שְׁוָה

sheva · be made like

Aramaic word · Strong’s number H7739 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

sheva (שְׁוָה) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “be made like”.

To be made like, to become (Aramaic).

How to say it

she·va

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

To be turned into something else.
To become like another.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

shall be made ×1
was made ×1

Where it appears

Daniel 3:29
And from me is made a decree that any people, nation, or language that says anything amiss against their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be made into pieces, and its house shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other Elah who is able to rescue like this.”
Daniel 5:21
And from the sons of men he was driven away, and his heart was made like that of the animals, and with the wild donkeys was his dwelling; grass like oxen he was made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens his body was drenched, until he knew that Elah Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and whomever he wishes he sets up over it.