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title: שְׁבִי — captivity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁבִי (7628), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 49 times: captivity. BDB 1906: n.m. captivity, captives. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁבִי

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«שְׁבִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **captivity** — 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:** 49 times · **Key:** 7628 · **BDB:** שְׁבִי

### Glosses

captivity (28); captive\[s\] (8); their.captivity (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

captivity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7628/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. captivity, captives [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7628/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 49:24 captivity, captives (coll.);—שׁ׳ abs. Ex 12:29 +, cstr. Ezr 2:1 +; שֶׁ֑בִי Nu 21:1 +; sf. שֶׁבְיְךָ Ju 5:12, שִׁבְיוֹ Dt 21:10, שְׁבִיכֶם Nu 31:19, etc.;— = state of captivity, הָלַךְ בַּשְּׁ׳ Am 9:4; Dt 28:41; Na 3:10; Je 20:6; 22:22; 30:16 Ez 12:11 (+ בַּגּוֹלָה), 30:17, 18; Is 46:2; La 1:18, = הָלַךְ שְׁבִי v 5; בַּשְּׁבִי יָבִא Dn 11:8; נָתַן בַּשְּׁ׳ Ezr 9:7, נָתַן לַשְּׁ׳ ψ 78:61, לֻקַּח בַּשֶּׁ֑בִי Je 48:46; וַאֲשֶׁר לַשְּׁבִי לַשֶּׁ֑בִי Je 15:2; 43:11, וְנָשֵׁינוּ בַּשְּׁ׳ 2 Ch 29:9; בִּשְׁבִי instr. of judgment Dn 11:33; אֶרֶץ שׁ׳ Je 30:10; 46:27;16 2 Ch 6:37, 38; phr. of deliverance (only Ezr Ne): נִשְׁאֲרוּ מִן־הַשְּׁ׳ Ne 1:2, cf. v 3, הַשָּׁבִים מִן־הַשְּׁ׳ 8:17, הָעֹלִים מִשְּׁבִי הַגּוֹלָה Ezr 2:1 = Ne 7:6, הַבָּאִים מֵהַשְּׁ׳ Ezr 3:8; 8:35. act of capture, עִם שׁ׳ סוּסֵיכֶם Am 4:10 שִׂמְלַת שִׁבְיָהּ Dt 21:13 i.e. garb in which she was captured (\> others captivity in both: Am 4:10 = your captive horses; Dt 21:13 her captive’s garb). = captives (coll.): Ex 12:29 (J), Nu 31:12, 19, 26 (man and beast), Is 20:4 (‖ גָּלוּת), 49:24, 25 Hb 1:9 + Ez 32:9 𝔊 al. (v. שֶׁבֶר ad fin.); appar. fs. Is 52:2 (but v. שָׁבִי); object of שָׁבָה (q.v.) Ju 5:12 (\> שֹׁבֶיךָ 𝔖 JDMich We Bu Now), Nu 21:1 (JE), Dt 21:10 ψ 68:19; 2 Ch 28:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 46 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁבִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7628/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 49:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.24/)

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הֲיֻקַּ֥ח מִגִּבּ֖וֹר מַלְק֑וֹחַ וְאִם־שְׁבִ֥י צַדִּ֖יק יִמָּלֵֽט׃

*Word for word:* will it.be.taken? from a.warrior booty and or? \[the\].captive\[s\] of.\[the\].righteous will.it.escape

*JPS 1917:* Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of the victorious be delivered?

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[2 Chronicles 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.28.17/)

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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.

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