H5434G

סְבָא

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Seba

A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248) § Seba = "drink thou" 1) a son of Cush 2) a nation south of Palestine, perhaps Ethiopia

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

סְבָא proper name, masculine 1st son of Cush, in poetry and late; — Gen 10:7 (P) (ᵐ5 Σαβα, as שְׁבָא) = 1Chr 1:9 (ᵐ5 id., but B Σαβατ); = nation (or territory) Ps 72:10 (ᵐ5 Σαβα; + שְׁבָא, ᵐ5 Αραβων), so (+ כּוּשׁ, || מִצְרַיִם) Isa 43:3 (ᵐ5 Σοηνη); clearly situated in south; most probably = λιμὴν Σαβά, and Σαβαὶ πόλις εὐμεγέθης, in Adulic gulf on west coast of Red Sea; see Straboxvi. 4. 8. 10 Ptoliv. 7, 7 f. DiGn BaePsalm DuIs; > Meroë JosAnt. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 2:10»ii. 10, 2 and others


2 occurrences

Genesis (1), I Chronicles (1)