סְבָלָהçᵉbâlâh

burden (Exodus 6:6; Exodus 6:7; Exodus 5:4; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 5:5)

Pronunciation: seb-aw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5450

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 1:11 So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.
  • Exodus 2:11 Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews.
  • Exodus 5:4 Pharaoh replied, “Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their tasks? Get back to work!
  • Exodus 5:5 Look, there are many of your people in the land, and you are stopping them from their work.”
  • Exodus 6:6 “Therefore, say to the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord. I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment.
  • Exodus 6:7 I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt.

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).