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title: שָׁוָה — be even · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁוָה (lemma:שָׁוָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: be even. BDB 1906: vb. set, place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁוָה

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«שָׁוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be even** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׁוָה · **BDB:** שָׁוָה²

### Glosses

I.have.placed (3); \[he.is\].making (2); he.made (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be even [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. set, place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. set, place (Biblical Aramaic Hithpa. 𝔗 שְׁוָא Pa. set, make (often 𝔗 = שׂום, שׁית); Thes al. sub I. שׁ׳, orig. set, place, then set together, compare, make even, right, cf. Vulg. Ar. سَوَى ii. make (Wahrm, cf. also BaES 66));—Pf. 1 s. שִׁוִּיתִי ψ 16:8 I have set י׳ before me (לְנֶגְדִּי); שׁ׳ עֵזֶר עַל 89:20 I have placed strength upon a hero, cf. 21:6; Pt. מְשַׁוֶּה רַגְלַי כְּ 2 S 22:34 setting my feet like hinds = ψ 18:34 (cf. 𝔗 שַׁזִּי כְּ Gn 48:20 Je 29:22, for שׂים כְּ);—Is 38:13 v. I. שׁוה;—Impf. = make, produce, 3 ms. פְּרִי יְשַׁוֶּה לוֹ Ho 10:1 (Israel as vine), si vera l., v. We Now (‖ עשׂה פְּרִי Ho 9:16, cf. 8:7).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5d5_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.30/)

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דֶּֽרֶךְ־אֱמוּנָ֥ה בָחָ֑רְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ שִׁוִּֽיתִי׃

*Word for word:* a.way of.faithfulness I.have.chosen judgments your I.have.placed

*JPS 1917:* I have chosen the way of faithfulness; Thine ordinances have I set before me.

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[2 Samuel 22:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.34/)

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מְשַׁוֶּ֥ה רַגְלַ֖י כָּאַיָּל֑וֹת וְעַ֥ל בָּמוֹתַ֖י יַעֲמִדֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].making feet my like (the) does and on places my.high he makes.me.stand.firm

*JPS 1917:* Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;

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