Lexicon
שֶׁ֫בֶת
she.vet
H7675
H:N-F Hebrew

seat

4
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

she.vet denotes a seat or situated place, including a throne-side seat, a high dwelling-place, and a “seat of violence.”

The attested uses present she.vet as a seat or place of position: it stands beside a throne, is located on a height, and can be qualified as a place of violence; one occurrence places burning “in the seat,” though the translation does not clarify the term’s precise contribution there.

Senses in use

  1. Seat or situated place · dominant

    In 1 Kings 10:19 the absolute singular form occurs in the throne setting, where the APB renders “armrests on each side of the seat.” In Obadiah 1:3 the construct form is associated with those dwelling in rock clefts and is rendered as a “seat” on the height; Amos 6:3 likewise has a construct form in the clause rendered “the seat of violence.” In 2 Samuel 23:7 the absolute singular form appears in the clause rendered “they are surely burned in the seat,” but the translation leaves its exact relation to the burning unclear.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “seat” in all four verses, including “seat of violence” and a seat “on the height.” Its wording does not by itself settle the precise syntactic relation in 2 Samuel 23:7.

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