Exodus 23:1:4Exod.23.1.W4TAB
שָׁ֑וְא
shav
“falsehood”
- Transliteration
- SHAV
- Extended
- SHAAV
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- falsehood
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-ma SHAV
- clause
LO ti-SA SHE-ma SHAV
- sentence
LO ti-SA SHE-ma SHAV al-ta-SHET YAD-kha im-ra-SHA li-he-YOT ED kha-MAS
Exegesis
The prohibitive particle lō {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ with the Qal imperfect tiśśā {תִשָּׂא | tiśśā} ‘you shall carry’ issues a prohibition against šēmāʿ šāwəʾ {שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא | šēmāʿ šāwəʾ} ‘false report’.
In context — Exodus 23:1
You must not carry a false report ; do not put your hand with a wicked person to be a violent witness.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 23:1, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֑וְא (shav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.23.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.1.W4.S1) and character.