שְׁבַע

Biblical Aramaic

seven — used 6 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

seven tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁבַע: n.f. seven n.m. n.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

only שִׁבְעָה n.f. seven (BH I. שֶׁבַע);—abs. שׁ׳ bef. n.m. pl. Dn 4:13, 20, 22, 29; cstr. שִׁבְעַת bef. n.m. pl. Ezr 7:14; חַד שִׁבְעָה עַל־דִּי Dn 3:19 seven times above what (more than), v. חַד, √ אחד.

Jastrow 1903

שְׁבַע: seventy tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

Targ. Gen. V, 7. Ib. IV, 24 (O. ed. Vien. שִׁבְעָה). Ib. XXIX, 27. Targ. Y. II, Num. XI, 26 שׁוֹבְעָתֵי; a. fr.—Y. Kil. IV, beg. 29ᵃ חמש שורין מן שו׳ שו׳ five rows of seven trees each. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ bot. אלו שגזרו … שובעה אינון those laws which they decreed by majority of votes, were seven; a. fr.—Pl. שַׁבְעִין, שִׁבְ׳, שׁוּבְ׳ seventy. Targ. Gen. V, 12; a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: seven (6).

In the verses

Daniel 4:13 · tree →

לִבְבֵהּ֙ מִן־אֲנָשָׁ֣א יְשַׁנּ֔וֹן וּלְבַ֥ב חֵיוָ֖ה יִתְיְהִ֣ב לֵ֑הּ וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

Word for word: heart its away.from (the) humankind let.it.be.changed and.[the] heart of.an.animal let.it.be.given to it and seven times let.them.pass over it

JPS 1917: Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

Ezra 7:14 · tree →

כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּי֩ מִן־קֳדָ֨ם מַלְכָּ֜א וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת יָעֲטֹ֙הִי֙ שְׁלִ֔יחַ לְבַקָּרָ֥א עַל־יְה֖וּד וְלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם בְּדָ֥ת אֱלָהָ֖ךְ דִּ֥י בִידָֽךְ׃

Word for word: as to because that from before the king and seven counselors his [you.are].sent to enquire on Judah and to Jerusalem in the.law of your.God which [is].in hand your

JPS 1917: Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

In Targum Onkelos

Number 75 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 83 times there, in the forms שְׁבַע (58); וּשְׁבַע (22); בִּשְׁבַע (1); לִשְׁבַע (1); שְּׁבַע (1).

Deuteronomy 15:1 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

מִסוֹף שְׁבַע שְׁנִין תַּעְבֵּד שְׁמִטְתָא

מִקֵּ֥ץ שֶֽׁבַע־שָׁנִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה שְׁמִטָּֽה׃

Word for word: from.[the] end of.seven years you.will.observe a.remission

JPS 1917: At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

Genesis 21:28 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וַאֲקִים אַבְרָהָם יָת שְׁבַע חוּרְפַן דְּעָאן בִּלְחוֹדֵיהֶן

וַיַּצֵּ֣ב אַבְרָהָ֗ם אֶת־שֶׁ֛בַע כִּבְשֹׂ֥ת הַצֹּ֖אן לְבַדְּהֶֽן׃

Word for word: and he.set Abraham (et) seven ewe-lambs of the.flock them alone

JPS 1917: And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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