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Genesis 41:27

“And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שֶׁבַעshebaʻ · sheh'-bah
H7651 · Hebrew

Definition: seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Derivation: or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from H7650 (שָׁבַע); a primitive cardinal number;
KJV renderings: ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
שֶׁ֣בַע — cardinal number, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Acfsa
Usage: Occurs 394 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:24 Genesis 5:7 Genesis 5:25 Genesis 5:26 Genesis 5:31

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 שֶׁבַע 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.