סבר
Aramaic
Etymology
Compare with Arabic سَبَرَ (sabara, “to search, to probe”), from an Aramaic borrowing.
Verb
סְבַר • (sḇar)
- to show a bright face towards, to be favourable towards
- to hope, to expect, to look out for
- to endure, to sustain, to bear
- to consider, to regard, to look on; to have a notion to think, to understand
- to perforate, to cut
Noun
סְבַר • (sḇar) m
- absolute state of סַבְרָא (saḇrā, “hope”)
Noun
סְבַר • (sḇar) m
- absolute state of סִבְרָא (seḇrā, “consideration, regard; belief”)
Noun
סְבָר • (sḇār) m
- absolute state of סְבָרָא (sḇārā, “perspicacity, discernment; countenance”)
Noun
סָבַר • (sāḇar) m
- absolute state of סָבְרָא (sāḇərā, “teacher, scholar”)
Hebrew
Noun
סֵבֶר • (séver) m
- countenance, expression
- קיבל את המבקרים בסבר פנים יפות
- a warm welcome
- (literally, “welcomed the guests with a gracious countenance”)
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | סֵבֶר | first | סִבְרִי | סִבְרֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַסֵּבֶר | second | סִבְרְךָ | סִבְרֵךְ | סִבְרְכֶם | סִבְרְכֶן | |
| construct | סֵבֶר־ | third | סִבְרוֹ | סִבְרָהּ | סִבְרָם | סִבְרָן | |
References
- "סבר" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language