וְ/סֹבֵֽא
𐤅/𐤎𐤁𐤀
çôbeʼ
and a drunkard
An intoxicating drink, especially wine or fermented beverage; more broadly, the act or state of carousing or reveling, often associated with drunkenness or excessive drinking. The term can refer either to the beverage itself or to drinking parties characterized by excess.
Deuteronomy 21:20 · Word #13
Lexicon H5435
| Lemma | סֹבֶא |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤎𐤁𐤀 |
| Transliteration | çôbeʼ |
| Strong's | H5435 |
| Definition | An intoxicating drink, especially wine or fermented beverage; more broadly, the act or state of carousing or reveling, often associated with drunkenness or excessive drinking. The term can refer either to the beverage itself or to drinking parties characterized by excess. |
Morphology HC/Vqrmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and a drunkard |
SIBI-P1 Translation H5435-04
heavy-drinking one
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine singular, absolute; verbal adjective indicating ongoing or characteristic action. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle masculine singular denotes a male characterized by the action of drinking heavily. "Heavy-drinking one" preserves the active, habitual force of the participle and reflects the root sense of excessive drinking rather than merely the resulting state. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and a drunkard
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Changed from 'heavy-drinking one' to 'and a drunkard' for idiomatic English that matches Hebrew parallelism and biblical usage; 'drunkard' conveys the sense of habitual excessive drinking as per the legal context. |