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title: חָוָה — tell · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָוָה (2331), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: tell. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. tell, declare. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָוָה

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«חָוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tell** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 2331 · **BDB:** חָוָה

### Glosses

I.will.declare (2); I (1); declaring (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2331/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. tell, declare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2331/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Pi. (poet. \& late), tell, declare (Aramaic ܚܰܘܺܝ, חַוֵּי)— Impf. 3 ms. יְחַוֶּה־ ψ 19:3; 1 s. אֲחַוֶּה Jb 32:10, 17; sf. אֲחַוְךָ Jb 15:17, אֲחַוֶּךָּ Jb 36:2; Inf. cstr. חַוֹּת;—declare, make known, c. acc. דָּ֑עַת ψ 19:3 (subj. לַיְלָה, sq. לְלַיְלָה; ‖ יַבִּיעַ אֹמֶר); c. acc. דֵּעִי Jb 32:10, 17; c. 2 acc. וָאִירָא מֵחַוֹּת דֵּעִי אֶתְכֶם 32:6, sq. sf. pers. + obj. cl., וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּי־עוֹד לֶאֱלוֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃ 36:2 and I will shew thee that (there are) yet words for God; sq. sf. pers. only Jb 15:17;—read prob. also וַאֲחַוֶּה for וַאֲקַוֶּה ψ 52:11 Hi Che al.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2331/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.17/)

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אֲחַוְךָ֥ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃

*Word for word:* I will.inform.you listen to me and what I.have.seen and I.will.recount

*JPS 1917:* I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —

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[Job 32:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.17/)

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אַעֲנֶ֣ה אַף־אֲנִ֣י חֶלְקִ֑י אֲחַוֶּ֖ה דֵעִ֣י אַף־אָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* I.will.answer also I part my I.will.declare knowledge my also I

*JPS 1917:* I also will answer my part, I also will declare mine opinion.

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