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title: סִבָּה — turn of affairs · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִבָּה (5438), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: turn of affairs. BDB 1906: n.f. turn. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִבָּה

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«סִבָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turn of affairs** — 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:** 5438 · **BDB:** סִבָּה

### Glosses

a.turn.of.affairs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turn of affairs [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5438/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. turn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5438/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. turn of affairs;—only abs. הָֽיְתָה סִבָּה מֵעִם י׳ 1 K 12:15 it was a turn (an ordering) from י׳ (= נְסִבָּה q.v., in ‖ 2 Ch 10:15).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סִבָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5438/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.12.15/)

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וְלֹֽא־שָׁמַ֥ע הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־הָעָ֑ם כִּֽי־הָיְתָ֤ה סִבָּה֙ מֵעִ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה לְמַ֜עַן הָקִ֣ים אֶת־דְּבָר֗וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ בְּיַד֙ אֲחִיָּ֣ה הַשִּׁילֹנִ֔י אֶל־יָרָבְעָ֖ם בֶּן־נְבָֽט׃

*Word for word:* and not he.listened the king to the people (dm) it.was a.turn.of.affairs from with Yahweh so.as to.establish (et) word his which he.had.spoken Yahweh by the.hand of.Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the.son of.Nebat

*JPS 1917:* So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of the LORD, that He might establish His word, which the LORD spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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