Animals

כִּבְשָׂה Ewe lamb

Every verse in which this word stands — 8 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

Land animalGematria 327×8 in TanakhKosherOffering speciesFirst appearance:

The kivsah — the seven ewe lambs of Avraham's oath at Be'er Sheva, and the one little ewe lamb of Natan's parable to David.

Genesis 21:28בראשית כא:כח

וַיַּצֵּב אַבְרָהָם אֶת־שֶׁבַע כִּבְשֹׂת הַצֹּאן לְבַדְּהֶֽן

And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

Genesis 21:29בראשית כא:כט

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֶל־אַבְרָהָם מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע כְּבָשֹׂת הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר הִצַּבְתָּ לְבַדָּֽנָה

And Abimelech said unto Abraham: ‘What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?’

Genesis 21:30בראשית כא:ל

וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי אֶת־שֶׁבַע כְּבָשֹׂת תִּקַּח מִיָּדִי בַּעֲבוּר תִּֽהְיֶה־לִּי לְעֵדָה כִּי חָפַרְתִּי אֶת־הַבְּאֵר הַזֹּֽאת

And he said: ‘Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.’

Leviticus 14:10ויקרא יד:י

וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי יִקַּח שְׁנֵֽי־כְבָשִׂים תְּמִימִים וְכַבְשָׂה אַחַת בַּת־שְׁנָתָהּ תְּמִימָה וּשְׁלֹשָׁה עֶשְׂרֹנִים סֹלֶת מִנְחָה בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן וְלֹג אֶחָד שָֽׁמֶן

And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

Numbers 6:14במדבר ו:יד

וְהִקְרִיב אֶת־קָרְבָּנוֹ לַיהוָה כֶּבֶשׂ בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ תָמִים אֶחָד לְעֹלָה וְכַבְשָׂה אַחַת בַּת־שְׁנָתָהּ תְּמִימָה לְחַטָּאת וְאַֽיִל־אֶחָד תָּמִים לִשְׁלָמִֽים

and he shall present his offering unto the LORD, one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings,

2 Samuel 12:3שמואל ב יב:ג

וְלָרָשׁ אֵֽין־כֹּל כִּי אִם־כִּבְשָׂה אַחַת קְטַנָּה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה וַיְחַיֶּהָ וַתִּגְדַּל עִמּוֹ וְעִם־בָּנָיו יַחְדָּו מִפִּתּוֹ תֹאכַל וּמִכֹּסוֹ תִשְׁתֶּה וּבְחֵיקוֹ תִשְׁכָּב וַתְּהִי־לוֹ כְּבַֽת

but the poor man had nothing save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and reared; and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

2 Samuel 12:4שמואל ב יב:ד

וַיָּבֹא הֵלֶךְ לְאִישׁ הֶֽעָשִׁיר וַיַּחְמֹל לָקַחַת מִצֹּאנוֹ וּמִבְּקָרוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת לָאֹרֵחַ הַבָּא־לוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־כִּבְשַׂת הָאִישׁ הָרָאשׁ וַֽיַּעֲשֶׂהָ לָאִישׁ הַבָּא אֵלָֽיו

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.’

2 Samuel 12:6שמואל ב יב:ו

וְאֶת־הַכִּבְשָׂה יְשַׁלֵּם אַרְבַּעְתָּיִם עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וְעַל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־חָמָֽל

and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.’

Quick answers

What is the Hebrew word for ewe lamb?

Ewe lamb in Hebrew is כבשה, with a gematria of 327 in the standard method.

How many times is the ewe lamb mentioned in the Tanakh?

The word stands 8 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 21:28.

A spelling is not a word. The bare letters כבשה stand 1 time in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

See the one occurrence of the spelling כבשה →