STRONGS NUMBER H7579


Word Summary
shaab: to draw (water)
Original Word: שָׁאַב
Transliteration: shaab
Phonetic Spelling: (sahw-ab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to draw (water)
Meaning: to bale up water
Strong's Concordance
to bale up water

A primitive root; to bale up water -- (woman to) draw(-er, water).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7579. shaab

[שָׁאַב‎] verb draw (water) (Late Hebrew id., also attract; Aramaic שְׁאֵיב‎, of magnet; Arabic be satisfied with drinking); —

Qal Perfect2masculine plural consecutive וּשְׁאַבְתֶּםIsaiah 12:3; Imperfect3feminine singular וַּתִּשְׁאַבGenesis 24:20, אָ֑ב‎- 24:45; 1singular אֶשְׁאָ֑ב24:19; 24:44; 3masculine plural יִשְׁאֲבוּןRuth 2:9, וַיִּשְׁאֲבוּ1 Samuel 7:6 2t.; Imperative feminine singular שֹׁאֲבִיNahum 3:14; Participle masculine singular שֹׁאֵבDeuteronomy 29:10, plural construct שֹׁאֲבֵיJoshua 9:21, 23, 27; feminine plural הַשֹּׁאֲבֹתGenesis 24:11; — draw water, with accusative מַיִם24:13 (J), 1 Samuel 7:6; 9:11, + מִן‎ of source 2 Samuel 23:16 = 1 Chronicles 11:18; Isaiah 12:3 (figurative); שׁ מָצוֺר לָךְ׳מֵיNahum 3:14; מַיִם‎ omitted Genesis 24:20, 43, 45 and (+ ל‎ of animals) 24:19; 24:20; 24:44 (all J); with accusative אֲשֶׁרRuth 2:9 drink of that which the young men drew; Participle feminine plural Genesis 24:11 the water-drawing women; masculine מֵימֶיךָ שֹׁאֵבDeuteronomy 29:10 (servile labour, "" עֵצֶיּךָ חֹטֵב‎), so masculine plural Joshua 9:21, 23, 27 (P; all with ל‎, and all "" עֵצִים חֹטְבֵי‎).