Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7635 |
|---|---|
| Word: | שָׁבִיל |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from the same as H7640 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | shabiyl |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | shaw-beel' |
| Meaning: | 1. a track or passage-way (as if flowing along) |
| KJV Renderings: | path. |
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שְׁבוּל, שְׁבִיל noun [masculine] way, path (properly as flowing along, stretching out ? compare Late Hebrew שְׁבִיל, Arabic [untranscribed source text 5391]); Aramaic שְׁבִילָא); — plural suffix רַבִּים וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯ בְּמַיִם [ Kt שְׁבִילְךָ Ps 77:20 (of ׳ י; || דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ); construct (figurative of course of life) שְׁבוּלֵי עוֺלָם Jer 18:15 ( Kt ; Qr שְׁבִילֵי; || דְּרָכִים).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
