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title: שַׁוְעָה — cry for help · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁוְעָה (7775), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: cry for help. BDB 1906: n.f. cry for help. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁוְעָה

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«שַׁוְעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cry for help** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 7775 · **BDB:** שַׁוְעָה

### Glosses

my.cry (5); for.help (4); of.the.cry.for.help (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cry for help [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7775/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cry for help [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7775/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cry for help;—cstr. שַׁוְעַת 1 S 5:12; Je 8:19; sf. שַׁוְעָתִי 2 S 22:7 = ψ 18:7, ψ 39:13; 40:2; 102:2; La 3:56 (gloss on רוחתי Ew al.); שַׁוְעָתָם Ex 2:23 (P), ψ 34:16; 145:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁוְעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7775/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 34:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.34.16/)

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עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה אֶל־צַדִּיקִ֑ים וְ֝אָזְנָ֗יו אֶל־שַׁוְעָתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.eyes of.Yahweh \[are\].to righteous.\[people\] and ears his \[are\].to for.help their.cry

*JPS 1917:* The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.

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[Psalms 40:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.40.2/)

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קַוֺּ֣ה קִוִּ֣יתִי יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥ט אֵ֝לַ֗י וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע שַׁוְעָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* patiently.(wait) I.waited.for Yahweh and he.stretched.out to me and he.heard for.help my.cry

*JPS 1917:* I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

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