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# שְׁוָה

Biblical Aramaic

**be set** — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be set [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁוָה²: vb. be set, made [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be set, made (Pa. שַׁוִּי make, Cappadoc. Aramaic LzbEph. i. 67; cf. BH II. \[שָׁוָה\]);—Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁתַּוִּ֑ה Dn 3:29, subj. rei + acc. be made into something (K§ 84, 3).

### Jastrow 1903

שְׁוָה

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , Targ. Hab. I, 5 שְׁוָהוּ, v. שְׁהֵי

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (12 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will be made (1); they made (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 3:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.29/#tree)

וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּי֩ כָל־עַ֨ם אֻמָּ֜ה וְלִשָּׁ֗ן דִּֽי־יֵאמַ֤ר שָׁלוּ֙ עַ֣ל אֱלָהֲה֗וֹן דִּֽי־שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹא עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹא הַדָּמִ֣ין יִתְעֲבֵ֔ד וּבַיְתֵ֖הּ נְוָלִ֣י יִשְׁתַּוֵּ֑ה כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י לָ֤א אִיתַי֙ אֱלָ֣ה אָחֳרָ֔ן דִּֽי־יִכֻּ֥ל לְהַצָּלָ֖ה כִּדְנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and from me it.is.made a.decree (diy).that any people nation and language which it.will.say negligence against God their (diy).of Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego members he.will.be.made and house his a.refuse-heap it.will.be.made as to because that not there \[is\].a.god another who he.is.able to rescue like this

*JPS 1917:* Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god that is able to deliver after this sort.'

[Daniel 5:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.21/#tree)

וּמִן־בְּנֵי֩ אֲנָשָׁ֨א טְרִ֜יד וְלִבְבֵ֣הּ ׀ עִם־חֵיוְתָ֣א שַׁוִּ֗יְווְעִם־עֲרָֽדַיָּא֙ מְדוֹרֵ֔הּ עִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ יְטַ֣עֲמוּנֵּ֔הּ וּמִטַּ֥ל שְׁמַיָּ֖א גִּשְׁמֵ֣הּ יִצְטַבַּ֑ע עַ֣ד דִּֽי־יְדַ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֞יט אֱלָהָ֤א עִלָּאָה֙ בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖ה יְהָקֵ֥ים עֲלַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and away.from the.sons of.(the) humankind he.was.chased and heart his with the animal\[s\] they.made and.\[was\] with the.wild donkeys his.dwelling place (the) grass like oxen they fed.him and from the.dew of the.heavens body his it.became.wet until that he.knew (diy).that \[was\].having.mastery (the) God (the).Most High over the.kingdom of.(the) humankind and to whomever whom he.will.be.pleased he.will.appoint over it

*JPS 1917:* and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that God Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that He setteth up over it whomsoever He will.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d5_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d5_5b8_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).