סָבַךְçâbak

interweave

Pronunciation: saw-bak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5440

Meanings

Qal: interwoven, thorns (Nahum 1:10; Isaiah 33:12)

Pu`al: are interwoven (Job 8:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Job 8:17 Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
  • Nahum 1:10 His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).