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sbr, sbrˀ (sḇar, saḇrā) n.m. hope
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hope
Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA
EchR[1]59(13)↗ אם חליין הן אית סבר ٠٠٠ ואם שניי ימין לית סבר‏ : if they are illnesses, there is hope; but if it is a change in (God's) right hand, there is no hope ; TN Gen27:30var.↗ והוי כד אשלם יצחק למברכה \"סבר" ליעקב‏ : when Isaac finished blessing Jacob with hope ; Lag(337) Luke6:35↗ ܘܥܒ̈ܕܘ ܛ̈ܒܢ ܘܐܘ̈ܙܦܘ ܘܠܐ ܬܘ̈ܒܕܘܢ ܣܒܪܐ‏ : do good and lend and do not lose hope ; P Acts16:19↗ ܣܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܕ݁ܬ݂ܸܐܓ݂ܘ݂ܪܬ݁ܗܘ݂ܢ‏ : the hope for their profit ; BBah 1298:7↗ ܦܘܪܫܢܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܣܲܒܪܐ ܠܣܘ݂ܟܝܐ ܗ܊ ܕܣܘ݂ܟܝܐ ܥܠ ܛܒ̈ܬܐ ܐܟܚܕ ܘܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ ܗ݀ܘܸܐ܂ ܣܲܒܪܐ ܕܝܢ ܥܠ ܛܒ̈ܬܐ ܒܠܚܘܕ‏ : the difference between hope and expectation is that expectation is of both good and bad things while hope is only for good things ; SidraDNishmata 8.10:14↗ uiahib sibra uiahib bauata ḏruhia unišmata ḏanašia kšiṭia ; TgJob14:19↗ וסבר בר נש הובדתא‏ : [MT: וְתִקְוַת אֱנוֹשׁ הֶאֱבַדְתָּ] ; TgProv10:28↗ סיבריהון דצדיקי חדואתא וסיברא דרשיעי נאבד‏ : the hope of the righteous (shall end in) joy, while the hope of the wicked shall fail
(1)
ܥܠ ܣܒܪܐ : with hope, hopefully
Syr
KwD<sup>2</sup> 72(16) ܘܛܘܪܐ ܚܕ ܥܠ ܣܒܪܐ ܢܪܗܛ ܒܬܪܟܘܢ‏ : he shall run after you, hopefully, for a space [(but whose hope is this? the hunter's or the mouse's?)] ; IsNin9 112:21↗ ܘܪܵܕܹܐ ܥܲܠ ܣܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ‏ : he journeys hopefully
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ܦܣܩ ܣܒܪܐ : to despair, lose hope
Syr
Am7 102:2↗ ܠܐ ܢܐܬܐ ܠܲܦܣܵܩ ܣܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ‏ : let him not come to loss of hope ; OS LkSin6:35↗ ܘܠܐ ܬܦܣܩܘܢ ܣܒܪܐ ܕܐܢܫ‏ : do not lose human hope ; StatNis.66.2↗ ܘܐܘܚܠܘ ܘܦܣܩܘ ܣܒܪܐ ܕܚܝ̈ܝܗܘܢ‏ : they despaired and lost their lives' hope
(1)
ܦܣܵܩ ܣ܊ : loss of hope
Syr
KwD<sup>2</sup> 89:10 ܒܦܣܩ ܣܒܪܐ ܢܐܙܠܘܢ‏ : they will go away having lost hope
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reliance, trust
LJLA
TgPs4:9↗ בסיברא"לרוחצן" תותבנני‏ : [=MT: לָבֶטַח תּוֹשִׁיבֵנִי] ; TgProv11:15↗ ٠٠٠ {מ}<א>ילין דסיימן סיבריהון באלהא‏ : those who place their trust in God
(1)
בסברא : reliably
LJLA
TgProv3:23↗ תיזיל בסיברא באורחתך וריגלך לא תיתקל‏ : you will go on your way reliably and your foot will not stumble
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apparently feminine in LJLA by virtue of the Hebrew parallel תִּקְוָה
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The actual number of different words here is uncertain. The noun formations saḇrā, seḇrā and v.n. sḇārā should probably be considered interchangeable, at least in some dialects or idiolects. It is convenient for lexicographical purposes, however, to distinguish between "opinion" and "hope" even though in Christian and Gnostic thought "hope" and "belief" were tightly woven together.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 965[456]DJPA: 366aJastrow: 952Drower/Macuch: 324bJ. Payne-Smith: 359Tal Sam: 563aDCPA[Schulthess]: 277[130]

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