The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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sb noun sg. abs. or construct

OfA and occasionally in Jewish texts: śb

  1 old man, elder Com. --(a) tribal leader, sheikh Syr. --(b) adj. : (flock) aged LJLA. --(c) learned elder JBA.
  2 grandfather Jud, Syr, LJLA. --(a) ancestor Gal.
  3 'Tanna', a carrier of the oral tradition Gal.

s)b#2 verb G

sˀb vb. #2to grow old

JLA: סֵיבִית, סַבתָא״סִיבתָא,סִיבֻו

G
1 to be(come) old Jud, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(a) ܣܸܐܒܼܲܬ ܠܸܗ : to grow old Syr.

C
1 to reach (very?) old age Syr.

Ct
1 to reach old age LJLA.