שָׂבַרsâbar

שָׂבַר: inspect, examine

Pronunciation: saw-bar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7663

Meanings

Qal: examined into (Nehemiah 2:13; Nehemiah 2:15)

שָׂבַר: Pi`el: wait, hope (Psalms 119:166; Esther 9:1; Isaiah 38:18)

1. wait (Ruth 1:13)

2. hope (Psalms 119:166; Isaiah 38:18; Psalms 104:27)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Ruth 1:13 Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord himself has raised his fist against me.”
  • Nehemiah 2:13 After dark I went out through the Valley Gate, past the Jackal’s Well, and over to the Dung Gate to inspect the broken walls and burned gates.
  • Nehemiah 2:15 So, though it was still dark, I went up the Kidron Valley instead, inspecting the wall before I turned back and entered again at the Valley Gate.
  • Esther 9:1 So on March 7 the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite happened. It was the Jews who overpowered their enemies.
  • Psalms 104:27 They all depend on you to give them food as they need it.
  • Psalms 119:166 I long for your rescue, Lord, so I have obeyed your commands.
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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).