שַׁוְעָה
shavʻâh · H7775 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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cry for help
Action by which humans raise their voice in times of hardship, hoping to receive help from God or someone else
ExamplesExodus 2:23 Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.
1 Samuel 5:12 And the people who did not die were struck with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
2 Samuel 22:7 “In my distress I called upon the LORD, Yes, I called out to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
11 occurrences in 4 groups
- יmy 6
- הֶםtheir 3
- בַּתdaughter 1
- עִירcity, town 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָלָהto go up 2
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 2
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 2
- אָזַןto listen 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֹזֶןear 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֹזֶןear 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֵלto, toward 1
- לto/for 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קוֹלvoice, sound 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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Near synonyms 7 words
- זַעַק zaʻaq · H2201 · cry, outcry, shouting
- Both lexemes are nouns denoting the act or sound of crying/shouting (same semantic category, genuinely overlapping sense), co-occurring in the same "Shout" domain. This is a genuine same-language near-synonym relationship.
- רֵעַ rêaʻ · H7452 · shouting, loud crying, thunder
- Both denote loud vocal outcry or noise. רֵעַ (rêaʻ, H7452) denotes noise or shouting, whereas שַׁוְעָה (shavʻâh, H7775) denotes crying.
- צַעֲקָה tsaʻăqâh · H6818 · outcry
- Both are nouns denoting a cry or crying out.
- קוֹל qôwl · H6963 · sound, noise, cry
- קוֹל (qôwl, H6963) is a broad, high-frequency term for "voice/sound/noise" with 506 occurrences and six semantic domains; שַׁוְעָה (shavʻâh, H7775) is a narrow, low-frequency (11×) noun specifically for "crying/shouting." The relationship is real but asymmetric: שַׁוְעָה (shavʻâh, H7775) is a specialized subset term, while קוֹל (qôwl, H6963)'s primary sense is much broader. Both genuinely denote audible vocal expressions and can overlap in contexts of shouting/crying out, making them legitimate near-synonyms within that narrow overlap.
- הֵידָד hêydâd · H1959 · "heidad", joyous shout
- Both denote loud vocal expressions, shouting or crying out, and can substitute in similar contexts.
- תְּרוּעָה tᵉrûwʻâh · H8643 · shout, cry, call
- Both denote outcry, shouting or loud noise.
- תְּשֻׁאָה tᵉshuʼâh · H8663 · shouting, noise, commotion
- Both are nouns denoting vocal outcry, crying or shouting.
In the other Testament 1 word
- κραυγή kraugḗ · G2906 · cry, shout, scream
- Greek κραυγή renders Hebrew שַׁוְעָה as a direct translation equivalent denoting a cry or outcry, encompassing notification, distress, or grief contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Shout002004001009005
- The word names a cry for help rising up to God, as in Exodus 2:23's "their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God" and 2 Samuel 22:7's "my cry for help came into His ears." (Two of this entry's other sampled citations, Psalm 18:7 and Psalm 34:16, do not clearly show this sense in the given excerpts — likely the same kind of local Hebrew/English verse-numbering offset already documented elsewhere in the Psalms, since Psalm 18 is the same song as 2 Samuel 22.)
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7775. shavah [שַׁוְעָה] noun feminine cry for help; — construct שַׁוְעַת 1Sa 5:12; Jer…
[שַׁוְעָה] noun feminine cry for help; — construct שַׁוְעַת 1Sa 5:12; Jer 8:19; suffix שַׁוְעָתִי 2Sa 22:7 = Psa 18:7; Psa 39:13; Psa 40:2; Psa 102:2; Lam 3:56 (gloss on רוחתי Ew and others); שַׁוְעָתָם Exo 2:23 (P), Psa 34:16; Psa 145:19.
I. שׁוֺעַ, I. II. שׁוּעָא שׁוּעַ, see above.
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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