חָוָה
châvâh · H2331 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to tell, to inform, to impart, to show
Causative action by which humans convey information to other humans through speech
ExamplesJob 15:17 “I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare;
Job 32:6 So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said, “I am young in years and you are old; Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.
Job 32:10 “So I say, ‘Listen to me, I too will tell what I think.’
How it’s used In 4 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
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- אֲנִיI 2
- Not stated: I 2
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- דֵּעַknowledge 2
- ךָּyou 2
- דַּעַתknowledge 1
- כֶםyou 1
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- דֵּעַknowledge 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 2
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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Semantic domains 5 entries
- Speak002004001009008
- The verb's attested uses are all of declaring or telling something in speech, as Elihu says he will "declare" his opinion after waiting respectfully for his elders to finish (Job 32:6, 32:10).
- Know002004002007
- What is declared is one's own understanding or judgment on a matter, as Job says he will "declare" what he himself has seen and perceived (Job 15:17).
- Stance002001001061
- This code is inherited from the domain listing shared with a related root meaning "to bow down"; the "declare" sense attested in this entry's own citations does not itself denote a bodily posture.
- Bow002001001008
- This code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with the "bow down" root rather than an independent feature of the "declare" sense attested here.
- Unsafe002003003022
- This code is also inherited from the shared listing rather than independently attested in this entry's own "declare" citations.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2331. chavah III. [חָוָה] verb only Pi`el (in poetry & late), tell, declare (Aramaic ,…
III. [חָוָה] verb only
Pi`el (in poetry & late), tell, declare (Aramaic , חַוֵּי) —
Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular יְחַוֶּהֿ Psa 19:3; Psa 19:1singular אֲחַוֶּה Job 32:10, Job 32:17; suffix אֲחַוְךָ Job 15:17, אֲחַוֶּךָּ Job 36:2; Infinitive construct חַוֹּת; — declare, make known, with accusative דָּ֑עַת Psa 19:3 (subject לַיְלָה, followed by לְלַיְלָה; || אֹמֶר יַבִּיעַ); with accusative דֵּעִי Job 32:10, Job 32:17; with 2accusative אֶתְכֶם דֵּעִי מֵחַוֹּת וָאִירָא Job 32:6, followed by suffix person + object clause, מִִלּים׃ לֶאֱלוֺהַּ כִּיעֿוֺד וַאֲחַוֶּ֑דָּ Job 36:2 and I will shew thee that (there are) yet words for God; followed by suffix person only Job 15:17; — read probably also וַאֲחַוֶּה for וַאֲקַוֶּה Psalm 52:11 Hi Che and others
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
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