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title: שַׁבְּתַי — Shabbethai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁבְּתַי (7678), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Shabbethai. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁבְּתַי

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«שַׁבְּתַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shabbethai** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7678 · **BDB:** שַׁבְּתַי

### Glosses

Shabbethai (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shabbethai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7678/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7678/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. Levite;—Ezr 10:15; Ne 8:7; 11:16; Σαβ(β)αθαι, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁבְּתַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7678/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.16/)

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וְשַׁבְּתַ֨י וְיוֹזָבָ֜ד עַל־הַמְּלָאכָ֤ה הַחִֽיצֹנָה֙ לְבֵ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים מֵרָאשֵׁ֖י הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Shabbethai and Jozabad \[were\].over the work (the) external of the.house of.(the) God of the.leaders of the.Levites

*JPS 1917:* and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

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[Ezra 10:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.15/)

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אַ֣ךְ יוֹנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל וְיַחְזְיָ֥ה בֶן־תִּקְוָ֖ה עָמְד֣וּ עַל־זֹ֑את וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י הַלֵּוִ֖י עֲזָרֻֽם׃

*Word for word:* only Jonathan the.son of.Asahel and Jahzeiah the.son of.Tikvah they.stood on this and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite they supported.them

*JPS 1917:* Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

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