סְבַךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5441

thicket — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

thicket tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סְבַךְ: thicket tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] thicket;—abs. בַּסְּבַךְ (נֶאֱחַז) Gn 22:13 (so Ginsb; Baer בַּסֲבַךְ, van d. H. בַּסְּבָךְ) a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; pl. cstr. סִֽבְכֵי הַיַּעַר Is 9:17 thickets of the forest, 10:34.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a thicket (1); thicket (1).

In the verses

Psalms 74:5 · tree →

יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃

Word for word: it.was.known like [one.who].brings (to) upwards in a.thicket of.tree[s] axes

JPS 1917: It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.

Jeremiah 4:7 · tree →

עָלָ֤ה אַרְיֵה֙ מִֽסֻּבְּכ֔וֹ וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית גּוֹיִ֔ם נָסַ֖ע יָצָ֣א מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ לָשׂ֤וּם אַרְצֵךְ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרַ֥יִךְ תִּצֶּ֖ינָה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃

Word for word: it.has.gone.up a.lion from thicket its and a.destroyer of.nations he.has.set.out he.has.gone.out from place his to make land your into a.waste cities your they.will.fall.in.ruins from not an.inhabitant

JPS 1917: A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations is set out, gone forth from his place; to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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