- צבי
- צְבֵי, צְבָא(cmp. צבת) (to seize; to bend; cmp. חָפַץ, with ב, to find pleasure in, to choose, desire. Targ. Y. Gen. 34:19 (h. text חפץ). Targ. Prov. 3:31 (h. text בחר). Targ. O. Ex. 2:21 (h. text יאל). Targ. Y. Deut. 23:6 (h. text אבה); a. fr.Targ. Prov. 2:4 תצביה, ed. Wil., v. בְּצָא.Part. צָכֵי; f. צַבְיָא; pl. צָבִין; צַבְיָין. Targ. Prov. 11:20. Targ. II Esth. 1:16. Targ. Prov. 21:25 (ed. Lag. עפיין, v. עֲפֵי); a. e.Tosef.Yeb.XIII, 1 לית היא צביאוכ׳ she refuses to be married to him. Snh.65b דמרי צ׳ the master has found pleasure (in that man); שבת נמי מרי צ׳ the Sabbath likewise (is distinguished, because) the Lord has chosen it. Y.Keth.VII, 31c ולא תִצְבֵּי, v. פּוּתְיָא; a. e.
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