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Joshua 6:26

“And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁבַעshâbaʻ · shaw-bah'
H7650 · Hebrew

Definition: to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Derivation: a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651 (שֶׁבַע);
KJV renderings: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יַּשְׁבַּ֣ע — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhw3ms
Usage: Occurs 186 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 21:23 Genesis 21:24 Genesis 21:31 Genesis 22:16 Genesis 24:3

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 שָׁבַע 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.