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Strong's #7651 - שִׁבְעָה
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2808) obs (סהבאה ShBAh) AC: Swear CO: Oath AB: ?: Literally to seven oneself. A common practice was to make seven declarations when making an oath. This declaration can be making the oath seven times or doing seven things to show the sincerity of the oath. (eng: seven, an exchange of the s and sh)
V) obs (סהבאה ShBAh) - Sw (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Participle) |kjv: swear, charge, oath, straitly - Strongs: H7650 (שָׁבַע)
Nm/f ) obs (סהבאה ShBAh) - Seven: KJV (394): seven, seventh, seven times, sevenfold - Strongs: H7651 (שִׁבְעָה)
dm) ofbs (סהבואה ShBWAh) - Week: As seven days. KJV (20): week - Strongs: H7620 (שְׁבֻעָה)
df1) eofbs (סהבואהה ShBWAhH) - Oath: KJV (30): oath, curse - Strongs: H7621 (שְׁבוּעָה)
em) obis (סהיבאה ShYBAh) - Seven: [Only used in the plural form meaning seventy - miobis] KJV (91): seventy - Strongs: H7657 (שִׁבְעִים)
ef1 ) eobis (סהיבאהה ShYBAhH) - Seven: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (6): seven - Strongs: H7655 (שְׁבַע)
ef2) tobis (סהיבאהת ShYBAhT) - Sevenfold: [Always written in the plural form mitobis] KJV (7): sevenfold, seven times - Strongs: H7659 (שִׁבְעָתַיִם)
bfm ) ioibs (סהביאהי ShBYAhY) - Seventh: KJV (98): seventh, seven - Strongs: H7637 (שְׁבִעִי)
emf1) enobis (סהיבאהנה ShYBAhNH) - Seven: KJV (1): seven - Strongs: H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
noun masculine and feminine seven (Late Hebrew id., MI16 שבעת Assyrian sibi, sibittu (Dl Gr. § 65,6; s = שׁ), Arabic , , Sabean סבע Hom Chr 47,124, Ethiopic Phoenician (Punic) שבע Nabataean שבעשבעה, Palmyrene שבעאשבעה; Aramaic שְׁבַע, שִׁבְעָא, , ; on etymology compare Lag BN 37f.); — masculine (c. noun feminine) absolute שֶׁבַע Genesis 41:2 115t.; construct שְׁבַע Genesis 5:26 47t., especially P (15t.) and Chronicles (20t.), וּשֲׁבַע 1 Kings 14:21 feminine (c.
noun masculine) absolute שִׁבְעָה Genesis 4:24 100t.; constructשִׁבְעַת Genesis 7:10 120t.; suffix שְׁבַעְתָּם 2 Samuel 21:9 Qr (so Vrss and modern; see Dr; > Kt שִׁבְעָתַיִם; — seven:
1 without other number:
a.שֶׁבַע, before feminine plural noun Genesis 21:28 (J), Judges 16:13; Isaiah 4:1 80t., especially שָׁנִים׳שׁ Genesis 29:18 (E) + 32t. (but read שׁלוֺשׁ for שֶׁבַע 2 Samuel 24:13a, compare v b, c, also ᵐ5 and "" 1 Chronicles 21:12; so Th We Dr Bu HPS Now), מִּעָמִים׳שׁ Genesis 33:3 (J), Leviticus 4:6 (P) + 17t.; בָּאַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ׳שׁ 1 Kings 6:6; after noun Ezekiel 40:20,26; noun omitted Job 5:19; Proverbs 6:16, + (= ׳מְּעָמִים שׁ) Leviticus 26:18,21,24,28 (H), Psalm 119:64; Proverbs 24:16
b.שִׁבְעָה before masculine plural noun Numbers 23:1 (3t. in verse) (E) + 40t. + Job 42:19 (read ׳שׁ for שִׁבְעָ֫נָה Ges§ 97c and most); + (distributive) ׳וְשׁ׳שׁ Zechariah 4:2; after noun Genesis 7:4 (J), Exodus 25:37 (P) + 12t. (P Chronicles Daniel Proverbs); noun omitted 1 Samuel 2:5 9t., including ׳שׁ as ordinal, see below; but read שְׂבָכָה for שִׁבְעָה 1 Kings 7:17 (twice in verse) ᵐ5 Th Kmp Klo Benz Kit Bur; also ׳שׁ׳שׁ distributive = 7 each Genesis 7:2,3(J); as predicate Genesis 46:25 (P),
c. שִׁבְעַת, before plural noun Numbers 23:4 (E), Numbers 8:2 (P), Ezekiel 45:23 (twice in verse); Job 2:13 (twice in verse) + 97t., incl יָמִים׳שׁ Genesis 8:10 (J), + 88t. + Ezekiel 45:21 (read שִׁבְעַת for שְׁבֻעוֺת Vrss and modern),
d. = ordinal, שְׁנַת (הַ)שֶּׁבַע Deuteronomy 15:2; 2 Kings 12:2 3t., בְּשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ Ezekiel 30:20, compare Ezekiel 45:20; לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים Genesis 7:10 (J), 1 Chronicles 9:25
2 שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה17 years Genesis 37:2 3t. + 1 Kings 14:21, also as ordinal ׳עֶשׂ׳בִּשְׁנַת שׁ 1 Kings 22:52, שָׁנָה׳עֶשׂ ׳בִּשְׁנַת שׁ 2 Kings 16:1.
b.שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר (that is הַגּוֺרָל lot) 1 Chronicles 24:15; 1 Chronicles 25:24 (compare also, + other number, 1 Chronicles 7:11; Ezra 2:30; Nehemiah 7:42), + יוֺם 17th day Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:4; unusual is שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכֶּסֶף׳שׁ Jeremiah 32:9 7shekels and 10 the silver
3 שְׁבַע מֵאוֺת = 700 Judges 8:26 39t. (but Nehemiah 7:68 omitted by Masora Baer Gi q. v.).
