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Etymology 1

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Root
שׁ־ו־ב (sh-w-b)

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שִׁיבָה (shiváf (plural indefinite שִׁיבוֹת, singular construct שִׁיבַת־) [pattern: קְטִילָה]

  1. verbal noun of שָׁב (sháv, šɔḇ): return.
    זְכוּת שִׁיבָהzkhút shiváright of return
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Etymology 2

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שׂ־י־ב (s-y-b)

Cognate to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic סֵיבְתָא (sêḇəṯāʾ), Classical Syriac ܣܲܝܒܵܬ݂ܵܐ (saybāṯāʾ).

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שֵׂיבָה (sevá, śeḇɔf (no plural forms, singular construct שֵׂיבַת־)

  1. (literal) whiteness of hair (due to age)
    שְׂעַר שֵׂיבָהse'ár seváwhite hair
  2. (figurative) old age
    • Tanach, Genesis 15:15, with translation of the King James Version:
      וְאַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֶל אֲבֹתֶיךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם תִּקָּבֵר בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה׃
      wəʔattɔ taḇoʔ ʔɛl ʔăḇoṯɛ́ḵɔ bəšɔlom tiqqɔḇer bəśeḇɔ ṭoḇɔ
      And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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Etymology 3

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שַׁיְבָּה (sháybaf

  1. Defective spelling of שייבה (washer).