סבב

Hebrew

Alternative forms

Etymology
Root
ס־ב־ב‎

Compare Ugaritic 𐎒𐎁 (sb /sabba/, “to turn”).

Verb

סָבַב • (saváv) (pa'al construction, infinitive לסוב \ לָסֹב‎, present סוֹבֵב‎, future יסוב \ יִסֹּב‎ or יסוב \ יָסֹב‎, imperative סוב \ סֹב‎, passive counterpart נָסַב‎ or נָסֵב‎)

  1. to surround, encircle
  2. to revolve, rotate
  3. to turn, change direction
  4. to traverse, wander around
  5. to spread out, go around

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.