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סְבִיר‏ adj. expected, said to be

with interrog. ה‏ as a complex interrog in an oracular situation: 'is it likely?' JLAtg. TgJ 1Sam23:11 : הַסְבִירִין לְמִמסְרִי יָתְבֵי קְעִילָה בִידֵיה הַסְבִיר לְמֵיחַת שָאֻול כְמָא דִשמַע‏ Are the inhabitants of GN going to turn me in? Is Saul going to come down when he has heard?. as an answer to the above: 'it is likely' JLAtg. TgJ 1Sam23:12 : וַאְמַר יְיָ סְבִירִין לְמִמסַר‏ .

expecting, hoping JLAtg, LJLA. TgJ 1K1:20 : עֵינֵי כָל יִשרָאֵל סְבִירָן עְלָך לְחָוָואַה לְהוֹן‏ the eyes of all of Israel are expecting you to tell them. TgTosPr Isaiah.57:15 : סבירין בכל יום דייתי משיחא‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 783b; Jastrow: 951;

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