שבעה

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Hebrew[edit]

Hebrew numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 ז׳
7
8  → 
    Cardinal: שבעה (shiv'á)
    Ordinal: שביעי (sh'vi'í)

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
שׁ־ב־ע (š-b-ʿ)

From Proto-Canaanite *šabʿat, from Proto-Northwest Semitic *šabʿatu, from Proto-Semitic *šabʿatum, synchronically from Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ (seven). Compare Phoenician 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 (šbʿt) and Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

שִׁבְעָה (shiv'ám (construct שִׁבְעַת (shiv'át), feminine שֶׁבַע (shéva'))

  1. seven
Usage notes[edit]
  • In Modern Hebrew, when the numbers three through ten modify a definite masculine noun and are directly preceding it, the construct form is used:
    שִׁבְעָה סְפָרִיםshiv'á s'farímseven books
    שִׁבְעַת הַסְּפָרִיםshiv'át has'farímthe seven books
  • The construct form is not used for higher numbers ending in seven, such as twenty-seven:
    עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁבְעָה הַסְּפָרִים'esrím v'shiv'á has'farímthe twenty-seven books
  • In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the form שֶׁבַע (shéva') is often used regardless of gender.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: shiva

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

שבעה (transliteration needed)

  1. (שְׂבֵעָה, s'veá) Feminine singular present participle and present tense of שָׂבַע (savá).
  2. (שָׂבְעָה, sav'á) Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of שָׂבַע (savá).