סָבִיב

1. in singular —
\ \ a. as substantive 1 Kron 11,8 מןהֿמלוא וְעַדהַֿסָּבִיב and to the parts round about.
\ \ b. as adverb accusative סָבִיב (in) a circuit, i.e. round about, 1 Mos 23,17 בְּכָלגְּֿבֻלוֺ סָבִיב 2 Mos 19,12; 2 Mos 25,11; 2 Mos 25,24; 2 Mos 25,25; 3 Mos 1,5; 3 Mos 1,11 עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב, Dom 20,29; 1 Kong 3,1; 1 Kong 5,11; Sl 3,7 שָׁתוּ עָלָ֑י ׳אֲשֶׁר ס, Sl 12,9; Sl 34,8 + often; sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis, 2 Kron 4,3; Ezk 8,10 ׳ס ׳עַל הַקִּיר ס, Ezk 37,2; Ezk 40,5 and often in Ezek 40-43.
\ \ c. as preposition:
\ \ \ (a) Psalms, Amos 3,11 צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read probably with ᵑ6 יְסֹבֵב will encircle).
\ \ \ (b) ׳סָבִיב לְ 2 Mos 16,13; 2 Mos 40,33; 4 Mos 1,50; 4 Mos 1,53; 4 Mos 2,2; Dom 7,21; 1 Kong 6,5; 1 Kong 18,32; 1 Kong 18,35; Ezk 41,10; Ezk 14,16; Job 19,12; Sl 34,8; Sl 78,28; Sl 125,2 (twice in verse) סָבִיב לְעַמּוֺ ׳י, Sl 128,3; Hoj 3,7; Nah 3,8.
\ \ \ (c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת 1 Kong 6,5 (omitted by ᵐ5), Ezk 43,17.
\ \ d. מִסָּבִיב₄₂, from round about, from every side, Ezk 16,33; Ezk 16,37; Ezk 23,22; Ezk 37,21, but usually (מִן 1 c) = on every side, Jer 4,17 הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב, Es 42,25 ׳וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מ, Joel 4,11; Joel 4,12 Psalms מָגוֺר מִסָּבִיב terror on every side ! Jer 6,25; Jer 20,3; Jer 20,10; Jer 46,5; Jer 49,29; Sl 31,14, compare Klg 2,22 especially in the Deuteronomic phrases ׳אוֺיְבִים מ, or ׳הֵנִיחַ מ (sometimes in combination), as 5 Mos 12,10 ׳והניח לכם מכלאֿויביכם מ, 5 Mos 25,19; Jos 21,42 ׳לָהֶם מ ׳וַיָּנַח י, Jos 23,1; Dom 2,14; Dom 8,34; 1 Sam 12,11 +; מִסָּבִיב לְ from round about, 4 Mos 16,24; 4 Mos 16,27. — On 1 Sam 14,21; 2 Sam 24,6; Job 10,8 see סָבַב.

2. In plur.: —
\ \ a. סְבִיבִים:
\ \ \ (a) in masculine sense, those round about, Sl 76,12 כָּלסְֿבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּ שַׁי, Sl 89,8; Jer 48,17; Jer 48,39.
\ \ \ (b) in neuter sense, the parts round about, Jer 49,5 מִכָּלסְֿבִיבָ֑יִךְ, בִּסְבִיבֵי ירושׁלם Jer 32,44; Jer 33,13; Jer 21,14 וְאָֽכְלָה כָּלסְֿבִיבֶיהָ, Jer 46,14 with the force of a perp., Sl 50,3 וסביביו נשׂערה מאד, Sl 97,2; Klg 1,17.
\ \ b. סְבִיבוֺת
\ \ \ (a) as substantive (α) circuits, Praed 1,6 ועל סביבותיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ; (β) the parts round about, 4 Mos 22,4 ילחכו הקהל אתכֿלסְֿבִיבֹתֵינוּ, Jer 17,26; Jer 50,32 (compare Jer 21,14 above); with reference to their inhabitants, Sl 44,19 = Sl 79,4 ׳לעג וקלס לסב, Ezk 16,57; Ezk 28,24; Dan 9,16.
\ \ \ (b) with the force a preposition 2 Mos 7,24 סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר literally (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, 4 Mos 11,24; 4 Mos 11,31; 4 Mos 11,32; 4 Mos 35,2 סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם, Dom 7,18; 1 Sam 26,5; 1 Sam 26,7; 2 Kong 6,17 סביבֹת אלישׁע, Sl 18,12; Sl 27,6 על אֹיְבַי סביבותי, etc.; often idiomatic preceded by אשׁר, as 1 Mos 33,5 הערים אשׁר סביבותיהם 1 Mos 41,48; 3 Mos 25,44; 4 Mos 16,34; 5 Mos 6,14; 5 Mos 13,8; 5 Mos 17,14; 5 Mos 21,2 +. In the same sense מִסְּבִיבוֺתָם Ezk 28,26.