H5434 H5434
Seba; a son of Cush and a nation/territory in southern Arabia or northeast Africa
Seba appears both as a personal name (the first son of Cush in Genesis 10:7 and 1 Chronicles 1:9) and as a geographic designation for a nation or region. Psalm 72:10 links Seba with Sheba in tribute brought to the king, while Isaiah 43:3 places it alongside Cush and Egypt as a ransom for Israel. Most scholars locate Seba on the western coast of the Red Sea, possibly the port of Saba in the Adulic Gulf, distinct from the better-known Sheba (Arabia).
Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal and geographic name denoting both a son of Cush and a southern nation/territory. The Table of Nations (Genesis 10:7//1 Chronicles 1:9) establishes Seba as Cush's firstborn, while the prophetic and poetic texts (Psalm 72:10, Isaiah 43:3) treat it as a wealthy nation bringing tribute or subject to divine judgment. Multilingual renderings are stable (Seba, Séba, Seva), with some translations bracketing [וסבא] and [סבא]. The geographic identity is distinct from Sheba, though often paired with it, suggesting a southern Red Sea or northeast African location. 4×
AR["سَبا", "سَبَاءُ", "وَ-سَباَ", "وَسَبَأَ"]·ben["এবং-সবা", "ও-সবার", "সবা"]·DE["Seba", "[וסבא]", "[סבא]", "und-Seba"]·EN["Seba", "Seva", "and-Seba", "and-Seva"]·FR["Seba", "Séba", "[וסבא]", "et-Séba"]·heb["ו-סבא", "סבא"]·HI["और-सबा", "और-सेबा-के", "सबा", "सेबा"]·ID["Seba", "dan-Seba"]·IT["Seba", "[וסבא]"]·jav["Seba", "Séba", "lan-Sèba", "saha-Séba"]·KO["그리고-신바를", "스바", "스바-의"]·PT["Seva", "e-Seva", "e-de-Seba"]·RU["Сева", "и-Сева", "и-Севы"]·ES["Seba", "Sevá", "y-Seba", "y-Seva"]·SW["Seba", "na-Seba"]·TR["Seva", "ve-Seva", "ve-Seva'nın"]·urd["اور-سبا", "سبا", "وَ-سبا-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† סְבָא n.pr.m. 1st son of Cush, poet. and late;—Gn 10:7 (P) (𝔊 Σαβα, as שְׁבָא) = 1 Ch 1:9 (𝔊 id., but B Σαβατ); = nation (or territory) ψ 72:10 (𝔊 Σαβα; + שְׁבָא, 𝔊 Αραβων), so (+ כּוּשׁ, ‖ מִצְרַיִם) Is 43:3 (𝔊 Σοηνη); clearly situated in south; most prob. = λιμὴν Σαβά, and Σαβαὶ πόλις εὐμεγέθης, in Adulic gulf on W. coast of Red Sea; v. Straboxvi. 4.8.10 Ptol iv. 7, 7 f. DiGn Bae ψ DuIs; > Meroë JosAnt. ii, 10, 2 al.