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title: שִׁבְעָה — Shebah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁבְעָה (7656), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Shebah. BDB 1906: n.f. pr. putei. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁבְעָה

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«שִׁבְעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shebah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7656 · **BDB:** שִׁבְעָה

### Glosses

Shibah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shebah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7656/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pr. putei [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7656/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pr. putei, Gn 26:33 (J); Ὅρκος; (explanation of name בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁבְעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7656/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 26:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.33/)

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וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁבְעָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֤ן שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.called it Shibah therefore the.name of the.city \[is\].Beer Sheba until the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

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