Psalm 18:33:1Ps.18.33.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:34
מְשַׁוֶּ֣ה
meshave
“He makes like / He makes {something} resemble”
- Transliteration
- me-sha-VE
- Extended
- meh-shah-VEH
- IPA
- /məʃaˈwe/
Meaning by language
- English
- He makes like / He makes {something} resemble
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-sha-VE
- sentence
me-sha-VE rag-LAI ka-a-ya-LOT ve-AL ba-mo-TAI ya-a-mi-DE-ni
Exegesis
The verse begins with the Piel participle meshaweh {מְשַׁוֶּה | mə-šă-wěh} ‘likening’ functioning as the central predicate with an implicit divine subject.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-w-h
“to make equal”
In context — Psalm 18:33
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer , and upon my high places He sets me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:33, so the Hebrew word מְשַׁוֶּ֣ה (meshave) 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 Ps.18.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.33.W1.S1) and character.