שְׁבִיעִי H7637
Seventh — ordinal numeral for the number seven, marking the seventh day, month, year, or item in a sequence
Shevi'i is the ordinal form of the number seven, appearing 98 times always with the definite article. Its most theologically significant use is for the seventh day — the Sabbath — established in creation itself (Gen 2:2-3) and reinforced across the Pentateuch's legislation (Exod 12:15-16; 16:26-30). The seventh month (Tishri) hosts the most solemn festival season: Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles (Lev 23:24-27, 34). The seventh year brings release of slaves and rest for the land (Exod 21:2; 23:11). Through these recurring patterns, the ordinal 'seventh' becomes inseparable from the theology of rest, completion, and sacred time that the number seven carries throughout Scripture.
Senses
1. seventh (ordinal numeral) — The ordinal numeral 'seventh,' always used with the definite article, marking position in a sequence — most prominently the seventh day of creation and Sabbath rest (Gen 2:2-3; Exod 20:10), the seventh month of the liturgical calendar with its concentration of festivals (Lev 23:24, 27, 34), and the seventh year of release (Exod 21:2; 23:11). Spanish 'el septimo,' French 'le septieme,' and German 'der siebte' all render the ordinal straightforwardly, though no translation can fully convey the theology of completion and holiness that 'seventh' carries as the capstone of the biblical number system. 98×
AR["السَّابِعُ", "السَّابِعِ", "السّابِعِ"]·ben["সপ্তম", "সেই-সপ্তম"]·DE["dem-siebten", "den-siebten", "der-siebte", "der-siebter"]·EN["the-seventh"]·FR["le-septième"]·heb["ה-שביעי"]·HI["में-दिन", "सातवां", "सातवें", "सात्वे"]·ID["ketujuh"]·IT["il-settimo"]·jav["ingkang-kaping-pitu", "kaping-pitu", "kaping-pitu,"]·KO["그-일곱째", "일곱째"]·PT["o-sétimo", "o-sétimo,", "o-sétimo."]·RU["-седьмой", "седьмого", "седьмой"]·ES["el-séptimo"]·SW["saba-", "wa-saba", "ya-saba", "ya-saba-"]·TR["-yedinci", "yedinci", "yedincinin"]·urd["-ساتویں", "ساتواں", "ساتویں", "ساتویں-اُس"]
Gen 2:2, Gen 2:2, Gen 2:3, Gen 8:4, Exod 12:15, Exod 12:16, Exod 13:6, Exod 16:26, Exod 16:27, Exod 16:29, Exod 16:30, Exod 20:10 (+38 more)
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
שְׁבִיעִי m. שְׁבִיעִית f.97 adj. num. ord. seventh;—m. שְׁבִיעִי Gn 2:2 +, שְׁבִעִי Ex 12:15 +; f. שְׁבִיע��ית Jos 6:16 +, -עִת Ex 23:11 +, שְׁבִעִת 21:2, -עִית 1 K 18:44; 2 Ch 23:1;—seventh, especially P; always c. art.: 1. m. 7th day Gn 2:3 + 47 times; month (חֹדֶשׁ) 8:4 + 23 times + (n. om.) Ez 45:25 + 3 times; lot (הַגּוֹרָל) Jos 19:40 + (n. om.) 1 Ch 24:10; 25:14; n. om. also 1 Ch 2:15;…