BDB5477
סָבִיב336 substantive, used mostly as adverb and preposition, circuit, round about : — construct סְבִיב Amos 3:11 plural construct סְבִיבֵי Jer 32:44; Jer 33:13, suffix סְבִיבֶיךָ etc. (10 t.), much oftener סְבִיבוֺת Exod 7:24 + 22 t., סְבִיבוֺתַי, תֶיךָ-, etc., Deut 17:14, etc. (48 t.): —
1. in singular —
a. as
substantive
1Chr 11:8
מןהֿמלוא וְעַדהַֿסָּבִיב and to the parts round about.
b.
as adverb
accusative
סָבִיב (in) a circuit, i.e. round about, Gen 23:17
בְּכָלגְּֿבֻלוֺ סָבִיב
Exod 19:12;
Exod 25:11;
Exod 25:24;
Exod 25:25;
Lev 1:5; Lev 1:11
עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ
סָבִיב, Judg 20:29; 1Kgs 3:1; 1Kgs 5:11; Ps 3:7
שָׁתוּ עָלָ֑י
׳
אֲשֶׁר ס, Ps 12:9; Ps 34:8 + often; sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis, 2Chr 4:3; Ezek 8:10
׳
ס
׳
עַל הַקִּיר ס, Ezek 37:2; Ezek 40:5 and often in Ezek 40-43.
c. as preposition
: (a) Psalms, Amos 3:11
צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ
distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about
) the land (but read probably with
ᵑ6
יְסֹבֵב
will encircle). (b) ׳
סָבִיב לְ
Exod 16:13;
Exod 40:33;
Num 1:50; Num 1:53; Num 2:2; Judg 7:21; 1Kgs 6:5; 1Kgs 18:32
;
1Kgs 18:35
;
Ezek 41:10
;
Ezek 14:16
;
Job 19:12;
Ps 34:8; Ps 78:28;
Ps 125:2
(twice
in verse) סָבִיב לְעַמּוֺ
׳
י,
Ps 128:3;
Song
3:7; Nah 3:8
. (c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת
1Kgs 6:5 (omitted
by
ᵐ5
),
Ezek
43:17.
d.
מִסָּבִיב42, from round about, from every side, Ezek 16:33
;
Ezek 16:37
;
Ezek 23:22
;
Ezek 37:21
,
but usually (מִן
1.c.) = on every side, Jer 4:17
הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב, Isa 42:25
׳
וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מ, Joel 4:11; Joel 4:12 Psalms מָגוֺר מִסָּבִיב terror
on every side !
Jer 6:25;
Jer 20:3;
Jer 20:10
; Jer 46:5
; Jer
49:29;
Ps 31:14, compare Lam 2:22 especially in the Deuteronomic phrases
׳
אוֺיְבִים מ, or ׳
הֵנִיחַ מ (sometimes in combination), as Deut 12:10
׳
והניח לכם מכלאֿויביכם מ, Deut 25:19; Josh 21:42
׳
לָהֶם מ
׳
וַיָּנַח י, Josh 23:1; Judg 2:14; Judg 8:34; 1Sam 12:11 +; מִסָּבִיב לְ
from round about, Num 16:24; Num 16:27. — On 1Sam 14:21; 2Sam 24:6; Job 10:8 see
סָבַב
.
2. In plural: —
a.
סְבִיבִים: (a) in masculine sense, those round about
,
Ps 76:12
כָּלסְֿבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּ שַׁי, Ps 89:8; Jer 48:17; Jer 48:39. (b) in neuter sense,
the parts round
about,
Jer 49:5
מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ, בִּסְבִיבֵי ירושׁלם
Jer 32:44;
Jer 33:13;
Jer 21:14
וְאָֽכְלָה כָּלסְֿבִיבֶיהָ, Jer 46:14 with the force of a perp., Ps 50:3
וסביביו נשׂערה מאד, Ps 97:2; Lam 1:17.
b.
סְבִיבוֺת (a) as
substantive (α) circuits, Eccl 1:6
ועל סביבותיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ; (β) the parts round about, Num 22:4
ילחכו הקהל אתכֿלסְֿבִיבֹתֵינוּ, Jer 17:26; Jer 50:32 (compare Jer 21:14 above); with reference to their
inhabitants, Ps
44:19 = Ps
79:4
׳
לעג וקלס לסב, Ezek 16:57; Ezek 28:24; Dan 9:16. (b) with the force a
preposition
Exod 7:24
סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר literally (in) the circuits of the Nile =
round
about the Nile, Num 11:24; Num 11:31; Num 11:32; Num 35:2
סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם, Judg 7:18; 1Sam 26:5; 1Sam 26:7; 2Kgs 6:17
סביבֹת אלישׁע, Ps 18:12; Ps 27:6
על אֹיְבַי סביבותי, etc.; often idiomatic preceded by אשׁר, as Gen 33:5
הערים אשׁר סביבותיהם
Gen 41:48;
Lev 25:44;
Num 16:34;
Deut 6:14; Deut 13:8; Deut 17:14;
Deut 21:2 +. In
the
same sense מִסְּבִיבוֺתָם
Ezek 28:26
.