Deuteronomy 5:20:4Deut.5.20.W4PAT

שָֽׁוְא׃

shaw

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Transliteration
SHAW
Extended
SHAAW
IPA
/ˈʃaːw/

Meaning by language

English
false
French
faux
Spanish
falso
Portuguese
falso
German
falsch
Russian
ложный
Arabic-Simplified
زائف
Hindi
झूठा
Chinese-Simplified
虚假
Korean
거짓
Indonesian
palsu
Bengali
মিথ্যা
Tagalog
huwad
Swahili
uongo
Amharic
ሐሰት
Yoruba
irọ
Igbo
ụgha
Twi
atoro
Ewe
gblẽ

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    SHAW

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ED SHAW

  3. sentence

    ve-loh-ta-a-NEH be-reh-a-KHA ED SHAW

In contextDeuteronomy 5:20

not answer false witness against your neighbor

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 5:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 5:20, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁוְא׃ (shaw) 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 Deut.5.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.20.W4.S1) and character.