- סאב
- סָאַב(to be rough, ugly, to be filthy, unclean, repulsive. Pi. סִיאֵב to soil, make unclean; to unfit for sacrifice on account of repulsive appearance. Part. pass. מְסוֹאָב, f. מְסוֹאֶבֶת; pl. מְסוֹאָבִים, מְסוֹאָבִין; מְסוֹאָבוֹת.ידים מס׳ unwashed hands. Ḥall. II, 2. Ḥull.II, 5; a. fr.Tem.8a ירעו … הא מס׳ וקיימין (you say) ‘let them go to pasture until they become unfit for sacrifice, but are they not already unfit (being blemished)? Hithpa. הִסְתָּאֵב to become filthy, repulsive, unfit for sacrifice. Yeb.XI, 5 יהא רועה עד שיִסְתָּאֵב let it go to pasture, until it becomes unfit for sacrifice. Tem. l. c. עד שיִסְתָּאֲבוּ, v. supra. Ib. IV, 1 עד שתִּסְתָּאֵב; a. fr.
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