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Sheth Personal Name

Community Cluster · 3 senses · 3 lemmas

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† I. שֵׁת n.pr.m. third son of Adam; Gn 4:25 (where expl. from √ שִׁית), v 26 5:3, 4, 6, 7, 8; 1 Ch 1:1; Σηθ.—In כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵׁת Nu 24:17 (poem in J), read prob. שֵׁאת tumult (cf. La 3:47), or שְׂאֵת (v. sub נשׂא), cf. Gray.—ii. שֵׁת, v. II. שׁתה.
Σήθ, ὁ (Heb. שֵׁת), indecl., Seth (Gen.4:25): Luk.3:38.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
† שֵׁאת n.f. doubtful word; perhaps (for* שֶׁאֶת) din of battle (= שָׁאוֹן); Thes al. devastation, cf. שְׁאִיָּה; either meaning suits הַשּׁ׳ La 3:47 (‖ הַשָּׁ֑בֶר; but WeComp. Hex. 2, 351, from II. שׁוא, desolation); contr. (according to Thes and most) שֵׁת, in בְּנֵי שֵׁת Nu 24:17 (J) sons of (battle-)din (warriors, = בְּנֵי שָׁאוֹן in ‖ Je 48:45); Vrss take שֵׁת here as n.pr.; Gray proposes שֵׂת = שְׂאֵת, pride, or reading as Je, cf. WeComp. 351.