שֶׁ֫בַע
she.va
“seven”
Definition
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from H7650 (שָׁבַע); a primitive cardinal number;
- seven (cardinal number) 1a) as ordinal number 1b) in combination-17, 700 etc Aramaic equivalent: shiv.ah (*שִׁבְעָה *"seven" H7655)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
H:N
Hebrew Noun
Occurrences
שֶׁ֫בַע appears 334 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.
the descendants of Zaccai, 760;
He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
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