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title: שְׁבַע — seven · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁבַע (lemma:שְׁבַע), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: seven. BDB 1906: n.f. seven n.m. n.m. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁבַע

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«שְׁבַע» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **seven** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁבַע · **BDB:** שְׁבַע

### Glosses

seven (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

seven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. seven n.m. n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** only שִׁבְעָה n.f. seven (BH I. שֶׁבַע);—abs. שׁ׳ bef. n.m. pl. Dn 4:13, 20, 22, 29; cstr. שִׁבְעַת bef. n.m. pl. Ezr 7:14; חַד שִׁבְעָה עַל־דִּי Dn 3:19 seven times above what (more than), v. חַד, √ אחד.

### Jastrow 1903

שְׁבַע: seventy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e2/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Gen. V, 7. Ib. IV, 24 (O. ed. Vien. שִׁבְעָה). Ib. XXIX, 27. Targ. Y. II, Num. XI, 26 שׁוֹבְעָתֵי; a. fr.—Y. Kil. IV, beg. 29ᵃ חמש שורין מן שו׳ שו׳ five rows of seven trees each. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ bot. אלו שגזרו … שובעה אינון those laws which they decreed by majority of votes, were seven; a. fr.—Pl. שַׁבְעִין, שִׁבְ׳, שׁוּבְ׳ seventy. Targ. Gen. V, 12; a. fr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.13/)

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לִבְבֵהּ֙ מִן־אֲנָשָׁ֣א יְשַׁנּ֔וֹן וּלְבַ֥ב חֵיוָ֖ה יִתְיְהִ֣ב לֵ֑הּ וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* heart its away.from (the) humankind let.it.be.changed and.\[the\] heart of.an.animal let.it.be.given to it and seven times let.them.pass over it

*JPS 1917:* Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

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[Ezra 7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.14/)

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּי֩ מִן־קֳדָ֨ם מַלְכָּ֜א וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת יָעֲטֹ֙הִי֙ שְׁלִ֔יחַ לְבַקָּרָ֥א עַל־יְה֖וּד וְלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם בְּדָ֥ת אֱלָהָ֖ךְ דִּ֥י בִידָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* as to because that from before the king and seven counselors his \[you.are\].sent to enquire on Judah and to Jerusalem in the.law of your.God which \[is\].in hand your

*JPS 1917:* Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

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