The meaning of “שְׂבָכָה”
Understanding sᵉbâkâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feminine of שָׂבָךְ checker, lattice, network, snare, wreath(-enwork). - a net-work, i.e. (in hunting) a snare, (in arch...
שְׂבָכָה
feminine of שָׂבָךְ checker, lattice, network, snare, wreath(-enwork). - a net-work, i.e. (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade - also a reticulated ornament to apillar 1) network, lattice-work, net, netting 1a) lattice 1b) net-ornament (on pillars) 1c) network, toils (for catching animals)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings 7:20 | “And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.” Word: שְׂבָכָה (sᵉbâkâh) | |
| 2 Kings 25:17 | “The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.” Word: שְׂבָכָה (sᵉbâkâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 4:13 | “And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.” Word: שְׂבָכָה (sᵉbâkâh) | |
| Job 18:8 | “For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.” Word: שְׂבָכָה (sᵉbâkâh) | |
| Jeremiah 52:23 | “And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.” Word: שְׂבָכָה (sᵉbâkâh) |
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