סַבְתָּא

סַבְתָּה, סַבְתָּא proper name, of a people 3rd 'son' of Cush according to 1 Mos 10,7 (הָ֯), = 1 Kron 1,9 (אָ֯); identification with Σαββαθα [Periplus maris Erythr.²⁷], Σαυβαθα Ptol^{vi. 7, 38}, or Σαβατα [Strabo^{xvi. 42}], Sabota [Plin^{NH vi. § 155, xii. 63}], old commercial city of South Arabia, by Tu Ku, but this = Sabean שבות (not ׳ס) Levy-Os^{ZMG xix (1865), 253}; xx (1866), 273, compare Hal^{JAS 7, iv. 525}; Glaser^{Skizze ii. 252 f.} proposes Σαφθα (Ptol^{vi. 7, 30}), near west shore of Persian Gulf; ᵐ5 Σαβαθα, Σαβατα, Σεβαθα. All uncertain conjectures.