שבע

See also: שבֿע‎

Aramaic

Numeral

שבע • (transliteration needed) f

  1. seven (7)

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
שׁ־ב־ע‎ (š-b-ʿ)

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

Pronunciation

Numeral

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

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

Proper noun

שֶׁבַע • (shéva') f [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2
Root
שׂ־ב־ע‎ (ś-b-ʿ)

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

Verb

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.
Conjugation
Conjugation of שָׂבַע‎ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לשבוע / לִשְׂבֹּעַ‎
  • action noun: שְׂבִיעָה‎
  • passive participle: שָׂבוּעַ‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׂבַעְתִּי‎שָׂבַעְנוּ‎
second שָׂבַעְתָּ‎שָׂבַעְתְּ‎שְׂבַעְתֶּם‎1שְׂבַעְתֶּן‎1
third שָׂבַע‎שָׂבְעָה‎שָׂבְעוּ‎
present שָׂבֵעַ‎שְׂבֵעָה‎שְׂבֵעִים‎שְׂבֵעוֹת‎
future first אֶשְׂבַּע‎נִשְׂבַּע‎
second תִּשְׂבַּע‎תִּשְׂבְּעִי‎תִּשְׂבְּעוּ‎תִּשְׂבַּעְנָה‎2
third יִשְׂבַּע‎תִּשְׂבַּע‎יִשְׂבְּעוּ‎תִּשְׂבַּעְנָה‎2
imperative שְׂבַע‎שִׂבְעִי‎שִׂבְעוּ‎שְׂבַעְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׂבַעְתֶּם‎ and שָׂבַעְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

שֹבַע • (sóva') m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. defective spelling of שובע‎

Anagrams
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