כֶּבֶשׂ

כֶּבֶשׂm. (b. h.; prob. fr. כבש to be thick, strong; cmp. Arab. kabš, a. v. אִימַּר) sheep (at least one year old). Men.xiii, 7, sq.; a. fr.Pl. כְּבָשִׂים. Ib. 9 אחד מִכְּבָשַׂי one of my sheep. Zeb.IX, 5; a. fr.Fem. כִּבְשָׂה or כַּבְשָׂה. Gen. R. s. 44 כ׳ של יחיד the sheep which is offered as an individuals sacrifice. Tosef.Yeb.III, 4; Yoma 66b (v. Tosaf. a. l.)Lev. R. s. 37; Tanḥ. Vayishl. 8 מביא (אדם) כִּבְשָׂתוֹוכ׳ let man bring his sheep directly to the Temple court (without previous dedication by a vow); Y.Ned.I, 36d כִּשְׂבָּהוֹ. Tanḥ. Told. 5; Esth. R. to IX, 2 גדולה היא הכ׳וכ׳ great is the sheep (Israel) that lives among seventy wolves (nations). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 4 אדם ששבה את הכ׳וכ׳ a man who captured the lamb (Bathsheba, v. 2 Sam. 12:3, sq.) and killed the shepherd (Uriah); a. fr.