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שְׁבוּעָה, שְׁבֻעָה noun feminine (Josh 2:17 read הַזּה AlbrZAW xvi(1896), 116) oath, curse; — absolute ׳ שְׁבוּ Josh 9:20 +, ׳ שְׁבֻ Gen 26:3 +; construct שְׁבֻעַת Exod 22:10 +; suffix שְׁבֻעָתִי Gen 24:8 etc.; plural שְׁבֻעוֺת absolute Ezek 21:28, construct Hab 3:9 [Jer 5:24; Ezek 45:21 see שָׁבוּעַ ]; — oath [as accusative of cognate meaning with verb with הִשָּׁבַע etc. Num 30:3 + (in rel.cl.) 5t.]:
1. of man:
a. attesting innocence Exod 22:10 (
E
), friendship
2Sam 21:7, promise 1Kgs 2:43 (after שָׁמַר
keep; all ׳
שְׁבֻעַת י
oath to to (׳
י); innocence also Num 5:21 a; friendship Neh 6:18 (לוֺ
׳
בַּעֲלֵישׁ), promise Lev 5:4 of vow (|| נדר) Num 30:3; Num 30:11; Num 30:14 (שְׁבֻעַת אִסָּר
), Josh 9:20
(all
P
), Neh
10:30 (|| אָלָה), Eccl 9:2, of covenant with ׳
י
2Chr 15:15
,
שְׁבוּעַת אֱלֹהִים
Eccl 8:2
(probably of
oath of allegiance to king), שְׁבֻעַת שֶׁקֶר
Zech 8:17 of
threat Judg 21:5
;
1Sam 14:26
(
ᵐ5
׳
שְׁבֻעַת י); keep, discharge the oath is ׳
הֵקִים הַשּׁ
Gen 26:3 (
J
), Jer 11:5
׳
נָקָה מִשׁ
be free, exempt from an oath
Gen 24:8 (
J
), compare
Josh
2:17; Josh
2:20
.
b. = curse, Isa 65:15 and (|| אָלָה) Num 5:21 (
P
), Dan 9:11
.
2.
oath of ׳
י, in promise, Deut 7:8 (שָׁמַר in rel. clause), || covenant (
בְּרִית
), שְׁבוּעַתוֺ לְיִצְחָק
Ps 105:9
=
1Chr 16:16
. — שְׁבֻעוֺת מַטּוֺת
Hab 3:9 very
dubious:
AV
oaths of the tribes; oaths, rods of the word, Hi
-
St; sworn (passive participle שְׁבַע
) were the rods ( = chastisements) of (thy) word, Ges
Hi
RVm
; heptads of spears
Ew, compare Da; text
probably
corrupt, Now proposes שִׂבַּעְתָּ (אַשְׁפָּֽתְךָׅ
thou hast sated with shafts thy quiver; Marti
(after
ᵐ5
Manuscripts
) thy bow was satiated with shafts; GASm
thou gluttest (?) thy shafts. — Ezek 21:28 see √.