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title: שָׂב — be hoary · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שָׂב (lemma:שָׂב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: be hoary. BDB 1906: vb. be hoary. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂב

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«שָׂב» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be hoary** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׂב · **BDB:** שִׂיב

### Glosses

the.elders (3); elders (1); the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be hoary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be hoary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be hoary (v. BH);— Pt. pl. as subst. = elders, term. techn., abs. שָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא Ezr 5:5; 6:7, 8, 14; so emph. שָׂבַיָּא 5:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.7/)

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שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* leave! (et).the work of.the.house of.(the) God this the.governor of the.Jews and.(to) the elders of the.Jews the.house of.(the) God this let.them.build on place its

*JPS 1917:* let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

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[Ezra 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.5/)

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וְעֵ֣ין אֱלָהֲהֹ֗ם הֲוָת֙ עַל־שָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א וְלָא־בַטִּ֣לוּ הִמּ֔וֹ עַד־טַעְמָ֖א לְדָרְיָ֣וֶשׁ יְהָ֑ךְ וֶאֱדַ֛יִן יְתִיב֥וּן נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֖א עַל־דְּנָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and the.eye of their.God it.was on the.elders of the.Jews and not they.made.cease them until the report to Darius it.will.go and then they.will.send.back the letter concerning this

*JPS 1917:* But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, till the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

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