Lexical Definition

‎עָבָה‎ ʻâbâh (aw-baw') to thicken ^H:V
a primitive root

be (grow) thick(-er).

• to be dense

1) to be thick, be fat, be gross
1a) (Qal) to be fat, be thick, be gross

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עָבָה‎ verb be thick, fat, gross (Late Hebrew Pi`el ‎עִבָּה‎ make thick, and derivatives; Syriac swell up, passive participle swollen, thick, dense, stupid, and many derivatives; Arabic be dense, stupid, dense foliage; Ethiopic be great Di⁹⁸⁵); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎מִמָּתְנֵי אָבִי‎ ‎׳‎‎קָֽטֳנִּי ע‎ 1Kgs 12:10 my little finger is thicker (stouter) than, etc., = 2Chr 10:10 be thick, gross, of rebell. Israel under figure of highly fed beast, 2 masculine singular ‎שָׁמַנְתָּ עָבִיתָ כָּשִׂיתָ‎ Deut 32:15.

II. [‎עָבוּר‎] noun only in ‎בַּעֲבוּר‎₄₇, ‎בַּעֲבֻר‎ (Gen 27:10; Gen 27:31), preposition and conjunction for the sake of on account of, in order that (perhaps originally for the produce or gain of), suffix ‎בַּעֲבוּרִי‎ 1Sam 23:10, etc.; —

1. as preposition:
a. Gen 3:17 ‎ארורה האדמה בעבורך‎ for thy sake, Gen 8:21 ‎בעבור האדם‎ for man's sake, Gen 12:13 ‎לְמַעַן יִיטַבלִֿי בַּעֲבוּרֵךְ‎, vGen 12:16; Gen 18:26; Gen 18:29; Gen 26:24, Exod 9:16 ‎זֹאת‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Exod 13:8 ‎זה‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ 1Sam 12:22; 2Sam 5:12; 2Sam 6:12; 2Sam 7:21; 2Sam 9:1; 2Sam 9:7; Amos 2:6; Amos 8:6 ‎נַעֲלָ֑יִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ואביון ב‎, Mic 2:10 ‎טָמְאָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ on account of uncleanness, Ps 106:32; Ps 132:10, etc.; 2Sam 12:21 ‎הַיֶּלֶד חַי‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ because of the child, (being) alive (= while he was alive), Jer 14:4 **< read ‎וְעֹבְדֵי‎ ‎הָאֲדָמָה חַתּוּ‎ Duhm, compare ‎ᵐ5‎. ‎הָאֲדָמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ ‎חַ֫תָּה‎ on account of the ground, (which) is dismayed, Job 20:2 ‎וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִּי‎ read ‎זֹאת‎ ‎׳‎‎וב‎, or ‎וּבַעֲבוּרָהּ‎.
b. followed by infinitive (compare ‎לְמַעַן‎), in order to, Exod 9:16 ‎הַרְאֹתְךָ אֶתכֹּֿחִי‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎, 1Sam 1:6; 2Sam 10:3 ‎הֲּקֹר‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ ‎אתהֿעיר‎, 2Sam 18:18: so ‎לְבַעֲבוּר‎ Exod 20:20; 2Sam 14:20; 2Sam 17:14 ‎בעבור לְ‎ 1Chr 19:3 (|| 2Sam 10:3, no ‎לְ‎).

2. as conjunction Gen 27:10 ‎אֲשֶׁר יְבָרֶכְךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎; without ‎אשׁר‎, Gen 21:30 ‎לְעֵדָה‎ ‎׳‎‎תִּהְיֶה לִ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ in order that it may be a witness for me, Gen 27:4 ‎תְּבָרֶכְךָ נפשׁי‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎, vGen 27:19 vGen 27:31; Gen 46:34; Exod 9:14; Exod 19:9; Exod 20:20; Ps 105:45.

[‎עָבַת‎] verb Pi`el wind, weave (compare derivatives); — Imperfect 3 masculine plural suffix ‎וַיְעַבְּתוּהָ‎ Mic 7:3 and (so) they wind it (or weave it; i.e. mischief); so Hi Che GASm, but dubious; Ew reads ‎עָבַט‎ = twist, prevert (compare Joel 2:7, but see ‎עבט‎), We ‎וַיְעַוְּתוּהָ‎ = id., compare Now (?), Dr.

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