Lexical Definition

‎סְבָא‎ Çᵉbâʼ (seb-aw') Seba ^N:N-M-P
of foreign origin

Seba.

• § Seba = "drink thou"
• Seba, a son of Cush, and the country settled by him

n pr m
1) a son of Cush
n pr loc
2) a nation south of Palestine, perhaps Ethiopia

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סְבָא‎ proper name, masculine 1st son of Cush, in poetry and late; — Gen 10:7 (P) (ᵐ5 Σαβα, as ‎שְׁבָא‎) = 1Chr 1:9 (ᵐ5 id., but B Σαβατ); = nation (or territory) Ps 72:10 (ᵐ5 Σαβα; + ‎שְׁבָא‎, ᵐ5 Αραβων), so (+ ‎כּוּשׁ‎, || ‎מִצְרַיִם‎) Isa 43:3 (ᵐ5 Σοηνη); clearly situated in south; most probably = λιμὴν Σαβά, and Σαβαὶ πόλις εὐμεγέθης, in Adulic gulf on west coast of Red Sea; see Strabo^{xvi. 4. 8. 10} Ptol^{iv. 7, 7 f.} Di^Gn Bae^Psalm Du^Is; > Meroë Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 2:10»ii. 10}, 2 and others

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