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title: שָׂבֵעַ — sated · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂבֵעַ (7649), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: sated. BDB 1906: adj. sated, satisfied, surfeited. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂבֵעַ

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«שָׂבֵעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sated** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 7649 · **BDB:** שָׂבֵעַ²

### Glosses

satisfied (6); surfeited (2); \[is\].satisfied (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7649/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. sated, satisfied, surfeited [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7649/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. sated, satisfied, surfeited;—abs. שׂ׳ Gn 25:8; Pr 19:23; cstr. שְׂבַע Dt 33:23 +; fs. שְׂבֵעָה Pr 27:7; mpl. שְׂבֵעִים 1 S 2:5;— sated with food, c. בַּלֶּחֶם 1 S 2:5; נֶפֶשׁ שְׂבֵעָה Pr 27:7 (opp. נ׳ רְעֵבָה); abounding in י׳’s favour (שְׂבַע רָצוֹן) Dt 33:23 (‖ מָלֵא); abs. satisfied Pr 19:23. in phr. שְׂבַע יָמִים satisfied with days, in a good old age, Gn 35:29 (P), Jb 42:17 (both + זָקֵן), 1 Ch 29:28 (+ בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה), also abs. שָׂבֵ֑עַ Gn 25:8 (P; + id. + זָקֵן). bad sense, surfeited with trouble, etc.: שְׂבַע רֹגֶז Jb 14:1, שׂ׳ קָלוֹן 10:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂבֵעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7649/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 42:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.42.17/)

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וַיָּ֣מָת אִיּ֔וֹב זָקֵ֖ן וּשְׂבַ֥ע יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Job old and satisfied of.days

*JPS 1917:* So Job died, being old and full of days.

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[Job 14:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.1/)

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אָ֭דָם יְל֣וּד אִשָּׁ֑ה קְצַ֥ר יָ֝מִ֗ים וּֽשְׂבַֽע־רֹֽגֶז׃

*Word for word:* a.human.being born of.a.woman \[is\].short of.days and surfeited of.turmoil

*JPS 1917:* Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

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