BDB6903
[צָבָא] verb wage war, serve (Sabean צֿבא wage war with, also noun army, campaign HomChrest. 125 CISiv. 299, 1. 2 DHMVOJ i.28; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4403] ( > [untranscribed source text 4404]) wage war; Assyrian ƒâbu, man, soldier; NöZMG xl (1886), 726 and others compare (on account of Sabean, Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4405]) Arabic [untranscribed source text 4406] conceal oneself, hence lie in wait; this is phonetically suitable, but better in meaning would be [untranscribed source text 4407] go or come forth (against one), etc., so Thes LagBN 21; Frä232 compare [untranscribed source text 4408] young man); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine plural צבְאוּ
Exod 38:8; Zech 14:12
Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִצְבְּאוּ
Num 31:7
Infinitive construct
לִצְבֹּא
Isa 31:4
לִצְבאֹ
Num 4:23; Num 8:24
Participle plural צֹבְאִים
Num 31:42; Isa 29:7; Isa 29:8 suffix
צֹבֶיהָ
Isa 29:7 (Ges«GKC:75oo»§ 75oo; Di
צָרֶיהָ); feminine plural צֹבְאֹת
Exod 38:8
צֹבְאוֺת
1Sam 2:22 —
1.
wage war, fight, with עַל
against, Num 31:7 (
P
) Isa
29:7;
Isa 29:8;
Isa 31:4; Zech 14:12, with suffix Isa 29:7 (?); absolute Num 31:42(
P
).
2.
serve at sacred tent, Levites, with accusative צָבָא
Num 4:23;
Num 8:24 (
P
); women
Exod 38:8 (twice in verse) (
P
) 1Sam
2:22.
Hiph`il
Participle
׳
הַמַּצְבִּא אֶתעַֿם וגו
2Kgs 25:19
= Jer
52:25
muster..