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# שָׁוַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7768

**cry out** — used 21 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

cry out [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7768/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁוַע: vb. cry out [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7768/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cry out for help (Gerb 33 thinks denom. from שַׁוְעָה, and this from √ akin to ישׁע deliver);—Pf. 1 s. שִׁוַּעְתִּי ψ 30:3 + 3 times; Impf. 3 fs. תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ Jb 24:12; 2 ms. תְּשַׁוַּע Is 58:9, etc.; Inf. cstr. sf. שַׁוְּעִי ψ 28:2; 31:23; שַׁוְעִי 5:3 (Ol§ 182 d), etc.; Pt. מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ 72:12 Jb 29:12;—cry for help: abs. ψ 72:12 Jb 19:7; 24:12; 29:12; 30:28; 35:9, + Is 38:13 Houb Lo Che Du al. (for שִׁוִּיתִי); specif. to God ψ 5:3; 18:42; 119:147; Jb 36:13; Is 58:9; Jon 2:3; Hb 1:2; La 3:8; c. אל ψ 18:7; 22:25; 28:2 = 31:23, 30:3; 88:14 + v 2 (read with Weir אֱלֹהַי שִׁוַּעְתִּי יוֹם צַעֲקָתִי), Jb 30:20; 38:41.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (11 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I (3); I cried for help (3); I cry for help (3).

## In the verses

[Job 35:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.9/#tree)

מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* from a.multitude of.oppression(s) people.cry.out they.cry.for.help from.\[the\] arm of.great.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

[Lamentations 3:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.8/#tree)

גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* also (dm) I.will.cry.out and I.will.cry.for.help he.has.shut.out prayer my

*JPS 1917:* Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7768.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7768/): 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).