שֶׁ֣בֶת — Proverbs 20:3 Hebrew Word Study

שֶׁ֣בֶת

𐤔𐤁𐤕

shevet

ceasing

from שָׁבַת; rest, interruption, cessation; cease, sit still, loss of time.

H7674

Proverbs 20:3 · Word #3

Lexicon `H7674`

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`f` — Feminine — Feminine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

branch-staff

Root	שבט (š-b-ṭ)
Core Meanings	branching off, rod, staff, scepter, tribal division
Semantic Range	rod for striking or discipline, shepherd’s staff, ruler’s scepter, measuring stick, and figuratively a clan or tribe as a branch of a larger people.
Conceptual Significance	שֵׁבֶט links physical authority (the rod or scepter) with social structure (the tribe as a branch of Israel). It conveys both governance and lineage, portraying each tribe as an offshoot of the covenant family and emphasizing ordered authority within the community.
Morphological Notes	Common masculine singular noun (absolute or construct state in the cited forms). No pronominal suffix; number and gender are singular masculine.
Rendering Rationale	The noun שֵׁבֶט is a masculine singular form (absolute or construct), so the rendering reflects a singular concrete object. "Branch-staff" preserves the probable root idea of something that branches off (a shoot or offshoot) and its physical expression as a rod or staff, from which the figurative sense of a tribal branch develops.

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

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H7626-01`	bashavet	in the branch-staff
`H7626-02`	bashevet	with the rod
`H7626-04`	beshivetey	among the staff-tribes of
`H7626-05`	bishevatayv	among his branch-tribes
`H7626-07`	hashevatim	the branch-tribes
`H7626-08`	hashevet	the branch-tribe
`H7626-09`	leshevet	for a rod
`H7626-10`	leshivetey	to the branch-tribes of
`H7626-11`	leshiveteyhem	to their branch-tribes
`H7626-12`	leshiveteykhem	to your branch-clans
`H7626-13`	lishevatayv	to his branch-tribes
`H7626-14`	lishevateykha	for your branch-tribes
`H7626-15`	mishavet	from a branch-tribe
`H7626-16`	mishivetey	from the branch-staff tribes of
`H7626-18`	shevateyha	her branch-tribes
`H7626-19`	shevateykha	your branch-tribes
`H7626-22`	shivetey	branch-tribes of
`H7626-23`	shiveteykhem	your branch-tribes
`H7626-24`	shiveto	his branch-rod
`H7626-26`	uveshevet	and in the rod-of
`H7626-27`	vashevet	in the rod
`H7626-28`	vehashevet	and the branch-staff
`H7626-29`	veshevet	a branch-staff
`H7626-30`	veshivetey	and branch-staffs of

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Exodus 21:19	שִׁבְתּ֛/וֹ	shiveto	his sitting
Isaiah 30:7	שָֽׁבֶת	shavet	sitting
Proverbs 20:3	שֶׁ֣בֶת	shevet	ceasing