- כֶּבֶס
- m. (preced.) cleansing material.Pl. כְּבָסִים. Ylamd. to Num. 28:3 quot. in Ar. s. v. כבשים (ref. to כבשים, ib.) אע״פ שכתוב כבשים אנו קורין כ׳וכ׳ though it is written Kʾbasim (with Sin, sheep), we read Kʾbasim (with Sammekh, for they cleanse Israels sins.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.