H7737A–שָׁוָה–sha.vah

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [supplied: those of] every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

שֹׁוֶ֖ה sho.Veh “[is] appropriate”

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

שֹׁוֶ֖ה sho.Veh “[is] adequate”

for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

שֹׁוֶ֖ה sho.Veh “[is] equal”

He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

שָׁ֥וָה Sha.vah “it was equal”

I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [supplied: before me].

שִׁוִּֽיתִי׃ shi.Vi.ti “I have placed”

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

שִׁוִּ֨יתִי׀ shi.Vi.ti “I have made still”

She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

יִֽשְׁווּ־ yish.vu- “they compare”

For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

יִֽשְׁווּ־ yish.vu- “they compare”

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

תִּשְׁוֶה־ tish.veh- “you should become like”

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃ nish.ta.Vah “she is like”

When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?

שִׁוָּ֣ה shi.Vah “he has leveled”

To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [supplied: to him]? saith the Holy One.

וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה (אֶשְׁוֶ֑ה) 'esh.Veh “I may be equal?”

To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

וְתַשְׁו֑וּ (תַשְׁו֑וּ) tash.Vu “you may make [me] equal?”

What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

אַשְׁוֶה־ 'ash.veh- “will I make equal”