Étymologie?: vient de une racine inusitée probablement du sens de branche
šēveṭ n, m
1) verge, bâton, branche, rejeton, crosse, sceptre, tribu
1a) verge, bâton
1b) trait (de lance, dard, javelot)
1c) houlette, bâton (de l'équipement du berger)
1d) bâton, sceptre (marque de l'autorité)
1e) clan, tribu
Apparitions dans le texte biblique : Genèse 49:28, 49:16, 49:10 Exode 28:21, 39:14, 21:20, 24:4 Code lévitique 27:32 Nombres 18:2, 36:3, 4:18, 24:2, 32:33, 24:17 Deutéronome 29:17, 31:28, 1:23, 12:14, 1:15, 29:9, 18:1, 5:23, 12:5, 29:20, 16:18, 18:5, 1:13, 33:5, 3:13, 10:8, 29:7 Josué 4:5, 4:8, 22:7, 3:12, 4:2, 4:4, 22:9, 18:7, 18:4, 4:12, 11:23, 22:10, 22:11, 22:13, 22:15, 12:7, 21:16, 23:4, 13:14, 13:33, 24:1, 22:21, 1:12, 13:7, 7:14, 18:2, 7:16, 12:6, 13:29 Juges 18:19, 21:6, 21:3, 21:8, 5:14, 18:1, 20:2, 20:10, 21:24, 21:5, 20:12, 21:17, 18:30, 21:15 1 Samuel 2:28, 9:21, 10:19, 15:17, 10:20, 10:21 2 Samuel 7:14, 15:2, 15:10, 18:14, 19:10, 20:14, 7:7, 23:21, 5:1, 24:2 1 Rois 18:31, 11:13, 11:32, 11:36, 14:21, 12:20, 11:31, 12:21, 8:16, 11:35 2 Rois 21:7, 17:18 Isaïe 10:24, 28:27, 49:6, 14:29, 10:15, 10:5, 11:4, 30:31, 9:3, 19:13, 63:17, 14:5 Jérémie 10:16, 51:19 Ézéchiel 21:18, 37:19, 47:13, 47:23, 48:29, 21:15, 47:22, 48:1, 48:23, 48:31, 45:8, 19:14, 19:11, 47:21, 20:37, 48:19 Osée 5:9 Amos 1:8, 1:5 Michée 4:14, 7:14 Zacharie 9:1, 10:11 Psaumes 78:68, 78:55, 78:67, 105:37, 45:7, 23:4, 2:9, 74:2, 125:3, 122:4, 89:33 Proverbes 13:24, 22:15, 23:13, 29:15, 23:14, 10:13, 26:3, 22:8 Job 9:34, 21:9, 37:13 Lamentations 3:1 1 Chroniques 26:32, 29:6, 11:23, 23:14, 28:1, 27:22, 5:26, 27:16, 5:18, 12:38, 27:20, 5:23 2 Chroniques 11:16, 12:13, 6:5, 33:7