Hebrew word
shâvᵉʼ
shawv
שָׁוְא
What it means
evil, literally or morally
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Where it comes from
or שַׁו; from the same as shôwʼ (שׁוֹא) in the sense of desolating