The meaning of “שָׁבוּעַ”
Understanding shâbûwaʻ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or שָׁבֻעַ shâbuaʻ (shawboo'-ah); also (feminine) שְׁבֻעָה shᵉbuʻâh (sheb-oo-aw'); properly, passive participle of שָׁבַ...
שָׁבוּעַ
or שָׁבֻעַ shâbuaʻ (shawboo'-ah); also (feminine) שְׁבֻעָה shᵉbuʻâh (sheb-oo-aw'); properly, passive participle of שָׁבַע as a denominative of שֶׁבַע seven, week. - literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years) 1) seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week 1a) period of seven days, a week 1a1) Feast of Weeks 1b) heptad, seven (of years)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 29:28 | “And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.” Word: שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ) | |
| Exodus 34:22 | “And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.” Word: שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ) | |
| Leviticus 12:5 | “But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.” Word: שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ) | |
| Numbers 28:26 | “Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:” Word: שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ) | |
| Deuteronomy 16:10 | “And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:” Word: שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ) |