Hebrew verb · H7579
שָׁאַב
shaabsahw-ab'
to draw
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâʼab
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7579is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7579
to bale up water
The King James renders it: (woman to) draw(-er, water).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shaab is rendered "to draw". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 24:11As 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.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
As 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.
Genesis 24:11הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's nineteen uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and drawers of3
- and they drew3
- and she drew water2
- I will draw water2
- to draw2
- to draw water2
- and you will draw1
- draw1
- drawer of1
- the draw water1
- they will draw1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁאַל | shaal | to ask | Uses171 |
| שָׁאַר | shaar | to remain | Uses133 |
| שָׁאַג | shaag | to roar | Uses20 |
| שָׁאוֹן | shaon | roar | Uses18 |
| שָׁאַף | shaaph | to long for | Uses14 |
| שָׁאָה | shaah | to crash | Uses6 |
| שָׁאַן | shaan | to rest | Uses5 |
| שָׁאט | shat | to despise | Uses3 |
| שָׁאָה | shaah | to gaze | Uses1 |
| שָׁאוּלִי | Shauli | Shaulite | Uses1 |
| שָׁאַס | shaas | to spoil | Usesnot recorded |
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־3
- וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־2
- אֶשְׁאָ֔ב1
- אֶשְׁאָ֑ב1
- הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃1
- וְשֹׁ֥אֲבֵי1
- וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־1
- וַתִּשְׁאַ֖ב1
- וַתִּשְׁאָ֑ב1
- יִשְׁאֲב֖וּן1
- לִשְׁאֹ֥ב1
- לִשְׁאֹ֑ב1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)4HR/Vqcc
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HC/Vqrmpc
- Hc/Vqw3mp3Hc/Vqw3mp
- Hc/Vqw3fs2Hc/Vqw3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVqi1cs
- Hc/Vqq2mp1Hc/Vqq2mp
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine plural1HTd/Vqrfpa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1HVqi3mp/Sn
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HVqrmsc
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singular1HVqv2fs
Genesis
eight uses
As 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.
- הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃hashoavotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: the draw water
Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
- לִשְׁאֹ֥בlishopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to draw
After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
- אֶשְׁאָ֔בʾeshavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will draw water
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.
- לִשְׁאֹ֑בlishopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to draw water
- וַתִּשְׁאַ֖בvatishavHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she drew water
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,’
- לִשְׁאֹ֔בlishopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to draw water
and 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.
- אֶשְׁאָ֑בʾeshavverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will draw water
And 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.’
- וַתִּשְׁאָ֑בvatishavHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she drew water
Deuteronomy
one use
your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
- שֹׁאֵ֥בshoevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: drawer of
Joshua
three uses
They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
- וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־veshoavei-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and drawers of
Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
- וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־veshoavei-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and drawers 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.
- וְשֹׁ֥אֲבֵיveshoaveiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and drawers of
Ruth
one use
Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
- יִשְׁאֲב֖וּןyishavunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will draw
1 Samuel
two uses
When 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.
- וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־vaiyishavu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they drew
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?”
- לִשְׁאֹ֣בlishopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to draw
2 Samuel
one use
So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
- וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־vaiyishavu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they drew
1 Chronicles
one use
So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
- וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־vaiyishavu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they drew
Isaiah
one use
With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
- וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־usheavtem-Hc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will draw
Nahum
one use
Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
- שַֽׁאֲבִי־shaavi-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: draw
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.