סאב I

סְאֵבI ch. sam(סאבto be filthy, unclean, repulsive). Pa. סָאֵב, סָאֵיב 1) to soil, defile, make unclean, unfit for sacrifice. Targ. Lev. 15:31. Targ. Gen. 34:5; a. fr.Taan.11a bot. ההוא דסָאֵיב נפשיה that is because he defiled himself (by touching a corpse ). Y.Maas. Sh. III, 54b top מְסָאֵב לה ופדי לה made the fruit unclean and also redeemed it. Y.Snh.I, 18b top חד בר נש ס׳וכ׳ a man caused a priest to become unclean; a. e.Part. pass. מְסָאַב, f. מְסָאֲבָא; pl. מְסָאֲבִין Targ. Lev. 14:40. Ib. O. 12:2. Ib. 11:8; a. fr.Tem.22a הא מְסָאֲבָה וקיימא is it not already unfit for sacrifice?, v. preced. Ab. Zar.37a; Eduy. VIII, 4 Ms. M., v. infra. 2) to declare unclean. Targ. Lev. 13:44; a. fr. Ithpa. אִסְתָּאֵב to be made unclean, be unclean. Targ. Num. 6:12 (Regia מסאב). Targ. Y. ib. 11. Targ. O. Lev. 13:45. Targ. O. Deut. 22:9 (h. text תקדש); a. fr.Eduy. VIII, 4 ודיקרב במיתא מִסְתָּאָב (Ms. M. מְסָאַב) only what is sure to have touched a corpse is unclean (v. Ab. Zar.37b).