עוה (ˊvh) — to twist / to be bowed down / to be down

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: עַוָּה · עָוֹן · עִוְעִים · עִי · מְעִי

Sense 1: to twist

Semantic domains: Shape (002001001048)

Definition: = causative action by which deities change the shape of an object ► with the purpose of destroying it

Forms: vbpiel

Show passage in OET: ISA 24:1

OET-RV ISA 24:1

24 Listen, Yahweh is about to devastate the world
⇔ ≈ and about to leave it in ruins.
⇔ He’ll twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

OET-LV ISA 24:1

24 HERE YHWH is_about _to _lay _waste the_earth/land and_he _of_is_about _to _devastate _it and_he _will _twist surface _of_its and_he _will _scatter inhabitants _of_its.

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Sense 2: to be bowed down

Semantic domains: Stance (002001001058)

Definition: = state in which humans are bowed down ◄ either because of sickness or as a result of deep sorrow, distress, or fear

Forms: vbnif-

Synonyms: שׁחח

Show passage in OET: PSA 38:7

OET-RV PSA 38:6

6 I’m stooped over and humiliated every day.
⇔ I go about mourning all day long,

OET-LV PSA 38:7

7  I _am _bent _down I _am _bent _over up _to muchness all _of the_day mourning I _have _gone _about.

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Sense 3: to be down, to be depressed

Semantic domains: Afraid (002001002001)

Core domains: Confidence and Fear (043)

Definition: = state in which humans feel down and depressed ◄ as a result of difficult circumstances

Forms: vbnif-

Show passage in OET: ISA 21:3

OET-RV ISA 21:3

3 That’s why my stomach tightens.
⇔ Pangs of anguish seize me like a woman giving birth.
⇔ I’m stunned by what I hear.
⇔ ≈ I’m terrified by what I see.

OET-LV ISA 21:3

3 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so loins _of_my they _are _full anguish pangs they_have _seized _me like_the_pangs _of one _who_gives _birth I _am _bent _over from_hearing I _am _terrified from_seeing.

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Sense 4: perverse, wicked

Semantic domains: Evil (002001002007)

Definition: = state in which humans are flawed in character

Forms: vbnif-ptca

Synonyms: מַרְדּוּת

Show passage in OET: SA1 20:30

OET-RV SA1 20:30

30 Sha’ul was furious at Yonatan and yelled at him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do you think that I don’t know that you’re taking the side of Yishay’s son? It’s to your detriment and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness,

OET-LV SA1 20:30

30 And_ the _anger of _Shāʼūl _it _glowed/burnt on_Yōnātān and_he/it _said to_him/it Oh _son _of (the)_perverse_woman_of (the)_rebelliousness am_not do _I _know if/because _that you are_choosing (to)_the_son _of Yishay to_your _own _of_shame and_to_the _shame _of the _nakedness _of your _mother _of_your.

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Sense 5: flawed

Semantic domains: Wrong (002001003020)

Definition: = state in which the human mind is flawed

Forms: vbnif-ptca

Antonyms: שֶׂכֶל

Show passage in OET: PRO 12:8

OET-RV PRO 12:8

8 A person will be praised for their insightful words,
⇔ ^ but anyone with a warped mind will end up despised.

OET-LV PRO 12:8

8 To_the _mouth _of his _insight _of_his a _person he _is _praised and_one _who_is_perverted _of heart he _will _become (into)_contempt.

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Sense 6: to pervert, to make crooked

Semantic domains: Wrong (002001003020)

Definition: = causative action by which humans cause an event to be flawed

Forms: vbpiel; vbhif-

Show passage in OET: JOB 33:27

OET-RV JOB 33:27

27 They’ll sing to others, ??? TC ???
⇔ ‘I sinned and I said that what was wrong was right,
⇔ but it wasn’t good for me.

OET-LV JOB 33:27

27 He _watches over people and_he/it _said I _have _sinned and_uprightness I _have _perverted and_not it _was _equal to_me.

Show passage in OET: JER 3:21

OET-RV JER 3:21

⇔  21 A sound of weeping is heard on the barren hilltops—
⇔ ≈ the Israeli people begging for mercy
⇔ because they’ve followed paths of disobedience
⇔ ≈ and they’ve forgotten their god, Yahweh.

OET-LV JER 3:21

21 A _sound on bare _heights the _weeping of _the _supplications _of of _the _people _of of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) is_heard if/because they _have _perverted DOM way _of_their they _have _forgotten DOM YHWH god _of_their.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: OET JOB 33:27

JER: OET JER 3:21

LAM: OET LAM 3:9

Sense 7: to do wrong

Semantic domains: Sin (002003003017)

Core domains: Behavior (017)

Definition: = action by which humans do wrong to people or deities

Forms: vbqal-; vbhif-

Synonyms: חטא · מרד · סור · רשׁע

Show passage in OET: SA2 7:14

OET-RV SA2 7:14

14 I myself will become like a father to him, and he’ll become like a son to me. When he disobeys, I’ll punish him like fathers punish their sons.

OET-LV SA2 7:14

14 I I _will _become for_him/it (into)_a_father and_he he _will _become to/for_me (into)_a_son who when_he_does _wrong and_I_will _reprove _him with_a _rod _of men and_with_wounds _of children _of humankind.

Show passage in OET: SA2 19:20

OET-RV SA2 19:19

19 and begged the king, “May my master not consider me guilty, and don’t keep thinking about the terrible thing your servant dig on the day that my master the king left Yerushalem (Jerusalem)—don’t brood over it

OET-LV SA2 19:20

20  And_he/it _said to the_king not may _he _reckon to_me my_master guilt and_do _not remember DOM that_which servant _of_your he _did _perversely in _the_day when he _went _out my_master the_king from_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) to_ the_king _set_it to his/its_heart.

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All 9 recorded passages for this sense

SA2: OET SA2 7:14 · OET SA2 19:19 · OET SA2 24:17

KI1: OET KI1 8:47

CH2: OET CH2 6:37

EST: OET EST 1:16

PSA: OET PSA 106:6

JER: OET JER 9:5

DAN: OET DAN 9:5

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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