כִּבְשָׂה

kivsa · ewe lamb

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3535 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

kivsa (כִּבְשָׂה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ewe lamb”.

Young female sheep.

How to say it

kiv·sa

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

A young female sheep.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

ewe lamb ×5
ewe lambs ×3

Where it appears

Genesis 21:28
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Genesis 21:29
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What are these seven ewe lambs that you have set by themselves?”
Genesis 21:30
He said, “You are to take the seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness for me that I dug this well.”
Leviticus 14:10
On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, and one ewe lamb a year old without defect, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
Numbers 6:14
and he shall present his offering to YHWH: one male lamb a year old, without defect, as a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old, without defect, as a sin offering, and one ram without defect as a peace offering,
2 Samuel 12:3
but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb that he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up with him and with his sons together; from his morsel it would eat, and from his cup it would drink, and in his bosom it would lie; and it was to him like a daughter.
2 Samuel 12:4
A traveler came to the rich man, and he was loath to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare a meal for the wayfarer who had come to him; so he took the ewe lamb of the poor man and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
2 Samuel 12:6
And he shall repay the ewe lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”