Hebrew

Noun

שווא \ שְׁוָא • ‎(sh'va) m

1. The Hebrew diacritical mark shva (◌ְ ).

Descendants

• Dutch: sjwa
• Finnish: švaa
• German: Schwa

• English: schwa

• Polish: szwa
• Spanish: xuá

References

• “שוא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.

External links

• שווא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• Shva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

שווא \ שָׁוְא • ‎(shav) m

1. falsehood, futility
2. (literary) emptiness, vanity, uselessness, pointlessness
   • Exodus 20:7, with translation of the King James Version:

     לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת שֵׁם ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה ה׳ אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׂא אֶת שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא׃‎

     Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

References

• “H7723”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979