וְ/סָבַב֙
𐤅/𐤎𐤁𐤁
çâbab
and he went 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.
1 Samuel 7:16 · Word #5
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 HC/Vqp3ms
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 | and he went around |
SIBI-P1 Translation H5437-55
and he encircled
| Morphological Notes | Verb; Qal stem; perfect conjugation; 3rd person masculine singular with prefixed conjunction וְ ("and"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular form expresses a completed simple action by a male subject. "Encircled" preserves the core root sense of circular or surrounding motion without adding contextual nuance. |
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