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This action involves immersing an object into a substance to change its color, symbolizing transformation or change.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, dyeing was a significant craft, with colors often derived from natural sources such as plants, minerals, and shellfish. The process of dyeing was labor-intensive and required skill, making dyed garments valuable. Colors held symbolic meanings; for example, purple was associated with royalty and wealth due to the rarity and cost of the dye.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">סָבָא</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>imbibe, drink largely</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">סְבָא</font> <em>id.</em> (rare); compare Assyrian <i><em>sabû, sesame-wine</em></i> Dl<sup>HWB</sup>; — Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb068412.gif"> <em>wine</em>, is probably loan-word and <img src="/bdbgif/bdb068413.gif"> <em>import foreign wine</em> denominative, Frä<sup>157f</sup>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>1plural cohortative <font class="hebrew2">נִסְבְּאָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/56-12.htm">Isaiah 56:12</a>; <em>Participle active</em> <font class="hebrew2">סֹבֵא</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/21-20.htm">Deuteronomy 21:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/23-21.htm">Proverbs 23:21</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">סובאים</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-42.htm">Ezekiel 23:42</a> Kt (Qr <font class="hebrew2">סָבָאִים</font>, see below); construct <font class="hebrew2">סֹבְאֵי</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/23-20.htm">Proverbs 23:20</a>; <em>passive</em> <font class="hebrew2">סְבוּאִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/nahum/1-10.htm">Nahum 1:10</a>; — <em>imbibe</em>, with accusative <font class="hebrew2">שֵׁכָר</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/56-12.htm">Isaiah 56:12</a>; participle active = substantive wine-<em>bibber, drunkard</em> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/21-20.htm">Deuteronomy 21:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/23-21.htm">Proverbs 23:21</a> (both + <font class="hebrew2">זוֺלֵל</font>); fully, <font class="hebrew2">סֹבְאֵי יָיִ֑ן</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/23-20.htm">Proverbs 23:20</a> (+ <font class="hebrew2">זֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר</font>); so also <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-42.htm">Ezekiel 23:42</a> Kt (Qr perhaps name of a people, so <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ6</font> AV, see below), which read Sm RV Sgfr<sup>Kau</sup> Da; Co thinks dittograph of <font class="hebrew2">מוּבָאִים</font>, but perhaps the reverse (Toy<sup>Hpt</sup> omits <font class="hebrew2">מוּבָאִים</font>): > Berthol (q. v.) <font class="hebrew2">מִסְּבָא</font>; other conjectures see in Sm; <font class="hebrew2">וּכְסָבְאָם</font> <font class="hebrew2">סְבוּאִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/nahum/1-10.htm">Nahum 1:10</a> is probably corrupt, passive participle of person dubious, and sense obscure; strike out both as dittograph Gunk<sup>ZAW xiii (1893), 235</sup> Now; omitted in translation We Kau. On <a href="/interlinear/hosea/4-18.htm">Hosea 4:18</a> see <font class="hebrew2">סֹבֶא</font>. <p> [<font class="hebrew2">סָבָא</font>] only plural <font class="hebrew2">סָבָאִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-42.htm">Ezekiel 23:42</a> Qr = <em>drunkards, wine-bibbers</em> (?) so Thes and others, but see <font class="hebrew2">סְבָאִים</font>. </p><br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>drunkard, fill self, Sabean, winebibber <p>A primitive root; to quaff to satiety, i.e. Become tipsy -- drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-)bibber. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בְסֹֽבְאֵי־ בסבאי־ וְנִסְבְּאָ֣ה ונסבאה סְבוּאִ֑ים סָבָאִ֖ים סֹבֵ֣א סבא סבאים סבואים ḇə·sō·ḇə·’ê- ḇəsōḇə’ê- sā·ḇā·’îm sāḇā’îm savaIm sə·ḇū·’îm səḇū’îm sevuIm sō·ḇê sōḇê soVe venisbeAh vesoeei wə·nis·bə·’āh wənisbə’āh<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/proverbs/23-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 23:20</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אַל־ תְּהִ֥י <b> בְסֹֽבְאֵי־ </b> יָ֑יִן בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Do not be with heavy drinkers</span> of wine,<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/23-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> nay not be with <span class="itali">heavy</span> of wine gluttonous<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/23-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 23:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> כִּי־ <b> סֹבֵ֣א </b> וְ֭זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">For the heavy drinker</span> and the glutton<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">For the drunkard</span> and the glutton<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/23-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> For <span class="itali">the heavy</span> and the glutton will come<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/56-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 56:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/56.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶקְחָה־ יַ֖יִן <b> וְנִסְבְּאָ֣ה </b> שֵׁכָ֑ר וְהָיָ֤ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/56.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and let us drink <span class="itali">heavily</span> of strong<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/56.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wine, <span class="itali">and we will fill</span> ourselves with strong drink;<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/56-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> get wine <span class="itali">heavily</span> drink become<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/23-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 23:42</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">[סֹובָאִים כ] <b> (סָבָאִ֖ים </b> ק) מִמִּדְבָּ֑ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> multitude <span class="itali">was with her; and drunkards</span> were brought<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/23-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> man were brought <span class="itali">drunkard</span> the wilderness put<p><b><a href="/text/nahum/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Nahum 1:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/nahum/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">סְבֻכִ֔ים וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם <b> סְבוּאִ֑ים </b> אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ כְּקַ֥שׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/nahum/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> thorns, <span class="itali">And like those who are drunken</span> with their drink,<br><a href="/kjvs/nahum/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [as] thorns, <span class="itali">and while they are drunken</span> [as] drunkards,<br><a href="/interlinear/nahum/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> tangled their drink <span class="itali">are drunken</span> are consumed stubble<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5433.htm">5 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5433.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5433<br>5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/savaim_5433.htm">sā·ḇā·’îm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/sevuim_5433.htm">sə·ḇū·’îm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/sove_5433.htm">sō·ḇê — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/venisbeah_5433.htm">wə·nis·bə·’āh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vesoeei_5433.htm">ḇə·sō·ḇə·’ê- — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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