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title: שֶׁבֶת — seat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁבֶת (7675), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: seat. BDB 1906: n.f. seat, dwelling, place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁבֶת

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«שֶׁבֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **seat** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7675 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫בֶת

### Glosses

the.sitting (2); a.seat (1); dwelling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

seat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7675/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. seat, dwelling, place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7675/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. seat, dwelling, place (properly Inf. Qal from ישׁב)—מְקוֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת 1 K 10:19 = 2 Ch 9:18 the place of the seat; שֶׁבֶת חָמָס Am 6:3 a seat (throne, or enthronement) of violence; לְשֶׁבֶת עָ֑ר Nu 21:15 toward the dwelling (i.e. place, location) of ʿÂr; יִשָּֽׂרְפוּ בַשָּׁ֑בֶת 2 S 23:7 they are burned in the (same) place, i.e. on the spot, but del. שׁ׳ We Dr Bu; שִׁבְתּוֹ Ob 3 his (thy) dwelling-place.—ii. שֶׁבֶת v. sub שׁבת.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁבֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7675/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.6.3/)

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הַֽמְנַדִּ֖ים לְי֣וֹם רָ֑ע וַתַּגִּישׁ֖וּן שֶׁ֥בֶת חָמָֽס׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].push.away (to).a day of.calamity and you have.brought.near a.seat of.violence

*JPS 1917:* Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

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[2 Samuel 23:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.7/)

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וְאִישׁ֙ יִגַּ֣ע בָּהֶ֔ם יִמָּלֵ֥א בַרְזֶ֖ל וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִ֑ית וּבָאֵ֕שׁ שָׂר֥וֹף יִשָּׂרְפ֖וּ בַּשָּֽׁבֶת׃פ

*Word for word:* and anyone \[who\].he.will.touch (in) them he.will.arm.himself iron and.\[the\] wood of.a.spear and with (the) fire completely.(burn) they.will.be.burned at the dwelling

*JPS 1917:* But the man that toucheth them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.

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