שָׂבֵעַ

Genesis 25:8 וְשָׂבֵ֑עַ and satisfied

And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

Here: The word for someone who has eaten enough and wants nothing more. Abraham had his fill of life. Ancient versions add 'of days', but in this Hebrew text the word stands alone: he was satisfied, not just numerically old.

Genesis 35:29 וּשְׂבַ֣ע and satisfied of

Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Here: 'And full of.' The word is about eating your fill. Isaac has had all the life he could take in, like a guest who rises from a full table. It suggests completion, not weariness.

Deuteronomy 33:23 שְׂבַ֣ע [is] satisfied of

Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

1 Samuel 2:5 שְׂבֵעִ֤ים satisfied [people]

The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

Here: People who have eaten their fill, the well-off who never had to worry about the next meal. It stands first for emphasis: these are the people who end up on the wrong side of the reversal.

1 Chronicles 29:28 שְׂבַ֥ע satisfied of

He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.

Here: "Sated with." This is the word for someone who has eaten their fill. David had had his fill of days. It sounds very like the earlier word śêbâ (grey hair), a sound-play: grey-haired and gratified.

Job 10:15 שְׂבַ֥ע surfeited of

If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

Here: 'Sated with'. The word is normally used of food and drink, so the picture is of being force-fed disgrace until full. Job uses the same root for his restless nights in 7:4 ('I am full of tossing').

Job 14:1 וּֽשְׂבַֽע־ and surfeited of

“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

Here: 'And glutted with', 'filled to the point of having had enough'. The word normally describes being satisfied with food, or a blessed old man dying 'full of days'. Here the thing a human gets their fill of is turmoil. The word is used bitterly.

Job 42:17 וּשְׂבַ֥ע and satisfied of

And so Job died, old and full of years.

Here: The word for having eaten one's fill. Here it is bound to the next word: 'sated of days'. Job has received his full portion of life and has had enough of it in the good sense, with nothing cut short. It reverses his earlier lament that humans are 'sated with trouble' (14:1).

Proverbs 19:23 וְשָׂבֵ֥עַ and satisfied

The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

Here: "And full" or "and satisfied". The basic picture is having eaten your fill, so it is first of all physical. By extension it means having enough. It describes the state the person is in as he goes to sleep.

Proverbs 27:7 שְׂ֭בֵעָה satisfied

The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

Here: Filled to the point of having had enough. In Hebrew wisdom writing, being full often leans toward having too much, the point where desire goes dull. The ending is feminine to agree with nefesh.