אָבַס (b. h.; √אב, cmp. אפץ) to stuff; to fatten, feed (act. a. neut.) B. Mets. 86ᵇ (expl. ăbusim, I Kings V, 3) שאוֹבְסִין אותן בע"כ which people fatten with force. Ib. שא׳ ועומדין וכ׳ that stand feeding as they please. Sabb. XXIV, 3 (155ᵇ) אין אובסין וכ׳ you must not (on the Sabbath) stuff the camel; expl. ib. you must not make אֵבוס בתוך וכ׳ a manger of her stomach (fill up to swelling); a. fr.—Part. pass. אָבוּס (= שׁוֹר). Meg. 9ᵃ, a. e. (one of the changes said to have been made by the authors of the Septuag.).
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אָבַס (b. h.; √ אב , cmp. אפץ ) to stuff; to fatten, feed (act. a. neut.) B. Mets. 86ᵇ (expl. ăbusim, I Kings V, 3 ) שאוֹבְסִין אותן בע"כ which…
References
- Jastrow, אָב I 1
- Bava Metzia 86b:5
- I Kings 5:3
- Mishnah Shabbat 24:3
- Shabbat 155b:4
- Jastrow, אֵבוּס 1
- Jastrow, שׁוֹר I 1
- Megillah 9a