Shva nakh (שווא נח) means quiescent sheva in Hebrew.
It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְׁוָא נָח
shva nakh
phrase
In English
quiescent sheva
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shva nakh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שווא המסמן עיצור שאין אחריו תנועה.
The word Shva nakh is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁוָא נָח
- Written without vowel points
- שווא נח
- Said
- shva nakh
- Gematria
- 371
This is how Shva nakh is said in other languages.
- English
- quiescent sheva
These words come before and after Shva nakh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shva nakh.
What does Shva nakh (שווא נח) mean in Hebrew?
Shva nakh (שווא נח) means quiescent sheva. It is said shva nakh, with the stress on va.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שוא נח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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