עֲכַב , Pa. עַכֵּיב ch. same, to detain, prevent, delay; to hesitate; to withhold. Targ. Y. Gen. XXII, 12 (ed. Vien. עֲכִיבְ׳ Pe.). Ib. 10 דנכס לא מְעַכֵּב he who is to slaughter tarries not. Targ. I Kings V, 7 (h. text עדר). Targ. Y. Ex. IV, 25 ע׳ עלוי prevented him. Targ. Y. Lev. XIX, 13 למְעַכְּבָא to retain; a. fr.—B. Bath. 12ᵇ עַכְּבֵיה גביה he detained it (the couple) with him. Zeb. 52ᵃ מְעַכְּבֵי are indispensable. Ber. 2ᵃ כפרה לא מְעַכְּבָא the offering of the sacrifice is no hinderance (to being permitted to eat T’rumah); a. e.
Ithpa. - אִתְעַכֵּב, אִיעַכֵּב to be detained; to tarry. Targ. O. Gen. XIX, 16. Targ. O. Num. XI, 23. Targ. Is. XL, 26 (h. text נעדר); a. fr.—B. Bath. 4ᵃ שדר … ולִיעַכֵּב שתא וכ׳ send a messenger (to Rome), and he will be going one year, and be detained one year &c.