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title: שֶׁוַע — cry out · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁוַע (7773), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cry out. BDB 1906: vb. cry out. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁוַע

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«שֶׁוַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cry out** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7773 · **BDB:** שָׁוַע

### Glosses

my.cry.for.help (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cry out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7773/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cry out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7773/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cry out for help (Gerb 33 thinks denom. from שַׁוְעָה, and this from √ akin to ישׁע deliver);—Pf. 1 s. שִׁוַּעְתִּי ψ 30:3 + 3 times; Impf. 3 fs. תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ Jb 24:12; 2 ms. תְּשַׁוַּע Is 58:9, etc.; Inf. cstr. sf. שַׁוְּעִי ψ 28:2; 31:23; שַׁוְעִי 5:3 (Ol§ 182 d), etc.; Pt. מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ 72:12 Jb 29:12;—cry for help: abs. ψ 72:12 Jb 19:7; 24:12; 29:12; 30:28; 35:9, + Is 38:13 Houb Lo Che Du al. (for שִׁוִּיתִי); specif. to God ψ 5:3; 18:42; 119:147; Jb 36:13; Is 58:9; Jon 2:3; Hb 1:2; La 3:8; c. אל ψ 18:7; 22:25; 28:2 = 31:23, 30:3; 88:14 + v 2 (read with Weir אֱלֹהַי שִׁוַּעְתִּי יוֹם צַעֲקָתִי), Jb 30:20; 38:41.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁוַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7773/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.5.3/)

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הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀ לְק֬וֹל שַׁוְעִ֗י מַלְכִּ֥י וֵאלֹהָ֑י כִּֽי־אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ אֶתְפַּלָּֽל׃

*Word for word:* pay attention to the.sound my.cry.for.help my my.king my and God my (dm) to you I.pray

*JPS 1917:* Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; for unto Thee do I pray.

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