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סְבַר çᵉbar — (Aramaic) a primitive root

pronounced seb-ar' · Strong's H5452 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as think.

(Aramaic) a primitive root; to bear in mind, i.e. hope.

çᵉbar in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

וְיִסְבַּ֗ר Dan 7:25 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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