Jastrow: עִצָּבוֹן

עִצָּבוֹן m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) grief, pain, toil. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Prov. V, 10, v. עֶצֶב) לומר שיאכלו בע׳ וכ׳ intimating that they shall eat with toil whatever they may eat (with ref. to Gen. III, 17). Pirké d’R. El. ch. XIV בעִצְּבוֹן גדולו, v. סָחַף; a. e.—Pl. עִצְּבוֹנוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVI, 4 הרבית ע׳ לבני אדם ed. Bub. (missing in oth. ed.) thou didst decree many pains unto man (ref. to Gen. III, 16, sq.); ib. הרבית ע׳ לאבות העולם thou didst decree many troubles unto the patriarchs; הרבית ע׳ לדורו של שמד thou didst decree … upon the generation of (the Hadrianic) persecution; Yalk. ib. 667.—[V. next w.].