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1 Samuel 30:2

“And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁבָהshâbâh · shaw-baw'
H7617 · Hebrew

Definition: to transport into captivity
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּשְׁבּ֨וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage: Occurs 47 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:14 Genesis 31:26 Genesis 34:29 Exodus 22:9 Numbers 21:1

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 שָׁבָה here.

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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.