(
P
).
c.
שִׁבְעַת
, before
n.pl.
Nu 23:4
(
E
),
8:2
(
P
),
Ez 45:23
(
×2
)
Jb 2:13
(
×2
)
+
97 times, incl.
שׁ׳ יָמִים
Gn 8:10
(
J
),
+
88 times
+
Ez 45:21
(read
שִׁבְעַת
for שְׁבֻעוֹת
, Vrss and mod.).
d.
=
ordinal,
שְׁנַת (הַ)שֶּׁבַע
Dt 15:9 2 K 12:2
+
3 times,
בְּשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ
Ez 30:2
0,
cf.
45:2
0;
לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים
Gn 7:10
(
J
),
1 Ch 9:25
.
2.
•
a.
שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה
17 years Gn 37:2
+
3 times
+
1 K 14:21
(
וּשְׁבַע וגו׳
), also as ordin.
בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ עֶשׂ׳
1 K 22:5
2,
בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ עֶשׂ׳ שָׁנָה
2 K 16:
1.
•
b.
שִׁבְעָה עֶשָׂר
(sc. הַגּוֹרָל
lot
)
1 Ch 24:15
;
25:24
(
cf.
also,
+
other
num.
,
7:11 Ezr 2:39 Ne 7:4
2),
+
יוֹם
17th day Gn 7:1
1;
8:4
; unusual is
שׁ׳ שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכֶּסֶף
Je 32:9
7
shekels and
10
the silver
.
3.
שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת
=
700
Ju 8:26
+
39 times (but
Ne 7:68
om.
Mass
. Baer
Gi q.v
.).
4.
שִׁבְעָה אֶלֶף
=
7000
1 K 20:30
+
2 times;
שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים
=
id.
1 K 20:15
+
15 times; 57,000 is 7
+
50 × 1000
Nu 1:31
;
2:8
,
31
.
5.
שׁ׳
+
other
num.
:
a.
שׁ׳
follows 18 times: (1)
n.
s. after
שׁ׳
Ju 8:1
4; also, (
=
ord.
num.
)
Ez 29:17
+
2 times,
שְׁלשִׁים וָשׁ׳ שָׁנָה שְׁנַת
2 K 13:1
0,
cf.
15:1
; (2)
n.pl.
before other
num.
Ezr 8:35 Ne
7:
[7
2],
71
; (3)
n.
s.
cstr.
precedes
בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים רָשׁ׳
1 K 16:1
0,
15
(ordin.); (4)
n.
after each
num.
Gn 23:
1;
25:17
(both
P
), etc.
b.
שׁ׳
precedes 10 times (
P
and Est): (1)
n.
s. after other
num.
Gn 8:14 Ex 6:1
6,
20
+
3 times Est; (2)
n.
repeated
Gn 5:7
;
11:21
;
47:28
,
cf.
5:2
5,
31
c.
1000
+
17
Ezr 2:39
=
Ne 7:4
2.—
שׁ׳
often c. sacred signif.:
Gn 21:28 ff.
(
J
),
Ex 37:23 Lv 4:6
,
17
;
8:11
;
14:27
+
(
P
); as round number
Gn 4:24
(song in
J
),
29:18 ff.
;
31:23
;
41:2 ff.
(all
E
), etc.; on bowing 7 times
33:3
(
J
; in great humility),
cf.
Wkl
TelAm. nos. 143, 230, 246
Ne
Mar. 11 f.
; all these prob. originating with week of seven days;
cf.
especially
Kö
HastDB NUMBER
, 562 f., 565
.
prefixed, or added, or both, indicates All passages cited. Mass Masora.
Gi
C.D. Gindsburg.
q.v.
quod vide.
Wkl
H. Winckler.
TelAm. TA, q.v. . Ne Nehemiah (rarely = E. Nestle). Kö E. König.
Hast Dictionary of the Bible, ed. James Hastings.