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# שָׂבַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7663

**wait** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

wait [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7663/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂבַר²: vb. wait, hope [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7663/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. wait, hope (Aramaism; cf. Aramaic סְבַר think, Pa. hope; ܣܒܰܪ believe, hope, Pa. think, Aph. hope);—Pf. 1 s. שִׂבַּרְתִּי ψ 119:166, 3 pl. שִׂבְּרוּ Est 9:1; Impf. 3 mpl. יְשַׂבְּרוּ Is 38:18, יְשַׂבֵּ֑רוּ ψ 145:15, יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן ψ 104:27; 2 fpl. תְּשַׂבֵּרְנָה Ru 1:13;— wait + לָהֵן therefor Ru 1:13. hope for, ל rei ψ 119:166, אֶל rei Is 38:18, אֶל pers. ψ 104:27; 145:15; ל inf. Est 9:1 hope to rule.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they hope (2); I hope (1); they (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 119:166](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.166/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.166/#tree)

שִׂבַּ֣רְתִּי לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וּֽמִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ עָשִֽׂיתִי׃

*Word for word:* I.hope for salvation your O.Yahweh and commandments your I.do

*JPS 1917:* I have hoped for Thy salvation, O LORD, and have done Thy commandments.

[Psalms 104:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.27/#tree)

כֻּ֭לָּם אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן לָתֵ֖ת אָכְלָ֣ם בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* of.them all to you they hope to give food their at its.appropriate time

*JPS 1917:* All of them wait for Thee, that Thou mayest give them their food in due season.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7663.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7663/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).