- צָבַע
- צָבַעI (cmp. צָבַט) to seize, handle. Ḥag.22b שנקיי … צוֹבְעִין ed., v. צָבַט. Hif. הִצְבִּיעַ (denom. of אֶצְבֵּע) to raise one or more fingers for the casting of lots. Yoma II, 1 הממונה … הַצְבִּיעוּ the superintending priest said to them, raise your fingers; Tam.28a; Y.Yoma II, 39d top, expl. הוציאו אצבע.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
