כְּרוּב I m. (b. h.; cmp. כְּרַב I; v. , however, Schr. KAT2 p. 39; p. 609) [head,] Cherub. Succ. 5ᵇ; Ḥag. 13ᵇ … מאי כ׳ כרַבְיָא וכ׳ what is K’rub?—… ‘Childlike’, for in Babylonia they call a child rabia. Ib. והפכו לכ׳ and he changed it (the face of the ox, Ez. I, 10) into that of a Cherub. Ib. היינו פני כ׳ וכ׳ the face of the Ch. is the same as that of man, the one being large, the other small. Yoma 77ᵃ. Lev. R. s. 32; a. e.—Pl. כְּרוּבִים. Tanḥ. ed. Bub. B’resh. 25 לפיכן נקראו כ׳ שהן רבים (read: רוֹבִים, v. רוֹבֶה) they are called Ch., because they are young (childlike), v. supra. Yoma 54ᵇ מעורים וכ׳ הכ׳ ראה saw the figures of the cherubs twined around each other. Ib. 54ᵃ כ׳ דצורתא וכ׳ painted cherubs were in the Second Temple; a. e.
כְּרוּב I
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כְּרוּב I m. (b. h.; cmp. כְּרַב I ; v. , however, Schr. KAT 2 p. 39; p. 609) [ head ,] Cherub . Succ. 5ᵇ ; Ḥag. 13ᵇ … מאי כ׳ כרַבְיָא וכ׳ what is…
References
- Jastrow, *כְּרַב I 1
- Sukkah 5b:8
- Chagigah 13b:7
- Chagigah 13b:6
- Ezekiel 1:10
- Yoma 77a:2
- Vayikra Rabbah 32
- Genesis 25
- Jastrow, רוֹבִי 1
- Jastrow, רוֹבֶה I 1
- Yoma 54b:1
- Yoma 54a:17