גביי

גַּבָּיי, גַּבַּאיm. (גבי) collector of taxes or charities, treasurer, manager. Ned.65b when one is reduced to poverty, אינו נופל לידי ג׳ תחלה he does not at once fall into the hands of the public almoner (but is taken care of by his friends). Y.Dem.II, 23a top; Tosef. ib. III, 4 חבר שנעשה ג׳ if a ḥaber (socius, v. חָבֵר 3) becomes a collector (publican), he is expelled from the order; a. fr.Y.Sabb.XVI, end, 15d; Y.Yoma VIII, 45b; Y.Ned.IV, 38c הניחו לַגַּ׳ שיגבהוכ׳ let the collector collect his debt, i. e. let the divine agency do its mission.Pl. גַּבָּאִים, גַּבָּאִין. Tosef.B. Mets. VIII, 26 הג׳ והמוכסיםוכ׳ for tax and custom collectors it is difficult to make reparation; B. Kam.94b. Tosef.Dem.III, 17 גַּבָּאֵי צדקה collectors or managers of charity.Ab. III, 16 הג׳ מחזיריםוכ׳ the collectors (divine agencies of justice) go around every day; a. fr.Chald. גַּבּוֹיָיא, pl. גַּבּוֹיִין. Targ. Esth. 4:7 (Bxt. a. oth. גַּבָּאִין). גַּבְיָיא, v. גַּבְיָא I.