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סֵיבָה‏ n.f. old age

old age Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Sam. 4QEn^c1.5.6 : ٠٠٠ ו]שיבתכון בשלם ית֗[מלון‏ your old age shall be filled with peace. TgJ 1K15:23 : לְעִדָן סֵיבְתֵיה/סיבותיה/ מְרַע בְרַגלוֹהִי‏ during his old age he became sick in his feet. TN Gen24:36marg : בתר סיבתא‏ after (reaching) old age.

the mark of old age: white hair JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA. TgO Gen42:38 : וְתַחֲתוּן יָת סֵיבְתִי בְדָווֹנָא לִשאוֹל‏ . TN Gen44:31 : ויחתון עבדך ית שיביתיה דעבדך אבונן‏ your servants would make our father your servant's white hair fall out. Tobit(Med) 10.23 chap 6 : אנא דחיל מן שידא דילמא יקטלינני ואחית שיבתא דאבא [ואמא] בדוונא‏ I fear the demon, lest he kill me and I cause my mother and father's white hair to fall out in grief.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 571; Jastrow: 975; Levy Ch-W: 2:156; Tal Sam: 572; Cook,Qumran: 247;

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sybtyn (sēḇtīn) n.m.pl.t. old age