שבעה

From Proto-Semitic *šabʿ-, synchronically from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *sṗɣ (“seven”)

שִׁבְעָה • (shiv'á) m (construct שִׁבְעַת־‎, feminine שֶׁבַע‎)

1. seven

• In Modern Hebrew, when the numbers three through ten modify a definite masculine noun and are directly preceding it, the construct form is used:

  ‏שִׁבְעָה סְפָרִים‎ ― shiv'á s'farím ― seven books

  ‏שִׁבְעַת הַסְּפָרִים‎ ― shiv'át has'farím ― the seven books

• The construct form is not used for higher numbers ending in seven, such as twenty-seven:

  ‏עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁבְעָה הַסְּפָרִים‎ ― 'esrím v'shiv'á has'farím ― the twenty-seven books

• In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the form שֶׁבַע‎ (shéva') is often used regardless of gender.

• Last: שישה \ שִׁשָּׁה‎ (shishá)
• Next: שְׁמוֹנָה‎ (sh'moná)

שבעה • (transliteration needed)

1. (שְׂבֵעָה, s'veá) Feminine singular present participle and present tense of שָׂבַע‎ (savá).
2. (שָׂבְעָה, sav'á) Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of שָׂבַע‎ (savá).