צבא

Aramaic

צבא • (transliteration needed)

Root
צ־ב־א (ts-b-ʾ)

Cognate with Akkadian 𒂟 (ṣābum, “soldier, gang”) and Arabic صَبًّا (ṣabban, “abundance”).

צָבָא • (tsaváʾ) m (plural indefinite צְבָאוֹת, singular construct צְבָא־, plural construct צִבְאוֹת־) [pattern: קָטָל]

a military (armed forces)
an army (military force concerned mainly with ground operations)
a host, a mob, a multitude (of people, particularly an army organized for war)
- Tanach, Genesis 2:1, with translation of the English Standard Version:
  וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָם׃
  Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
(dated) a military campaign (a number of related operations aimed at achieving a particular military goal)
(dated) a battle
(dated) a war
- Tanach, Numbers 1:3, with translation of the English Standard Version:
  מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵא צָבָא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל תִּפְקְדוּ אֹתָם לְצִבְאֹתָם אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן׃
  From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.
(dated) a hardship or tiring worship similar to military service

צָבָא • (tsaváʾ) (pa'al construction) (dated)

Conjugation of צָבָא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לצבוא / לִצְבֹּא action noun: צְבִיאָה passive participle: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	צָבָאתִי		צָבָאנוּ
	second	צָבָאתָ	צָבָאת	צְבָאתֶם¹	צְבָאתֶן¹
	third	צָבָא	צָבְאָה	צָבְאוּ
present		צוֹבֵא	צוֹבֵאת	צוֹבְאִים	צוֹבְאוֹת
future	first	אֶצְבָּא		נִצְבָּא
	second	תִּצְבָּא	תִּצְבְּאִי	תִּצְבְּאוּ	תִּצְבֶּאנָה²
	third	יִצְבָּא	תִּצְבָּא	יִצְבְּאוּ	תִּצְבֶּאנָה²
imperative		צְבָא	צִבְאִי	צִבְאוּ	צְבֶאנָה²
notes		Pronounced צָבָאתֶם and צָבָאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.