שבע

שבע • (transliteration needed) f

1. seven (7)

From Proto-Canaanite *šabaʿ, from Proto-Northwest Semitic *šabaʿu, from Proto-Semitic *šabʿum. Compare Phoenician 𐤔𐤁𐤏‎ (šbʿ) and Arabic سَبْع‎ (sabʕ).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃa.baʕ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃɛ.vaʕ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe.va/

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שֶׁבַע • (shéva') f (Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁבַע‎ (šaḇaʿ), masculine שִׁבְעָה‎ (shiv'á))

1. feminine of שִׁבְעָה‎ (shiv'á, “seven”)

• בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע‎ (b'ér shéva')
• בַּת שֶׁבַע‎ (bat shéva')
• שֶׁבַע בְּרָכוֹת‎ (shéva' b'rakhót)
• שִׁבְעַת הַמִּינִים‎ (shiv'át haminím)
• שִׁבְעַת פִּלְאֵי תֵּבֵל‎ (shiv'at pil'ei tevel)

שֶׁבַע • (shéva') f [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a female given name

Compare Arabic شَبِعَ‎ (šabiʕa, “to be satisfied (full of food)”).

שָׂבַע • (savá') third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. to be sated.
2. to be satisfied
   • Tanach, Ecclesiastes 1:8, with Young's Literal Translation:

     ‏כָּל-הַדְּבָרִים יְגֵעִים, לֹא-יוּכַל אִישׁ לְדַבֵּר; לֹא-תִשְׂבַּע עַיִן לִרְאוֹת, וְלֹא-תִמָּלֵא אֹזֶן מִשְּׁמֹעַ.‎‎

     All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

שֹבַע • (sóva') m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. defective spelling of שובע‎

• עשב‎