•[צָבָא
S
6633, 6635, 6643
TWOT
1865, 1865a, 1869a
GK
7371, 7372, 7373
]
vb.
wage war, serve
(
Sab.
צֿבא
wage war with
, also
n.
army, campaign
Hom
Chrest. 125 CIS
iv. 299, 1. 2
DHM
VOJ
i. 28
; Ethiopic
˜˜˜
(
ṣab˒a
) (
>
˜˜˜
(
ḍab˒a
))
wage war;
Assyrian
ṣâbu
,
man, soldier;
Nö
ZMG xl (1886), 726
al.
cp.
(on account of
Sab.
Ethiopic
ץֿ
) Arabic
ضَبَأَ
(
ḍaba˒a
)
conceal oneself
, hence
lie in wait;
this is phonetically suitable, but better in meaning would be
صَبَأَ
(
ṣaba˒a
)
go
or
come forth
(against one), etc., so
Thes Lag
BN 21;
Frä
232 cp.
صَبِىٌّ
(
ṣabiyyun
)
young man
)
;—
Qal
Pf.
3
mpl.
צָֽבְאוּ
Ex 38:8 Zc 14:1
2;
Impf.
3
mpl.
יִצְבְּאוּ
Nu 31:
7;
Inf. cstr.
לִצְבֹּא
Is 31:4
;
לִצְבֹא
Nu 4:2
3;
8:24
;
Pt. pl.
צֹבְאִים
Nu 31:42 Is 29:
7,
8
;
sf.
צֹבֶיהָ
Is 29:7
(
Ges
§ 75 oo;
Di
צָרֶיהָ
); fpl.
צֹבְאֹת
Ex 38:
8;
צֹבְאֹות
1 S 2:2
2;—
1.
wage war, fight
,
c.
עַל
against
,
Nu 31:7
(
P
)
Is 29:7
,
8
;
31:4 Zc 14:1
2,
c.
sf.
Is 29:7
(?);
abs.
Nu 31:42
(
P
).
2.
serve
at sacred tent, Levites,
c.
acc.
צָבָא
Nu 4:2
3;
8:24
(
P
); women
Ex 38:8
(×2) (
P
)
1 S 2:22
.
Hiph.
Pt.
הַמַּצְבִּא אֶת־עַם וגו׳
2 K 25:19
=
Je 52:25
muster
.
צָבָא S 6633, 6635, 6643 TWOT 1865, 1865a, 1869a GK 7371, 7372, 7373485 n.m. 2 Ch 28:9 (poss. f. Is 40:2 Dn 8:1 2, but v. Albr ZAW xv (1895), 319 ; Bev Dn) army, war, warfare ;— abs. צ׳ Nu 1:3 + ( מִצָּבָה Zc 9:8 v. p. 663 a); cstr. צְבָא Nu 10:15 + ; sf. צְבָאִי Jb 14:1 4; צְבָאֲךָ Ju 8: 9; 9:29 ; צְבָאָיו ψ 103:21 ; 148:2 ( Kt צבאו ; so read prob. in both), etc.; pl. צְבָאֹות Nu 20:9 + 278 times; cstr.
Sab. Sabean. Hom F. Hommel, Südaraische Chrestomathie . CIS Corpus Inscript. Semiticarum.
DHM D. H. Müller.
VOJ vienna Oriental Journal ( = Wiener Zeischrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes ). > indicates that the preceding is to be preferred to the following.
Nö T. Nöldeke .
ZMG
Zeitschrift d. deutsch. Morgenländ. Gesellschaft.
Frä
S. Fränkel, and (usually)
circa., Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen
.
Pf.
Perfect.
mpl.
masculine plural.
Impf.
Imperfect.
Inf.
Infinitive.
Pt.
Participle.
Ges
W. Gesenius, Heb. Gram. ed. by Kautzsch;
Di
A. Dillmann.
acc.
accusative (direct
obj.
etc.)
×2 two times. Bev A. A. Bevan. Kt K ethibh .