צהב

צָהַב(b. h.; cmp. זָהַב) 1) to be bright, shine. Men.18a צָהֲבוּ פנייוכ׳ the face of R. J. brightened up (with joy); Ḥull.7b; a. e.Part. pass. צָהוּב; pl. צְהוּבִין. Ned.49b היום פניך צ׳ thou lookest bright to-day.V. צָהוֹב. 2) (cmp. כִּרְכֵּם) to be defiant. Sifré Deut. 309 היה עומד וצוֹהֵב כנגדוכ׳ stood up and insulted a senator in the street; Yalk. ib. 942.Part. pass. as ab. jealous, angry. Snh.105a שני … צ׳ זה לזה (Ms. O. a. Ar. צוֹהֲבִין) two watchdogs … who were jealous of each other. Tanḥ. Vaëra 14 אש יברד צ׳וכ׳ fire and hail are hostile to each other (cmp. דָּבַב). Hif. הצְהִיב 1) to become shining. Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., Par. 6, ch. VIII משיַצְהִיבוּ when the feathers of the pigeons begin to be shining, contrad. to הזהיב (of grown doves) to shine, v. זָהַב; Ḥull.22b. 2) (of metal) to be bright, burnished, gold-like. Midd. II, 3, a. e., v. נְחוּשְׁהָּן I.Part. pass. מוּצְהָב; f. מוּצְהֶבֶת. Yoma 38a (some ed. מְצוּהֶבֶת Pu.), v. נְחוּשְׁתָּן I. (Ib. והיתה מאירה, Ms. M. 2 מַצְהֶבֶת. 3) (cmp. כִּרְכֵּם) to grieve. M. Kat. 24b כיוצא … רבים מַצְהִיבִין עליווכ׳ (Ms. M. מציוחין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if a corpse is carried out on a bier, the people grieve over it (in sympathy)