--- title: שֶׁבַע — seven · The Tanakh dictionary description: שֶׁבַע (7657), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 91 times: seven. BDB 1906: n.m. seven n.f. n.m. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7657/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. et f. seven (NH id., MI16 שבעת; Assyrian sibi, sibittu (DlGr. § 65, 6; s = שׁ), Arabic سَبْعٌ, سَبْعَةٌ Sab. סבע HomChr 47, 124, Ethiopic ሰብዑ: ሰብዐቱ: Ph. (Pun.) שבע, Nab. שבע, שבעה, Palm. שבעא, שבעה; Aramaic שִׁבְעָא,שְׁבַע, ܫܒܰܥ, ܫܰܒܥܳܐ; on etym. cf. LagBN 37 f.);—m. (c. n.f.) abs. שֶׁבַע Gn 41:2 + 115 times; cstr. שְׁבַע 5:26 + 47 times, especially P (15 times) and Chr (20 times), וּשֲׁבַע 1 K 14:21. f. (c. n.m.) abs. שִׁבְעָה Gn 4:24 + 100 times; cstr. שִׁבְעַת 7:10 + 120 times; sf. שְׁבַעְתָּם 2 S 21:9 Qr (so Vrss and mod.; v. Dr; \> Kt שִׁבְעָתַיִם);—seven: without other num.: שֶׁבַע, before n.fpl. Gn 21:28 (J), Ju 16:13; Is 4:1 + 80 times, especially שׁ׳ שָׁנִים Gn 29:18 (E) + 32 times (but read שׁלוֹשׁ for שֶׁבַע 2 S 24:13a, cf. v b, c, also 𝔊 and ‖ 1 Ch 21:12; so Th We Dr Bu HPS Now), שׁ׳ פְּעָמִים Gn 33:3 (J), Lv 4:6 (P) + 17 times; שׁ׳ בָּאַמָּה רָחְבָּתּ 1 K 6:6; after noun Ez 40:20, 26; n. om. Jb 5:19; Pr 6:16, + (= שׁ׳ פְּעָמִים) Lv 26:18, 21, 24, 28 (H), ψ 119:164 Pr 24:16. שִׁבְעָה, before n.mpl. Nu 23:1(×3) (E) + 40 times + Jb 42:13 (read שׁ׳ for שִׁבְעָ֫נָה Ges§ 97 c and most); + (distrib.) שׁ׳ וְשׁ׳ Zc 4:2; after n. Gn 7:4 (J), Ex 25:37 (P) + 12 times (P Ch Dn Pr); n. om. 1 S 2:5 + 9 times, incl. שׁ׳ as ordinal, v. infr.; but read שְׂבָכָה for שִׁבְעָה 1 K 7:17(×2) 𝔊 Th Kmp Klo Benz Kit Bur; also שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distrib. = 7 each Gn 7:2, 3 (J); as pred. Gn 46:25 (P). שִׁבְעַת, before n.pl. Nu 23:4 (E), 8:2 (P), Ez 45:23(×2); Jb 2:13(×2) + 97 times, incl. שׁ׳ יָמִים Gn 8:10 (J), + 88 times + Ez 45:21 (read שִׁבְעַת for שְׁבֻעוֹת, Vrss and mod.). = ordinal, שְׁנַת (הַ)שֶּׁבַע Dt 15:9; 2 K 12:2 + 3 times, בְּשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ Ez 30:20, cf. 45:20; לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים Gn 7:10 (J), 1 Ch 9:25. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה 17 years Gn 37:2 + 3 times + 1 K 14:21 (וּשְׁבַע וגו׳), also as ordin. בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ עֶשׂ׳ 1 K 22:52, בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ עֶשׂ׳ שָׁנָה 2 K 16:1. שִׁבְעָה עֶשָׂר (sc. הַגּוֹרָל lot) 1 Ch 24:15; 25:24 (cf. also, + other num., 7:11 Ezr 2:39 Ne 7:42), + יוֹם 17th day Gn 7:11; 8:4; unusual is שׁ׳ שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכֶּסֶף Je 32:9 7 shekels and 10 the silver. שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת = 700 Ju 8:26 + 39 times (but Ne 7:68 om. Mass. Baer Gi q.v.). שִׁבְעָה אֶלֶף = 7000 1 K 20:30 + 2 times; שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים = id. 1 K 20:15 + 15 times; 57,000 is 7 + 50 × 1000 Nu 1:31; 2:8, 31. שׁ׳ + other num.: שׁ׳ follows 18 times: (1) n. s. after שׁ׳ Ju 8:14; also, (= ord. num.) Ez 29:17 + 2 times, שְׁנַת שְׁלשִׁים וָשׁ׳ שָׁנָה 2 K 13:10, cf. 15:1; (2) n.pl. before other num. Ezr 8:35; Ne 7:\[72\], 71; (3) n. s. cstr. precedes בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים רָשׁ׳ 1 K 16:10, 15 (ordin.); (4) n. after each num. Gn 23:1; 25:17 (both P), etc. שׁ׳ precedes 10 times (P and Est): (1) n. s. after other num. Gn 8:14; Ex 6:16, 20 + 3 times Est; (2) n. repeated Gn 5:7; 11:21; 47:28, cf. 5:25, 31 1000 + 17 Ezr 2:39 = Ne 7:42.—שׁ׳ often c. sacred signif.: Gn 21:28 ff. (J), Ex 37:23 Lv 4:6, 17; 8:11; 14:27 + (P); as round number Gn 4:24 (song in J), 29:18 ff.; 31:23; 41:2 ff. (all E), etc.; on bowing 7 times 33:3 (J; in great humility), cf. WklTelAm. nos. 143, 230, 246 NeMar. 11 f.; all these prob. originating with week of seven days; cf. especially KöHast.DB number, 562 f., 565. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שֶׁבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7657/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Numbers 31:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.33/) וּבָקָ֕ר שְׁנַ֥יִם וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים אָֽלֶף׃ *Word for word:* and cattle two and seventy thousand *JPS 1917:* and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, [Ezra 2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.3/) בְּנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔שׁ אַלְפַּ֕יִם מֵאָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס *Word for word:* the.descendants of.Parosh two.thousand one.hundred seventy and two *JPS 1917:* The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two. - ← previous: [שֶׁבַע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7652.md) - next →: [שֶׁבַע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7659.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513.md)