סיב

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־י־ב (s-y-b)
1 term

First appearing in the Mishnah as a secondary form of צִיב (tsiv, “fiber, fibrous material”), which may have developed from a random phonetic change of [sˤ] to [s]. Cognate with Aramaic צִיבָא (tsivá, “fiber”).

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [siːv]
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /siv/

Noun

סִיב • (siv) m (plural indefinite סִיבִים, singular construct סִיב־, plural construct סִיבֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

(countable) fiber
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Uktzim, section 1.2:
  רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, שֹׁרֶשׁ צְנוֹן גָּדוֹל מִצְטָרֵף, וְהַסִּיב שֶׁלּוֹ, אֵינוֹ מִצְטָרֵף.
  Rabbi Judah says: only the large roots of the radish are included, but its fibrous roots are not included.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Pesachim, 115b.6:
  כְּרָכָן בְּסִיב וּבְלָעָן — אַף יְדֵי מַצָּה נָמֵי לֹא יָצָא.
  If one wrapped matza and bitter herbs in a palm net, the thin interlacing of vines that sprouts around a palm tree, and swallowed them, he has not fulfilled his obligation even of eating matza.

Declension

Declension of סִיב
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	סִיב	first	סִיבִי		סִיבֵנוּ
	definite	הַסִּיב	second	סִיבְךָ	סִיבֵךְ	סִיבְכֶם	סִיבְכֶן
	construct	סִיב־	third	סִיבוֹ	סִיבָהּ	סִיבָם	סִיבָן
plural	indefinite	סִיבִים	first	סיביי / סִיבַי		סִיבֵינוּ
	definite	הַסִּיבִים	second	סִיבֶיךָ	סיבייך / סִיבַיִךְ	סִיבֵיכֶם	סִיבֵיכֶן
	construct	סִיבֵי־	third	סִיבָיו	סִיבֶיהָ	סִיבֵיהֶם	סִיבֵיהֶן

Derived terms

סִיבִי (siví, “fibrous”)

References

Klein, Ernest (1987) “סִיב”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 442b
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 974
“סיב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language