• שְׁוָא S 7724 GK 8737 n.pr.m. 1. Calebite 1 Ch 2:49 , Σαου, Σουε . 2. secretary, David’s time 2 S 20:25 Qr ( Kt שׁיא ), Ιησους, A Ισους , GL Σουσα ( v. שְׂרָיָה)וּ( 1 ) .
I.
שׁוא S 7722 TWOT 2338, 2339 GK 8738 ( √ of foll.; cf. Arabic سَﺁءَ (sa˒ā˒a) (med. و ( w )) be evil, foul, unseemly; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( say˒a ) baseness ) .
•
שָׁוְא
S
7723
TWOT
2338a
GK
8736
n.
[
m.
]
emptiness, vanity
;—
שׁ׳
abs.
Ex 23:1
+
51 times,
שָׁו
Jb 15:31
(
Kt
);—
1.
emptiness, nothingness, vanity:
שׁ׳ תְּשׁוּעַת אָדָם
ψ 60:13
vain
(is)
man’s deliverance
,
=
108:1
3;
שׁ׳ לָכֶם
127:2
it is
vain
(useless)
for you;
89:48
for
(
עַל
) what nothingness
hast thou created man?
cf.
שׁ׳ יַרְחֵי
Jb 7:
3;
הַבְלֵי שׁ׳
ψ 31:7
(idols)
=
Jon 2:
9,
cf.
Je 18:1
5;
מִנְחַת שׁ׳
Is 1:13
of ineffective offering to
י׳
; נשׂא לַשּׁ׳
(לֹא
) Ex 20:7(×2) take up
name of God
in vain
(to no good purpose)
=
Dt 5:11
(×2),
cf.
ψ 24:4
;
139:20
[
MT
lifted up in vain
are
thy foes
;
היה שׁ׳
Ho 12:12
become nothing
(
We
עשׂה שׁ׳
, and so
3
);
ראה שׁ׳
ψ 119:37
;
adv.
לַשּׁ׳
in vain
Je 2:3
0;
4:30
;
6:29
;
46:11
;
שׁ׳
ψ 127:1
(
×2
)
Mal 3:14 Jb 35:1
3.
2.
emptiness of speech
,
שׁ׳ וּדְבַר כָּזָב
Pr 30:
8;
דבּר שׁ׳
ψ 12:3
;
41:7
;
144:8
,
11 Is 59:4 Ez 13:
8;
אָלוֹת שׁ׳
Ho 10:4
+
12:2
G We
al.
(for
שֹׁד
); הָלַךְ עִם־שׁ׳
Jb 31:5
(
||
מִרְמָה
); עֵד שׁ׳
Dt 5:17
=
עֵד שָֽׁקֶר
Ex 20:16
);
cf.
שֵׁמַע שׁ׳
Ex 23:1
(
E
); of false (empty) prophecy
חֲזוֹן שׁ׳
Ez 12:2
4,
חָזוּ שׁ׳
La 2:1
4;
v.
also
Ez 13:6
,
7
,
9
,
23
;
21:34
;
22:28 Jb 35:13
(or
empty
complaint)
La 2:14
(×2);
קסם שׁ׳
Ez 21:2
8;
חֲלמוֹת הַשּׁ׳
Zc 10:
2.
3.
of conduct,
worthlessness
(
Buhl
sub
1, 2
);
מְתֵי שׁ׳
worthless men
ψ 26:4
Jb 11:1
1;
A
Alexandrine
MS
. of Setpuagint.
G
LXX of Lucian (
Lag
).
×2
two times.
MT
Masoretic Text.
adv.
adverb.
al.
et aliter
, and elsewhere; also
et alii
, and others.
Buhl
Frants Buhl, esp. as editor of eds.
12-14 of
Geseniuss Handwörterbuch über das A. T
.;