šwy / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root šwy: schwa, Shiviti.

šwy

Central Semitic, to be(come) even, equal.

1. Shiviti, from Hebrew šiwwîtî, I have set (first word of Psalm 16:8), from šiwwâ, to set, place, derived stem of *šāwâ, to be(come) even.
2. schwa, from Hebrew šəwāʔ, schwa, probably from Aramaic (Syriac) (nuqzē) šwayyā, even (points), plural passive participle of šwā, to be even, equal.

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