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( ñåּâַéï , from ñåּâ ), or pairs, is a Masoretic term to denote groups of words which occur in one section several times, once in this connection and once in another connection. These instances having been noticed by the Masorites, they arranged them into ñåâéï , or pairs. Thus the Massora Finalis gives under the letter He (p. 216, Colossians 1) “eleven pairs, each one of which pair alternately occurs with an audible He (=Mappik) and with a quiescent He (=Raphe)” e.g. îëּøúּ (Pro_31:10) and îëøä (Gen_25:31); åùòøäּ (Lev_13:20) and åùòøä (Lev_13:4). Or the Masorites tell us of twenty-two words beginning and ending with Vav, each one of which occurs twice: once, Milra, or with Vav conjunctive, and once Milel, or with Vav conversive, as åéöáøå (Gen_41:35) and åִéöáøå (Exo_8:10); åְéøëñå (Exodus 28, 28) and åִéøëñå (Exo_39:21). They tell us that “there are four groups of words, each of which occurs twice in the same book; once with a, word less and a letter more, and once with a word more and a letter less.” The first of such a pair is “Jehovah, thy God, thou shalt fear, and him thou shalt serve” (Deu_6:13); the second, “Jehovah, thy God, thou shalt fear, him thou shalt serve, and to him” (Deu_10:20), which will be best illustrated by the Hebrew, viz.: àú éäåä àìäé ִúéøà åàúå úòáã (Deu_6:13). àú åäåä àìäé ִúéøà àúå úòáã åáå (Deu_10:20). They enumerate instances in which four words occur twice in the same sentence, once with the negative particle ìà and once, without it, as ìà àãðé (Gen_23:11) and àãðé (Gen_23:15), or ìà äô ( ִ Lev_13:4) and äô : ִ (Lev_13:20). They mention five pairs of words Which respectively occur once with the Vav conjunctive and once without it, as òéï øîåï (Jos_19:7) and åòéï øîéï (Jos_15:32); éùùëø æáåìï (Exo_1:3) and åéùùëø åæáåìï (Gen_35:23). Without increasing the number the reader is referred to Frensdorff (Massora Magna, p. 339 sq.), where, under the heading æåâéï , these pairs are given in alphabetical order. A complete list of the above-quoted instances is given by Frensdorff in his Ochla-ve-Ochla, p. 14,52, § 42; p. 14,52 sq., § 45; p. 133, § 232; p. 138,§ 250; p. 138, § 251; and in Levita, Massoreth Heammasoreth (ed. Ginsb.), p. 178, 207, 212, 223, 229. (B. P.)