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title: שָׂבַר — wait · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂבַר (7663), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: wait. BDB 1906: vb. wait, hope. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂבַר

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«שָׂבַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wait** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7663 · **BDB:** שָׂבַר²

### Glosses

they.hope (2); I.hope (1); they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wait [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7663/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wait, hope [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7663/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. wait, hope (Aramaism; cf. Aramaic סְבַר think, Pa. hope; ܣܒܰܪ believe, hope, Pa. think, Aph. hope);—Pf. 1 s. שִׂבַּרְתִּי ψ 119:166, 3 pl. שִׂבְּרוּ Est 9:1; Impf. 3 mpl. יְשַׂבְּרוּ Is 38:18, יְשַׂבֵּ֑רוּ ψ 145:15, יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן ψ 104:27; 2 fpl. תְּשַׂבֵּרְנָה Ru 1:13;— wait + לָהֵן therefor Ru 1:13. hope for, ל rei ψ 119:166, אֶל rei Is 38:18, אֶל pers. ψ 104:27; 145:15; ל inf. Est 9:1 hope to rule.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂבַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7663/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.166/)

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שִׂבַּ֣רְתִּי לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וּֽמִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ עָשִֽׂיתִי׃

*Word for word:* I.hope for salvation your O.Yahweh and commandments your I.do

*JPS 1917:* I have hoped for Thy salvation, O LORD, and have done Thy commandments.

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[Psalms 104:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.27/)

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כֻּ֭לָּם אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן לָתֵ֖ת אָכְלָ֣ם בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* of.them all to you they hope to give food their at its.appropriate time

*JPS 1917:* All of them wait for Thee, that Thou mayest give them their food in due season.

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