סֵבֶלçêbel
load, burden (Nehemiah 4:11; Psalms 81:7; 1 Kings 11:28)
Pronunciation: say'-bel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5447
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 11:28 Jeroboam was a very capable young man, and when Solomon saw how industrious he was, he put him in charge of the labor force from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph.
- Nehemiah 4:17 who were building the wall. The laborers carried on their work with one hand supporting their load and one hand holding a weapon.
- Psalms 81:6 “Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).