Word

שָׂבַר

sâbar · H7663 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

to examine, to inspect

Action by which humans have a close and intent look at something to verify its quality

Examples
Nehemiah 2:13 So I went out at night by the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon’s Spring and on to the Dung Gate, and I was inspecting the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been consumed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:15 So I was going up at night by the ravine and inspecting the wall. Then I entered the Valley Gate again and returned.
to look expectantly, to hope

State in which humans have some degree of confidence that their longing will be fulfilled

Examples
Esther 9:1 Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day, when the king’s command and edict were to be put into effect, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it turned out to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained mastery over those who hated them.
Psalm 104:27 They all wait for You To give them their food in due season.
Psalm 119:166 I hope for Your salvation, LORD, And do Your commandments.
to look expectantly, to wait, to hope

Action by which humans delay action until right moment, with a certain amount of confidence that this moment will actually come

Examples
Ruth 1:13 would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has come out against me.”

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

8 occurrences in 7 groups

Not stated (participle) 2
יָרַדto go down, to come down 1
אֹיֵבenemy 1
עַיִןeye, sight 1
הֶםtheir 1
Not stated: I 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 7 groups

אֵלto, toward+ ךָּyou 2
בin/on/with+ חוֹמָהwall 2
אֵלto, toward+ אֶמֶתtruth, faithfulness 1
בin/on/with+ שַׁעַרgate 1
לto/for+ יְשׁוּעָהsalvation, deliverance 1
לto/for+ נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 3 entries

See002004001005: Nehemiah 2:13 and 2:15 both describe Nehemiah "inspecting the walls of Jerusalem" by night, directly attesting the watching, viewing sense this word denotes.
Confident002001002003: Esther 9:1 speaks of the day "when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them," attesting the confident expectation this word can carry.
Non-Engage002003003012: Ruth 1:13 asks, "would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying?" and Psalm 104:27 says creatures "all wait for You," both attesting the patient restraint from action this word denotes.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׂבַרsâbar · H7663שֵׂבֶר sêber · H7664 · hope · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7663. sabar I. [שָׂבַר] verb inspect, examine (van d. H. שֹׁבֵר [so ᵐ5 συντρίβων], but…

H7663. sabar
I. [שָׂבַר] verb inspect, examine (van d. H. שֹׁבֵר [so ᵐ5 συντρίβων], but Masoretic ׳שׂ see Norzi; hence connection with Arabic probe a wound, try, examine, improbable, and this (according to Frä261) denominative from Aramaic loan-word; improbable also is connection with Aramaic סְבַר think (compare following), KauAramaic in AT, 85); —
Qal Participle שׂבֵר, with ב object, Neh 2:13, Neh 2:15 I examined into the wall, inspected it closely.
II. [שָׂבַר] Pi`el wait, hope (Aramaism; compare Aramaic סְבַר think, Pa`el hope; believe, hope, Pa`el think, Aph`el hope); — Perfect1singular שִׂבַּרְתִּי Psa 119:166, Psa 119:3plural שִׂבְּרוּ Est 9:1; Imperfect3masculine plural יְשַׂבְּרוּ Isa 38:18, יְשַׂבֵּ֑רוּ Psa 145:15, יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן Psa 104:27; Psa 104:2feminine plural תְּשַׂבֵּרְנָה Rth 1:13; —
1 wait for, ל person, Rth 1:13.
2 hope for, ל of thing Psa 119:166, אֶל of thing Isa 38:18, אֶל person Psa 104:27; Psa 145:15; ל infinitive Est 9:1 hope to rule.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Confident5 occurrences Non-Engage1 occurrence See2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0