כָּבַל

כָּבַל(to press, to impede, whence כֶּבֶל the foot-chain; denom. כָּבַל) to chain. Gen. R. s. 87 כּוֹבַלְתְּךָ אני I have the power to put thee in chains. Tanḥ. Thazr. 8 מביא … וכוֹבְלוֹ he orders chains and chains him.Part. pass. כָּבוּל, f. כְּבוּלָה, pl. כְּבוּלוֹת tied, prevented, esp. sheep prevented from conceiving by having their tails tied down. Sabb.V, 2 רחלות יוצאות … כ׳ ewes may be led out (on the Sabbath) … tied up; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 1 כ׳ שלא יעלה עליהן זכר. Sabb.54a מאי כ׳ שכּוֹבְלִין אליהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שמְבַבְּלִין) what is kbuloth? They tie their tails downward Ib. מאי משמע דהאי כבולוכ׳ where is the evidence that kabul has the meaning of sterility? (Answ. ref. to 1 Kings 9:13, v. next w.); Y. ib. V, 7b bot. Pi. כִּיבֵּל same, v. supra.Part. pass. מְכוּבָּל. Sabb. l. c. the district was called Cabul, שהיו בהב״א שמְכוּבָּלִין בכסףוכ׳ because there were people there who were chained with silver and gold.