כָּבַל [to press, to impede, whence כֶּבֶל the foot-chain; denom. כָּבַל] to chain. Gen. R. s. 87 כּוֹבַלְתְּךָ אני I have the power to put thee in chains. Tanḥ. Thazr. 8 מביא וכוֹבְלוֹ … he orders chains and chains him.—Part. pass. כָּבוּל, f. כְּבוּלָה, pl. כְּבוּלוֹת tied, prevented, esp. sheep prevented from conceiving by having their tails tied down. Sabb. V, 2 רחלות יוצאות … כ׳ ewes may be led out (on the Sabbath) … tied up; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 1 כ׳ שלא יעלה עליהן זכר. Sabb. 54ᵃ מאי כ׳ שכּוֹבְלִין אליה וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שמְכַבְּלִין) what is k’buloth? They tie their tails downward &c. Ib. מאי משמע דהאי כבול וכ׳ where is the evidence that kabul has the meaning of sterility? (Answ. ref. to I Kings IX, 13, v. next w.); Y. ib. V, 7ᵇ bot.
Pi. - כִּיבֵּל same, v. supra.—Part. pass. מְכוּבָּל. Sabb. l. c. the district was called Cabul, שהיו בה ב"א שמְכוּבָּלִין בכסף וכ׳ because there were people there who were chained with silver and gold.