- גבי
- גְּבִי, גְּבָאch. sam(גבי, גבהcollected, seized); ( 1) to rake, v. גְּבַב). 2) to collect, tax. Targ. O. Deut. 22:19 (h. text ענש). Targ. Koh. 8:14; a. e.Part. act. a. pass. גָּבֵי. Targ. Hos. 8:6 (some ed. incorr. גַּבֵּי, v. Rashi a. l.).B. Mets.12b ניהו דלא גָבֵי … מִגְבָא גָבֵי though it cannot be collected from mortgaged, it may be collected from unencumbered property. Y.Gitt.I, end, 43d נחתון מִיגְבֵיוכ׳ they went down (to Babylonia) to collect debts there for friends; Y.Kidd.III, 64a לגביה (read למִיגְבֵי); cmp. Gitt.14b.B. Mets.17b גַּבְיָא she has a right to collect (seize); a. fr. Af. אַגְבֵּי as preced. Hif., to confiscate, fine. Targ. Am. 4:5. Targ. Hos. 8:13 (some ed. מְגַבַּן Part. pass. Pa.).Targ. Koh. 11:4 לא מגבי אגר makes not (people) derive any gain.B. Kam.98b; Keth.86a מַגְבֵּי ביה makes him pay. Ib. א׳ ביה כיוכ׳ made him pay the full amount, v. כָּשוֹרָא. Shebu.48b אַגְבּוּיֵי מַגְבִּינָן ביה we do not order collection on such a bill. Nidd.65b מגבי בה, v. גִּיב a. גִּיחַ. Ithpe. אִתְגְּבִי to be taxed, fined. Targ. O. Ex. 21:22.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.