Lexical Definition

‎שָׁוָה‎ shâvâh (shaw-vaw') be like ^H:V
a primitive root

avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.

• properly, to level, i.e. equalize
• figuratively, to resemble
• by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)

1) to agree with, be or become like, level, resemble
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be like
1a2) equivalent (participle)
1a3) to set, place
1a4) setting (participle)
1b) (Piel) to level, smooth, still
1c) (Hiphil) to make like
1d) (Nithpael) to be alike
2) (Piel) to set, place

See Greek: ἄξιος · ἀπάγω · ἀποστρέφω · ἀρέσκω · ἐπιτίθημι · καταρτίζω · λαμβάνω · προοράω · συμφέρω · τίθημι

Extended Information

• (Piel) to set, place
• Aramaic equivalent: she.vah (‎ש‎ְׁ‎ו‎ָ‎ה‎ "be set" שְׁוָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: שְׁוָה
I. ‎שָׁוָה‎ verb (be even, smooth, see Pi`el, hence) agree with, be like, resemble (Arabic II. make even, flat, uniform (with something else); Aramaic ‎שְׁוָא‎ (derived species) be like, be equal, fit, like, Pa`el lay out smoothly, Aph`el make plain, fit, worthy); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎לִי‎ ‎׳‎‎לֹא שׁ‎ Job 33:27 (si vera lectio) it was not equalled to me, i.e. (see infra; according to most) not requited (so De Di Da, and Isa 16:6 ᵑ7); Bu ‎אֵל לֹא שִׁוָּה‎ God did not requite (or ‎שִׁלֵּם‎ for ‎שׁוה‎); Du ‎לֹא שִׁוָּה כַעֲוֺנִי‎ (compare ᵐ5); Imperfect 1 singular of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎אֶלמִֿי ֗֗֗ אֶשְׁוֶה‎ Isa 40:25 to whom shall I be like ? (|| ‎תְּדַמְּיוּנִי‎), implying that he is incompare; 3 masculine plural ‎לֹא יִשְׁווּבָֿהּ‎ Prov 3:15 are not comparable with her (wisdom), so Prov 8:11 2 masculine singular ‎פֶּןתִּֿשְׁוֶהלֿוֺ‎ Prov 26:4 lest thou be like him (a fool); Participle ‎שֹׁוֶה בְּ‎ Esth 7:4 is not an equivalent for; with ‎לִ‎, suitable for Esth 3:8, so Esth 1:22 Hi Or Ry^Kau (reading ‎כֹּל שֹׁוֶה עִמּוֺ‎ for ‎כִּלְשׁוֺן עַמּוֺ‎, but see Siegf.); adequate for Esth 5:13. Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎שִׁוָּה‎ Isa 28:25 he hath levelled its (the ground's) surface; 1 singular ‎שִׁוִּיתִי וְדוֺמַמְתִּי נַפְשִׁי‎ Ps 131:2 I have smoothed (composed) and stilled my soul; so, that is ‎נַפְשִׁי‎ Isa 38:13 ᵑ9 Ges De and others; Houb Lo Che Du and others read ‎שִׁוַּעְתִּי‎ I cried; accusative ‎מִשְׁפָּטִים‎ Ps 119:30 accounted suitable, meet (|| ‎דֶּרֶךְ אֱמוּנָח בָּחָ֑רְתִּי‎), Hi, compare Gr vPs 119:128 (see Qal Esth 3:8); We inserts ‎לְנֶגְדִּי‎ (II. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎, compare Ps 16:8); Zenner Du ‎אִזִּיתִי‎. Hiph`il make like: Imperfect 1 singular ‎מָח‎ ‎אַשְׁוֶחלָֿךְ‎ Lam 2:13 (|| ‎אֲדַמֶּה‎); 2 masculine plural ‎לְמִי תְדַמְּיוּנִי וְתַשְׁווּ‎ Isa 46:5 (compare Qal Isa 40:25). Nithp. (apparently) Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נִשְׁתָּ֑וָה‎ (for ‎נִשְׁתְּוָה‎) Prov 27:15 are alike, but read probably Niph`al 3 feminine singular ‎נִשְׁוָ֑תָה‎ Ges^{«GKC:75x»§ 75x} Toy and others — ‎תשׁוה‎ Job 30:22 Kt see II. ‎שׁוא‎.

II. [‎שָׁוָה‎] verb Pi`el set, place (Biblical Aramaic Hithpa. ᵑ7 ‎שְׁוָא‎ Pa`el set, make (often ᵑ7 = ‎שׁום‎, ‎שׁית‎); Thes and others below I. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎, originally set, place, then set together, compare, < weakened from original make even, right, compare Vulgar Arabic II. make (Wahrm, compare also Ba^{ES 66})); — Perfect 1 singular ‎שִׁוִּיתִי‎ Ps 16:8 I have set ‎׳‎‎י‎ before me (‎לְנֶגְּדִּי‎); ‎עֵזֶר עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 89:20* I have placed strength upon a hero, compare Ps 21:6* Participle ‎מְשַׁוֶּח רַנְלַי כְּ‎ 2Sam 22:34 setting my feet like hinds = Ps 18:34* (compare ᵑ7 ‎שַׁוִּי כְּ‎ Gen 48:20; Jer 29:22, for ‎שׂים כְּ‎); — Isa 38:13 see I. ‎שׁוה‎; — Imperfect = make, produce, 3 masculine singular ‎פְּרִי יְשַׁוֶּה לוֺ‎ Hos 10:1 (Israel as vine), si vera lectio, see We Now (|| ‎עשׂת פְּרִי‎ Hos 9:16, compare Hos 8:7).

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