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H7650שָׁבַעsha.va
to swearPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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Though they say, As Yahweh lives; surely they swear falsely.
יִשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃ yi.sha.Ve.'u “they are swearing oaths”
How can I pardon you? your 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 prostitutes' houses.
וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ (יִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ) i.yi.sha.ve.'U “they have sworn”
Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
וְהִשָּׁבֵ֥עַ (הִשָּׁבֵ֥עַ) hi.sha.Ve.a' “will you swear?”
that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, Yahweh.
נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”
It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; 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 you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.
נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”
and gave them this land, which you did 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 swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֞ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֞ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore”
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid 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 the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Yahweh, 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 Yahweh lives.
נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”
For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities of it shall be perpetual wastes.
נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”
Yahweh of Hosts has sworn by himself, [supplied: saying], Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you.
נִשְׁבַּ֛ע nish.Ba' “he swears”
Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine.
וָאֶשָּׁ֣בַֽע (אֶשָּׁ֣בַֽע) 'e.Sha.va' “I swore an oath”
It shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.
שְׁבֻעֵ֥י she.vu.'Ei “oaths of”
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 to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever 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 you, Israel, play the prostitute, Yet don't let Judah offend; And don't come to Gilgal, Neither go up to Beth Aven, Nor swear, 'As Yahweh lives.'
תִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ ti.sha.ve.'U “you swear”
The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, "The days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks.
נִשְׁבַּ֨ע nish.Ba' “he has sworn”
"The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says Yahweh, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, And detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
נִשְׁבַּע֩ nish.Ba' “he has sworn”
Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he has sworn”
Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, And say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives;' They will fall, and never rise up again."
הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים֙ (נִּשְׁבָּעִים֙) nish.ba.'Im “[who] swear”
You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, As you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta “you swore”
those who worship the host of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
הַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים (נִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים) nish.ba.'Im “[who] swear an oath”וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים (נִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים) nish.ba.'Im “[who] swear an oath”
Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.
הַנִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔ע (נִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔ע) Nish.Ba' “[one who] swears an oath”
I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones."
הַנִּשְׁבָּ֥ע (נִּשְׁבָּ֥ע) nish.Ba' “[one who] swears an oath”
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 perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Hosts.
וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים (נִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים) nish.ba.'Im “[those who] swear an oath”