H5439. sabib

or sebibah סָבִיב‎₃₃₆ substantive, used mostly as

adverb and

preposition, circuit, round about: — construct סְבִיב‎ Amos 3:11; plural construct סְבִיבֵי‎ Jeremiah 32:44; 33:13, suffix סְבִיבֶיךָ‎ etc. (10 t.), much oftener סְבִיבוֺת‎ Exodus 7:24 22t., תֶיךָ סְבִיבוֺתַי,‎-, etc., Deuteronomy 17:14, etc. (48 t.): — 1 in singular —

a. as substantive 1 Chronicles 11:8 וְעַדהַֿסָּבִיב מןהֿמלוא‎ and to the parts round about.

b. as

adverb accusative סָבִיב‎ (in) a circuit, i.e. round about, Genesis 23:17 סָבִיב בְּכָלגְּֿבֻלוֺ‎ Exodus 19:12; 25:11, 24, 25; Leviticus 1:5, 11 סָבִיב הַמִּזְבֵּחַ עַל‎, Judges 20:29; 1 Kings 3:1; 5:11; Psalm 3:7 ס ׳אֲשֶׁר עָלָ֑י שָׁתוּ‎, Psalm 12:9; 34:8 + often; sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis, 2 Chronicles 4:3; Ezekiel 8:10 ס הַקִּיר ׳עַל ׳ס‎, 37:2; 40:5 and often in Ezekiel 40-43.

c. as

preposition: (a) Psalms, Amos 3:11 הָאָרֶץ וּסְבִיב צַר‎ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read probably with יְסֹבֵב ᵑ6‎ will encircle). (b) לְ ׳סָבִיב‎ Exodus 16:13; 40:33; Numbers 1:50, 53; 2:2; Judges 7:21; 1 Kings 6:5; 18:32, 35; Ezekiel 41:10; 14:16; Job 19:12; Psalm 34:8; 78:28; 125:2 (twice in verse) ׳י לְעַמּוֺ סָבִיב‎, 128:3; Song of Solomon 3:7; Nahum 3:8. (c) strangely, אֵת סָבִיב‎ 1 Kings 6:5 (omitted by ᵐ5‎), Ezekiel 43:17.

d. מִסָּבִיב‎₄₂, from round about, from every side, Ezekiel 16:33, 37; 23:22; 37:21, but usually (מִן‎

1c) = on every side, Jeremiah 4:17 מִסָּבִיב עָלֶיהָ הָיוּ‎, Isaiah 42:25 מ ׳וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ‎, Joel 4:11; Joel 4:12; Psalms מִסָּבִיב מָגוֺר‎ terror on every side ! Jeremiah 6:25; 20:3, 10; 46:5; 49:29; Psalm 31:14, compare Lamentations 2:22; especially in the Deuteronomic phrases מ ׳אוֺיְבִים‎, or מ ׳הֵנִיחַ‎ (sometimes in combination), as Deuteronomy 12:10 מ מכלאֿויביכם לכם ׳והניח‎, 25:19; Joshua 21:42 י ׳וַיָּנַח מ ׳לָהֶם‎, 23:1; Judges 2:14; 8:34; 1 Samuel 12:11 +; לְ מִסָּבִיב‎ from round about, Numbers 16:24, 27. — On 1 Samuel 14:21; 2 Samuel 24:6; Job 10:8 see סָבַב‎.

2 In plur.: —

a. סְבִיבִים‎: (a) in masculine sense, those round about, Psalm 76:12 שַׁי יֹבִילוּ כָּלסְֿבִיבָיו‎, 89:8; Jeremiah 48:17, 39. (b) in neuter sense, the parts round about, 49:5 ירושׁלם בִּסְבִיבֵי מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ,‎ 32:44; 33:13; 21:14 כָּלסְֿבִיבֶיהָ וְאָֽכְלָה‎, 46:14; with the force of a

perp., Psalm 50:3 מאד נשׂערה וסביביו‎, 97:2; Lamentations 1:17.

b. סְבִיבוֺת‎ (a) as substantive (α) circuits, Ecclesiastes 1:6 הָרוּחַ שָׁב סביבותיו ועל‎; (β) the parts round about, Numbers 22:4 אתכֿלסְֿבִיבֹתֵינוּ הקהל ילחכו‎, Jeremiah 17:26; 50:32 (compare 21:14 above); with reference to their inhabitants, Psalm 44:19 = 79:4 לסב וקלס ׳לעג‎, Ezekiel 16:57; 28:24; Daniel 9:16. (b) with the force a

preposition Exodus 7:24 הַיְאֹר סְבִיבֹת‎ literally (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, Numbers 11:24, 31, 32; 35:2 סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם‎, Judges 7:18; 1 Samuel 26:5, 7; 2 Kings 6:17 אלישׁע סביבֹת‎, Psalm 18:12; 27:6 סביבותי אֹיְבַי על‎, etc.; often idiomatic preceded by אשׁר‎, as Genesis 33:5 סביבותיהם אשׁר הערים‎ 41:48; Leviticus 25:44; Numbers 16:34; Deuteronomy 6:14; 13:8; 17:14; 21:2 +. In the same sense מִסְּבִיבוֺתָם‎ Ezekiel 28:26.