שיבה
Hebrew
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| שׁ־ו־ב (sh-w-b) |
| 10 terms |
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃiˈva/
Noun
שִׁיבָה • (shivá) f (plural indefinite שִׁיבוֹת, singular construct שִׁיבַת־) [pattern: קְטִילָה]
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | שִׁיבָה | first | שִׁיבָתִי | שִׁיבָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַשִּׁיבָה | second | שִׁיבָתְךָ | שִׁיבָתֵךְ | שִׁיבַתְכֶם | שִׁיבַתְכֶן | |
| construct | שִׁיבַת־ | third | שִׁיבָתוֹ | שִׁיבָתָהּ | שִׁיבָתָם | שִׁיבָתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | שִׁיבוֹת | first | שיבותיי / שִׁיבוֹתַי | שִׁיבוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַשִּׁיבוֹת | second | שִׁיבוֹתֶיךָ | שיבותייך / שִׁיבוֹתַיִךְ | שִׁיבוֹתֵיכֶם | שִׁיבוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | שִׁיבוֹת־ | third | שִׁיבוֹתָיו | שִׁיבוֹתֶיהָ | שִׁיבוֹתָם | שִׁיבוֹתָן | |
Etymology 2
| Root |
|---|
| שׂ־י־ב (s-y-b) |
| 1 term |
Cognate to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic סֵיבְתָא (sêḇəṯāʾ), Classical Syriac ܣܲܝܒܵܬ݂ܵܐ (saybāṯāʾ).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /seˈva/
Noun
שֵׂיבָה • (sevá, śeḇɔ) f (no plural forms, singular construct שֵׂיבַת־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
- (literal) whiteness of hair (due to age)
- שְׂעַר שֵׂיבָה ― se'ár sevá ― white hair
- (figurative) old age
- Tanach, Genesis 15:15, with translation of the King James Version:
- וְאַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֶל אֲבֹתֶיךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם תִּקָּבֵר בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה׃
- wəʔattɔ taḇoʔ ʔɛl ʔăḇoṯɛ́ḵɔ bəšɔlom tiqqɔḇer bəśeḇɔ ṭoḇɔ
- And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | שֵׂיבָה | first | שֵׂיבָתִי | שֵׂיבָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַשֵּׂיבָה | second | שֵׂיבָתְךָ | שֵׂיבָתֵךְ | שֵׂיבַתְכֶם | שֵׂיבַתְכֶן | |
| construct | שֵׂיבַת־ | third | שֵׂיבָתוֹ | שֵׂיבָתָהּ | שֵׂיבָתָם | שֵׂיבָתָן | |
Alternative forms
- שֵׂיב (sév, śeḇ) (Biblical Hebrew, hapax legomenon)
Etymology 3
Noun
שַׁיְבָּה • (sháyba) f
- Defective spelling of שייבה (“washer”).