שְׁבָ֗א — 2 Chronicles 9:1 Hebrew Word Study

שְׁבָ֗א

𐤔𐤁𐤀

sheva

of Sheba

of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district; Sheba, Sabeans.

2 Chronicles 9:1 · Word #2

Lexicon `H7614`

Lemma	שְׁבָא
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤔𐤁𐤀
Transliteration	Shᵉbâʼ
Strong's	H7614
In-context	of Sheba

Morphology `HNp` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`p` — Proper Name — Proper name

SIBI-P1 `H7614-02`

seven

Root	שבע (sh-b-ʿ)
Core Meanings	seven, completeness, fullness, oath, to swear
Semantic Range	the number seven; a symbolic number of completeness or fullness; by extension concepts of oath or solemn pledge (from the related verbal root "to swear"); as a proper noun, Sheba (a person, people group, or region).
Conceptual Significance	Seven is a foundational symbolic number in the Hebrew Bible, often signifying completeness, covenant fullness, and sacred order (e.g., seven days of creation). The related verb "to swear" reflects the cultural practice of oath-making, possibly linked to seven as a number of covenantal completeness. The name Sheba preserves this root, embedding ideas of identity, lineage, and regional legacy within the broader semantic field of fullness and oath.
Morphological Notes	שֶׁבַע (H7651) is a feminine singular absolute cardinal number (HAcfsa). שְׁבָא (H7614) is a proper noun (HNp), referring to a person or region named Sheba.
Rendering Rationale	The form שֶׁבַע is a feminine singular absolute cardinal number, and is faithfully rendered "seven," the standard English equivalent. Although English does not mark grammatical gender for numbers, this rendering preserves the core numerical sense derived from the root שבע, which also carries associations of fullness and oath-taking. In contexts where the proper noun שְׁבָא appears, it is rendered "Sheba," a name derived from the same root.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שבע (seven, completeness, fullness, oath, to swear)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H7646-03`	asebiekha	I will cause you to be filled to satisfaction
`H7637-01`	bashevii	in the seventh (one)
`H7637-02`	basheviit	in the seventh (one)
`H7620-01`	beshavuoteykhem	in your sevened-weeks
`H7651-01`	besheva	in seven
`H7651-02`	beshiveah	in seven
`H7657-01`	beshiveim	with seventy (seven-tens)
`H472-01`	elisheva	My God is Oath
`H7646-06`	hamasebiya	the one causing to be filled-to-satisfaction
`H7650-02`	hanisheba	the one who has sevened himself
`H7620-03`	hashavuim	the sevened-ones
`H7620-04`	hashavuot	the sevened periods
`H7637-03`	hashevii	the seventh (one)
`H7637-04`	hasheviit	the seventh (feminine)
`H7621-03`	hashevuah	the sworn-oath
`H7651-04`	hashiveah	the sevenfold-full one
`H7646-07`	hisebaate	you (feminine) have caused to be filled to satisfaction
`H7646-08`	hisebia	he caused to be satisfied
`H7650-05`	hishava	he sevened himself (swore an oath)
`H7650-06`	hishaveah	you have bound yourself by seven-oath
`H7650-07`	hishaveu	you (masculine plural) have sevened yourselves in oath
`H7650-08`	hishebaetanu	you (feminine) caused us to swear an oath
`H7650-09`	hishebaeti	I have caused to swear
`H7650-10`	hishebaetikha	I have caused you to swear an oath
`H7650-13`	hishebiekha	he caused you (masculine singular) to swear by sevening yourself
`H7650-14`	hishebio	he caused him to seven himself in oath
`H7648-01`	lasova	to fullness
`H7646-10`	lehasebia	to cause to be filled to satisfaction
`H7650-16`	lehashebia	to cause to seven-bind (to make swear an oath)
`H7651-05`	lesheva	for seven (the full number)
`H7651-07`	leshiveat	for seven-of
`H7648-02`	lesova	for fullness of
`H7621-04`	lishevuah	for a sworn-oath
`H7650-18`	mashebiekha	the one causing-you to swear
`H7648-03`	misaveah	from her fullness
`H7621-06`	mishevuati	from my sworn-oath
`H7651-08`	mishiveah	from seven (the full measure of seven)
`H7646-12`	niseba	he was filled to satisfaction
`H7646-13`	nisebeah	we have been sated
`H7650-19`	nisheba	he sevened himself (in oath)
`H7650-20`	nishebaenu	we have sevened ourselves in oath
