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title: סְבָא — Seba · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְבָא (5434), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Seba. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְבָא

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«סְבָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Seba** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5434 · **BDB:** סְבָא

### Glosses

Seba (2); \[were\].Seba (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Seba [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5434/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5434/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 1st son of Cush, poet. and late;—Gn 10:7 (P) (𝔊 Σαβα, as שְׁבָא) = 1 Ch 1:9 (𝔊 id., but B Σαβατ); = nation (or territory) ψ 72:10 (𝔊 Σαβα; + שְׁבָא, 𝔊 Αραβων), so (+ כּוּשׁ, ‖ מִצְרַיִם) Is 43:3 (𝔊 Σοηνη); clearly situated in south; most prob. = λιμὴν Σαβά, and Σαβαὶ πόλις εὐμεγέθης, in Adulic gulf on W. coast of Red Sea; v. Straboxvi. 4.8.10 Ptol iv. 7, 7 f. DiGn Bae ψ DuIs; \> Meroë JosAnt. ii, 10, 2 al.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְבָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5434/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 72:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.72.10/)

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מַלְכֵ֬י תַרְשִׁ֣ישׁ וְ֭אִיִּים מִנְחָ֣ה יָשִׁ֑יבוּ מַלְכֵ֥י שְׁבָ֥א וּ֝סְבָ֗א אֶשְׁכָּ֥ר יַקְרִֽיבוּ׃

*Word for word:* the.kings of.Tarshish and.\[the\] islands tribute they.will.pay the.kings of.Sheba and Seba a.gift they.will.bring.near

*JPS 1917:* The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

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[Genesis 10:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.7/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י כ֔וּשׁ סְבָא֙ וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה וְסַבְתָּ֥ה וְרַעְמָ֖ה וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א וּבְנֵ֥י רַעְמָ֖ה שְׁבָ֥א וּדְדָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Cush \[were\].Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca and the.sons of.Raamah \[were\].Sheba and Dedan

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

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