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sāvav סָבַב ‘to turn’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

sāvav v
1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change
  1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round
  1b2) to be turned over to
 1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform
 1d) (Poel)
  1d1) to encompass, surround
  1d2) to come about, assemble round
  1d3) to march, go about
  1d4) to enclose, envelop
 1e) (Hiphil)
  1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round
  1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass
 1f) (Hophal)
  1f1) to be turned
  1f2) to be surrounded

Mentioned in Genesis 2:11, 42:24, 37:7, 19:4, 2:13 Exodus 13:18 Numbers 36:7, 21:4, 36:9, 32:38, 34:4, 34:5 Deuteronomy 32:10, 2:1, 2:3 Joshua 15:3, 6:3, 6:11, 6:14, 6:7, 15:10, 18:14, 6:4, 7:9, 6:15, 16:6, 19:14 Judges 11:18, 16:2, 19:22, 18:23, 20:5 1 Samuel 22:22, 22:17, 22:18, 5:9, 17:30, 5:8, 5:10, 16:11, 7:16, 15:12, 18:11, 15:27 2 Samuel 14:24, 18:15, 3:12, 14:20, 5:23, 20:12, 18:30, 22:6 1 Kings 5:17, 21:4, 2:15, 7:15, 18:37, 7:23, 7:24, 8:14 2 Kings 23:34, 3:25, 6:15, 3:9, 8:21, 9:18, 9:19, 20:2, 16:18, 24:17 Isaiah 28:27, 38:2, 23:16 Jeremiah 52:21, 6:12, 21:4, 41:14, 31:22, 31:39 Ezekiel 26:2, 10:16, 1:9, 10:11, 1:12, 42:19, 47:2, 1:17, 7:22, 41:7 Hosea 12:1, 7:2 Jonah 2:6, 2:4 Habakkuk 2:16 Zechariah 14:10 Psalms 22:13, 55:11, 114:3, 114:5, 17:11, 118:12, 26:6, 32:7, 32:10, 71:21, 118:10, 118:11, 109:3, 59:7, 59:15, 18:6, 22:17, 49:6, 88:18, 7:8, 48:13 Proverbs 26:14 Job 16:13, 40:22 Song of Songs 3:2, 3:3, 2:17, 5:7, 6:5 Ecclesiastes 12:5, 1:6, 9:14, 2:20, 7:25 Ezra 6:22 1 Chronicles 14:14, 16:43, 12:24, 13:3, 10:14 2 Chronicles 23:2, 29:6, 21:9, 36:4, 13:13, 33:14, 4:2, 35:22, 14:6, 18:31, 4:3, 6:3, 17:9

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