שְׁוָה shᵉvâh — (Aramaic)

pronounced shev-aw' · Strong's H7739 · 3 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Pe'il, Hithpa'al

Translated in the KJV as make like.

(Aramaic); corresponding to H7737; to resemble.

shᵉvâh in each stem

Pe'il 2×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 2

שוי Dan 5:21 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. (KJV)

Hithpa'al 1×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יִשְׁתַּוֵּ֑ה Dan 3:29 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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