[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%A7/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/) / [ש](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/shin/)‎ / שְׁבַק‎ # שְׁבַק Biblical Aramaic **leave** — used 5 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917. ## Meaning ### OpenScriptures lexical index leave [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e7/#m1) ### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 שְׁבַק: vb. leave, let alone [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e7/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. leave, let alone (𝔗 שְׁבַק, Syriac ܫܒܰܩ; cf. BH, p. 990);— Inf. לְמִשְׁבַּק Dn 4:23 leave roots, so Imv. mpl. שְׁבֻ֫קוּ v 12, 20 (both c. ב loc.); Ezr 6:7 let alone, c. ל acc. rei. Impf. 3 fs. תִּשְׁתִּבִק Dn 2:44 be left (of kingdom, + ל gent.). ### Jastrow 1903 שְׁבַק: to leave, let go; to forsake, abandon; to leave behind; to bequeath to remit, pardon, forgive to let go, send away, divorce Pa. to divorce to be let alone, be allowed to be remitted; to be forgiven to be divorced to be forsaken, abandoned [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e7/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** (corresp. to h. עָזַב) to leave, let go; to forsake, abandon; to leave behind; to bequeath. Targ. Jer. LI, 9. Targ. Ex. XXIII, 5. Targ. Jud. XVI, 26 (h. text הניחה); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. שְׁבִיק; f. שְׁבִיקָא, שְׁבִיקְתָּא; pl. שְׁבִיקִין; שְׁבִיקָתָא, שְׁבִיקָן. Targ. Jer. LI, 5 (h. text אלמן). Targ. Ez. XXXVI, 4. Ib. XLI, 9; 11 (h. text מֻנָּח); a. fr.—Y. Nidd. II, end, 50ᵇ אמר שׁוֹבְקְתֵיה לצפרא he said (to the woman), leave it (with me) for the morning. Sabb. 32ᵃ שַׁבְקֵיה וכ׳, v. רַוְיָא. Yoma 12ᵃ למִישְׁבַּק, v. אוּשְׁפִּיזָא. Arakh. 22ᵃ מי שַׁבְקִינָן מזוני וכ׳ shall we leave the alimony (which the widow receives out of the estate, as long as her dowry is not satisfied) unguarded? Ib. מי שבקינן ליה do we allow him (to take interest)? B. Bath. 125ᵃ לאו הני מעות ש׳ אבוהון it is not these coins that their father left them (when he died). Gitt. 37ᵇ, a. fr. (לא שבק) לא שָׁבֵיק (אינש) וכ׳, v. הֶיתֵּרָא. Bekh. 24ᵃ במקום דידה לא שַׁבְקָה דידה וכ׳ when the dam has her own child, she will not neglect her own and give suck to a strange animal. B. Mets. 92ᵃ לא ש׳ איסי חיי וכ׳ Isi would let no man live, i.e. with such a law humanity could not exist; B. Kam. 91ᵇ א"כ לא שַׁבְקַת חיי וכ׳ if this were the law, thou wouldst let no creature exist; a. fr. to remit, pardon, forgive. Targ. Gen. XVIII, 24. Targ. Num. XIV, 19; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 5, end יאי … דשָׁבֵיק לחובין וכ׳ it is becoming the great God to remit great sins; a. e.—Part. pass. as ab. Ib. הא שרי לך והא שביק לך this is remitted to thee, and this is forgiven thee; a. e. to let go, send away, divorce. Gen. R. s. 17 שְׁבוֹקָא ההיא אנתתא מינך וכ׳ send that woman away, for she does thee no honor; ib. שַׁבְקָהּ להדא וכ׳ send that bad woman away; ib. לית בידי מה אֶשְׁבּוֹק לה I have not the means to divorce her (to give her her dowry); ib. לית בי מה אשבוק לה; Lev. R. s. 34 לית בי מִשְׁבַּק לה; (Yalk. Is. 352 לית לי ממרקא לה, v. מְרַק); Y. Keth. XI, 34ᵇ bot. שיבקה דלית וכ׳ (read: שׁוֹבְקָהּ or שׁבְּקָהּ Pa.) send her away &c.; a. e. same, to divorce. Gen. R. l. c. אנן יהבינן לה פורנא ושַׁבַּק יתה מינך (not ושבקית) we shall give her her dowry, and divorce thou her. Ib. ושַׁבַּקְתָּהּ מיניה (some ed. וש׳ יתה) and he divorced her; Lev. R. l. c. ושבקיה (corr. acc.); Y. Keth. l. c.; Yalk. Lev. 665. Y. Keth. VI, beg. 30ᶜ הן דמַשְׁבֵּיק וכ׳ he who divorces his wife and does not pay off &c., v. מְרַק. to be let alone, be allowed. Koh. R. to V, 11 אוף למידמוך לית אנן מִישְׁתַּבְּקִין we are not even allowed to sleep. to be remitted; to be forgiven. Targ. Gen. IV, 7. Targ. Lev. IV, 20; a. fr. to be divorced. Cant. R. to I, 4 בעיין למִשְׁתַּבְּקָא דין מדין they wanted to be divorced from each other. to be forsaken, abandoned. Targ. Jer. XLIX, 11 תשתבקון (ed. Wil. תשבקתון, corr. acc.). Ib. 25. Targ. Is. XVII, 9; a. e. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates) ## Glosses MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: leave! (3); it will be left (1); leave (1). ## In the verses [Ezra 6:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.7/#tree) שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃ *Word for word:* leave! (et).the work of.the.house of.(the) God this the.governor of the.Jews and.(to) the elders of the.Jews the.house of.(the) God this let.them.build on place its *JPS 1917:* let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place. [Daniel 4:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.23/#tree) וְדִ֣י אֲמַ֗רוּ לְמִשְׁבַּ֞ק עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ דִּ֣י אִֽילָנָ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ לָ֣ךְ קַיָּמָ֑ה מִן־דִּ֣י תִנְדַּ֔ע דִּ֥י שַׁלִּטִ֖ן שְׁמַיָּֽא׃ *Word for word:* and that they.said to leave the.stump of its.roots (diy).of the tree kingdom your to you \[will.be\].enduring from that you.will.know (diy).that \[are\].having.mastery the heavens *JPS 1917:* And whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. ## On Mova - [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e7.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d1_5b7_5e7/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).