Hebrew verb · H2331
חָוָה
chavahkhaw-vah'
to explain
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châvâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2331is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2331
properly, to live; by implication (intensively) to declare or show
The King James renders it: show.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chavah is rendered "to explain". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Five of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 15:17Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
Job 15:17אֲחַוְךָ֥
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- I will tell2
- from telling1
- I will tell you1
- it shows forth1
- so I may show you1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חָוָח | chavach | thicket | Usesnot recorded |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲחַוֶּ֖ה2
- אֲחַוְךָ֥1
- וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ1
- יְחַוֶּה־1
- מֵחַוֹּ֖ת1
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVpi1cs
- HC/Vpu1cs/Sp2ms1HC/Vpu1cs/Sp2ms
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vpcc
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpi1cs/Sp2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3ms
Job
five uses
Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
- אֲחַוְךָ֥ʾachavkhaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will tell you
So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
- מֵחַוֹּ֖תmechavotpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from telling
Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’
- אֲחַוֶּ֖הʾachavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will tell
I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.
- אֲחַוֶּ֖הʾachavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will tell
“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.
- וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּvaachavekaHC/Vpu1cs/Sp2mstagged: so I may show you
Psalms
one use
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
- יְחַוֶּה־yechaveh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it shows forth
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.