shiv.yah denotes people taken in war, and in some clauses the condition or land of their captivity.

The term most often identifies persons taken and held after defeat or conflict, including people sent away, transferred, cared for, or returned. In construct clauses it also marks the captivity in which people live or the condition into which sons and daughters are taken.

1. People taken after conflict · dominant

   The absolute form identifies a group carried away after defeat in 2 Chronicles 28:5 and people whom others are told to send back in 2 Chronicles 28:11. In 2 Chronicles 28:15 the same form names those clothed, fed, led to Jericho, and brought beside their brothers; Deuteronomy 21:11 likewise places a woman among those seen after battle.

   2 Chronicles 28:52 Chronicles 28:112 Chronicles 28:142 Chronicles 28:15Deuteronomy 21:11Deuteronomy 32:42
2. Captivity as a condition or location · common

   The construct form occurs in the phrase about returning and praying in the land of captivity in 2 Chronicles 6:37 and 2 Chronicles 6:38. Jeremiah 48:46 describes sons as taken in captivity and daughters in a captive state, confirming the setting of being taken away rather than a named individual.

   2 Chronicles 6:372 Chronicles 6:38Jeremiah 48:46

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relevant clauses with “captives,” while 2 Chronicles 6:37 and 2 Chronicles 6:38 speak of “captivity,” and Jeremiah 48:46 uses both “captivity” and “captive state.” These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.