סָבָא çâbâʼ — to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
Translated in the KJV as drunkard, fill self, Sabean, bibber.
a primitive root; to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy.
çâbâʼ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 2Cohortative 1Participle (passive) 1
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›