סָבָא
sa.va
“to imbibe”
Definition
to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
a primitive root;
- to drink heavily or largely, imbibe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to imbibe
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
סָבָא appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
“Come, let me get the wine,let us imbibe the strong drink,and tomorrow will be like today,only far better!”
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Do not join those who drink too much wineor gorge themselves on meat.
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
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