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šāvūaʿ שָׁבוּעַ ‘week’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: passive participle of šāvaʿ שָׁבַע ‘to swear’ as a denominative from ševaʿ שֶׁ֫בַע ‘seven’
Roots: שׁבע שׁבע שׁבעה

šāvūaʿ n, m
1) seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week
 1a) period of seven days, a week
  1a1) Feast of Weeks
 1b) heptad, seven (of years)

Mentioned in Genesis 29:27, 29:28 Exodus 34:22 Codex Leviticus 12:5 Numbers 28:26 Deuteronomy 16:10, 16:16, 16:9 Jeremiah 5:24 Ezekiel 45:21 Daniel 10:2, 9:27, 9:26, 10:3, 9:24, 9:25 2 Chronicles 8:13

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