שׁוֹא
shôwʼ · H7722 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences
Meanings
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calamity, disaster, ruin
Literally: destruction; hence: an event that has a great negative impact on one's life, possessions and well-being
ExamplesPsalm 35:17 Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, My only life from the lions.
How it’s used In 8 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
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֹיֵבenemy 1
- מָוֶתdeath 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ הֶםthem 1
- בin/on/with+ וֹhim 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- רָשָׁעwicked 1
- הֶםtheir 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 2
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׂבַעto be satiated 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 5 groups
- מִןfrom 3
- לto/for 3
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 2
- בin/on/with 2
- כlike/as 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יוֹםday, time 1
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 3 entries
- Unsafe002003003022
- The word names a ruinous, dangerous state, as in Job 30:3's "waste and desolation" describing the outcasts' bleak surroundings.
- Impact002001001024
- The word can denote violent devastation, as in Psalm 35:8's "let destruction come upon him" — a sudden, forceful ruin overtaking someone.
- Air001002005001
- The word also names a windstorm or tempest, as in Job 30:14's "amid the storm they roll on" — the turbulent weather sense of the term.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7722. sho [שׁוֺא] noun [masculine] ravage (?); — plural suffix שֹׁאֵיהֶם Psa 35:17…
[שׁוֺא] noun [masculine] ravage (?); — plural suffix שֹׁאֵיהֶם Psa 35:17 rescue me from their ravages (si vera lectio); ᵐ5 κακουργία; Ol Dy Gr CheComm. plausibly שַׁאֲגָם their roaring, compare Psa 35:16; Psa 35:17 c; We Du שֹׁאֲגִים.
שֹׁאָה שׁוֺאָה, noun feminine devastation, ruin, waste; — absolute ׳שׁו Isa 10:3 +, שֹׁאָה Isa 47:11; Zep 1:15; Job 30:14 (+ Job 38:27 van d. H. Gi, but see Baer's note); construct שֹׁאַת Pro 3:25; —
1 devastation, ruin, as coming on person, Isa 10:3; Isa 47:11 (Babylon personified), Psa 35:8; a Psa 63:10; רְשָׁעִים שֹׁאַת Pro 3:25 (object Genitive; || מַּחַד); ׳(יוֺם)שׁ וּמְשׁוֺאָה Zep 1:15; probably = devastating storm, in simile Eze 38:9 (|| עָנָן), Pro 1:27 (Qr; Kt שׁאוה; || סוּפָה). — Psa 35:8b read probably שַׁחְתֹּה his pit, ᵑ6 We (compare Psa 35:7).
2 concretely, ruin, waste, of the desert, Job 30:3 (reading אֶרֶץ for אֶמֶשׁ Ol; otherwise below
1), ׳שׁ וּמְשׁוֺאָה Job 38:27 (|| מִדְבָּר Job 38:26); = ruins Job 30:14.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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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