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סָב סָבָא‏ n.m. old man

old man, elder Com. Ezra6:8 : לְמָא דִי־תַעַבְדוּן עִם־שָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא‏ as to what you should do with the Judaean elders. 4Q562.2..4 : ٠٠٠ כ]הניא וכל שביא‏ the priests and all the elders. PJ Gen19:11 : מטלייא ועד סבא ְ רֹם יֹֻתה תֹ ֶלדֶר‏ . tribal or town leader Com. TgO Deut19:12 : סָבֵי קַרתֵיה‏ . adj. : aged Com. TgJ Jud19:16 : גֻברָא סָבָא‏ . TgJ 1K13:11 : נבִי שִקרָא חַד סָבָא‏ a certain elderly false prophet. PJ Lev30:36 : ויעקב רעי ית ענא דלבן סבאן ומרען דאישתארו‏ while Jacob was tending Laban's remaining old and sick flocks.

grandfather Gal, Syr, BabMBK, LJLA. TgSong5:15 : הוא מתמלי עלויהון רחמין כסבא‏ he is filled with affection for them like a grandfather. TgProv17:6 : כלילא דסבי בני בניא‏ grandchildren are grandparents' crown.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 364b; DJBA: 782a; Jastrow: 948; Levy Ch-W: 2:137; Tal Sam: 572; DNWSI: 1099; Cook,Qumran: 246;

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Derivatives:

sbh, sbtˀ (sāḇā, sāḇtā) n.f. old woman