Lexical Definition

‎סָבִיב‎ çâbîyb (saw-beeb') around ^H:A
or (feminine) סְבִיבָה çᵉbîybâh (sebee-baw'); from ‎סָבַב‎

(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

• (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs
• but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

subst
1) places round about, circuit, round about
adv
2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about
prep
3) in the circuit, from every side

See Greek: κυκλόθεν · κυκλόθεν · κύκλῳ · περίοικος

Extended Information

meaning of: סָבִיב

• : side
• subst
• adv
• prep

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: סָבַב

‎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 plur.: —
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.

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