Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁבַע‎ shebaʻ (sheh'-bah) Sheba ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎שֶׁבַע‎; seven

Sheba.

• § Sheba = "seven"
• Sheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two Israelites

n pr m
1) Benjamite, son of Bichri and one who led a rebellion against David
2) Gadite, brother of Michael, Meshullam, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Heber
n pr loc
3) a town in Simeon

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎שֶׁ֫בַע‎ proper name, masculine

1. in Benjamin, ‎בֶּןבִּֿכְרִי‎ 2Sam 20:1; 2Sam 20:2; 2Sam 20:6; 2Sam 20:7; 2Sam 20:10; 2Sam 20:13; 2Sam 20:21; 2Sam 20:22 Σαβεε

2. in Gad 1Chr 5:13 Σεβεε, A Σωβαθε, ᵐ5^L Σαβεε.

Also see: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע

III. ‎שֶׁבַע‎ si vera lectio proper name, of a location in Simeon, ‎בְּאֵרשֶֿׁבֶע וְשֶׁבַע‎ Josh 19:2 Σαμαα, ᵐ5^L Σαβε; probably strike out ‎׳‎‎וְשׁ‎ Di and others (omit || 1Chr 4:23). — ‎׳‎‎בְּאֵר שׁ‎. ‎שֶׁבַע‎ see in compounds ‎אֱלִישֶׁבַע‎, (‎בַּתשֶֿׁבַע‎), ‎יְהוֺשֶׁבַע‎.

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