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title: שָׂבָע — plenty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂבָע (7647), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: plenty. BDB 1906: n.m. plenty, satiety. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂבָע

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«שָׂבָע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plenty** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 7647 · **BDB:** שָׂבָע

### Glosses

plenty (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plenty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7647/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. plenty, satiety [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7647/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 41:29 plenty, satiety;—only abs. שׂ׳;— plenty, of bread-stuffs Gn 41:29, 30, 31, 34, 47, 53 (E), Pr 3:10. satiety, Ec 5:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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 «שָׂבָע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7647/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 41:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.29/)

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הִנֵּ֛ה שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים בָּא֑וֹת שָׂבָ֥ע גָּד֖וֹל בְּכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* there! seven years \[are\].about.to.come plenty great \[will be\].in.all the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.

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[Proverbs 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.10/)

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וְיִמָּלְא֣וּ אֲסָמֶ֣יךָ שָׂבָ֑ע וְ֝תִיר֗וֹשׁ יְקָבֶ֥יךָ יִפְרֹֽצוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* so that.they.may.be.filled barns your plenty and new.wine wine-vats your they.will.burst.open

*JPS 1917:* So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

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