`H7650-22`	nishebaetem	you have sevened yourselves in oath
`H7650-23`	nishebaeti	I bound myself by oath
`H7650-24`	nishebau	they sevened-themselves (by oath)
`H7650-25`	nishebeu	they bound themselves by oath
`H7647-02`	sava	abundant fullness
`H7646-16`	savaenu	we have been sated
`H7646-17`	savaeta	you were sated
`H7646-19`	saveah	she was sated
`H7654-03`	saveatekhe	your fullness
`H7648-04`	saveekha	your fullness
`H7646-20`	saveu	they were filled-to-satisfaction
`H7649-02`	seveah	a sated woman
`H1339-03`	shava	Well-of-the-Oath
`H7620-05`	shavua	sevened period
`H7620-06`	shavuim	sevened periods
`H884-06`	sheva	seven (the fullness-number, feminine form)
`H7652-01`	sheva	seven (feminine form)
`H1339-04`	sheva	seven (feminine form)
`H7724-01`	sheva	seven (feminine form of the fullness-number)
`H1339-05`	sheve	Daughter-of-the-Oath
`H7620-08`	shevua	sevened-period
`H7621-07`	shevuah	a sworn-oath
`H7621-08`	shevuat	sworn-oath of
`H7620-09`	shevuayim	two seven-cycles
`H7650-26`	shevuey	sevens of
`H7621-09`	shevuot	sevens
`H7620-10`	shevuot	sevened-units
`H7657-02`	shibeim	seven-tens
`H7656-01`	shiveah	seven (full measure)
`H7651-11`	shiveah	seven (the fullness-number)
`H7655-01`	shiveah	seven (masculine)
`H7658-01`	shiveanah	seven (masculine form)
`H7651-12`	shiveat	seven (of)
`H7659-01`	shiveatayim	seven-times over
`H7657-03`	shiveim	seventy (seven‑tens)
`H7651-13`	shvtym	sevenfold
`H7653-01`	siveat	fullness-of
`H7648-05`	sova	satisfaction of
`H7650-27`	tashebiu	you men will cause to seven-bind by oath
`H7646-24`	tisebaenah	they (fem.) shall be filled to fullness
`H7646-25`	tisebaenu	you will be satisfied with him
`H7646-27`	tisebeu	you shall be satisfied to fullness
`H7650-30`	tishaveu	you men will bind yourselves by sevening-oath
`H5434-02`	useva	and satiated-of (masculine singular)
`H7646-29`	usevaetem	and you (masculine plural) shall be filled to satisfaction
`H7724-02`	usheva	and seven (the fullness-number)
`H7651-15`	usheva	and seven
`H7621-10`	ushevuat	and sworn-oath-of
`H7621-11`	ushevuato	and his sworn-oath
`H7650-31`	uvanishebaim	and against the ones who bind-themselves-by-seven (in oath)
`H7637-05`	uvashevii	and in the seventh (one)
`H7637-06`	uvasheviit	and in the seventh (feminine) one
`H7651-16`	uvesheva	and in sevenfold fullness
`H7651-17`	uveshiveah	and in seven (the full measure)
`H7621-12`	uvishevuah	and into a sworn-binding
`H7646-30`	vaasebia	and I caused to be satisfied
`H7650-32`	vaashebiem	and I caused them to swear
`H7650-33`	vaeshava	and I sevened myself (in oath)
`H7651-18`	vasheva	and seven
`H7650-35`	vayashebieni	and he sevened me (bound me by oath)
`H7650-36`	vayishava	and he sevened himself (in oath)
`H7650-38`	veashebiakha	and I will cause you (masc. sg.) to swear a seven-oath
`H7650-39`	vehanisheba	and the one who has sworn himself
`H7637-07`	vehasheviit	and the seventh one (feminine)
`H7646-36`	vehisebaeti	and I caused to be satisfied
`H7650-41`	vehishavea	and to seven-oneself (in oath)
`H7650-42`	vehishebia	and he caused to swear
`H7621-14`	velishevuah	and for a sworn-oath
`H7650-43`	venisheba	and he sevened himself by oath
`H7650-44`	venishebaeta	and you bound yourself by oath
`H7650-45`	venishebaot	and the women swearing themselves (by sevening)
`H7646-38`	vesava	and he was filled-to-satisfaction
`H7646-40`	vesavaeti	and I was filled-to-satisfaction
`H7649-05`	vesavea	and sated
`H7646-42`	vesaveu	and they were filled to satisfaction
`H7620-11`	veshavuim	and sevened-cycles
`H7651-19`	vesheva	and seven
`H7652-02`	vesheva	and seven (the full measure)
`H7655-02`	veshiveah	and seven (the full number)
`H7651-21`	veshiveat	and seven-of
`H7655-03`	veshiveat	and seven of
`H7657-05`	veshiveim	and seventy
`H7646-45`	veyisebau	and they will be filled to satisfaction
`H7646-47`	yasebiekhe	he will cause you (feminine singular) to be sated
`H3090-01`	yehoshaveat	Yahweh-has-sworn (feminine proper name)
`H3089-01`	yehosheva	Yahweh-has-sworn (f.)
`H7646-51`	yisebaakha	he will be sated with you
`H7650-47`	yishaveu	they will seven-themselves in oath

