- כבי
- כְּבִי, כְּבָאch. same. Sabb.21b כבתה; ib. 30a לכבות, h. forms. Pa. כַּבֵּי to extinguish. Ber.58a וכַבִּינְהוּ לעיניה Ar. (Ms. M. ונכבינהו, corr. acc.; ed. חברוהי כחלינהווכ׳) dimmed his eye-sight, v. בּוֹטְטָא. Ib. 60b bot. אתא … כַּבְּיֵיה לשרגיה there came a wind and put out his lamp. Sabb.44a אתי לכַבּוּיֵי he may be induced to extinguish the fire; Yoma 85a.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.