Abarim Publications' online Biblical Hebrew Dictionary
סבא
The verb סבא (saba') means to imbibe or even "heavy drinking" according to HAW Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 21:20, Isaiah 56:12, Nahum 1:10).
The two derivatives of this verb are:
- The masculine noun סבא (sobe), meaning a drink (of an alcoholic beverage).
- The masculine noun סבא (saba), meaning drunkard. This word occurs only in Ezekiel 23:42, and only in plural. The King James Version actually invented a people here, the Sabeans, but later scholars assume that a meaning of drunkards is probably what was intended.