Lexical Definition

‎צָבָה‎ tsâbâh (tsaw-baw') to swell ^H:V
a primitive root

fight swell.

• to amass, i.e. grow turgid
• specifically, to array an army against

1) to swell, swell up
1a) (Qal) to swell (of adulteress' belly)
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to swell (of adulteress' belly)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎צָבָה‎] verb swell, swell up (Late Hebrew id.); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular consecutive ‎וְצָֽבְתָה‎ Num 5:27 apparently Hiph`il Infinitive construct ‎לַצְבּוֺת‎ vNum 5:22, < read Qal ‎לִצְבּוֺת‎ Di Ol^{§ 78 c} Sta^{§ 114 a, 2}; both of adulteress' belly. — ‎צֹבֶיהָ‎ Isa 29:7 see ‎צבא‎.

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