--- title: שָׁבָה — take captive · The Tanakh dictionary description: שָׁבָה (7617), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 47 times: take captive. BDB 1906: vb. take captive. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7617.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513.md)‎ / שָׁבָה‎ # שָׁבָה «שָׁבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **take captive** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 47 times · **Key:** 7617 · **BDB:** שָׁבָה ### Glosses they.took.captive (10); captors (8); they.had.taken.captive (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) take captive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7617/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. take captive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7617/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. take captive (NH, Old Aramaic id.; Arabic سَبَا (سبى); Aramaic שְׁבָא ܫܒܳܐ );— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ Je 41:14; sf. וְשָׁבָם (consec.) 43:12 (but read וְשָׁבָה Gie; Du conj. וְשָֽׁמְמוּ); 2 ms. שָׁבִיתָ 2 K 6:22 ψ 68:19, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּשְׁבְּ Nu 21:1 Je 41:10, etc.; Imv. ms. וּשְׁבֵה Ju 5:12; Inf. cstr. שְׁבוֹת Ob 11; Pt. act. pl. שֹׁבִים Is 14:2, etc.; pass. mpl. שְׁבוּיִם Is 61:1, fpl. cstr. שְׁבֻיוֹת Gn 31:26;—take captive: c. acc. pers., Nu 24:22 (JE), 1 S 30:2; 2 K 5:2; 6:22 (+ ב instr.) Je 41:10(×2) (but v 10b Gie reads וַיַּשְׁכֵּם, cf. 𝔊 Luc), v 14, Gn 34:29 (P), 2 Ch 28:8 (+ מִן part.), + 6 times; + Je 43:12 appar. c. acc. idols (but v. supra; acc. of land Gie). acc. חֵילוֹ Ob 11, הָֽרְכוּשׁ 2 Ch 21:17, cattle, etc., 1 Ch 5:21; 2 Ch 14:14. pt. in periphrast. conjug. (לְשֹׁבֵיהֶם) וְהָיוּ שֹׁבִים Is 14:2; pt. c. sf. = their captives, etc., 1 K 8:46 = 2 Ch 6:36; Is 14:2; Je 50:33, + 5 times; pt. pass. Is 61:1 = captives; כִּשְׁבֻיוֹת חָ֑רֶב Gn 31:26 my daughters as captives of the sword. c. acc. cogn. שְׁבִי Ju 5:12 lead captive thy captives, cf. ψ 68:19 2 Ch 28:17, so (+ מִן pers.) Nu 21:1 (JE), and (acc. שִׁבְיָה) 2 Ch 28:5, 11; שׁ׳ שִׁבְיוֹ Dt 21:10 = take him captive. be taken captive: Pf. 3 ms. נִשְׁבָּה, of man Gn 14:14, of beast Ex 22:9 (E), of עֵדֶר י׳ Je 13:17; 3 pl. נִשְׁבּוּ, human subj. 1 S 30:3, 5; 1 K 8:47 = 2 Ch 6:37; Ez 6:9. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (7 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שָׁבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7617/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Numbers 24:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.22/) כִּ֥י אִם־יִהְיֶ֖ה לְבָ֣עֵֽר קָ֑יִן עַד־מָ֖ה אַשּׁ֥וּר תִּשְׁבֶּֽךָּ׃ *Word for word:* (dm) (if) it.will.become (into) consuming \[the\].Kenite\[s\] until when? Asshur will it.take.you.captive *JPS 1917:* Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted; How long? Asshur shall carry thee away captive. [2 Chronicles 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.28.17/) וְע֥וֹד אֲדוֹמִ֖ים בָּ֑אוּ וַיַּכּ֥וּ בִיהוּדָ֖ה וַיִּשְׁבּוּ־שֶֽׁבִי׃ *Word for word:* and again \[the\].Edomites they.had.come and they.had.defeated (in) Judah and they.had.taken.captive captive\[s\] *JPS 1917:* For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. - ← previous: [שָׁבָב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7616.md) - next →: [שְׁבוֹ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7618.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513.md)