סָבַב (b. h.) to go around, turn. Num. R. s. 18 כשהייתי … והולך וסוֹבֵב כל וכ׳ when I travelled … and went around all the towns; הייתי סובב והולך מעיר וכ׳ I went around from town to town. Erub. 56ᵃ וסובב אל צפון בלילה ‘and turns northward’ (Koh. I, 6) by night; a. e.
Nif. - נָסַב to take a turn. Num. R. s. 4 ונָסַבָּה ורחבה למעלה it turned upward and became wider.
Pi. - סִיבֵּב 1) to surround. Erub. l. c.; B. Bath. 25ᵇ (ref. to Koh. l. c.) פעמים מְסַבַּבְתָּן ופעמים מהלכתן (Rashi סוֹבַבְתָּן, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) at seasons the sun goes around them (making a circuitous route), and at seasons it passes straight through (from north-east to south-west). Erub. 23ᵇ; Num. R. s. 13 סַבֵּב tie around; a. e.—Trnsf. to be around a person, to wait upon. Deut. R. s. 1 (play on סב את ההר, Deut. II, 3) הרבה סי׳ עשו את הורו וכ׳ a long while has Esau been around his parent &c.—סי׳ על הפתחים to go around from door to door, to beg. Tosef. Peah IV, 8 המְסַבֵּב על … אין וכ׳ for the poor man that goes begging, the public charities are not bound to do anything. Y. ib. I, 15ᵈ top כבד … אפי׳ את מסבב וכ׳ ‘honor thy father and thy mother’, even if thou have to go begging (thou must support them); Pesik. R. s. 23—24; a. e.—Ruth R. to I, 1 עכשיו … מְסַבְּבִין פתחי וכ׳ now all Israel will surround my gate …, waiting for distribution of food; Yalk. ib. 598 יהיו … מְסוּבִּין. —2) to carry around from place to place. Kel. I, 7 ומְסַבְּבִין לתוכן וכ׳ and you may carry a corpse from one (of the fortified places) to another; Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. I, 14 ומס׳ בתוכן. —3) to place around. Num. R. s. 2 סי׳ לכסאו וכ׳ he placed four angels around his throne.—Part. pass. מְסוּבָּב, f. מְסוּבֶּבֶת surrounded, closed. B. Bath. 25ᵇ, v. אַכְסַדְרָא.—Pl. מְסוּבִּים, מְסוּבִּין assembled, arranged around. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ מס׳ לו וכ׳ (Ms. M. מְסוֹבְבִין אותו) (his sins) are arranged around him on the day of judgment (as witnesses). Yalk. Ruth l. c., v. supra.—Esp. reclining on the dining couch around the tables (v. מְסוּבֶּה). Ex. R. s. 25 מס׳ ואוכלין וכ׳ lying on couches and eating and praising &c. Pes. 101ᵇ בני … מס׳ לשתות the members of a party that were assembled for a feast; ib. 102ᵃ. Tosef. ib. X, 12; a. fr.—[Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 מסביב, read: מכתיב, v. כָּתַב.]