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Jeremiah 41:10

“Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.” (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
  • יִּ֣שְׁבְּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 47 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:14Genesis 31:26Genesis 34:29Exodus 22:9Numbers 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.