BDB5470 [H5433]

[סָבָא] verb imbibe, drink largely (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic סְבָא id. (rare); compare Assyrian sabû, sesame-wine DlHWB; — Arabic wine, is probably loan-word and import foreign wine denominative, Frä157 f); —

Qal Imperfect 1 plural cohortative נִסְבְּאָה Isa 56:12 Participle active סֹבֵא Deut 21:20; Prov 23:21 plural סובאים Ezek 23:42 Kt (Qr סָבָאִים, see below); construct סֹבְאֵי Prov 23:20 passive סְבוּאִים Nah 1:10imbibe, with accusative שֵׁכָר Isa 56:12 participle active = substantive wine-bibber, drunkard Deut 21:20; Prov 23:21 (both + זוֺלֵל); fully, סֹבְאֵי יָיִ֑ן Prov 23:20 (+ זֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר); so also Ezek 23:42 Kt (Qr perhaps name of a people, so ᵑ6 AV, see below), which read Sm RV SgfrKau Da; Co thinks dittograph of מוּבָאִים, but perhaps the reverse (ToyHpt omits מוּבָאִים): > Berthol (q. v.) מִסְּבָא; other conjectures see in Sm; וּכְסָבְאָם סְבוּאִים Nah 1:10 is probably corrupt, passive participle of person dubious, and sense obscure; strike out both as dittograph GunkZAW xiii (1893), 235 Now; omitted in translation We Kau. On Hos 4:18 see סֹבֶא.


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