סָבַ֖ב
𐤎𐤁𐤁
çâbab
He turned around
To go around, encircle, or surround something, either physically or metaphorically. סָבַב is used for a wide variety of actions that involve circular, peripheral, or encompassing motion or position, whether literal (encircling a city or object, walking around an area) or figurative (changing direction, turning, shunning, turning attention elsewhere, or enveloping). In some cases, it denotes returning or coming back to a previous point, or causing someone or something to turn.
Ezekiel 42:19 · Word #1
Lexicon H5437
| Lemma | סָבַב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤎𐤁𐤁 |
| Transliteration | çâbab |
| Strong's | H5437 |
| Definition | To go around, encircle, or surround something, either physically or metaphorically. סָבַב is used for a wide variety of actions that involve circular, peripheral, or encompassing motion or position, whether literal (encircling a city or object, walking around an area) or figurative (changing direction, turning, shunning, turning attention elsewhere, or enveloping). In some cases, it denotes returning or coming back to a previous point, or causing someone or something to turn. |
Morphology HVqp3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | p — Perfect — Completed action |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | He turned around |
SIBI-P1 Translation H5437-19
he went around
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, perfect (suffix conjugation), 3rd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem expresses simple active motion rooted in circular movement. "He went around" preserves the core sense of turning or circling without adding contextual specifics. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
he went around
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | P1 is accurate in context. The verb describes the surveying action matching the sense of physically going around an area. |