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title: סֹבֶא — drink · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֹבֶא (5435), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: drink. BDB 1906: n.m. drink, liquor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֹבֶא

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«סֹבֶא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **drink** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5435 · **BDB:** סֹ֫בֶא

### Glosses

drink (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drink [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5435/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. drink, liquor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5435/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 1:22 drink, liquor;—only sf. סָבְאֵךְ Is 1:22; סָבְאָם Ho 4:18 (but v. infr.), Na 1:10 (but v. סָבָא);—liquor (appar. strong, choice) Is 1:22; סָר ס׳ Ho 4:18 their liquor (i.e. their drunkenness) is gone Thes Hi Che RVm, but very dub., 𝔊 quite diff. (ἡρέτισεν Χαναναίους), We GuKau Now om. in transl.; conj. of HoutsmaTTijdschr ix (1875), 60 סֹד סֹבְאִים, a company of wine-bibbers, makes good sense.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֹבֶא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5435/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.4.18/)

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סָ֖ר סָבְאָ֑ם הַזְנֵ֣ה הִזְנ֔וּ אָהֲב֥וּ הֵב֛וּ קָל֖וֹן מָגִנֶּֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* it.has.come.to.an.end drink their continually.(prostitute.themselves) they.have.prostituted.themselves they.have.loved love shame shields its

*JPS 1917:* When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.

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[Isaiah 1:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.22/)

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כַּסְפֵּ֖ךְ הָיָ֣ה לְסִיגִ֑ים סָבְאֵ֖ךְ מָה֥וּל בַּמָּֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* silver your it.has.become (into) dross(es) drink your \[has.been\].mixed with (the) water

*JPS 1917:* Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

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