שבעים

שבעים

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׁ־ב־ע‎ (š-b-ʿ)

From Proto-Semitic *šabʿū-.

Numeral

שִׁבְעִים • (shiv'ím) m or f

1. seventy
   • Exodus 1:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיְהִי כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ יֹצְאֵי יֶרֶךְ־יַעֲקֹבשִׁבְעִים נָפֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵף הָיָה בְמִצְרָיִם׃‎‎

     vay'hí kol-néfesh yots'éi yerekh-ya'akóv shiv'ím náfesh v'yoséf hayá v'mitsráyim.
     wayəhī kol-nép̄eš yōṣəʾē yereḵ-yaʿăqōḇ šiḇʿīm nā́p̄eš wəyōsēp̄ hāyā ḇəmiṣrā́yim.

     And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.

Derived terms

• תַּרְגּוּם הַשִּׁבְעִים‎ (targúm hashiv'ím)