Lexicon
סֵ֫בֶל
se.vel
H5447
H:N-M Hebrew

burden

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se.vel denotes a load of responsibility, explicitly an assigned work burden in 1 Kings 11:28.

The attested use points to a burden or load, most clearly an assigned responsibility in 1 Kings 11:28; the translation of Nehemiah 4:11 and Psalm 81:7 does not isolate the term's contribution.

Senses in use

  1. Load or assigned responsibility · dominant

    In 1 Kings 11:28, the singular construct form occurs in the statement that Solomon appointed Jeroboam over the house of Joseph; the APB renders the clause "he appointed him over every burden of the house of Joseph." The singular absolute forms also occur in Nehemiah 4:11, where the APB speaks of causing "the work to cease," and in Psalm 81:7, where it speaks of rescue from distress, though the translation does not identify a specific English equivalent for the term in either verse.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly includes "burden" in 1 Kings 11:28. In Nehemiah 4:11 and Psalm 81:7, its whole-verse translation does not make the term's specific English rendering clear.

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