דָּאַב (b. h.; cmp. דוב, זוב) to melt, pine away, languish.—
Hif. - הִדְאִיב to melt, to cause to languish. B. Bath. 79ᵃ (play on מידבא, Num. XXI, 30) עד שתַּדְאִיב נשמתן (Var. תדיב, תדוב, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2) until it (the fire of Gehenna) shall melt their soul. Ned. 22ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XXVIII, 65) שמכלה … ומַדְאִיב וכ׳ which ruins the eyesight and makes life languid. Ch. דְּאֵיב.