Original Language Studio
Genesis 42:24
“And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5437 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, [idiom] on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּסֹּ֥ב — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 158 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:11Genesis 2:13Genesis 19:4Genesis 37:7Exodus 13:18
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סָבַב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.