שֵׂיבָה, v. סָב) gray hair, old age, venerability of old age. Pirké d’R. El. ch. LII מיום שברא … לא נזרקה ש׳ וכ׳ since heaven and earth were created, the white of old age was not sprinkled upon men, until Abraham came &c. Gen. R. s. 59 (ref. to Ps. LXXI, 18) לא היא זקנה ולא היא ש׳ אלא … תן לי ש׳ are not ziḳnah and sebah the same? But (David prayed), if thou givest me old age, give me its venerable appearance with it. Ab. V, 21 בן שבעים לש׳ when seventy years old, man enters hoary age, contrad. to זקנה; a. fr.