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title: שָׁבוּעַ — period of seven · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁבוּעַ (7620), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: period of seven. BDB 1906: n.m. period of seven heptad, week. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁבוּעַ

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«שָׁבוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **period of 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 7620 · **BDB:** שָׁבוּעַ

### Glosses

sevens (6); weeks (6); of.weeks (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

period of seven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7620/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. period of seven heptad, week [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7620/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 9:27 period of seven (days, years), heptad, week (on format. v. LagBN 67);—abs. שׁ׳ Dn 9:27(×2); cstr. שְׁבֻעַ Gn 29:27, 28; du. שְׁבֻעַיִם Lv 12:5; pl. שָֽׁבֻע(וֹ)ת Ex 34:22 + 4 times Dt + (in term. techn.) 2 Ch 8:13; late שָֽׁבֻעִים Dn 9:24 + 4 times Dn; cstr. שְׁבֻעֹת Je 5:24 (Ez 45:21 read שִׁבְעַת with Vrss and all mod., v. שֶׁבַע); sf. שָׁבֻעֹתֵיכֶם Nu 28:26;— period of seven days (from a given time), week: Dt 16:9(×2); Lv 12:5 (P); of marriage feast Gn 29:27, 28 (E; cf. Ju 14:12 Tob 11:19); שָׁבֻעִים יָמִים Dn 10:2, 3 three weeks, days (three weeks long); שׁ׳ חֻקּוֹת קָצִיר Je 5:24 weeks of statutes (i.e. weeks appointed by י׳) for harvest; term. techn. חַג שָֽׁבֻעֹת Ex 34:22 (J) feast of weeks (ending seven weeks of harvest), Dt 16:10, 16, 2 Ch 8:13, so שׁ׳ alone Nu 28:26 (P). heptad or seven of years, late, Dn 9:24, 25, 26, 27(×2).—שְׁבֻעֵי שְׁבֻעוֹת Ez 21:28 v. \[שָׁבַע\].

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁבוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7620/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.2/)

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בַּיָּמִ֖ים הָהֵ֑ם אֲנִ֤י דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ הָיִ֣יתִי מִתְאַבֵּ֔ל שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה שָׁבֻעִ֖ים יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* in the days (the) those I Daniel I.was mourning three sevens days

*JPS 1917:* In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks.

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[Exodus 34:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.22/)

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וְחַ֤ג שָׁבֻעֹת֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ בִּכּוּרֵ֖י קְצִ֣יר חִטִּ֑ים וְחַג֙ הָֽאָסִ֔יף תְּקוּפַ֖ת הַשָּׁנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and a.festival of.weeks you.will.observe (for yourself \[the\].first-fruits of.\[the\].harvest of.wheat(s) and the.festival of the.ingathering the.circuit of the.year

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year.

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