חֲבַשׁ ch. same , to imprison. Y. B. Bath. V, end, 15ᵇ חַבְשִׁין ליה ought to be put in prison.—Part. pass. חֲבִישׁ closely packed. Ḥull. 52ᵃ כל דח׳ חיישינן Ar. (Var. חביט, ed. דלא משריק יש בו וכ׳) whatever is closely packed (e.g. wheat) is liable to cause injury to an animal falling upon it.
Ithpa. - אִתְחַבֵּשׁ to be imprisoned. Lev. R. s. 30 אתח׳ בפילקי he was put in prison; Pesik. Ul’kaḥ., p. 182ᵃ אִיחַבַּשׁ Ar. (ed. אתייהב).