cha.vah describes setting out knowledge or a matter in speech, often as a speaker announces what he knows.

The attested uses present cha.vah chiefly in first-person statements of intended speech: speakers ask to be heard and say they will set forth what they have seen or know. Its remaining occurrence is a third-person form within Psalm 19:3, where the APB’s wording does not isolate the term’s contribution clearly.

1. Setting forth what one knows or has seen · dominant

   In Job 15:17, the first-person singular imperfect occurs as the speaker asks for attention before declaring what he has seen. In Job 32:10 and Job 32:17, the same first-person form follows appeals to listen and introduces what the speaker knows; Job 36:2 similarly introduces further speech for God. Job 32:6 uses the infinitive construct for the speaker’s hesitation to make his knowledge known.

   Job 15:17Job 32:10Job 32:17Job 32:6Job 36:2
2. Speech in a statement about unheard voice · rare

   Psalm 19:3 contains a Piel imperfect third masculine singular form in a clause concerning speech, words, and an unheard voice. The APB renders the whole verse, “There is no speech and there are no words; their voice is not heard,” so the specific English contribution of the form is not isolated.

   Psalm 19:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the Job passages, the APB variously uses “explain” and “declare” in clauses about communicating what has been seen or known. In Psalm 19:3, its wording about speech, words, and an unheard voice does not identify a separate English rendering for the term.