כִּבְשָׂה

Genesis 21:28 כִּבְשֹׂ֥ת ewe-lambs of

Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

Genesis 21:29 כְּבָשֹׂת֙ ewe-lambs

and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

Genesis 21:30 כְּבָשֹׂ֔ת ewe-lambs

He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

Leviticus 14:10 וְכַבְשָׂ֥ה and a ewe-lamb

On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.

Here: A female lamb. A female animal is what an ordinary individual brings for a purification ('sin') offering (Lev 4:32), and that is what this one becomes (v. 19).

Numbers 6:14 וְכַבְשָׂ֨ה and a ewe-lamb

and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as a peace offering—

2 Samuel 12:3 כִּבְשָׂ֨ה a ewe-lamb

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 12:4 כִּבְשַׂת֙ [the] ewe-lamb of

Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”

2 Samuel 12:6 הַכִּבְשָׂ֖ה the ewe-lamb

Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”

Here: The female lamb from Nathan's story (v. 3), the poor man's one little ewe-lamb that drank from his cup and lay in his bosom "like a daughter". David still talks about it as an animal. The reader already knows it stands for Bathsheba.