Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁבֶת‎ shebeth (sheh'-beth) seat ^H:N-F
infinitive of ‎יָשַׁב‎

place, seat. Compare ‎יֹשֵׁב בַּשֶּׁבֶת‎.

• properly, session
• but used also concretely, an abode or locality

1) (Qal) seat, dwelling, place

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שֶׁ֫בֶת‎ noun feminine seat, dwelling, place (properly Infinitive Qal from ‎ישׁב‎) — ‎מְקוֺם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת‎ 1Kgs 10:19 = 2Chr 9:18 the place of the seat; ‎שֶׁבֶת חָמָס‎ Amos 6:3 a seat (throne, or enthronement) of violence; ‎לְשֶׁבֶת עָ֑ר‎ Num 21:15 toward the dwelling (i.e. place, location) of 'Âr; ‎יִ˜שּׂרְסּוּ בַשָּׁ֑בֶת‎ 2Sam 23:7 they are burned in the (same) place,, i.e on the spot, but strike out ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ We Dr Bu; ‎שִׁבְתּוֺ‎ Obad 1:3 his (thy) dwelling-place — II. ‎שֶׁבֶת‎ see below ‎שׁבת‎.

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