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סָבַב (çâbab) v (saw-bab')
Source: a primitive root;
Meaning: to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
KJV: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, × whirl, × round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, × circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, × on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

o.ad.aa

סָבַב vb. turn about, go around, surround

• Qal

  • 1 turn, intrans.
  • 2
    • a march, or walk, around
    • b go partly round, circle, skirt
    • c make a round, or circuit, go about to
    • d surround, encompass

• Niph.

  • 1
    • a turn oneself against, close round upon
    • b turn round (from a direct course)
    • c esp. of boundary: turn round from, toward
  • 2 pass. be turned over to, into the power of

• Pi. to change, transform, the aspect of the matter

• Po‛.

  • 1 encompass (with protection)
  • 2 come about, assemble round
  • 3 march or go about
  • 4 enclose, envelop

• Hiph.

  • 1
    • a turn (trans.), cause to turn
    • b bring over (i.e. to allegiance)
    • c turn into, of changing name
    • d = bring round, of changing name
  • 2
    • a cause to go around
    • b surround with (acc.) wall
    • c perh. also encompass (as foe)

• Hoph.

  • 1 be turned, of cart wheel
  • 2 surrounded, i.e. set, of jewels

Displaying only every 10^th verse out of 148:

PSA 26:6

OET-LV: 6 I_wash in_innocence palms_of_my and_I_go_around DOM altar_of_your Oh_YHWH. (PSA_26:6)

OET-RV: 6 I wash my hands in innocence,
 ⇔ and I go around your altar, Yahweh, (PSA 26:6)

GEN 37:7

OET-LV: 7 And_BEHOLD/LO/SEE we were_binding sheaves in_the_middle the_field and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE it_arose sheaf_of_my and_also it_stood_upright and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE they_gathered_round sheaves_of_your(pl) and_they_bowed_down to_sheaf_of_my. (GEN_37:7)

OET-RV: 7 See, we were tying up bundles of grain stalks in the middle of a field, and wow, my bundle got up and stood upright. Then would you believe it, your bundles gathered around and bowed down to my one.” (GEN 37:7)

JOS 7:9

OET-LV: 9 And_they_will_hear the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] and_all/each/any/every the_inhabitants_of the_earth/land and_they_will_surround (on)_us and_they_will_cut_off DOM name_of_our from the_earth/land and_what will_you_do for_name_of_your (the)_great. (JOS_7:9)

OET-RV: 9 When the Canaanites and the other people living in this land hear about this, they’ll surround us and kill all of us. Then what would you do to defend your honour? (JOS 7:9)

KI2 6:15

OET-LV: 15 And_he_rose_early of_the_man_of the_servant_of the_ʼElohīm to_arise and_he/it_went_out and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE an_army was_surrounding DOM the_city and_horse[s] and_chariotry servant_of_his and_he/it_said to_him/it alas my_master how will_we_do. (KI2_6:15)

OET-RV: 15 Early the next morning, the servant of the man of God got up, and going outside he was shocked to see chariots and horses and an army surrounding the town, so he called Elisha, “Oh, my master! What will we do?” (KI2 6:15)

JOB 40:22

OET-LV: 22 They_cover_it thorny_lotus_plants shade_of_its they_surround_it the_poplars_of the_wadi. (JOB_40:22)

OET-RV: 22 The lotus trees cover it with their shade.
 ⇔ ≈ The poplars in the riverbed surround it. (JOB 40:22)

JDG 11:18

OET-LV: 18 And_he/it_went in_wilderness and_it_went_around DOM the_land_of ʼEdōm and_DOM the_land_of Mōʼāⱱ and_it_came from_the_rising_of the_sun of_the_land_of of_Mōʼāⱱ and_they_encamped on_the_other_side_of the_ʼArnōn and_not they_went in_the_territory_of Mōʼāⱱ if/because the_ʼArnōn was_the_border_of Mōʼāⱱ. (JDG_11:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then we went through the wilderness and turned away from the land of Edom and the land of Moab, then went the long way around the eastern border of Moab. They camped on the other side of the Arnon river, but they didn’t go within Moab’s borders, because the Arnon was the border of Moab. (JDG 11:18)

GEN 2:11

OET-LV: 11 The_name_of the_one is_Pishon it the_(one)_going_around DOM all_of the_land_of the_Ḩₐvīlāh where is_there the_gold. (GEN_2:11)

OET-RV: 11 The first river was named Pishon, and it winds around through the entire region of Havilah, where there’s gold. (GEN 2:11)

JER 41:14

OET-LV: 14 And_ all_of _they_turned_round the_people which Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) he_had_taken_captive from (the)_Miʦpāh and_they_turned_back and_they_went to Yōḩānān the_son_of Qārēaḩ. (JER_41:14)

OET-RV: 14 So all those people that Yishmael had captured were freed and went back with Kareah’s son Yohanan. (JER 41:14)

ECC 2:20

OET-LV: 20 And_I_turned I to_make_despair DOM heart_of_my on all_of the_toil which_I_have_toiled under the_sun. (ECC_2:20)

OET-RV: 20 Then I changed to despairing over all the projects in this world that I’d worked hard on, (ECC 2:20)

CH2 17:9

OET-LV: 9 And_they_taught in_Yəhūdāh and_was_with_them the_book_of the_law_of YHWH and_they_went_round in_all the_cities_of Yəhūdāh and_they_taught among_people. (CH2_17:9)

OET-RV: 9 They took a scroll with Yahweh’s instructions written on it, and went around Yehudah’s cities teaching the people. (CH2 17:9)

EZE 1:17

OET-LV: 17 On the_four_of sides_of_their when_moved_they they_moved not they_turned when_moved_they. (EZE_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 When they moved, they didn’t have to turn to change direction. (EZE 1:17)

JDG 18:23

OET-LV: 23 And_they_called_out to the_descendants_of Dān and_they_turned faces_of_their and_they_said to_Mīkāh what is_to_you (cmp) you_have_been_called_together. (JDG_18:23)

OET-RV: 23 They called out to the Danites who turned around to face them and asked Micah, “What’s the matter? Why has this group come together?” (JDG 18:23)

EZE 10:11

OET-LV: 11 When_moved_they to the_four_of sides_of_their they_moved not they_turned when_moved_they if/because the_place which it_turned the_head after_it they_moved not they_turned when_moved_they. (EZE_10:11)

OET-RV: 11 When they moved, they went in any of their four directions, without turning as they went, because whatever direction the head faced, they went in that direction without turning as they went. (EZE 10:11)

ECC 1:6

OET-LV: 6 it_is_going to the_south and_it_is_circling to the_north circling_around circling_around is_going the_wind and_on its_of_circuits is_returning the_wind. (ECC_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 Going to the south then around to the north,
 ⇔ the wind is going, changing, turning,
 ⇔ then it’s returning on its rounds. (ECC 1:6)

CH2 36:4

OET-LV: 4 And_ the_king_of _he_made_king of_Miʦrayim DOM ʼElyāqīm his/its_brother over Yəhūdāh and_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_he_changed DOM his/its_name Yəhōyāqīm/(Jehoiakim) and_DOM Yəhōʼāḩāz his/its_brother Nəkō he_took and_he_brought_him towards_Miʦrayim. (CH2_36:4)

OET-RV: 4 Egypt’s King Neko took Yehoahaz to Egypt, and then the king made his younger brother Elyakim king over Yehudah and Yerushalem, although he changed Elyakim’s name to Yehoyakim. (CH2 36:4)

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