סבר

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Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare with Arabic سَبَرَ (sabara, to search, to probe), from an Aramaic borrowing.

Verb[edit]

סְבַר (sḇar)

  1. to show a bright face towards, to be favourable towards
  2. to hope, to expect, to look out for
  3. to endure, to sustain, to bear
  4. to consider, to regard, to look on; to have a notion to think, to understand
  5. to perforate, to cut

Noun[edit]

סֽבַר (sḇarm

  1. absolute state of סַבְרָא (saḇrā, hope)

Noun[edit]

סֽבַר (sḇarm

  1. absolute state of סִבְרָא (seḇrā, consideration, regard; belief)

Noun[edit]

סְבָר (sḇārm

  1. absolute state of סְבָרָא (sḇārā, perspicacity, discernment; countenance)

Noun[edit]

סָבַר (sāḇarm

  1. absolute state of סָבְרָא (sāḇərā, teacher, scholar)

Hebrew[edit]

Noun[edit]

סֵבֶר (séverm

  1. countenance, expression
    קיבל את המבקרים בסבר פנים יפות
    a warm welcome
    (literally, “welcomed the guests with a gracious countenance”)