כֵּבַש

כֵּבַשII, כִּבְשָׁא, כִּיבְשָׁא ch. = h. כֶּבֶש, 1) ascent (scamnum), stepping stool. Targ. 1 Chr. 26:16 (h. text מסלה). Ib. 28:2 כבש (constr.); Targ. Ps. 132:7 (h. text הדם). Targ. Is. 66:1 כְּבַש (ed. Lag. כֵּיבַש). 2) press-board and loading stone.Pl. כִּבְשֵׁי, כִּי׳. B. Bath.67b (expl. עבירים, Mish. ib.) כִּי׳ Ms. M. (ed. כב׳). 3) grade; בֵּי כ׳ a graded field which requires no artificial irrigation, opp. בי שקיא. Kidd.62b. 4) dam or embankment. Pl. as ab. Erub.34b, v. כְּבַש. 5) the hot ashes (pressed and levelled) in the oven (v. Bets.IV, 5 quot. s. v. כָּבַש Pi.). Ḥull.93b רישא בכ׳ a head put in ashes (for removing the hair before boiling). 6) path. Targ. 2 Sam. 20:12, sq. כי׳ ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. כַּבְ׳). Targ. 1 Sam. 4:13 כִּבֶּש constr., v. כְּבִיש. 6) (archit.) recess, enceinte. Targ. Ez. 45:4; ib. 48:21 constr. כֵּיבַש ed. Wil. (h. text מקדש).