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title: סָבַךְ — interweave · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָבַךְ (5440), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: interweave. BDB 1906: vb. interweave. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָבַךְ

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«סָבַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **interweave** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5440 · **BDB:** סָבַךְ

### Glosses

entangled (1); they.are.entangled (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

interweave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5440/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. interweave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5440/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. interweave (‖ form to שׂבך q.v.);— Pt. pass. pl. סִירִים סְבֻבִים Na 1:10 interwoven (entangled) thorns (cf. Da); GunkelZAW xiii (1893), 235 proposes (after 𝔊 𝔗 Vollers) כְּסוּחִים i.e. cut off, away (Is 33:12) cf. Now; text very dub. Impf. 3 mpl. עַל־גַּל שָׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ Jb 8:17 are interwoven (in a tangled mass).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָבַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5440/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.17/)

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עַל־גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* over a.heap roots its they.are.entangled between stones it.sees

*JPS 1917:* His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.

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[Nahum 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.1.10/)

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כִּ֚י עַד־סִירִ֣ים סְבֻכִ֔ים וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם סְבוּאִ֑ים אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ כְּקַ֥שׁ יָבֵ֖שׁ מָלֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* (dm) to thorns entangled and like drink their drunkards they.will.be.consumed like stubble dry full

*JPS 1917:* For though they be like tangled thorns, and be drunken according to their drink, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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