- גָּבַב
- גָּבַב(√גב to arch, cave, curve; cmp. √כף, גף ) to curve. Pes.42a bot. three things … גּוֹבְבִין את הקומה Ar. (ed. כופפין; Erub.55b bot. ed. Sonc. גופפין) curve the erect stature (make mans back high). Pi. גִּיבֵּב to heap up, pile, esp. to gather twigs, straw ; to rake. Shebi. IX, 6 המְגַבֵּב ביבש he who gathers dry plants, leaves , (opp. מלקט, of green plants). Bets.IV, 6. B. Kam. 101b; Succ.40a גִּיבְּבָן, v. חִבָּה II. Y.Yeb.VIII, 8d bot.; a. fr.Trnsf. (with or sub. דברים) to pick up frivolous arguments. Yoma 76a עד מתי אתה מְגַבֵּב דברים ומביא עלינו (Ms. a. Ar. omit דברים) how long wilt thou rake words together and bring them up against us (i. e. what authority have you for your assertion)?; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab. ch. IV, Par. 4 מגבב ומביא … (Mekh. Bshall., Vayas. 3 מתמה).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.