Word

חֲוָא

chăvâʼ · H2324 · Aramaic · 15 occurrences

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Meanings

to tell, to inform, to impart, to show

Causative action by which humans convey information to other humans through speech

Examples
Daniel 2:4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”
Daniel 2:6 “But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”
Daniel 2:7 They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

15 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated (infinitive) 6
Not stated: you (more than one) 3
Not stated: he, she or it 3
Not stated: we 2
Not stated: I 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

14 occurrences in 7 groups

פְּשַׁרinterpretation 7
נִיme 3
חֵלֶםdream 1
אֲחִידָהhard sentence 1
מִלָּהcommandment 1
רָזsecret 1

Second objectAs in “call him Lord”

3 occurrences in 2 groups

פְּשַׁרinterpretation 3
חֵלֶםdream 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 2 groups

לto/for+ מֶלֶךְking 3
קֳדָםbefore+ מֶלֶךְking 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בְּעָאto ask, to seek 1
יְדַעcertify 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 4

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

נָגַד nâgad · H5046 · to tell, to inform, to report: נָגַד means 'to tell' or 'declare,' sharing with חֲוָא the core sense of making something known or revealing information. Both verbs convey the communication or manifestation of information, though נָגַד typically emphasizes verbal declaration.
גָּלָה gâlâh · H1540 · to reveal: גָּלָה means 'to reveal' or 'uncover,' sharing the semantic core of making something visible or known that was previously hidden, closely parallel to חֲוָא's sense of showing or making manifest.

Contrasting words 2 words

כָּסָה kâçâh · H3680 · to cover, to be covered, to cover oneself: כָּסָה 'to cover' or 'conceal' is the direct lexical opposite of חֲוָא 'to show': one makes visible what the other hides or conceals. This is a standard dictionary-level antonymic pair.
סָתַר çâthar · H5641 · to be hidden, to hide oneself: סָתַר means 'to hide' or 'conceal,' functioning as a lexical opposite to חֲוָא 'to show': where חֲוָא reveals or displays, סָתַר conceals or keeps hidden.

In the other Testament 2 words

δεικνύω deiknýō · G1166 · to make known, to demonstrate, to show: δείκνυμι is the standard Greek verb for 'show' or 'display,' matching the Aramaic חֲוָא which means 'to show' or 'declare.' This is the most common Greek translation equivalent for the semantic range of showing/displaying/making known.
ἀναγγέλλω anangéllō · G312 · to announce, to inform, to tell: ἀναγγέλλω conveys the sense of declaring or making known through verbal announcement, which overlaps with חֲוָא's sense of showing/declaring, particularly in contexts where information is being communicated or revealed.

Semantic domains 5 entries

Speak002004001009008: Daniel 2:4 recounts that “the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: 'O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.'”
Know002004002007: Daniel 2:9 recounts that the king warned the Chaldeans, “tell me the dream, so that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”
Stance002001001061: This Stance code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping with a homonymous root spelled the same way (a distinct verb “to bow down; to get down; to fall prostrate,” reflected in this same cluster); every one of this word's own fifteen occurrences in Daniel is the ordinary verb “to declare,” never a bodily posture.
Bow002001001008: This Bow code is likewise inherited from the same homonymous cluster's “to bow down; to worship” sense, which this word's own “declare” occurrences never attest.
Unsafe002003003022: This Unsafe code is inherited from the same shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to weigh (someone) down” sense, not attested among this word's own occurrences.

Word family 12 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חָיָה châyâh · H2421 · to be alive, to become alive, to live · 284×חַי chay · H2416 · alive, living, raw · 497×חֵיוָא chêyvâʼ · H2423 · beast · 20×חֲוָאchăvâʼ · H2324מִחְיָה michyâh · H4241 · staying alive, sustenance · 8×חַי chay · H2417 · life, that liveth, living · 7×חָוָה châvâh · H2331 · to tell, to inform, to impart · 6×חֲיָא chăyâʼ · H2418 · live, keep alive · 6×אַחְוָה ʼachvâh · H262 · statement, words, declaration · 1×חָיֶה châyeh · H2422 · to be healthy, to be strong, to be vigorous · 1×חַיּוּת chayûwth · H2424 · living, alive · 1×אַחֲוָה ʼachăvâh · H263 · showing · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2324. chava [חֲוָה] verb Pa. Haph`el (M§ 65 c) declare (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew III.…

H2324. chava
[חֲוָה] verb Pa. Haph`el (M§ 65 c) declare (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew III. [חָוָה] (late)); —
Pa`el with accusative מִּשְׁרָא (or equivalent ): Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְחַוִּנַּ֫נִי (suffix person Indirect object) Dan 5:7, יְּחֵוִנֵּהּ Dan 2:11 (קֳדָּם person); 1 singular אֲחַוֶה Dan 2:24 (ל of person), 1 plural אְחַוֶּה Dan 2:4.
Haph`el usually with accusative פִשְׁרָא (or equivalent ): Imperfect3masculine singular יְהַחֲוֶה Dan 5:12; Dan 5:2masculine plural תְּהַחֲוֺן Dan 2:6, suffix (of indirect object) תְחַחֲוֻ֫נַּנִי Dan 2:9; Dan 2:1plural נְהַחֲוֶה Dan 2:7; Imperative masculine plural suffix (of indirect object) הַחֲוֺ֑נִי Dan 2:6; Infinitive לְהַחֲוָיָה Dan 2:10; Dan 5:15; + ל person Dan 2:16. Dan 2:27; with accusative of signs and wonders Daniel 3:32.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0