--- title: שְׁבוּת — exile · The Tanakh dictionary description: שְׁבוּת (lemma:שְׁבוּת), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: exile. BDB 1906: n.f. Qal Hiph. Qal Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5d5_5bc_5ea.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513.md)‎ / שְׁבוּת‎ # שְׁבוּת «שְׁבוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exile** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁבוּת · **BDB:** שְׁבִית ### Glosses captivity (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) exile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5d5_5bc_5ea/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. Qal Hiph. Qal Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5d5_5bc_5ea/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id. (√ שׁבה 𝔊 Thes SS PreusschenZAW xv (1895), 1 ff. Krae Ez 16:53; \> √ שׁוב EwJBW v (1852–3), 216 f.; § 165 b Ol§ 412, 417 Bö§ 464 Kue TTijdschr. vii. 519 ff. OortIb. xiv. 157 SchwallyZAW viii (1888), 200 al.; Köii. 1, 166 f., 474; ii. 2. § 329 i thinks deriv. of שׁבה and שׁוב are confused, cf. Ew§ 166 b);—abs. שְׁבִית Nu 21:29; cstr. שְׁבוּת Ho 6:11 +, sf. שְׁבוּתְךָ Dt 30:3, שְׁבִיתְהֶן Ez 16:53a (v. infr.), שְׁבוּתֵיכֶם Zp 3:20 (read -תְכֶם Now GASm), etc. \[MT has שְׁבוּת, etc. 16 times, + Kt (שְׁבִית Qr) Zp 2:7 ψ 85:2; 126:4 + Ez 16:53a (Gi, but Baer שְׁבִיתְהֶן Kt et Qr, v. his note), + Qr (Kt שׁבית) Je 29:14; 49:39; Ez 16:53 b, c + v d (but וְשַׁבְתִּ֫י for וּשְׁב֯יו Vrss Comm.), La 2:14; Jb 42:10; שְׁבִית Kt et Qr Nu 21:29, שְׁבִיתַיִךְ Ez 16:53 (but Co Krae שְׁבוּתֵךְ); שְׁבִית prob. earlier Ew§; 186 b al. ψ 126:1 read prob. שְׁבִית for שִׁיבַת\];— in cl. נָתַן בַּשִּׁבִית Nu 21:29 (JE) give his daughters into captivity (or as captives, ‖ פְּלֵיטִם of sons, cf. Je 48:46); cf. (perhaps) La 1:7 (v. \[מִשְׁבָּת\] sub שׁבת). in phr. restore the captivity of, acc. after שׁוּב, הֵשִׁיב, י׳ subj. \[vb. Qal Dt 30:3 + 15 times, + Ez 16:53d ψ 126:1 (v. supr.); Hiph. Je 32:44 + 5 times, + Qal Kt, Hiph. Qr, Je 33:26 + 2 times\]: of Isr. (or Judah) Ho 6:11 (𝔊 joins to 7:1, so as gloss, We Now), Zp 2:7; 3:20; Dt 30:3; Je 29:14; 30:3, 18 (שׁ׳ אָהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב), 31:23; 32:44; 33:7(×2), 11 (שׁ׳ הָאָרֶץ), v 26 La 2:14 (subj. proph.), Ez 16:53 a, c, d (on text v. supr.), 39:25 Am 9:14; Jo 4:1 ψ 14:7 = 53:7, 85:2; 126:1 (v. supr.), v 4. of other nations Je 48:47 (cf. v 46), 49:6, 39; Ez 29:14 (cf. v 13). appar. in more gen. sense, restore fortunes of Sodom Ez 16:53 b (Krae, cf. foll.). restore fortunes of individuals, Jb 42:10. Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שְׁבוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5d5_5bc_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 126:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.126.4/) שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אֶת־שְׁבִיתֵ֑נוּ כַּאֲפִיקִ֥ים בַּנֶּֽגֶב׃ *Word for word:* turn back O.Yahweh (et) captivity our like stream-beds in the Negev *JPS 1917:* Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the dry land. [Zephaniah 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.7/) וְהָ֣יָה חֶ֗בֶל לִשְׁאֵרִ֛ית בֵּ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִרְע֑וּן בְּבָתֵּ֣י אַשְׁקְל֗וֹן בָּעֶ֙רֶב֙ יִרְבָּצ֔וּן כִּ֧י יִפְקְדֵ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם וְשָׁ֥ב שְׁבִיתָֽם׃ *Word for word:* and it.will.belong \[the\].region to the.remnant of.the.house of.Judah on them they will.graze in the.houses of.Ashkelon in the evening they will.lie.down (dm) he will.visit.them Yahweh God their and he.will.turn.back captivity their *JPS 1917:* And it shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah, whereon they shall feed; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for the LORD their God will remember them, and turn their captivity. - ← previous: [שְׁבוּת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7622.md) - next →: [שָׁבַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7623.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513.md)