Lexical Summary shabah: to take captive Original Word: שָׁבָהTransliteration: shabah Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-baw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to take captive Meaning: to transport into captivity Strong's Concordance bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take captives, take away A primitive root; to transport into captivity -- (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7617. shabah שָׁבָה verb take captive (Late Hebrew, Old Aramaic id.;Arabic (); Aramaic שְׁבָא, ) — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Jeremiah 41:14; suffixוְשָׁבָם (consecutive) 43:12 (but read וְשָׁבָה Gie; Du conjectures וְשׁמְמוּ); 2 masculine singular שָׁבִיתָ 2 Kings 6:22; Psalm 68:19, etc., Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּשְׁבְּ Numbers 21:1; Jeremiah 41:10, etc.; Imperative masculine singular וּשְׁבֵה Judges 5:12; Infinitive construct שְׁבוֺת Obadiah 11; Participle active plural שֹׁבִים Isaiah 14:2, etc.; passive masculine plural שְׁבוּיִם 61:1, feminine plural construct שְׁבֻיוֺת Genesis 31:26; — take captive 1.a. with accusative of person, Numbers 24:22 (JE), 1 Samuel 30:2; 2 Kings 5:2; 6:22 (+ ב instrumental) Jeremiah 41:10 (twice in verse) (but 41:10 b Gie reads וַיַּשְׁכֵּם, compare ᵐ5 Luc), 41:14, Genesis 34:29 (P), 2 Chronicles 28:8 (+ מִן part), + 6 t.; + Jeremiah 43:12 apparently with accusative idols (but see above; accusative land Gie). b. accusative חֵילוֺ Obadiah 11 הָֽרְכוּשׁ2 Chronicles 21:17, cattle, etc., 1 Chronicles 5:21; 2 Chronicles 14:14 c. participle in periphrastic conjugation (לְשֹׁבֵיהֶם) שֹׁבִים וְהָיוּ Isaiah 14:2; participle with suffix = their captives, etc., 1 Kings 8:46 2 Chronicles 6:36; Isaiah 14:2; Jeremiah 50:33, +5 t.; Passive participle Isaiah 61:1 = captives; חָ֑רֶב כִּשְׁבֻיוֺת Genesis 31:26 my daughters as captives of the sword. 2 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׁבִי Judges 5:12 lead captive thy captives, compare Psalm 68:19; 2 Chronicles 28:17, so (+ מִן person) Numbers 21:1 (JE), and (accusative שִׁבְיָה) 2 Chronicles 28:5, 11; ׳שׁ שִׁבְיוֺ Deuteronomy 21:10 = take him captive. Niph`al be taken captive: Perfect3masculine singular נִשְׁבָּה, of man Genesis 14:14, of beast Exodus 22:9 (E), of י ׳עֵדֶר Jeremiah 13:17; 3plural נִשְׁבּוּ, human subject 1 Samuel 30:8, 5; 1 Kings 8:47 2 Chronicles 6:37; Ezekiel 6:9. |