hebrew #5433 - סָבָא caba' (to imbibe)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance drunkard, fill self, Sabean, winebibber A primitive root; to quaff to satiety, i.e. Become tipsy -- drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-)bibber. Englishman's Concordance 1) to drink heavily or largely, imbibe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to imbibe 1a2) wine-bibber, drunkard (participle) (substantive) Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1455 Brown-Driver-Briggs [סָבָא] verbimbibe, drink largely (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic סְבָאid. (rare); compare Assyrian sabû, sesame-wine DlHWB; — Arabic  wine, is probably loan-word and  import foreign wine denominative, Frä157f); — QalImperfect1plural cohortative נִסְבְּאָהIsaiah 56:12; Participle activeסֹבֵאDeuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 23:21; plural סובאיםEzekiel 23:42 Kt (Qr סָבָאִים, see below); construct סֹבְאֵיProverbs 23:20; passiveסְבוּאִיםNahum 1:10; — imbibe, with accusative שֵׁכָרIsaiah 56:12; participle active=substantive wine-bibber, drunkardDeuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 23:21 (both + זוֺלֵל); fully, סֹבְאֵי יָיִ֑ןProverbs 23:20 (+ זֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר); so also Ezekiel 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; וּכְסָבְאָםסְבוּאִיםNahum 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 Hosea 4:18 see סֹבֶא. [סָבָא] only plural סָבָאִיםEzekiel 23:42 Qr=drunkards, wine-bibbers (?) so Thes and others, but see סְבָאִים. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 5433. סָבָא (caba') — 5 OccurrencesProverbs 23:20 Proverbs 23:21 Isaiah 56:12 Ezekiel 23:42 Nahum 1:10 |