Original Word: סָבַך
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: sabak
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-bak')
Short Definition: tangled [] ("" form to q. v.); —

Passive participle plural Nahum 1:10 interwoven (entangled) thorns (compare Da); Gunk^{ZAW xiii (1893), 235} proposes (after Vollers) i.e. cut off, away (Isaiah 33:12) compare Now; text very dubious

Imperfect3masculine plural Job 8:17 are interwoven (in a tangled mass).

fold together, wrap

A primitive root; to entwine -- fold together, wrap.

יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ יסבכו סְבֻכִ֔ים סבכים sə·ḇu·ḵîm səḇuḵîm sevuChim yə·sub·bā·ḵū yesubBachu yəsubbāḵūInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts

Strong's Hebrew 5440
2 Occurrences

sə·ḇu·ḵîm — 1 Occ.
yə·sub·bā·ḵū — 1 Occ.

Job 8:17
HEB: גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים
NAS: His roots wrap around a rock pile,
KJV: His roots are wrapped about the heap,
INT: A rock his roots wrap A house of stones

Nahum 1:10
HEB: עַד־ סִירִ֣ים סְבֻכִ֔ים וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם סְבוּאִ֑ים
NAS: Like tangled thorns,
KJV: For while [they be] folden together [as] thorns,
INT: Like thorns tangled their drink are drunken

2 Occurrences