Lexicon
שָׁבִי
sh.vi
H7628B
H:N-F Hebrew

captive

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sh.vi describes Zion’s daughter as held in captivity and summoned to release her neck-bonds.

The attested use describes Zion’s daughter in a state of captivity, addressed with a command to open the bonds from her neck.

Senses in use

  1. A captive person under neck-bonds · dominant

    In Isaiah 52:2, the feminine singular absolute form describes the daughter of Zion as bound at the neck and commanded to open those bonds; the APB renders the address, "O captive daughter of Zion."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 52:2, the APB presents the term in the address "O captive daughter of Zion," alongside the command to open the bonds from her neck.

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