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title: שְׁוָא — Sheva · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁוָא (7724), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Sheva. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁוָא

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«שְׁוָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sheva** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7724 · **BDB:** שְׁוָא

### Glosses

Sheva (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sheva [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7724/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7724/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Calebite 1 Ch 2:49, Σαου, Σουε. secretary, David’s time 2 S 20:25 Qr (Kt שׁיא), Ιησους, A Ισους, 𝔊L Σουσα (v. שְׂרָיָה(וּ) 1).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁוָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7724/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 20:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.25/)

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וּשְׁוָ֖א סֹפֵ֑ר וְצָד֥וֹק וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר כֹּהֲנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Sheva \[was\].secretary and Zadok and Abiathar \[were\].priests

*JPS 1917:* and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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[1 Chronicles 2:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.49/)

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וַתֵּ֗לֶד שַׁ֚עַף אֲבִ֣י מַדְמַנָּ֔ה אֶת־שְׁוָ֛א אֲבִ֥י מַכְבֵּנָ֖ה וַאֲבִ֣י גִבְעָ֑א וּבַת־כָּלֵ֖ב עַכְסָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and she.bore Shaaph the.father of.Madmannah (et) Sheva the.father of.Machbenah and the.father of.Gibea and.\[was\] the.daughter of.Caleb Achsah

*JPS 1917:* And the wife of Shaaph the father of Madmannah bore Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

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