בת שבע

Hebrew

Etymology

בַּת (bat, literally “a daughter of”) +‎ שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

בַּת־שֶׁבַע • (bat shéva) f (Biblical Hebrew pausal form בַּת־שָׁבַע)

  1. a female given name, Bat-sheva, equivalent to English Bathsheba
  2. (biblical) Bathsheba (in the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David)

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