שאב

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׁ־א־ב (sh-ʾ-b)
3 terms

Cognate with Aramaic שְׁאֵב (“to draw water”) and Arabic سَئِبَ (saʔiba, “to quench one's thirst”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈ(ʔ)av/

Verb

שָׁאַב • (sha'áv) (pa'al construction)

1. to draw water, pump

   הם מעודדים אותנו לשאוב השראה ממקורות שונים.

   They encourage us to draw inspiration from different sources.

   • Tanach, Isaiah 12:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־מַיִם בְּשָׂשׂוֹן מִמַּעַיְנֵי הַיְשׁוּעָה׃

     ush'ávtem máyim b'sasón mima'ayné hay'shu'á.

     Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׁאַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לשאוב / לִשְׁאֹב
		action noun		שְׁאִיבָה
		passive participle		שָׁאוּב
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	שָׁאַבְתִּי		שָׁאַבְנוּ
	second	שָׁאַבְתָּ	שָׁאַבְתְּ	שְׁאַבְתֶּם1	שְׁאַבְתֶּן1
	third	שָׁאַב	שָׁאֲבָה	שָׁאֲבוּ
present		שׁוֹאֵב	שׁוֹאֶבֶת	שׁוֹאֲבִים	שׁוֹאֲבוֹת
future	first	אֶשְׁאַב		נִשְׁאַב
	second	תִּשְׁאַב	תִּשְׁאֲבִי	תִּשְׁאֲבוּ	תִּשְׁאַבְנָה2
	third	יִשְׁאַב	תִּשְׁאַב	יִשְׁאֲבוּ	תִּשְׁאַבְנָה2
imperative	positive	שְׁאַב	שַׁאֲבִי	שַׁאֲבוּ	שְׁאַבְנָה2
	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Pronounced שָׁאַבְתֶּם and שָׁאַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Synonyms

• דָּלָה (dalá, “to draw water”)

Derived terms

• מַשְׁאָב (mash'áv, “resource”)

References

• “שאב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H7579 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987), “שׁאב”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 633a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1505a