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title: שְׁבִיעִי — seventh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁבִיעִי (7637), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 98 times: seventh. BDB 1906: adj. num. ord. seventh. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁבִיעִי

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«שְׁבִיעִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **seventh** — 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:** 98 times · **Key:** 7637 · **BDB:** שְׁבִיעִי

### Glosses

seventh (90); \[month\] (3); \[year\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

seventh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7637/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. num. ord. seventh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7637/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** m. שְׁבִיעִית f.97 adj. num. ord. seventh;—m. שְׁבִיעִי Gn 2:2 +, שְׁבִעִי Ex 12:15 +; f. שְׁבִיעִית Jos 6:16 +, -עִת Ex 23:11 +, שְׁבִעִת 21:2, -עִית 1 K 18:44; 2 Ch 23:1;—seventh, especially P; always c. art.: m. 7th day Gn 2:3 + 47 times; month (חֹדֶשׁ) 8:4 + 23 times + (n. om.) Ez 45:25 + 3 times; lot (הַגּוֹרָל) Jos 19:40 + (n. om.) 1 Ch 24:10; 25:14; n. om. also 1 Ch 2:15; 26:3, 5 (son), 12:11 (man), 27:10 (captain). f. 7th year, 2 K 11:4 + 7 times + (n. om.) Ex 21:2; 23:11, also שְׁנַת הַשְּׁבִיעִית (Ges§ 134 p) Ezr 7:8; sabbath Lv 23:16; time (פַּעַם) Jos 6:16 + (n. om.) 1 K 18:44.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁבִיעִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7637/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.15/)

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אֹ֚צֶם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י דָּוִ֖יד הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Ozem \[was\].the sixth David \[was\].the seventh

*JPS 1917:* Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.

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[1 Chronicles 12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.12/)

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עַתַּי֙ הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י אֱלִיאֵ֖ל הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Attai \[was\].the sixth Eliel \[was\].the seventh

*JPS 1917:* Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh;

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