חָגָב m. (b. h.) 1) hopper, locust. Sabb. IX, 7 ח׳ חי טהור a living clean (eatable) locust.—Pl. חֲגָבִים, חֲגָבין. Ḥull. 63ᵇ מיני ח׳ species of locusts. Pes. III, 5 (spreading apart) כקרני ח׳ like the proboscides of locusts. Sabb. 106ᵇ; Tosef. ib. XII (XIII), 5. Gen. R. s. 38 the palm-trees appeared to them כאלו ח׳ as though they were locusts (v. חֲגָזָא). —2) (metaph.) pudenda. Sabb. 152ᵃ, v. עֲגָבָה. V. also קַרְסוֹל.
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חָגָב m. (b. h.) 1) hopper, locust . Sabb. IX, 7 ח׳ חי טהור a living clean (eatable) locust.—Pl. חֲגָבִים , חֲגָבין . Ḥull. 63ᵇ מיני ח׳ species of…
References
- Mishnah Shabbat 9:7
- Chullin 63b:8
- Mishnah Pesachim 3:5
- Shabbat 106b:9
- Tosefta Shabbat 12
- Tosefta Shabbat 13:5
- Bereishit Rabbah 38:8
- Jastrow, *חָגָזָא 1
- Shabbat 152a
- Jastrow, עֲגָבָה 1
- Jastrow, קַרְסוֹל 1