Lexical Definition

‎שָׁבוּעַ‎ shâbûwaʻ (shaw-boo'-ah) Weeks ^H:N-M
or שָׁבֻעַ shâbuaʻ (shawboo'-ah); also (feminine) שְׁבֻעָה shᵉbuʻâh (sheb-oo-aw'); properly, passive participle of ‎שָׁבַע‎ as a denominative of ‎שֶׁבַע‎

seven, week.

• literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)

1) seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week
1a) period of seven days, a week
1a1) Feast of Weeks
1b) heptad, seven (of years)

Extended Information

meaning of: שָׁבוּעַ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁבוּעַ‎ noun masculine^{Dan 9:27} period of seven (days, years), heptad, week (on formation see Lag^{BN 67}); — absolute‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Dan 9:27 (twice in verse); construct‎שְׁבֻעַ‎ Gen 29:27; Gen 29:28 dual ‎שְׁבֻעַיִם‎ Lev 12:5 plural ‎שָֽׁבֻע(וֺ)ת‎ Exod 34:22 + 4 t. Deuteronomy + (in technical term) 2Chr 8:13 late ‎שָֽׁבֻעִים‎ Dan 9:24 + 4 t. Daniel; construct‎שְׁבֻעֹת‎ Jer 5:24 (Ezek 45:21 read ‎שִׁבְעַת‎ with Vrss and all modern, see ‎שֶׁבַע‎); suffix ‎שָׁבֻעֹתֵיבֶם‎ Num 28:26 —

1. period of seven days (froma given time), week: Deut 16:9 (twice in verse); Lev 12:5 (P); of marriage feast Gen 29:27; Gen 29:28 (E; compare Judg 14:12; Tob 11:19); ‎שָׁבֻעִים יָמִים‎ Dan 10:2; Dan 10:3 three weeks, days (three weeks long); ‎חֻקּוֺת קָצִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ ‎ Jer 5:24 weeks of statutes (i.e. weeks appointed by ‎׳‎‎י‎) for harvest; technical term ‎חַגּ שָֽׁבֻעֹת‎ Exod 34:22 (J) feast of weeks (ending seven weeks of harvest), Deut 16:10; Deut 16:16; 2Chr 8:13 so ‎׳‎‎שׁ ‎ alone Num 28:26 (P).

2. heptad or seven of years, late, Dan 9:24; Dan 9:25; Dan 9:26; Dan 9:27 (twice in verse). — ‎שֻׁבֻעוֺת‎ Ezek 21:28* see ‎שָׁבַע‎].

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