Sheva
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Sheva may refer to:
- ShvaShvaShva or, in Biblical Hebrew, Sh'wa is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign written as two vertical dots "ְ" underneath a letter. In Modern Hebrew, it indicates either the phoneme or the complete absence of a vowel , whereas in Hebrew prescriptive linguistics, four grammatical entities are differentiated:...
(ְ), a sign for a half-vowel or for the absence of vowel in the Hebrew alphabet - SchwaSchwaIn linguistics, specifically phonetics and phonology, schwa can mean the following:*An unstressed and toneless neutral vowel sound in some languages, often but not necessarily a mid-central vowel...
, a general name for an unstressed and toneless neutral vowel or the mid-central vowel sound in the middle of the vowel chart, named after the related Hebrew vowel sign
- Sheva (band)Sheva (band)Sheva is an Israeli world music band founded in 1997. While focusing on traditional Jewish and Arab musical influences, the band attempts to use spiritual and creative influences from across the world in their music...
, an Israeli world music band founded in 1997 - A nickname for footballer Andriy ShevchenkoAndriy ShevchenkoAndriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...
- SheVa tanks, immense artillery vehicles in the Legacy of the AldenataLegacy of the AldenataThe Legacy of the Aldenata, also known as the Posleen War Series is the fictional universe of one of John Ringo's military science fiction series.- Premise :...
series of books - SHEVA virus from Greg BearGreg BearGregory Dale Bear is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict , artificial universes , consciousness and cultural practices , and accelerated evolution...
's book Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children - Sheva AlomarSheva Alomaris a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom. She was introduced in 2008 as an operative of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance and the new partner of Chris Redfield.-Character design:...
, a character in Resident Evil 5 - Sheeva, a shokan female warrior of the Mortal Kombat franchise
- The number 7 as pronounced in Hebrew
- Bas ShevaBas ShevaBas Sheva , the stage name of Bernice Kanefsky, was a Jewish-American singer, prominent in the 1950s. Although she began singing Jewish traditional and cantorial music, her career branched out into popular music....
(1925–1960), Jewish-American singer - Sheva's WarSheva's WarSheva's War is a five-issue fully painted limited series graphic novel published in 1998 and was the final title to be released under the short-lived DC Comics imprint, Helix....
Places
- The South Arabian kingdom of the SabaeansSabaeansThe Sabaeans or Sabeans were an ancient people speaking an Old South Arabian language who lived in what is today Yemen, in the south west of the Arabian Peninsula.Some scholars suggest a link between the Sabaeans and the Biblical land of Sheba....
- ShebaShebaSheba was a kingdom mentioned in the Jewish scriptures and the Qur'an...
, a kingdom mentioned in the Jewish scriptures (Old Testament) and the Qur'an - Sheva, VirginiaSheva, VirginiaSheva is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.-Reference:...