šb

šb^c

Definition: Common Semitic *šab^c-, seven. 1a. Shavuot, from Hebrew šābû^côt, plural of šābûa^c, week, from šeba^c, seven; b. shiva, from Hebrew šib^câ, seven, feminine of šeba^c (see above). 2a. Bathsheba, from Hebrew batšeba^c, daughter of an oath (bat, daughter; see bn); b. Elizabeth, from Hebrew ^ɔĕlîšeba^c, my God (is) an oath (^ɔĕlî, my God; see l-1); c. Beersheba, from Hebrew bǝ^ɔēr šeba^c, well of oath (bǝ^ɔēr, well; see br). a–c all from -šeba^c, oath, from *šāba^c, to swear, possibly denominative from šeba^c, seven (? ⇐ «to bind oneself with sevens» in swearing oaths).