H7647 H7647
Plenty, abundance; the state of having more than enough, especially of grain and food supply.
A masculine noun denoting plenty or abundance, used almost exclusively in the Joseph narrative of Genesis 41 to describe Egypt's seven years of extraordinary agricultural surplus. Pharaoh's dream of fat cows and full ears of grain pointed to this saba -- a superabundance of food that Joseph wisely stored against the coming famine. Spanish 'abundancia' and 'la abundancia' mirror the Hebrew precisely. Outside Genesis, the word appears in Proverbs 3:10 promising that honoring God brings barns bursting with plenty, and in Ecclesiastes 5:11 observing that abundance of goods means abundance of those who consume them.
Senses
1. plenty, abundance, fullness — A state of plenty or material abundance, particularly of food and grain. Seven of eight occurrences cluster in Genesis 41 (vv. 29, 30, 31, 34, 47, 53), all describing Egypt's seven years of extraordinary harvest surplus in the Joseph narrative. Spanish uniformly renders it 'abundancia' (abundance), while French and German equivalents ('plenty,' 'Ueberfluss') confirm the consistent sense. Proverbs 3:10 extends the promise of saba to those who honor God with their firstfruits, and Ecclesiastes 5:11 offers a wry counterpoint: when goods increase, so do those who consume them. 8×
AR["الْ-شِّبَعُ", "الْ-شِّبَعِ", "شِبَعًا", "شِبَعٌ", "لِصَاحِبِهِ"]·ben["কিন্তু-তৃপ্তি", "পরিতৃপ্তিতে", "প্রাচুর্য", "প্রাচুর্যের"]·DE["[והשבע]", "der-Überfluss", "schwor", "Überfluss", "Überflusses"]·EN["and-the-fullness", "plenty", "the-plenty", "with-plenty"]·FR["et-והשבע", "le-plenty", "plenty", "שבע"]·heb["ה-שבע", "ו-ה-שבע", "שבע", "שובע"]·HI["और-तृप्ति", "तृप्ति-से", "बहुतायत", "बहुतायत-के"]·ID["kelimpahan", "kelimpahan-itu", "tetapi-kekenyangan"]·IT["con-plenty", "e-il-e-il-fullness", "il-plenty", "plenty"]·jav["kaluberan", "kaluberan-punika", "kanthi-kawaregan", "lan-wareg"]·KO["그-풍요가", "그-풍요의", "그리고-배부름", "풍성함-으로", "풍요가"]·PT["a-fartura", "de-fartura", "e-a-saciedade", "fartura"]·RU["а-сытость", "изобилие", "изобилием,", "изобилия"]·ES["abundancia", "de-abundancia", "la-abundancia", "y-la-saciedad"]·SW["lakini-kushiba-kwa", "wingi", "zitajaa-tele"]·TR["-bolluk", "-bolluğun", "bolluk", "bollukla", "ve-tokluk"]·urd["اور-پیٹ-بھرا", "فراوانی", "فراوانی-سے", "فراوانی-وہ", "فراوانی-کے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שָׂבָע n.m. Gn 41:29 plenty, satiety;—only abs. שׂ׳;— 1. plenty, of bread-stuffs Gn 41:29, 30, 31, 34, 47, 53 (E), Pr 3:10. 2. satiety, Ec 5:11.