שבעה

Hebrew
Hebrew numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 ז׳
7		 8  → 
    Cardinal: שבעה (shiv'á)
    Ordinal: שביעי (sh'vi'í)

Etymology 1
Root
שׁ־ב־ע (š-b-ʿ)

From Proto-Canaanite *šabʿat, from Proto-Northwest Semitic *šabʿatu, from Proto-Semitic *šabʿatum, synchronically from Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ (“seven”). Compare Phoenician 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 (šbʿt) and Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa).

Pronunciation

Numeral

שִׁבְעָה • (shiv'á) m (construct שִׁבְעַת (shiv'át), feminine שֶׁבַע (shéva'))

  1. seven
Usage notes
  • In Modern Hebrew, when the numbers three through ten modify a definite masculine noun and are directly preceding it, the construct form is used:
    שִׁבְעָה סְפָרִים ― shiv'á s'farím ― seven books
    שִׁבְעַת הַסְּפָרִים ― shiv'át has'farím ― the seven books
  • The construct form is not used for higher numbers ending in seven, such as twenty-seven:
    עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁבְעָה הַסְּפָרִים ― 'esrím v'shiv'á has'farím ― the twenty-seven books
  • In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the form שֶׁבַע (shéva') is often used regardless of gender.
Coordinate terms
Descendants
  • English: shiva

Verb

שבעה • (transliteration needed)

  1. (שְׂבֵעָה, s'veá) Feminine singular present participle and present tense of שָׂבַע (savá).
  2. (שָׂבְעָה, sav'á) Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of שָׂבַע (savá).
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