Hebrew verb · H5445
סָבַל
sabalsaw-bal'
to bear
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çâbal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5445is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5445
to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
The King James renders it: bear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sabal is rendered "to bear". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:15He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
Genesis 49:15לִסְבֹּ֔ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's nine uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- I will carry2
- he carried them1
- he will bear1
- loaded1
- so it may drag itself along1
- they carry it1
- to carry a load1
- we have borne1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶסְבֹּ֑ל1
- אֶסְבֹּ֖ל1
- וְיִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל1
- יִסְבֹּֽל׃1
- יִסְבְּלֻ֜הוּ1
- לִסְבֹּ֔ל1
- מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים1
- סְבָלָ֑ם1
- סָבָֽלְנוּ׃1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVqi1cs
- HC/Vtu3ms1HC/Vtu3ms
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural1HVPsmpa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3mp/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural1HVqp1cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqp3ms/Sp3mp
Genesis
one use
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
- לִסְבֹּ֔לlisbolpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to carry a load
Psalms
one use
Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
- מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥יםmesubalimverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: loaded
Ecclesiastes
one use
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
- וְיִסְתַּבֵּ֣לveyistabelHC/Vtu3mstagged: so it may drag itself along
Isaiah
five uses
Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
- אֶסְבֹּ֑לʾesbolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will carry
- אֶסְבֹּ֖לʾesbolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will carry
They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
- יִסְבְּלֻ֜הוּyisbeluhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they carry it
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- סְבָלָ֑םsevalamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he carried them
After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
- יִסְבֹּֽל׃yisbolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will bear
Lamentations
one use
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
- סָבָֽלְנוּ׃savalnuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have borne
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.