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*ŝbr - to hope, to consider
(EDA I 440)
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Hebrew
ŝbr
- to test, to investigate; (pi.) to hope, to wait
(HALOT 1305)
Is likely an Aramaism (EDA I 440)
Biblical Aramaic
sbr
- to intend
(HALOT 1936)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
sbr
- to think, to understand, to be of the opinion
(DJPA 366)
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
sbr
- to think, to suppose, to presume
(CPA 276)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
sbr
- to think, to be of the opinion
(DJBA 784)
Syriac
sbr
- to think, hope
(LSyr. 456, SL 963)
Mandaic
sbr
- to be convinced, to have confidence, to believe
(MD 316)
Arabic
sbr
- to probe the wound; to try, to examine, to elicit something’s true or real condition
(Lane 1293)