- צוֹבַע
- צוֹבַעm. (צָבַע II) dyeing material, plant used for dyeing.Pl. צוֹבְעִים, צוֹבְעִין. Shebi. VII, 1, sq. ממין הצ׳ (Ar. הצבעין) plants belonging to the class of dyers. Y. ib. VII, beg.37b צב׳ לאדם dyeing plants to be used by men; צב׳ לבהמה to be used for food of beasts, in the Sabbatical year; a. e.Y.Sabb.VI, 7d צ׳ תותבן, v. צִבְעוֹן II.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
