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title: שְׁבוּעָה — oath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁבוּעָה (7621), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: oath. BDB 1906: n.f. oath, curse;. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁבוּעָה

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«שְׁבוּעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **oath** — 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:** 31 times · **Key:** 7621 · **BDB:** שְׁבוּעָה

### Glosses

oath (14); an.oath (6); the.oath (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

oath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7621/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. oath, curse; [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7621/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (Jos 2:17 read הַזּה AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 116) oath, curse;—abs. שְׁבוּ׳ Jos 9:20 +, שְׁבֻ׳ Gn 26:3 +; cstr. שְׁבֻעַת Ex 22:10 +; sf. שְׁבֻעָתִי Gn 24:8, etc.; pl. שְׁבֻעוֹת abs. Ez 21:28, cstr. Hb 3:9 \[Je 5:24 Ez 45:21 v. שָׁבוּעַ\];—oath \[as acc. cogn. c. הִשָּׁבַע etc. Nu 30:3 + (in rel. cl.) 5 times\]: of man: attesting innocence Ex 22:10 (E), friendship 2 S 21:7, promise 1 K 2:43 (after שָׁמַר keep; all שְׁבֻעַת י׳ oath to י׳); innocence also Nu 5:21 a; friendship Ne 6:18 (בַּעֲלֵי שׁ׳ לוֹ), promise Lv 5:4; of vow (‖ נדר) Nu 30:3, 11, 14 (שְׁבֻעַת אִסָּר), Jos 9:20 (all P), Ne 10:30 (‖ אָלָה), Ec 9:2, of covenant with י׳ 2 Ch 15:15, שְׁבוּעַת אֱלֹהִים Ec 8:2 (prob. of oath of allegiance to king), שְׁבֻעַת שֶׁקֶר Zc 8:17; of threat Ju 21:5; 1 S 14:26 (𝔊 שְׁבֻעַת י׳); keep, discharge the oath is הֵקִים הַשּׁ׳ Gn 26:3 (J), Je 11:5; נָקָה מִשּׁ׳ be free, exempt from an oath Gn 24:8 (J), cf. Jos 2:17, 20 = curse, Is 65:15 and (‖ אָלָה) Nu 5:21 (P), Dn 9:11. oath of י׳, in promise, Dt 7:8 (שָׁמַר in rel. cl.), ‖ covenant (בְּרִית), שְׁבוּעָתוֹ לְיִצְחָק ψ 105:9 = 1 Ch 16:16.—שְׁבֻעוֹת מַטּוֹת Hb 3:9 very dub.: AV oaths of the tribes; oaths, rods of the word, Hi-St.; sworn (pt. pass. שָׁבַע) were the rods (= chastisements) of (thy) word, Ges Hi RVm; heptads of spears Ew, cf. Da; text prob. currupt, Now proposes (אַשְׁפָּֽתְךָ) שִׂבַּעְתָּ מַטּוֹת thou hast sated with shafts thy quiver; Marti (after 𝔊Codd.) thy bow was satiated with shafts Ez 21:28 v. √.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁבוּעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7621/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 16:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.16/)

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אֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּרַת֙ אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֔ם וּשְׁבוּעָת֖וֹ לְיִצְחָֽק׃

*Word for word:* which he.made with Abraham and oath his to Isaac

*JPS 1917:* The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath unto Isaac;

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[Psalms 105:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.9/)

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אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּ֭רַת אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֑ם וּשְׁב֖וּעָת֣וֹ לְיִשְׂחָֽק׃

*Word for word:* which he.made with Abraham and oath his to Isaac

*JPS 1917:* The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath unto Isaac;

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