נִי v 9; 1 pl. נְהַחֲוֶה v 7; Imv. mpl. sf. (of indir. obj.) הַחֲוֹ֑נִי v 6; Inf. לְהַחֲוָיָה v 10 5:15; + ל pers. 2:16, 27; c. acc. of signs and wonders 3:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d5_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.7/)

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עֲנ֥וֹ תִנְיָנ֖וּת וְאָמְרִ֑ין מַלְכָּ֕א חֶלְמָ֛א יֵאמַ֥ר לְעַבְד֖וֹהִי וּפִשְׁרָ֥ה נְהַחֲוֵֽה׃

*Word for word:* they.replied a.second.\[time\] and \[they.were\].saying O king the dream let.him.tell to servants his and the interpretation we.will.declare

*JPS 1917:* They answered the second time and said: 'Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.'

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[Daniel 3:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.32/)

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אָֽתַיָּא֙ וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א דִּ֚י עֲבַ֣ד עִמִּ֔י אֱלָהָ֖א עִלָּאָ֑ה שְׁפַ֥ר קָֽדָמַ֖י לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the signs and the wonders which he.has.done with me (the) God (the).Most High it.seemed.good before me to declare

*JPS 1917:* It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.

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