שבעים

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ב־ע (sh-b-ʿ)

Hebrew numbers ^(edit)

	700
←  60	ע׳ 70	80  →
	7
Cardinal: שבעים (shiv'ím)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šabʿū-.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

שִׁבְעִים • (shiv'ím) m or f

1. seventy
   • Tanach, Exodus 1:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיְהִי כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ יֹצְאֵי יֶרֶךְ־יַעֲקֹב שִׁבְעִים נָפֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵף הָיָה בְמִצְרָיִם׃

     vay'hí kol-néfesh yots'éi yerekh-ya'akóv shiv'ím náfesh v'yoséf hayá v'mitsráyim.
     wayəhī kol-nép̄eš yōṣəʾē yereḵ-yaʿăqōḇ šiḇʿīm nā́p̄eš wəyōsēp̄ hāyā ḇəmiṣrā́yim.

     And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.

Derived terms

• תַּרְגּוּם הַשִּׁבְעִים (targúm hashiv'ím)