- רטב I
- רְטַבI ch. sam( Hif. הִרְטִיב to be succulent with good deeds); v. רַטִּיב. Af. אַרְטִב to moisten, give sap to. Targ. Y. Deut. 28:23. Ithpe. אִרְטִיב, אִירְטַב to be green, moist. Targ. Y. II Ex. 3:2 מִרְטִיב (some ed. מֵרְ׳). Ib. 3 (ed. Vien. מַרְטִיב Af.).Succ.53b כמה דמידלי טפי מִירְטַב עלמא (differ. in Ms. M., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the higher the waters of the deep rise, the more is vegetation moistened.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
