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title: שׇׂבְעָה — satiety · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׇׂבְעָה (7654), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: satiety. BDB 1906: n.f. satiety. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׇׂבְעָה

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«שׇׂבְעָה» 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7654 · **BDB:** שָׂבְעָה

### Glosses

satiety (5); was\].to.be.satisfied (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

satiety [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7654/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. satiety [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7654/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \[שִׂבְעָה\] n.f. satiety;—abs. שׂ׳ Is 56:11 +, cstr. שִׂבְעַת־ Ez 16:49, sf. שָׂבְעָתֵךְ v 28;— as to food, especially אָכַל לְשׂ׳ eat to satiety, one’s fill, Is 23:18; Ez 39:19; לְשׂ׳ also Is 55:2 (fig.); שׂ׳ of dogs 56:11 (fig.); שׂ׳־לֶחֶם leading to arrogance, as sin of Sodom Ez 16:49 (+ גָּאוֹן, etc.). as to carnal desire Ez 16:28 (fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׇׂבְעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7654/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 16:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.28/)

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וַתִּזְנִי֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י אַשּׁ֔וּר מִבִּלְתִּ֖י שָׂבְעָתֵ֑ךְ וַתִּזְנִ֕ים וְגַ֖ם לֹ֥א שָׂבָֽעַתְּ׃

*Word for word:* and you.acted.as.a.prostitute to the.people of.Assyria from not satiety your and you acted.as.a.prostitute.with.them and also not you.were.satisfied

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast played the harlot also with the Assyrians, without having enough; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet thou wast not satisfied.

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[Ezekiel 39:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.39.19/)

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וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־חֵ֣לֶב לְשָׂבְעָ֔ה וּשְׁתִ֥יתֶם דָּ֖ם לְשִׁכָּר֑וֹן מִזִּבְחִ֖י אֲשֶׁר־זָבַ֥חְתִּי לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.eat fat to satiety and you.will.drink blood to drunkenness from sacrifice my which I.have.sacrificed for you

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of My feast which I have prepared for you.

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