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title: סְבַל — bear · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: סְבַל (lemma:סְבַל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: bear. BDB 1906: vb. bear, carry Pōʿ. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְבַל

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«סְבַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **bear** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:סְבַל · **BDB:** סְבַל

### Glosses

\[be\].retained (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5d1_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bear, carry Pōʿ. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5d1_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. si vera l. bear, carry a load (v. BH);—Pōʿ. Pt. pass. אֻשֹּׁ֫הִי מְסוֹבְלִים (K§ 36 NöGGA, 1884, 1016) Ezr 6:3 its foundations (be) raised (Thes al.; WCG 203, 225), very dub.; HptGu ad loc. conj. אֶשֹּׁהִי מְס׳ his (God’s) fire-offerings they bring (Assyrian zabâlu), so (hesitantly) Berthol.

### Jastrow 1903

סְבַל: to send presents of betrothal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5d1_5b7_5dc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Y. Deut. XXXII, 11. Targ. Job XXI, 3. Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXIV, 15; a. fr.—Cant. R. to V, 14 למִיסְבַּל, v. סִבְנִי. Gen. R. s. 38 דסָבֵיל רוחא, v. רוּחָא; a. e. (v. סִבָּלוֹן) to send presents of betrothal. Kidd. 50ᵇ מְסַבְּלֵי והדר מקדשי where it is customary to send the presents before betrothal; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְבַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5d1_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.3/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵם֒ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֤א בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ בַּיְתָ֣א יִתְבְּנֵ֔א אֲתַר֙ דִּֽי־דָבְחִ֣ין דִּבְחִ֔ין וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֥ין שִׁתִּֽין׃

*Word for word:* in year one of Cyrus the king Cyrus the king he.made a.decree the.house of.(the) God in Jerusalem the house let.it.be.built a.place which \[they.were\].sacrificing sacrifices and foundations its \[be\].retained height its cubits sixty width its cubits sixty

*JPS 1917:* In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

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