H7674 H7674
cessation, sitting, loss of time—stopping work or remaining idle
This noun appears in contexts involving cessation from activity or loss of productive time. Exodus 21:19 refers to compensation for injury causing someone to miss work ('his loss of time'). Proverbs 20:3 associates it with ceasing from strife. Isaiah 30:7's use is textually uncertain but may involve sitting still or inactivity. The word captures the concept of stopped labor or enforced rest, whether from injury, wisdom, or indolence.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The three occurrences show semantic range from enforced rest due to injury (Exodus 21:19) to honorable cessation from quarreling (Proverbs 20:3) to possible idle sitting (Isaiah 30:7, though the text is disputed). Spanish uses 'reposo' (rest) and 'cesar' (cease), while translations vary on whether the core is rest, sitting, or cessation. The Exodus passage most clearly shows the economic dimension: loss of work time requiring compensation. 3×
AR["الاِبْتِعادُ", "بَطالَتَهُ", "جَالِسَةٌ"]·ben["তার-বসা", "নিষ্ক্রিয়তা", "বসা"]·DE["Sabbat", "[שבת]", "sein-sitzend"]·EN["his-sitting", "to-cease"]·FR["sabbat", "son-sitting", "שבת"]·heb["שבת", "שבתו"]·HI["बैठना", "बैठने-उसके"]·ID["duduk", "waktu istirahatnya", "yang-diam"]·IT["[שבת]", "a-cease", "suo-sitting"]·jav["lenggah-kendel", "njauhi", "wekdal-kendhel-ipun"]·KO["그의-쉬음을", "쉬는-것이", "앉은-것이다"]·PT["cessar", "sua-inatividade"]·RU["простой-его", "сидеть", "сидящий"]·ES["cesar", "quietud", "su-reposo"]·SW["Aliye-kimya", "kukaa-mbali-na", "kupumzika-kwake"]·TR["hareketsizlik", "kaybetliği", "uzak-durmak"]·urd["اُس-کی-بیماری", "خاموش-بیٹھا", "دُور-رہنا"]
Related Senses
H3117 1. day, specific time (2231×)H5704 1. until, unto, as far as (1238×)H8141 1. year, unit of time (880×)H6258 1. and now (421×)G2250 1. day (388×)H5750 1. again, more, further (288×)H5769 1. forever, to eternity (280×)H6256 1. time, period (264×)H2320 1. month, calendar period (260×)H0310a 2. after (temporal) (258×)H3915 1. night, period of darkness (234×)H1242 1. morning (214×)H5750 2. still, yet (continuative) (166×)G5119 1. then (160×)G3568 1. now (147×)G2193 1. until (143×)G3825 1. (141×)G3752 1. (123×)H6153 1. evening, time of day (123×)H0227a 1. then (122×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. שֶׁ֫בֶת n.f. cessation (dub.) Pr 20:3 (c. מֵרִיב, 𝔊 ἀποστρέφεσθαι = שׁוּב); שִׁבְתּוֹ Ex 21:19 i.e. from work = his loss of time (but Di i. שֶׁבֶת, p. 443 f.).—Is 30:7 perhaps = a sitting still (indolently) √ ישׁב, but prob. crpt., v. Du Che al.