סביב

Hebrew

Root
ס־ב־ב (s-b-b)

Adverb

סָבִיב • (savív)

1. around

Derived terms

• סָבִיב סָבִיב (savív savív)

Preposition

סְבִיב • (s'vív)

1. around, about
   • Tanach, Psalms 125:2, with translation of the New International Version:

     יְרוּשָׁלִַם הָרִים סָבִיב לָהּ; וַיהוה סָבִיב לְעַמּוֹ, מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם.

     yərušaláim harím savív lah; vaYHVH savív ləámmó, meáttá və'ad 'olám.

     As the mountains surround Jerusalem; so the LORD surrounds his people, both now and forevermore.

Derived terms

• סְבִיבוֹן (s'vivón)

References

• H5439 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “סביב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language