- שְׁבַת
- שְׁבַתch. same, to rest; to observe the Sabbath. Targ. Ex. 31:17. Targ. O. ib. 16:30 ed. Berl. (oth. ed. נחו). Targ. Y. Lev. 23:32.Y.Maas. Sh. V, 56a top ונחית שָׁבֵית בבייתיה and went down to observe the Sabbath in his own house; ib. הוו סלקון שַׁבְתוּןוכ׳ went up and celebrated the Sabbath at the Temple; Lam. R. to III, 9 ושבחן (read: ישַׁבְתָן).(Y. Maas. Sh. l. c. סליק ש׳, read: שבח, v. שְׁבַח I.
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