Lexical Definition

‎שָׁוַע‎ shâvaʻ (shaw-vah') to cry ^H:V
a primitive root

cry (aloud, out), shout.

• properly, to be free
• but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)

1) (Piel) to cry out (for help), shout

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁוַע‎] verb Pi`el cry out for help (Gerb³³ thinks denominative from ‎שֵׁוְעָה‎, and this from √ akin to ‎ישׁע‎ deliver); — Perfect 1 singular ‎שִׁוַּעְתִּי‎ Ps 30:3* + 3 t.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ‎ Job 24:12 2 masculine singular ‎תְּשַׁוַּע‎ Isa 58:9, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix ‎שַׁוְּעִי‎ Ps 28:2; Ps 31:23* ‎שַׁוְעִי‎ Ps 5:3* (Ol^{§ 182 d}), etc.; Participle ‎מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ‎ Ps 72:12; Job 29:12 — cry for help: absolute Ps 72:12; Job 19:7; Job 24:12; Job 29:12; Job 30:28; Job 35:9, + Isa 38:13 Houb Lo Che Du and others (for ‎שִׁוִּיתִי‎); specifically to God Ps 5:3*; Ps 18:42*; Ps 119:147; Job 36:13; Isa 58:9; Jonah 2:3*; Hab 1:2; Lam 3:8 with ‎אל‎ Ps 18:7*; Ps 22:25*; Ps 28:2 = Ps 31:23*; Ps 30:3*; Ps 88:14* + vPs 31:2* (read with Weir ‎אֱלֹהַי שִׁוַּעְתִּי יוֺם צַעֲקָתִי‎), Job 30:20; Job 38:41.

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