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Word Study · Strong's H7579 · Hebrew

שָׁאַב

shaab

sahw-ab'

Strong's 1890 spelling: shâʼab

to bale up water

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to bale up water

Rendered in the KJV as

(woman to) draw(-er, water).

  • 19
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 16
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 19 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 16

  • וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־3
  • וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־2
  • אֶשְׁאָ֔ב1
  • אֶשְׁאָ֑ב1
  • הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃1
  • וְשֹׁ֥אֲבֵי1
  • וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־1
  • וַתִּשְׁאַ֖ב1
  • וַתִּשְׁאָ֑ב1
  • יִשְׁאֲב֖וּן1
  • לִשְׁאֹ֥ב1
  • לִשְׁאֹ֑ב1

and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 11

  • and drawers of3
  • and they drew3
  • and she drew water2
  • I will draw water2
  • to draw2
  • to draw water2
  • [the] drawer of1
  • and you will draw1
  • draw1
  • the [women who] draw water1
  • they will draw !1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 10

  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)4
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
  • Hc/Vqw3mp3
  • Hc/Vqw3fs2
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular2
  • Hc/Vqq2mp1
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HR/Vqcc · 4
  • HC/Vqrmpc · 3
  • Hc/Vqw3mp · 3
  • Hc/Vqw3fs · 2
  • HVqi1cs · 2
  • Hc/Vqq2mp · 1
  • HTd/Vqrfpa · 1
  • HVqi3mp/Sn · 1
  • HVqrmsc · 1
  • HVqv2fs · 1

All 19, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis8 occurrences
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Joshua3 occurrences
Ruth1 occurrence
1 Samuel2 occurrences
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Isaiah1 occurrence
Nahum1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).