Word Usage (23 occurrences of H7614)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 10:7	שְׁבָ֥א	sheva	Sheba
Genesis 10:28	שְׁבָֽא	sheva	Sheba
Genesis 25:3	שְׁבָ֖א	sheva	Sheba
1 Kings 10:1	שְׁבָ֗א	sheva	of-Sheba
1 Kings 10:4	שְׁבָ֔א	sheva	of Sheba
1 Kings 10:10	שְׁבָ֖א	sheva	of Sheba
1 Kings 10:13	שְׁבָ֗א	sheva	Sheba
Isaiah 60:6	מִ/שְּׁבָ֣א	misheva	from Sheba
Jeremiah 6:20	מִ/שְּׁבָ֣א	misheva	from Sheba
Ezekiel 27:22	שְׁבָא֙	sheva	Sheba
Ezekiel 27:23	שְׁבָ֑א	sheva	Sheba
Ezekiel 38:13	שְׁבָ֡א	sheva	Sheba
Psalms 72:10	שְׁבָ֥א	sheva	Sheba
Psalms 72:15	שְׁ֫בָ֥א	sheva	of Sheba
Job 1:15	שְׁבָא֙	sheva	Sabeans
Job 6:19	שְׁ֝בָ֗א	sheva	Sheba
1 Chronicles 1:9	שְׁבָ֥א	sheva	Sheba
1 Chronicles 1:22	שְׁבָֽא	sheva	Sheba
1 Chronicles 1:32	שְׁבָ֥א	sheva	Sheba
2 Chronicles 9:1	שְׁבָ֗א	sheva	of Sheba
2 Chronicles 9:3	שְׁבָ֔א	sheva	Sheba
2 Chronicles 9:9	שְׁבָ֖א	sheva	Sheba
2 Chronicles 9:12	שְׁבָ֗א	sheva	Sheba

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Lexicon H7614

Morphology HNp All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H7614-02

Words from Root שבע (seven, completeness, fullness, oath, to swear)

Word Usage (23 occurrences of H7614)

Lexicon `H7614`

Morphology `HNp` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H7614-02`