סָבַךְ
savach · be entwined
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5440 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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savach (סָבַךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be entwined”.
To be intertwined, to be tangled, like roots or branches.
How to say it
sa·vach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To be knotted together, like roots or thorns.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- are entwined ×1
- tangled ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 8:17
Over a heap of stones his roots are entwined; he sees a house of stones.
- Nahum 1:10
For they are like tangled thorns and like drunkards with their drink; they will be consumed like stubble fully dry.