- שבאי
- שַׁבַּאיm. (שָׁבָה) captor, guardsman of captives. Snh.104a, sq. Gitt.58a נתעלל בה ש׳וכ׳ the captor abused her the whole night; Yalk. Jer. 276. Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Bshall. 4 נטל את השַׁבַּאייוכ׳ he took (his sons) captor and put him on the rack, Yalk. Ex. 225; a. e.Pl. שַׁבָּאִים, שַׁבְּאִין. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:8 באו ש׳ ושבווכ׳ captors came and led his son away; a. e.
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