- סֵבְתָא
- סֵיבְתָא, סֵבְתָאf. 1) = סֵיבוּתָא. Targ. Gen. 42:38 (O. some ed. שִׂי׳). Targ. Job 15:32 (ed. Wil. סִבְתּ׳); a. fr. 2) eldership, receiving the title of סָבָא. Y.Bicc.III, 65d וכתב ליה מן סֵיבְתֵיה בגוה (not ויהב) and he informed him therein of his (expected) appointment as elder.Pl. סֵיבָתָא, סֵבָ׳. Ib. בגין אילין ס׳ קוםוכ׳ for the sake of those appointments (which will take place), rise, come to
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
