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Joshua 5:12

“And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁבַתshâbath · shaw-bath'
H7673 · Hebrew
Definition
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
(cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּשְׁבֹּ֨ת — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 71 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Genesis 8:22Exodus 5:5Exodus 12:15

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 שָׁבַת 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.