זֶבֶל m. (cmp. Assyr. zabâlu, KAT2, p. 550; cmp. צָבַר) [heaped up,] esp. foliage piled up for forming manure, manure, deposits. Sabb. IV, 1 you must not keep dishes warm for the Sabbath בז׳ וכ׳ in foliage … whether dry or moist. Ab. Zar. III, 8 (48ᵇ) והוָֹה להן לז׳ and serves for them as manure. Yoma V, 6 נמכרין … לז׳ is sold to the gardeners for forming manure. Tosef. B. Mets. XI, 8 זִיבְלוֹ his heaped-up foliage. B. Mets. V, 7 (72ᵇ) עד שיהיה לו ז׳ באשפתו Ms. M. (ed. אלא א"כ היתה וכ׳) unless he has manure piled up; a. fr.—Pl. זְבָלִים. Shebi. III, 1 מאימתי מוציאין ז׳ וכ׳ when may deposits of foliage be carried out for piling up in the fields.—Gen. R. s. 31 לז׳ (Snh. 108ᵇ sing.) for deposits of excrements &c.—Tosef. B. Mets. l. c. שעת הז׳ the season for carrying out foliage; a. fr.—בית הז׳ a field dependent on manuring. Men. VIII, 3 (85ᵃ).
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זֶבֶל m. (cmp. Assyr. zabâlu, KAT 2 , p. 550; cmp. צָבַר ) [ heaped up ,] esp. foliage piled up for forming manure, manure, deposits . Sabb. IV, 1…
References
- Jastrow, צָבַר 1
- Mishnah Shabbat 4:1
- Mishnah Avodah Zarah 3:8
- Avodah Zarah 48b:11
- Mishnah Yoma 5:6
- Tosefta Bava Metzia 11:8
- Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:7
- Bava Metzia 72b:8
- Mishnah Sheviit 3:1
- Bereishit Rabbah 31:11
- Sanhedrin 108b
- Mishnah Menachot 8:3
- Menachot 85a