עבורא m. (עבר) passer-by, traveller. Y. Taan. IV, 69a
bot, לע׳ מקבלין הוו דלא they would receive no stranger
(Lam. R. to II, 2 אכסניא). -- Pl. עבוריא. Targ. Y. Gen.
XVIII, 3 (ed. Vien. עיבוריא, corr. acc.).
עבורא m. (עבר) one who hands over. - Pl. constr. עבורי. B. Bath. 133b, v. אחסנא.
עבות f. (b. h. עבת; עבת to twist, plait) network, mat- ting; ע׳ ען a tree screened by a network of foliage. Sifra. Emor, Par. 12, ch. XVI (expl. Lev. XXIII, 40) שענף את לקליעה דומה עצו the tree the ramificatuon around whose trunk resembles plaiting; Y. Succ. III, 53c bot. שענפיו ען קליעה... חופין a ttree tthe branches of which cover its larger portion and which rises in the shape of a plaiting; Bab. ib. 32b עצו את חופין שענפיו whose branches cover up its trunk. Ib. וכ׳ ע׳ דמי היכי what is aboth like (when is a. tree called aboth) When three leaves are on each stem. Ib. קיימת עבותו שתהא ובלבד provided its network (three leaves on each stem) remains; a. e.
עבות m. (b. h.; preced.) chain, rope for fastening the yoke of the animal to the plough (Maim.); [the pole tied to the yoke by means of a knotted rope (R. S.)]. Kel. XXI, 2. Sifra Sh'mini, Par. 6, ch. VIII. -- Snh. 99b (ref. to Is. V, 18) העגלה לע׳ . בתחלה at trst the evil inclination resembles a thread of cobweb, and at the end it is like a. wagon rope; Yalk. Gen. 129. -- Pl. עבותות. Suucc. 52a; Yalk. Is. 270 (not עבותי׳). -- V. עבית.
עבט, v. כביט.
זבט (denom. of עביטא, v. עבוט) to scize a pledge. Ithpe. איעבט to have one's goods seieed. B. Kam. 113b מיבבט מתא אבר מתא בר the goods of one resident may be seized for the delinquent taxes of a fellow resident (v. תפס).
עבי, עבה (b. h.; cmp. עבב) to be thick, dense, dark. lif. נעבה to become thick, swell. Tanh. Vaera 3 ובלען וב׳ רותר ׳ ולא . . Aaron's staff swallowed them up and yet was not thicker than before. Hif. העבה same. Tosef. Kil. III, 4 מכוונות ונעשו העבו (not העבן) if the plants on growing denser appeared to form a straight line; Y. ib. V, beg. 29d העבות (R. S. to Kil. V, 1 עבים היו; corr. acc.). PPi. עיבה to make thick; to condense, darken; to facili- tate growth. Y. Taan. III, 66c מעבה, vv. עב II. M. Kat. II, 5 מעבין אף. .. מהתפין (during the festive week) you may cover up the cut figs with straw . . . you may even &c.; expl. ib. 13b אסמוכי מעבין אקלושי מחפין by m'happin is meant a loose covering, by m'abbin a dense, packed covering; (anoth. opin.) כרי כמין . . מע׳ .. מחפין m'happin means a. loose or a dense covering, m'abbin means bringing the figs lose together so as tto form a pile. Y. Peah III, 17a להדל מנת על בשעי׳ if he set the plants close together with the intention of thinning them afterwards. Ib. VII, 20b וכ׳ מעבן שהוא מתוך because he strengthens the remaining plants (by thinning the ield), tthey produce more fruit tthe next year (and thus he benefits also the poor). Y. Shebi. I, beg. 33a הכורת את מעבה he advances the growth of the ramification, opp. כוחה מתיש. Y. Bets. IV, 62c top בשלא לעבותה נתכוין when (in putting wood on the booth) he had not had the intention to cover it more densely; a. e. -Tosef. Peah IV, 14 שוקיו את המעבה (ed. Zuck. המקפח) he who contracts his shoulders (simulating a hump), V. קפח. - Part. pass. מעובה, q. v.
2ב ch. same, to be thick, rough, strong. Hull. 38a, v. עמי.
צבי m. (preced.) thick, rough. Hull. 79a וכ׳ קליה ע׳ if the voice of a mule is rough, its dam is an ass, if shrill (צניף), a horse.
עבי, v. עובי.
*עביא m. (עבי) cover, concealment. Targ. Y. II Ex. XIX, 9 (Y. I a. O. עיבא; h. text עב). -- Y. Taan. II, 65b top (expl. ויעבתוה, Mic. VII, 3) וכ׳ קליעה עבדוה ע׳ עבדוה they make it (their speech) a cover, they malke it a screen for pheir guilty acts (cmp. עבות).
עביד, עביד v. גבד I, II.
עבידא, עבידא, עבירתא, v. sub עיביד׳.
עביט m. (עבט, v. עבוט; cmp. חבט I) [fastening, press- ing,] 1) (גמל של) sumpter-saddle consisting of a pair of panniers tied across the animal's back (Loat. clitellae, Gr. zout~a~); also the cushion on the camel's back (Arab. gabit). Sifra M'tsora, Zab., Par. 2, ch. III; Kel. XXIII, 2; a. e. -- Pl. עביטין. Tosef. Erub. III (II), 1; Ernb. 16a top; Y. ib. I, 19b bot. -- Tanh. Emor 18 עביטות. v. עבוט. - 2) ע׳ ענבים של (cmp. א~utkao) a large basket, strapped on the carrier's back, in which grapes are carried during the vintage. B. Mets. V, 7 (72b); Tosef. ib. VI, 2. Tosef. Maasr. III, 13 (ed. Zuck. עבוט, corr. acc.). Tosef. Iem. VI, 11; Y. ib. VI, 25c bot. עבט. Y. Bets. V, beg. 62d העבט. Toh. X, 4, sq. העביט ed. Dehr. (ed. העבט; Ar. מעבט). Y. M. Kat. II, beg. 81a עבטו את דורכין you may press, for the mourner, the grapes in the basket (to prevent ruin by delay); a. e. --- 3) רגלים מימי של ע׳ a large vessel for the collection of urine (for manufacturing purposes). Ber, 25b רעי של גרף וכ׳ וע׳ a vessel for the collection of excrements, and a. tub for urine; Tosef. ib. II, 16 Var. B. Bath. 89b. -- Keth. 82b, read with Tosaf.; נחושת של ע׳ a bronze tub.
עביטא ch. same, sumpter-saddle. Targ. Gen. XXXI, 34 (h. text כר). -Gen. R. s. 74. -- Trnsf. burden, obligation. Y. B. Kam. X, end 7 מיני עביטיך שרי את ליה מימר יכיל he (who has been forced to pay his neighbor's arrear taxes) can say to him, take thy saddle off me, i. e. p6y me the amount you would have had to pay the govern- ment. Bab. ib. 11 5a עביטך שרי זיל. . אל he said to that man (whose stolen goods had been bought in good faith), go, untie thy saddle, i. e. redeem thy goods by indem- nifying the buyer.
עבין, Y. Taan. I, 64b bot. ע׳ חמר, read; עבירן חמש, v. עבירתא.
*צביצא m. =חביצא . - Pl.עביצין. Y. Hal. I, 58a top. 131
