סְאֵב I ch. same
Pa. - סָאֵב, סָאֵיב 1) to soil, defile, make unclean, unfit for sacrifice. Targ. Lev. XV, 31. Targ. Gen. XXXIV, 5; a. fr.—Taan. 11ᵃ bot. ההוא דסָאֵיב נפשיה that is because he defiled himself (by touching a corpse &c.). Y. Maas. Sh. III, 54ᵇ top מְסָאֵב לה ופדי לה made the fruit unclean and also redeemed it. Y. Snh. I, 18ᵇ top חד בר נש ס׳ וכ׳ a man caused a priest to become unclean; a. e.—Part. pass. מְסָאַב, f. מְסָאֲבָא; pl. מְסָאֲבִין &c. Targ. Lev. XIV, 40. Ib. O. XII, 2. Ib. XI, 8; a. fr.—Tem. 22ᵃ הא מְסָאֲבָה וקיימא is it not already unfit for sacrifice?, v. preced. Ab. Zar. 37ᵃ; Eduy. VIII, 4 Ms. M., v. infra. —2) to declare unclean. Targ. Lev. XIII, 44; a. fr.
Ithpa. - אִסְתָּאֵב to be made unclean, be unclean. Targ. Num. VI, 12 (Regia מסאב). Targ. Y. ib. 11. Targ. O. Lev. XIII, 45. Targ. O. Deut. XXII, 9 (h. text תקדש); a. fr.—Eduy. VIII, 4 ודיקרב במיתא מִסְתָּאָב (Ms. M. מְסָאַב) only what is sure to have touched a corpse is unclean (v. Ab. Zar. 37ᵇ).