- כֵּיבָא
- כֵּיבָאm. (preced.) pain, sore, v. כְּאֵבָא. Targ. Job 5:18; a. e.B. Kam.46b, v. כְּאֵב I. Lam. R. to II, אית … לכ׳ עייבא there is a place where they call a sore ‘ayba (heaviness), v. כְּאֵב I Pa.Esp. ulcer, ulceration (mostly as a collective noun). Sabb.62b (ref. to Is. 3:24) חלף שופרי כ׳ instead of beauty ulcers; Kimḥi quotes כְּוָאָה; Ms. M. כיבא כיאורא, combining two versions). Kidd.39b שיחנאוכ׳ scabs and ulcers. Ib. 81a (read:) יתיב עליה מלא נפשיה שיחנאוכ׳ he sat down before it (the tray), his body being full of Sabb.67a לכ׳ לימא הכי Ar. (ed. כיפא, Ar. s. v. כס: כיסא) against ulcers say the following charm.Pl. כֵּיבִין. Ib. שיחניןוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שחינ׳ כְּאֵיבִין, read ש׳וכ׳).(Koh. R. to I, 2, v. בִּיב.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.