Jastrow: דָּֽרְבָן

דָּֽרְבָן m. (b. h.; a contr. of דברברן , v. דְּבַר) [leader,] goad, the iron point on the staff (מַלְמֵד); also the spud at the end of the handle of the ploughshare (v. Sm. Ant. s. vv. Aratrum a Catrinos). Ḥag. 3ᵇ מה ד׳ זה וכ׳ as the goad directs the cow &c. Kel. IX, 6 מלמד שבלע הד׳ a goad (handle) in which the iron point was driven in so that nothing could be seen of it. Ib. XXV, 2, v. מַרְדֵּעַ. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. IV, 4. Pesik. Baḥod. p. 153ᵃ; Y. Snh. X, 28ᵃ, a. e., v. דּוּר I. Ib. אדם עושה ד׳ לפרתו וכ׳ man makes a goad to direct his cow, and to his (evil) inclination should he not &c.?—Pl. דָּרְבֹנוֹת, דָּרְבוֹנוֹת. Koh. R. to XII, 11; Num. R. s. 15 (quoted fr. Koh. l. c.); a. fr. [Num. R. s. 14 א"ת כד׳ אלא כדרבנות, v. כַּד I.]