Lexical Definition
סֹבֶא çôbeʼ (so'-beh) liquor H:N-M
from סָבָא
drink, drunken, wine.
- potation, concretely (wine), or abstractly (carousal)
1) drink, liquor, wine
Usage: 3 forms in 3 verses
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[סֹ֫בֶא] noun masculineIsa 1:22 drink, liquor; — only suffix סָבְאֵךְ Isa 1:22 סָבְאָם Hos 4:18 (but see below), Nah 1:10 (but see סָבָא ); — liquor (apparently strong, choice) Isa 1:22 ׳סָר ס Hos 4:18 their liquor (i.e. their drunkenness) is gone Thes Hi Che RVm, but very dubious, ᵐ5 quite different (ἡρέτισεν Χαναναίους), We GuKau Now omit in translation; conjecture of HoutsmaTTijdschr ix (1875), 60 סֹד סֹבְאִים, a company of wine-bibbers, makes good sense.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Isaiah | 1:22 |
| Hosea | 4:18 |
| Nahum | 1:10 |