Jastrow: צְבֵי

צְבֵי, צְבָא (cmp. צבת) [to seize; to bend; cmp. חָפַץ,] with ב, to find pleasure in, to choose, desire. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXIV, 19 (h. text חפץ). Targ. Prov. III, 31 (h. text בחר). Targ. O. Ex. II, 21 (h. text יאל). Targ. Y. Deut. XXIII, 6 (h. text אבה); a. fr.—[Targ. Prov. II, 4 תצביה, ed. Wil., v. בְּצָא.]—Part. צָכֵי; f. צַבְיָא; pl. צָבִין; צַבְיָין. Targ. Prov. XI, 20. Targ. II Esth. I, 16. Targ. Prov. XXI, 25 (ed. Lag. עפיין, v. עֲפֵי); a. e.—Tosef. Yeb. XIII, 1 לית היא צביא וכ׳ she refuses to be married to him. Snh. 65ᵇ דמרי צ׳ the master has found pleasure (in that man); שבת נמי מרי צ׳ the Sabbath likewise (is distinguished, because) the Lord has chosen it. Y. Keth. VII, 31ᶜ ולא תִצְבֵּי, v. פּוּתְיָא; a. e.