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Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: צָבָא

Sense 1: to serve, to work

Semantic domains: Serve (002003002024)

Core domains: Work (200)

Definition: = action by which humans serve a community

Forms: vbqal-

EXO 38:8: RV EXO 38:8 · LV EXO 38:8 · Read together EXO 38:8

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OET-RV EXO 38:8

8 Then he made a bronze washbasin and base. They were made with the bronze from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the entrance of the sacred tent.

OET-LV EXO 38:8

8 And_he/it _made DOM the_laver bronze and_DOM base _of_its bronze with_the _mirrors _of the _serving_women who they _served the _entrance _of the _tent _of meeting.

NUM 4:23: RV NUM 4:23 · LV NUM 4:23 · Read together NUM 4:23

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OET-RV NUM 4:23

23 who are from thirty up to fifty years old and who goes into the sacred tent to minister.

OET-LV NUM 4:23

23 From_a _son _of thirty year[s] and_upward_upwards to a _son _of fifty year[s] you _will _enrol them every _of (the)_one_who_comes to_serve service to_serve service in_the _tent _of meeting.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: RV EXO 38:8 · LV EXO 38:8 · Read together EXO 38:8

NUM: RV NUM 4:23 · RV NUM 8:24 · LV NUM 4:23 · LV NUM 8:24 · Read together NUM 4:23 · Read together NUM 8:24

SA1: RV SA1 2:22 · LV SA1 2:22 · Read together SA1 2:22

Sense 2: to muster, to conscript, to call to arms

Semantic domains: Serve (002003002024)

Core domains: Work (200)

Definition: = causative action by which humans gather other humans together ► to serve a community

Forms: vbhif-

KI2 25:19: RV KI2 25:19 · LV KI2 25:19 · Read together KI2 25:19

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OET-RV KI2 25:19

19 From the city, he took one official who was a military inspector, five of the king’s advisors, and the army commander’s secretary in charge of recruitment, plus sixty other important men.

OET-LV KI2 25:19

19 And_from the_city he _took a _court-official one who he was_an _officer over the _men _of (the)_war and_five men from_those _who_saw _of (of)_the _face _of the_king who they _were _found in_city and_DOM the_scribe the _commander _of the _army who_mustered DOM the _people _of the_earth/land and_sixty man from_the _people _of the_earth/land who_were_found in_city.

JER 52:25: RV JER 52:25 · LV JER 52:25 · Read together JER 52:25

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OET-RV JER 52:25

25 From the city, he took an army commander prisoner, as well as seven of the king’s advisers who were still in the city. He also took prisoner the king’s army recruitment officer, along with sixty important men from the country who were in the city.

OET-LV JER 52:25

25 And_from the_city he _took a _court-official one who he _was an _officer over the _men _of (the)_war and_seven men from_those _who_saw _of (of)_the _face _of the_king who they _were _found in_city and_DOM the _scribe _of the _commander _of the _army who_mustered DOM the _people _of the_earth/land and_sixty man from_the _people _of the_earth/land who_were_found in _the_middle the_city.

Sense 3: to fight, to wage war

Semantic domains: Conflict (002003002007)

Core domains: Warfare (188)

Definition: denominative of צָבָא: = action by which humans engage in warfare

Forms: vbqal-

NUM 31:7: RV NUM 31:7 · LV NUM 31:7 · Read together NUM 31:7

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OET-RV NUM 31:7

7 Then they fought Midyan just as Yahweh had commanded Mosheh, and they killed every male.

OET-LV NUM 31:7

7 And_they _went _to _war on Midyān just_as YHWH he _had _commanded DOM Mosheh and_they _killed every _of male.

NUM 31:42: RV NUM 31:42 · LV NUM 31:42 · Read together NUM 31:42

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OET-RV NUM 31:42

42 The half for the community that Mosheh (Moses) had divided off from the warriors

OET-LV NUM 31:42

42 And_from_the _half _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) which Mosheh he _had _divided from the_men who_had_gone _to _war.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

NUM: RV NUM 31:7 · RV NUM 31:42 · LV NUM 31:7 · LV NUM 31:42 · Read together NUM 31:7 · Read together NUM 31:42

ISA: RV ISA 29:7–8 · RV ISA 31:4 · LV ISA 29:7–8 · LV ISA 31:4 · Read together ISA 29:7–8 · Read together ISA 31:4

ZEC: RV ZEC 14:12 · LV ZEC 14:12 · Read together ZEC 14:12

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צבא

Form 1

Sense 1: to serve, to work

Sense 2: to muster, to conscript, to call to arms

Sense 3: to fight, to wage war