Word

שָׁאַב

shâʼab · H7579 · Hebrew · 19 occurrences

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Meanings

Causative action by which humans let down a bucket-like container attached to a rope into a well in order to draw water from it (to draw (water))

Examples
Genesis 24:11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water when it was evening, the time when women go out to draw water.
Genesis 24:13 “Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;
Genesis 24:19 Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels until they have finished drinking.”

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

14 occurrences in 7 groups

Not stated (infinitive) 4
Not stated: they 3
Not stated: I 2
Not stated: he, she or it 2
נַעַרyoung man, servant, boy 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

7 occurrences in 1 groups

מַיִםwater 7

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 5 groups

מִןfrom+ בּוֹרpit, cistern 2
לto/for+ גָּמָלcamel 2
מִןfrom+ מַעְיָןspring 1
בin/on/with+ שָׂשׂוֹןjoy 1
לto/for+ ךְyou 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

4 occurrences in 1 groups

מַיִםwater 4

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

יָצָאto go out 1
כָּרַתto cut off, to make (a covenant) 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 3 groups

לto/for 4
מִןfrom 2
עַדto, as far as, until 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἀντλέω antléō · G501 · to draw water: Greek ἀντλέω specifically denotes the physical action of drawing/bailing water with a vessel (bucket, pitcher), directly rendering Hebrew שָׁאַב's core sense of drawing water, particularly in well contexts (cf. Genesis 24:13, 20; John 2:8-9, 4:7, 15).

Semantic domains 1 entry

Move002002001012: Genesis 24:11-20 repeatedly describes Rebekah going out "to draw water" and filling the trough for the camels, directly attesting the drawing/lifting motion this word denotes.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁאַבshâʼab · H7579מַשְׁאָב mashʼâb · H4857 · watering place · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7579. shaab [שָׁאַב] verb draw (water) (Late Hebrew id., also attract; Aramaic שְׁאֵיב,…

H7579. shaab
[שָׁאַב] verb draw (water) (Late Hebrew id., also attract; Aramaic שְׁאֵיב, of magnet; Arabic be satisfied with drinking); —
Qal Perfect2masculine plural consecutive וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם Isa 12:3; Imperfect3feminine singular וַּתִּשְׁאַב Gen 24:20, אָ֑ב- Gen 24:45; Gen 24:1singular אֶשְׁאָ֑ב Gen 24:19; Gen 24:44; Gen 24:3masculine plural יִשְׁאֲבוּן Rth 2:9, וַיִּשְׁאֲבוּ 1Sa 7:6 1Sa 7:2t.; Imperative feminine singular שֹׁאֲבִי Nah 3:14; Participle masculine singular שֹׁאֵב Deu 29:10, plural construct שֹׁאֲבֵי Jos 9:21, Jos 9:23, Jos 9:27; feminine plural הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת Gen 24:11; — draw water, with accusative מַיִם Gen 24:13 (J), 1Sa 7:6; 1Sa 9:11, + מִן of source 2Sa 23:16 = 1Ch 11:18; Isa 12:3 (figurative); שׁ מָצוֺר לָךְ׳מֵי Nah 3:14; מַיִם omitted Gen 24:20, Gen 24:43, Gen 24:45 and (+ ל of animals) Gen 24:19; Gen 24:20; Gen 24:44 (all J); with accusative אֲשֶׁר Rth 2:9 drink of that which the young men drew; Participle feminine plural Gen 24:11 the water-drawing women; masculine מֵימֶיךָ שֹׁאֵב Deu 29:10 (servile labour, || עֵצֶיּךָ חֹטֵב), so masculine plural Jos 9:21, Jos 9:23, Jos 9:27 (P; all with ל, and all || עֵצִים חֹטְבֵי).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0