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title: סָבָא — imbibe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָבָא (5433), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: imbibe. BDB 1906: vb. imbibe, drink largely. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָבָא

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«סָבָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **imbibe** — 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:** 5433 · **BDB:** סָבָא

### Glosses

a.drunkard (2); drunkards (2); let.us.drink (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

imbibe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5433/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. imbibe, drink largely [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5433/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. imbibe, drink largely (NH id.; Aramaic סְבָא id. (rare); cf. Assyrian sabû, 3 DlHWB;—Arabic سَبْأٌ wine, is prob. loan-wd. and سَبَأَ import foreign wine denom., Frä 157 f.);— Impf. 1 pl. cohort. נִסְבְּאָה Is 56:12; Pt. act. סֹבְא Dt 21:20; Pr 23:21; pl. סובאים Ez 23:42 Kt (Qr סָבָאִים, v. infr.); cstr. סֹבְאֵי Pr 23:20; pass. סְבוּאִים Na 1:10;—imbibe, c. acc. שֵׁכָר Is 56:12; pt. act. = subst. wine-bibber, drunkard Dt 21:20; Pr 23:21 (both + זוֹלֵל); fully, סֹבְאֵ׳ יָי֑ן 23:20 (+ זֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר); so also Ez 23:42 Kt (Qr perhaps n.gent., so 𝔖 AV, v. infr.), which read Sm RV SgfrKau Da; Co thinks dittogr. of מוּבָאִים, but perhaps the reverse (ToyHpt om. מוּבָאִים); \> Berthol (q.v.) מִסְּבָא; other conj. v. in Sm; וּכְסָבְאָם סְבוּאִים Na 1:10 is prob. corrupt, pt. pass. of person dub., and sense obscure; del. both as dittogr. GunkelZAW xiii (1893), 235 Now; om. in transl. We Kau. On Ho 4:18 v. סֹבֶא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָבָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5433/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.21/)

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כִּי־סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ וּ֝קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.drunkard and a.glutton he.will.become.impoverished and rags it.will.clothe.\[him\] drowsiness

*JPS 1917:* For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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[Proverbs 23:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.20/)

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אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְסֹֽבְאֵי־יָ֑יִן בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖י בָשָׂ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* do.not be among drunkards of.wine among gluttons of.meat (for themselves

*JPS 1917:* Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;

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