Proverbs 30:8:1Prov.30.8.W1TAB
שָׁ֤וְא
shav
“emptiness or falsehood”
- Transliteration
- SHAV
- Extended
- SHAAV-eh
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːwəʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- emptiness or 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
SHAV u-de-VAR-ka-ZAV
- clause
SHAV u-de-VAR-ka-ZAV har-KHEK mim-me-NI RESH va-O-sher AL-tit-TEN-LI
- sentence
SHAV u-de-VAR-ka-ZAV har-KHEK mim-me-NI RESH va-O-sher AL-tit-TEN-LI ha-te-ri-PE-NI LE-khem khu-KI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the Hiphil imperative harcheq {הַרְחֵק | har-ḥēq} ‘remove’, which applies to both shav {שָׁוְא | šāw} ‘emptiness’ and devar-kazav {דְבַר־כָּזָב | də-war-qā-zāḇ} ‘word of deceit’, intensifying the plea for moral integrity.
Root and etymology
Rootšin–waw–aleph
“emptiness”
In context — Proverbs 30:8
Remove from me emptiness and speech of lies; poverty and riches do not give to me; feed me with bread of my portion .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 30:8, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֤וְא (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 Prov.30.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.8.W1.S1) and character.