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H7650שָׁבַעsha.va
to swearPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
יִשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃ yi.sha.Ve.'u “they are swearing oaths”
How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.
וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ (יִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ) i.yi.sha.ve.'U “they have sworn”
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,
וְהִשָּׁבֵ֥עַ (הִשָּׁבֵ֥עַ) hi.sha.Ve.a' “will you swear?”
that I may establish the oath which I sware unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O Jehovah.
נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.
לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ (הִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ) hi.sha.Ve.a' “swear”לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ (הִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ) hi.sha.Ve.a' “swear”
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.
נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”
and gavest them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta “you had sworn”
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֞ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֞ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore”
And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֨ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore an oath”
Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Jehovah liveth.
נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”
For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”
Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, [supplied: saying], Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
נִשְׁבַּ֛ע nish.Ba' “he swears”
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.
וָאֶשָּׁ֣בַֽע (אֶשָּׁ֣בַֽע) 'e.Sha.va' “I swore an oath”
And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths unto them; but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.
שְׁבֻעֵ֥י she.vu.'Ei “oaths of”
And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֖ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore”
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth.
תִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ ti.sha.ve.'U “you swear”
The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.
נִשְׁבַּ֨ע nish.Ba' “he has sworn”
The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
נִשְׁבַּע֩ nish.Ba' “he has sworn”
Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he has sworn”
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fall, and never rise up again.
הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים֙ (נִּשְׁבָּעִים֙) nish.ba.'Im “[who] swear”
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [supplied: and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta “you swore”
and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;
הַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים (נִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים) nish.ba.'Im “[who] swear an oath”וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים (נִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים) nish.ba.'Im “[who] swear an oath”
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.
הַנִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔ע (נִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔ע) Nish.Ba' “[one who] swears an oath”
I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
הַנִּשְׁבָּ֥ע (נִּשְׁבָּ֥ע) nish.Ba' “[one who] swears an oath”
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [supplied: from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים (נִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים) nish.ba.'Im “[those who] swear an oath”