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title: שֹׂבַע — satiety · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׂבַע (7648), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: satiety. BDB 1906: satiety, abundance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׂבַע

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«שֹׂבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **satiety** — 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:** 7648 · **BDB:** שֹׂ֫בַע

### Glosses

abundance (6); satiety (1); the.satiety (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

satiety [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7648/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

satiety, abundance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7648/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] satiety, abundance;—abs. לָשׂ׳ Ex 16:3 +, cstr. שׂבַע ψ 16:11, לְשׂ׳ Pr 13:25; sf. שָׂבְעֶ֑ךָ Dt 23:25, שָׂבְעָהּ Ru 2:18;— satiety, as to food Ru 2:18; לָשׂ׳ (לֶחֶם) אָכַל Ex 16:3 (P), Lv 25:19; 26:5 (both H), cf. לָשׂ׳ ψ 78:25; אָכַל … כְּנַפְשְׁךָ שׂ׳ Dt 23:25 eat grapes according to thine appetite, (namely) thy fill, cf. אָכַל לְשׂ׳ נַפְשׁוֹ Pr 13:25. satisfying abundance, שׂ׳ שְׂמָחוֹת ψ 16:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 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 «שֹׂבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7648/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.25/)

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לֶ֣חֶם אַ֭בִּירִים אָ֣כַל אִ֑ישׁ צֵידָ֬ה שָׁלַ֖ח לָהֶ֣ם לָשֹֽׂבַע׃

*Word for word:* bread of.mighty.\[ones\] he.ate everyone provision\[s\] he.sent to them to abundance

*JPS 1917:* Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.

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[Proverbs 13:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.25/)

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צַדִּ֗יק אֹ֭כֵל לְשֹׂ֣בַע נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּבֶ֖טֶן רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֶּחְסָֽר׃פ

*Word for word:* a.righteous.\[person\] \[is\].eating to the.satiety his.appetite his and.\[the\] belly of.wicked.\[people\] it.is.lacking

*JPS 1917:* The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his desire; but the belly of the wicked shall want.

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