H7737A–שָׁוָה–sha.vah

And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a 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, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

שֹׁוֶ֖ה sho.Veh “[is] appropriate”

Yet all this is of no avail to me 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 tongue, although the adversary could not compensate the king's damage.

שֹׁוֶ֖ה sho.Veh “[is] equal”

He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

שָׁ֥וָה Sha.vah “it was equal”

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [supplied: before me].

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

Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child.

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

She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.

יִֽשְׁווּ־ yish.vu- “they compare”

for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to 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 on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

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

Doth he not, when he hath levelled the face thereof, cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rows, and the barley in an appointed place, and the rye in its border?

שִׁוָּ֣ה shi.Vah “he has leveled”

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

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

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

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

What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea: who will heal thee?

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