- Original: צבט - Transliteration: Tsabat - Phonetic: tsaw-bat' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to reach, hold out - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1871 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to grasp that is hand out: - reach. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • reached, 1 Ruth 2:14