צבא

צבא

Aramaic

Verb

צבא • (transliteration needed)

1. to desire, to will, to wish

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־ב־א‎ (ṣ-b-ʾ)

Cognate with Akkadian 𒂟 (ṣābum, “soldier,gang”) and Arabic صَبًّا‎ (ṣabban, “abundance”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /t͡saˈva/

Noun

צָבָא • (tsaváʾ) m (plural indefinite צְבָאוֹת‎, singular construct צְבָא־, plural construct צִבְאוֹת־‎) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. a military (armed forces)
2. an army (military force concerned mainly with ground operations)
3. a host, a mob, a multitude (of people, particularly an army organized for war)
   • Genesis 2:1, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ‏וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָם׃‎‎

     Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

4. (dated) a military campaign (a number of related operations aimed at achieving a particular military goal)
5. (dated) a battle
6. (dated) a war
   • Numbers 1:3, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ‏מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵא צָבָא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל תִּפְקְדוּ אֹתָם לְצִבְאֹתָם אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן׃‎‎

     From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.

7. (dated) a hardship or tiring worship similar to military service

Derived terms

• צְבָאִי‎
• צְבָאָנִי‎

Verb

צָבָא • (tsaváʾ) (pa'al construction) (dated)

1. To assemble, particularly to muster for military service
2. To go forth as an assembled body, particularly as an army to war
3. To cause to assemble or go forth, particularly in military contexts
4. To fight as an assembled body
5. To serve, as in religious rites

Conjugation

Conjugation of צָבָא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לצבוא / לִצְבֹּא‎ action noun: צְבִיאָה‎ passive participle: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	צָבָאתִי‎		צָבָאנוּ‎
	second	צָבָאתָ‎	צָבָאת‎	צְבָאתֶם‎1	צְבָאתֶן‎1
	third	צָבָא	צָבְאָה‎	צָבְאוּ‎
present		צוֹבֵא‎	צוֹבֵאת‎	צוֹבְאִים‎	צוֹבְאוֹת‎
future	first	אֶצְבָּא‎		נִצְבָּא‎
	second	תִּצְבָּא‎	תִּצְבְּאִי‎	תִּצְבְּאוּ‎	תִּצְבֶּאנָה‎2
	third	יִצְבָּא‎	תִּצְבָּא‎	יִצְבְּאוּ‎	תִּצְבֶּאנָה‎2
imperative		צְבָא	צִבְאִי‎	צִבְאוּ‎	צְבֶאנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced צָבָאתֶם‎ and צָבָאתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H6633 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H6635 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible