adverb and

preposition, circuit, round about: — construct סְבִיב Amos 3:11; plural construct סְבִיבֵי Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13, suffix סְבִיבֶיךָ etc. (10 t.), much oftener סְבִיבוֺת Exodus 7:24 22t., סְבִיבוֺתַי, תֶיךָ-, etc., Deuteronomy 17:14, etc. (48 t.): — 1 in singular —

a. as substantive 1 Chronicles 11:8 מןהֿמלוא וְעַדהַֿסָּבִיב and to the parts round about.

b. as

adverb accusative סָבִיב (in) a circuit, i.e. round about, Genesis 23:17 בְּכָלגְּֿבֻלוֺ סָבִיב Exodus 19:12; Exodus 25:11,24,25; Leviticus 1:5,11 עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב, Judges 20:29; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:11; Psalm 3:7 שָׁתוּ עָלָ֑י ׳אֲשֶׁר ס, Psalm 12:9; Psalm 34:8 + often; sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis, 2 Chronicles 4:3; Ezekiel 8:10 ׳ס ׳עַל הַקִּיר ס, Ezekiel 37:2; Ezekiel 40:5 and often in Ezekiel 40-43.

c. as

preposition: (a) Psalms, Amos 3:11 צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read probably with ᵑ6 יְסֹבֵב will encircle). (b) ׳סָבִיב לְ Exodus 16:13; Exodus 40:33; Numbers 1:50,53; Numbers 2:2; Judges 7:21; 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 18:32,35; Ezekiel 41:10; Ezekiel 14:16; Job 19:12; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 78:28; Psalm 125:2 (twice in verse) סָבִיב לְעַמּוֺ ׳י, Psalm 128:3; Songs 3:7; Nahum 3:8. (c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת 1 Kings 6:5 (omitted by ᵐ5), Ezekiel 43:17.

d. מִסָּבִיב₄₂, from round about, from every side, Ezekiel 16:33,37; Ezekiel 23:22; Ezekiel 37:21, but usually (מִן

1c) = on every side, Jeremiah 4:17 הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב, Isaiah 42:25 ׳וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מ, Joel 4:11; Joel 4:12; Psalms מָגוֺר מִסָּבִיב terror on every side ! Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:3,10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:29; Psalm 31:14, compare Lamentations 2:22; especially in the Deuteronomic phrases ׳אוֺיְבִים מ, or ׳הֵנִיחַ מ (sometimes in combination), as Deuteronomy 12:10 ׳והניח לכם מכלאֿויביכם מ, Deuteronomy 25:19; Joshua 21:42 ׳לָהֶם מ ׳וַיָּנַח י, Joshua 23:1; Judges 2:14; Judges 8:34; 1 Samuel 12:11 +; מִסָּבִיב לְ from round about, Numbers 16:24,27. — On 1 Samuel 14:21; 2 Samuel 24:6; Job 10:8 see סָבַב.

2 In plur.: —

a. סְבִיבִים: (a) in masculine sense, those round about, Psalm 76:12 כָּלסְֿבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּ שַׁי, Psalm 89:8; Jeremiah 48:17,39. (b) in neuter sense, the parts round about, Jeremiah 49:5 מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ, בִּסְבִיבֵי ירושׁלם Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 21:14 וְאָֽכְלָה כָּלסְֿבִיבֶיהָ, Jeremiah 46:14; with the force of a

perp., Psalm 50:3 וסביביו נשׂערה מאד, Psalm 97:2; Lamentations 1:17.

b. סְבִיבוֺת (a) as substantive (α) circuits, Ecclesiastes 1:6 ועל סביבותיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ; (β) the parts round about, Numbers 22:4 ילחכו הקהל אתכֿלסְֿבִיבֹתֵינוּ, Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 50:32 (compare Jeremiah 21:14 above); with reference to their inhabitants, Psalm 44:19 = Psalm 79:4 ׳לעג וקלס לסב, Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 28:24; Daniel 9:16. (b) with the force a

preposition Exodus 7:24 סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר literally (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, Numbers 11:24,31,32; Numbers 35:2 סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם, Judges 7:18; 1 Samuel 26:5,7; 2 Kings 6:17 סביבֹת אלישׁע, Psalm 18:12; Psalm 27:6 על אֹיְבַי סביבותי, etc.; often idiomatic preceded by אשׁר, as Genesis 33:5 הערים אשׁר סביבותיהם Genesis 41:48; Leviticus 25:44; Numbers 16:34; Deuteronomy 6:14; Deuteronomy 13:8; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 21:2 +. In the same sense מִסְּבִיבוֺתָם Ezekiel 28:26.