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).
- 19occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected 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
- Genesis 24:11הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃hashoavotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine pluralAs evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.here: the [women who] draw water
- Genesis 24:13לִשְׁאֹ֥בlishopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.here: to draw
- Genesis 24:19אֶשְׁאָ֔בʾeshavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularAfter she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”here: I will draw water
- Genesis 24:20לִשְׁאֹ֑בlishopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.here: to draw water
- Genesis 24:20וַתִּשְׁאַ֖בvatishavHc/Vqw3fsAnd she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.here: and she drew water
- Genesis 24:43לִשְׁאֹ֔בlishopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’here: to draw water
- Genesis 24:44אֶשְׁאָ֑בʾeshavverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularand she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.here: I will draw water
- Genesis 24:45וַתִּשְׁאָ֑בvatishavHc/Vqw3fsAnd before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’here: and she drew water
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 9:21וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־veshoavei-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.here: and drawers of
- Joshua 9:23וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־veshoavei-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”here: and drawers of
- Joshua 9:27וְשֹׁ֥אֲבֵיveshoaveiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.here: and drawers of
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 7:6וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־vaiyishavu-Hc/Vqw3mpWhen they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.here: and they drew
- 1 Samuel 9:11לִשְׁאֹ֣בlishopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”here: to draw
