תַּרְבּוּת

תַּרְבּוּתf. (b. h.; רָבָה) 1) growth, education, rearing. B. Kam.16b בני ת׳ tamed animals. Ib. ארי ת׳ a tamed lion.Esp. ת׳ רעה bad manners, depravity; degenerate child. Nidd.X, 8 הרי זו ת׳ר׳ this is mischievous conduct. Ḥag.15a לאחר שיצא לת׳ר׳ after he (Elisha ben Abuya) had become an infidel. Ex. R. s. 1, beg (ref. to Gen. 21:11) על שיצא לת׳ר׳ (Abraham was displeased because of his son) because of his depravity. Ib. כל המונע … סיף בא ת׳ר׳ when a man refrains from chastising his son, the latter will in the end turn to mischief. Ib. ללמוד ממנו ת׳ר׳ to learn bad manner from him. Ib. קשה ת׳ר׳ בתוך ביתווכ׳ a degenerate child in a mans house is worse than the war of Gog and Magog. Gen. R. s. 28 למלך … והוציאו לת׳ר׳ a king that gave his son in charge of a pedagogue, and he led him to a bad life; a. fr. 2) fructification. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41b, v. תּוֹרִיב.