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1 Samuel 2:5

“They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׂבֵעַsâbêaʻ · saw-bay'-ah
H7649 · Hebrew

Definition: satiated (in a pleasant or disagreeable sense)
Derivation: from H7646 (שָׂבַע);
KJV renderings: full (of), satisfied (with).
Grammar: שְׂבֵעִ֤ים — adjective, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HAampa
Usage: Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 25:8 Genesis 35:29 Deuteronomy 33:23 1 Chronicles 29:28 Job 10:15

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׂבֵעַ here.

Verse 4 Verse 6

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.