H7622

שְׁבִית

she.vutH:N-F

captivity

1) captivity, captives 2) defeat, reversed fortunes

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שְׁבִית,שְׁבוּת noun feminine id. (√ שׁבה ᵐ5 Thes SS Preusschen: ZAWxv (1895),1 ff. Krae^{Ez 10:53}; > √ שׁוב Ew^{JBW V}(1852-3),216 F., §165B Ol^{§ 412,417} Bö^{§ 464} Kue^{Ttijdschr.vii.519 ff.} Oort^{Ib.xiv. 157} Schw^{ZAWviii(1888),200} and others; Kö^{ii.1. 166 f.}474;ii.2,§329 i thinks derivatives of שׁבה and שׁוב are confused, compare Ew^{§ 166b}); — absolute שְׁבִית Num 21:29 construct שְׁבוּת Hos 6:11 +, sf שְׁבוּתְךָ Deut 30:3 שְׁבִיתְהֶן Ezek 16:53a (see below), שְׁבוּתֵיכֶם Zeph 3:20 (read ת־ְכֶם Now GASm), etc. [ᵑ0 has שְׁבוּת, etc. 16 t., +Kt (שְׁבִית Qr) Zeph 2:7; Ps 85:2; Ps 126:4+ Ezek 16:53a (Gi, but Baer שְׁבִיתְהֶן Kt and Qr, see his note), +Qr (Kt שׁבית) Jer 29:14; Jer 49:39; Ezek 16:53b,c + v:d (but < read וְשַׁבְתִּ֫י for וּשְׁב֯יו Vrss Comm.), Lam 2:14; Job 42:10 שְׁבִית Kt and Qr Num 21:29, שְׁבִיתַתִךְ Ezek 16:53 (but Co Krae שְׁבוּתֵךְ); שְׁכִית probably earlier Ew^{§ 186b and elsewhere} Ps 126:1 read probably שְׁבִית for שִׁיבַת; —

1. in clause נָתַן בַּשְּׁבִית Num 21:29 (JE) give his daughters into captivity (or as captives, || פְּלֵיטִם of sons, compare Jer 48:46 compare (perhaps) Lam 1:7 (see [ מִשְׁבָּת] below שׁבת).

2. in phrase restore the captivity of, accusative after שׁוּב, הֵשִׁיב, ׳י subject [verb Qal Deut 30:3+ 15 t.,+Ezek 16:53d Ps 126:1 (see below); Hiph`il Jer 32:41+ 5t., + Qal Kt, Hiph`il Qr, Jer 33:26 + 2 t.]: ,
a. of Israel (or Judah) Hos 6:1l (ᵐ5. joins to Hos 7:1, so, as gloss, We Now), Zeph 2:7; Zeph 3:20; Deut 30:3; Jer 29:14; Jer 30:3; Jer 30:18 (אָהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב ׳שׁ), Jer 31:23; Jer 32:44; Jer 33:7 (twice in verse); Jer 33:11 (הָאָרֶץ ׳שׁ), vJer 33:26; Lam 2:14 (subject prophet), Ezek 16:53a,c,d (on text see above), Ezek 39:25; Amos 9:14; Joel 4:1; Ps 14:7 = Ps 53:7; Ps 85:2; Ps 126:1 (see above), vPs 53:4.
b. of other nations Jer 48:47 (compare vJer 48:46), Jer 49:6; Jer 49:39; Ezek 29:14 (compare vEzek 29:13).
c. apparently in more gen, sense,restore fortunes of Sodom Ezek 16:53 (Krae, compare following).
d. restore fortunes of individuals, Job 42:10.

II. [שִׁיבָה] construct שִׁיבַת restoration (?) Ps 126:1, but read שְׁבִית, see below שָׁבָה. — I. שַׁיבָה see ישׁב.

22 occurrences

Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Jeremiah (9), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (3), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Zephaniah (2)