שבעא

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Aramaic

Aramaic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : שבעא (šabhʿā)
    Ordinal : שביעאה (šəbhiʿaʾa)

Numeral

שבעא (šabhʿām (f שבע)

  1. seven (7)
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 74a-b:
      שָׁאנֵי תּוּרְמוֹסָא דְּשָׁלְקִי לֵיהּ שַׁבְעָא זִימְנֵי, וְאִי לָא שָׁקְלִי לֵיהּ מַסְרַח
      šånēi turmoså də-šålqi lēh šabhʿā zimnēi, wə-i lå šåqli lēh masraḥ
      Lupines are different because they are boiled seven times, and if they are not boiled they rot.