- צרב
- צְרַב(cmp. צרף) to shrink (from heat).Part. pass. צָרִיב compact, hardened. Bets.7a משום דצְרִיבָן because they (the eggs that are laid) are hard-shelled (and that is what he cares for).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.