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$bT noun pl. emphatic
šbṭ, šbṭˀ (šḇeṭ, ša/iḇṭā) n.m. tribe; staff; plague
Syr rarely ܫܦܛܐ ; CPA also ܫܘܒܛ ; BA pl. const. שִבְטֵי ; JBA שיבטא٠ שיפטא ; JBAmb also שובטא

  1 tribe Com.
  2 rod, staff Syr, LJLA. --(a) sceptre Syr. --(b) branch of candelabra Syr. --(c) metaph.: punishment, instrument of punishment Syr.
  3 plague OA-Mesop, Syr, JBAmb.
  4 spear Syr. --(a) (geog.) a type of (silent?) lightning Syr.

sb noun pl. emphatic
sb, sbˀ (sāḇ, sāḇā) n.m. old man
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.