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Seven; the Aramaic cardinal numeral, used in Daniel and Ezra for periods and quantities.
The Aramaic form of the cardinal number seven (שִׁבְעָה), cognate with Hebrew שֶׁבַע. It appears exclusively in the Aramaic portions of Daniel and Ezra, counting periods of divine judgment and administrative groups. In Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar's furnace is heated 'seven times' beyond normal (Dan 3:19), and 'seven times' (periods) pass over him during his madness (Dan 4:16, 23, 25). In Ezra 7:14, the Persian king sends seven counselors. Spanish 'siete' and French 'sept' render it straightforwardly, while German and French sometimes leave the Aramaic unglossed.
Senses
1. seven (Aramaic cardinal numeral) — The Aramaic cardinal numeral meaning 'seven,' used in the Aramaic sections of Daniel and Ezra. In Daniel 3:19 it appears in the multiplicative phrase 'one-seven above what' (חַד שִׁבְעָה עַל דִּי), meaning seven times more than usual, describing the superheating of the furnace. In Daniel 4:16, 23, 25 it counts the 'seven times' (periods/seasons) of Nebuchadnezzar's bestial madness, a number signifying divine completeness. In Ezra 7:14 it enumerates the seven counselors of Artaxerxes. The construct form שִׁבְעַת appears before masculine plural nouns. Spanish 'siete' and French 'sept' render it directly, reflecting the universal transparency of this basic numeral. 6×
AR["سَبْعَةً", "سَبْعَةُ", "وَ-سَبْعَة", "وَ-سَبْعَةُ"]·ben["আর-সাত", "এবং-সাত", "সাত", "সাতগুণ"]·DE["[ושבעה]", "[ושבעת]", "[שבעה]"]·EN["and-his-seven", "and-seven", "seven"]·FR["[ושבעת]", "et-sept", "sept"]·heb["ו-שבעה", "ו-שבעת", "שבע", "שבעה"]·HI["और-सात", "सात", "सात-गुना"]·ID["dan-tujuh", "tujuh", "tujuh-kali"]·IT["[ושבעת]", "e-sette", "sette"]·jav["lan-pitu", "lan-pitung", "pitu"]·KO["그리고-일곱", "일곱", "일곱배로"]·PT["e-sete", "e-seus-sete", "sete", "sete-vezes"]·RU["-раз", "и-семи", "и-семь", "семь"]·ES["siete", "siete-veces", "y-siete", "y-sus-siete"]·SW["na-saba", "na-washauri", "saba"]·TR["ve-yedi", "yedi"]·urd["اور-سات", "سات", "سات-گنا"]
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
† [שְׁבַע] only שִׁבְעָה n.f. seven (BH I. שֶׁבַע);—abs. שׁ׳ bef. n.m. pl. Dn 4:13, 20, 22, 29; cstr. שִׁבְעַת bef. n.m. pl. Ezr 7:14; חַד שִׁבְעָה עַל־דִּי Dn 3:19 seven times above what (more than), v. חַד, √ אחד.