Strong's Lexicon: H7622 שְׁבוּת שְׁבִיתּ

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7622
Word:	שְׁבוּת שְׁבִיתּ
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H7617
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	42
Transliteration:	shbuwth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	sheb-ooth' (or shbiyth {sheb-eeth'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. exile 2. (concretely) prisoners 3. (figuratively) a former state of prosperity
KJV Renderings:	captive(-ity).

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שְׁבִית,שְׁבוּת noun feminine id. (√ שׁבה ᵐ5 Thes SS Preusschen: ZAWxv (1895),1 ff. Krae^{Ez 10:53}; > √ שׁוב Ew^{JBW V}(1852-3),216 F., §165B Ol^{§ 412,417} Bö^{§ 464} Kue^{Ttijdschr.vii.519 ff.} Oort^{Ib.xiv. 157} Schw^{ZAWviii(1888),200} and others; Kö^{ii.1. 166 f.}474;ii.2,§329 i thinks derivatives of שׁבה and שׁוב are confused, compare Ew^{§ 166b} ); — absolute שְׁבִית Num 21:29 construct שְׁבוּת Hos 6:11 +, sf שְׁבוּתְךָ Deut 30:3 שְׁבִיתְהֶן Ezek 16:53a (see below), שְׁבוּתֵיכֶם Zeph 3:20 (read ת־ְכֶם Now GASm), etc. [ ᵑ0 has שְׁבוּת, etc. 16 t., + Kt (שְׁבִית Qr ) Zeph 2:7; Ps 85:2; Ps 126:4+ Ezek 16:53a ( Gi, but Baer שְׁבִיתְהֶן Kt and Qr , see his note), + Qr ( Kt שׁבית) Jer 29:14; Jer 49:39; Ezek 16:53b,c + v:d (but < read וְשַׁבְתִּ֫י for וּשְׁב֯יו Vrss Comm.), Lam 2:14; Job 42:10 שְׁבִית Kt and Qr Num 21:29, שְׁבִיתַתִךְ Ezek 16:53 (but Co Krae שְׁבוּתֵךְ); שְׁכִית probably earlier Ew^{§ 186b
and elsewhere} Ps 126:1 read probably שְׁבִית for שִׁיבַת; —

1. in clause נָתַן בַּשְּׁבִית Num 21:29 ( J E ) give his daughters into captivity (or as captives, || פְּלֵיטִם of sons, compare Jer 48:46 compare (perhaps) Lam 1:7 (see [ מִשְׁבָּת ] below שׁבת).

2. in phrase restore the captivity of, accusative after שׁוּב , הֵשִׁיב, ׳ י subject [verb Qal Deut 30:3+ 15 t.,+Ezek 16:53 d Ps 126:1 (see below); Hiph`il Jer 32:41 + 5t., + Qal Kt , Hiph`il Qr , Jer 33:26 + 2 t.]: ,

a. of Israel (or Judah) Hos 6:1l ( ᵐ5 . joins to Hos 7:1, so, as gloss, We Now), Zeph 2:7; Zeph 3:20; Deut 30:3; Jer 29:14; Jer 30:3 ; Jer 30:18 (אָהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב ׳ שׁ), Jer 31:23; Jer 32:44; Jer 33:7 (twice in verse); Jer 33:11 (הָאָרֶץ ׳ שׁ), Jer 33:26; Lam 2:14 (subject prophet), Ezek 16:53a,c,d (on text see above), Ezek 39:25; Amos 9:14; Joel 4:1; Ps 14:7 = Ps 53:7; Ps 85:2; Ps 126:1 (see above), Ps 53:4.

b. of other nations Jer 48:47 (compare Jer 48:46), Jer 49:6; Jer 49:39; Ezek 29:14 (compare Ezek 29:13).

c. apparently in more gen, sense,restore fortunes of Sodom Ezek 16:53 (Krae, compare following).

d. restore fortunes of individuals, Job 42:10.

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II. [שִׁיבָה] construct שִׁיבַת restoration (?) Ps 126:1, but read שְׁבִית, see below שָׁבָה. — I. שַׁיבָה see ישׁב .

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