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title: סְבָאִים — Sᵉbā’im · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְבָאִים (5436), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Sᵉbā’im. BDB 1906: n.pl.gent. Sebāʾim. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְבָאִים

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«סְבָאִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sᵉbā’im** — 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:** 5436 · **BDB:** סְבָאִים

### Glosses

Sabeans (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sᵉbā’im [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5436/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pl.gent. Sebāʾim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5436/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pl.gent. Sebāʾim, 𝔊 οἱ Σαβαειμ, A Σεβωειμ;—וּס׳ אַנְשֵׁי מִדָּה Is 45:14 (+ כּוּשׁ, ‖ מִצְרַיִם, cf. 43:3 supr.); this perhaps intended also by Ez 23:42 Qr (v. סָבָא), perhaps confounding it with שְׁבָא, cf. 𝔖.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְבָאִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5436/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 45:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.45.14/)

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כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה יְגִ֨יעַ מִצְרַ֥יִם וּֽסְחַר־כּוּשׁ֮ וּסְבָאִים֮ אַנְשֵׁ֣י מִדָּה֒ עָלַ֤יִךְ יַעֲבֹ֙רוּ֙ וְלָ֣ךְ יִֽהְי֔וּ אַחֲרַ֣יִךְ יֵלֵ֔כוּ בַּזִּקִּ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְאֵלַ֤יִךְ יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ֙אֵלַ֣יִךְ יִתְפַּלָּ֔לוּ אַ֣ךְ בָּ֥ךְ אֵ֛ל וְאֵ֥ין ע֖וֹד אֶ֥פֶס אֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh the.produce of.Egypt and the.trading.profit of.Cush and.\[the\] Sabeans people of.stature to you they.will.pass.over and to you they.will.belong behind you they.will.walk in (the) fetters they.will.pass.over and to you they.will.bow.down to you they.will.pray surely \[is\].among you God and there.\[is\].not yet there.not \[are\].gods

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine; they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee: Surely God is in thee, and there is none else, there is no other God.

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