Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
KJV Usage: bear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָבַל (sa.val) — to bear. 1) to bear, bear a load, drag oneself along 1a) (Qal) to bear (a load) 1b) (Pual) laden (participle) 1c)(Hithpael) to make oneself a burden, drag oneself along Aramaic equivalent: se.val (סְבַל "to bear" H5446)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · סֵבֶל · סַבָּל · סֹבֶל · סְבָלֹות
Hold | verb qal
to carry, to bear = state in which humans endure or sustain the weight of a physical burden
Bear | verb qal
to bear literally: to carry; hence: = state in which humans endure pains or hardships as a form of punishment
Safe | verb qal | ≈ נשׂא
to carry, to support, to uphold literally: to carry; hence: = action by which deities provide help and support to the aged and the weak
Move | verb hit
to drag oneself along literally: to carry; hence: = process by which humans walk with difficulty, ◄ as if they are bearing a heavy load
Pregnant | verb pu'al
to be with young literally: to carry; hence: = state in which an animal is pregnant
Space | verb pa
to place, to put in place, to lay exact meaning unknown; possibly: = causative action by which humans put an object in a certain location
1 PSA 144:14 RSV NRSV ESV "be heavy with young" GNT "reproduce plentifully" CEV "have calves" | NIV "draw heavy loads" | NJB "well fed" REB "fat" | 2 EZR 6:3 NIV "be laid" NJB ESV "be retained" | LXX "θυσιάσουσιν" RSV NRSV REB "(offerings) are brought" GNT "(offerings) are burnt" | NJPS "built up high"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[סָבַל] vb. bear a heavy load Qal bear a load
Pu. laden
Hithp. drag oneself along
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