To swell
צָבָהStrong’s H6638tsavah (tsa-vah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “make swell” and “it will swell”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.”
Meaning
- To swell, swell up(Qal) to swell (of adulteress' belly) · (Hiphil) to cause to swell (of adulteress' belly)
How it's translated
- to make swell 1
- and it will swell 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
1 book in all.
Hebrew dictionary
צָבָה tsavah · to swell
1) to swell, swell up 1a) (Qal) to swell (of adulteress' belly) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to swell (of adulteress' belly)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.