Genesis 21:23
וְ עַתָּה הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי בֵ אלֹהִים הֵנָּה אִם תִּשְׁקֹר לִי וּ לְ נִינִי וּ לְ נֶכְדִּי כַּ חֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי עִמְּךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה עִמָּדִי וְ עִם הָ אָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר גַּרְתָּה בָּהּ
And now, seven herself738 to myself in elohim here. If you are not cheating to-myself, and to my offspring and to my posterity, according to the Kindness which I have made with yourself, you are making with myself, and with the Earth which you have offroaded in-herself.`
| 738 | Seven as a Verb = Seven Times? Hebrew הִשָּׁ֨בְעָה, hasabeah. Nifal reflexive imperative + feminine singular. Compared to Joshua 6:22 where it says נִשְׁבַּעְתֶּ֖ם לָֽהּ seven yourselves to her which has traditionally been understood as “swearing to her.” To “swear” or “make an oath” was actually to seven oneself. No implication of “dividing” into seven is present, so the logical definition would be similar to two as a verb (to double) and three as a verb (to triple), etc. |