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Psalms 127:2
“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁוְאshâvᵉʼ · shawv
H7723 · Hebrew
H7723 · Hebrew
- Definition
- evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
- Derivation
- or שַׁו; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא) in the sense of desolating;
- KJV renderings
- false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
- Grammar
- שָׁ֤וְא — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 54 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 20:7Exodus 20:7Exodus 23:1Deuteronomy 5:11Deuteronomy 5:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁוְא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.