[Heb. shabbat]
Biblical: 1) a day of rest, the Sabbath: shab bad kyi zhag bka' khrims bzhin dal bar bsdad do/ they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment (Lk. 23:56), shab bad kyi zhag la/ on the Sabbath day (Lk. 4:16), mi 'dis shab bad mi srung bas/ since this man does not keep the Sabbath (Jn. 9:16), shab bad spangs pa/ breaking the Sabbath (Jn. 5:18), shab bad kyi nyin lam/ a Sabbath day's journey (Acts 1:12); 2) sabbath year, a time when the land was not to be cultivated: yul gyi sa ya ho wa'i phyir shab bad srung bar dgos/ the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord (Lev. 25:2).