4שִׁבְעָה אֶלֶף = 7000 1 Kings 20:30 2t.; שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים = id. 1 Kings 20:15+ 15t.; 57,000 Isaiah 7 50x 1000 Numbers 1:31; Numbers 2:8,31.
5׳שׁ + other number:
a. ׳שׁ follows 18t.: (1) singular noun after ׳שׁ Judges 8:14; also (= ordinal number) Ezekiel 29:17 2t., שְׁנַתשָׁנָה ׳שְׁלשִׁים וָשׁ 2 Kings 13:10, compare 2 Kings 15:1; (2) plural noun before other number Ezra 8:35; Nehemiah 7:1:[72]; Nehemiah 7:71; (3) singular noun construct precedes ׳בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וָשׁ 1 Kings 16:10,15 (ordinal); (4) noun after each number Genesis 23:1; Genesis 23:25 (both P), etc.
b.׳שׁ precedes 10t. (P and Esther): (1) noun singular after other number Genesis 8:14; Exodus 6:16,20 3t. Esther; (2) noun repeated Genesis 5:7; Genesis 11:21; Genesis 47:28, compare Genesis 5:25,31.
c.100017 Ezra 2:39 = Nehemiah 7:42 — ׳שׁ often with sacred significance: Genesis 21:28 ff. (J), Exodus 37:23; Leviticus 4:6,17; Leviticus 8:11; Leviticus 14:27 + (P); as round number Genesis 4:24 (song in J), Genesis 29:18 ff; Genesis 31:23; Genesis 41:2 ff (all E), etc.; on bowing 7t. Genesis 33:3 (J; in great humility), compare Wkl TelAm. nos. 143,230, 246 Ne Mark ,11f.; all these probably originating with week of seven days; compare especially Kö Hast. DB NUMBER, 562f., 565.
שִׁבְעָ֫נָה Job 42:13 read שִׁבְעָה Ges§ 97c and most.
שִׁבְעָה m. constr. שְׁבַע f. שִׁבְעַת m. cardinal numeral, seven. (Syriac ܫܒܰܥ, Arabic, سَبْعُ, also, Sanscrit, sapta, Zend. hapta, Pers. هفت, Egypt. ⲉⲫⲑⲁⲝ, Gr., Lat., ἑπτά, septem, in all of which, the letter t appears, which does not appear in this word in the Phœnicio-Shemitic languages, or in the Germanic; see the Gothic, sibum, Engl. seven, Germ. fieben). The absolute form commonly precedes a noun, as שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים Genesis 5:7 שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת 41:18 שִׁבְעָה פָּרִים Numbers 23:1, 29 Numbers 23:29 more rarely it follows it, especially in the later Hebrew, מַעֲלוֹת שֶׁבַע Ezekiel 40:22 אֵלִים שִׁבְעָה 2 Chronicles 13:9, 29:21. (Numbers 29:32.) If a noun precedes in the construct state, it expresses the Ordinal, as שְׁנַת שֶׁבַע seventh year, 2 Kings 12:1. The construct form always precedes the noun, but it is only found in certain phrases, as שִׁבְעַת יָמִים (ein Tagfiebend), Genesis 8:10, 12 31:23, and very often; and שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת seven hundred, Genesis 5:26. שִׁבְעָה שִׁבְעָה by sevens, 7:2. With suffix שְׁבַעְתָּם those seven, 2 Samuel 21:9. Seventeen is שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר masc., and שֶׁבַע עֶשְׂרֶה f. Genesis 37:2; 1 Chronicles 7:11. Farther, a septenary number was used amongst the Hebrews
(1) as a smaller round number (as in modern languages ten [Eng. a dozen]), Genesis 29:18, 41:2, seqq., 1 Samuel 2:5; Isaiah 4:1; Ruth 4:15; Proverbs 26:25; Job 1:2, Job 1:3, 2:13. [This appears, in most of these instances, to be the exact number.]
(2) as a holy number, as amongst the Egyptians, Arabians, Persians; see Genesis 21:28; Exodus 37:23; Leviticus 4:6, 17, etc. Compare the observations on this subject by Fr. Gedicke, Verm. Schriften, p. 32-60; v. Hammer, Encyclopädische Uebersicht d. Wissenschaften des Orients, p. 322.
The form שֶׁבַע is also
(a) adv. seven times, Psalms 119:164; Proverbs 24:16; Leviticus 26:18, 21 Leviticus 26:21.
(b) pr.n. of a town of the Simeonites, Joshua 19:2.
(c) [Sheba] pr.n. masc.
(α) 1 Samuel 20:1.
(β) 1 Chronicles 5:13. On the other hand שִׁבְעָה [Shebah] is pr.n. of a well, Genesis 26:33.
Dual שִׁבְעָתַיִם seven-fold, Genesis 4:15, 24 Psalms 12:7; 2 Samuel 21:9 כתיב.
Plur שִׁבְעִים seventy (commonly for a round number), Genesis 50:3; Isaiah 23:15; Jeremiah 25:11 compare Kor. 9:81. שִׁבְעִים וְשִׁבְעָה seventy and seven-fold, Genesis 4:24.
Derivatives, שָׁבַע (שְׁבוּעָה), שָׁבוּעַ, שְׁבִיעִי; compare pr.n. אֱלִישֶׁבַע, בַּת־שֶׁבַע.
[“שִׁבְעָה Ch., seven, m., Daniel 4:13, 20, 22, 29 constr. שִׁבְעַת Ezra 7:4.”]