חָבַש

חָבַש(b. h.) to tie; 1) to saddle, harness. Gen. R. s. 55, end חבשה שח׳וכ׳ the harnessing which Abraham did. 2) to imprison, chain. Y.Sot.IX, 24b top; Tosef. ib. XV, 7 (Var. lect.) חֲבָשוֹ attempted to force him by imprisonment, v. חָבַט. Deut. R. s. 2 היה חוֹבֵשוכ׳ he could imprison (condemn) whom he wanted to, opp. פָּדָה. Y.Pes.VIII, 36a bot. חֲבָשוּהוּ ישראל if Israelites keep him in prison (and promised to let him free for Passover); a. fr.Part. pass. חָבוּש, חֲבוּשָׁה. Ber.5b, a. e. אין ח׳ מתירוכ׳ a prisoner cannot release himself from prison (one cannot do as much for himself as he can for others). Ib. 54b. B. Bath.20a חֲבוּשֵׁי מלכית imprisoned by royal authority; a. fr. 3) (agric.) to narrow in, to plant one species too near another species, to produce Kilayim (כִּלְאַיִם). Y.Kil.III, beg., 28c; Y.Sabb.IX, 11d bot. אין מין פוגע בחברו לחוֹבְשוֹ one species must not meet with the other (in the soil) so as to prevent its growth. Y.Kil.III, 28d אורכו בכמה חוֹבֵש at what distance, lengthwise, does one interfere with the other (so as to be forbidden to plant)? Ib. II, 28a אין אדם חובשוכ׳ one cannot make forbidden as Kilayim that which is not his own (by planting too near); a. fr.Part. pass. חָבוּש, f. חֲבוּשָׁה too closely planted between different species. Ib. I, end, 27c שעורה ח׳ באמצע barley planted between. Nif. נֶחְבַּש 1) to be imprisoned, be detained. KethII, 9 האשה שנֶחְבְּשָׁהוכ׳ a married woman that has been detained in the power of gentiles, if for money ; a. e. 2) to be planted too closely, to become forbidden as Kilayim. Y.Kil.III, 28d bot. נ׳ בשמונה becomes forbidden by a neighborhood of eight cubits. Ib. שלא יֵחָבֵש אלאוכ׳ that it is not made forbidden at a distance of more than eight cubits. Hif. הֶחְבִּיש to be the cause of prohibition as Kilayim. Ib. שלא יַחֲבִישוכ׳ that it does not cause a prohibition at a distance of more Hithpa. הִתִחַבֵּש to be kept as prisoner. Sabb.152b והן יִתְחַבְּשוּוכ׳ (Ms. M. יֵחָבְשוּ) and they, themselves, shall be kept in prison.