{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5437",
  "lemma": "סָבַב",
  "transliteration": "çâbab",
  "definition": "to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively",
  "kjv": "bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on…",
  "occurrences": 157,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "סָבַב vb. turn about, go around, surround",
    "Qal",
    "1. turn, intrans.",
    "a. march, or walk, around",
    "b. go partly round, circle, skirt",
    "c. make a round, or circuit, go about to",
    "d. surround, encompass",
    "Niph.",
    "a. turn oneself against, close round upon",
    "b. turn round (from a direct course)",
    "c. esp. of boundary: turn round from, toward",
    "2. pass. be turned over to, into the power of",
    "Pi. to change, transform, the aspect of the matter",
    "Po‛.",
    "1. encompass (with protection)",
    "2. come about, assemble round",
    "3. march or go about",
    "4. enclose, envelop",
    "Hiph.",
    "a. turn (trans.), cause to turn",
    "b. bring over (i.e. to allegiance)",
    "c. turn into, of changing name",
    "d. = bring round, of changing name",
    "a. cause to go around",
    "b. surround with (acc.) wall",
    "c. perh. also encompass (as foe)",
    "Hoph.",
    "1. be turned, of cart wheel",
    "2. surrounded, i.e. set, of jewels"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:11",
      "text": "The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:13",
      "text": "The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:4",
      "text": "But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:7",
      "text": "for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:24",
      "text": "He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 13:18",
      "text": "but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Sea of Suf; and the children of Israel went up armed…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/13?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 21:4",
      "text": "They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Sea of Suf, to go around the land of Edom. The soul of the people was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/21?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 32:38",
      "text": "Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/32?v=38"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 34:4",
      "text": "Your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and it shall pass southward of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/34?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 34:5",
      "text": "The border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/34?v=5"
    }
  ],
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