צְבָת f. (preced.) a pair of tongs (cmp. זוּג). Ab. V, 6 (among the things created in the last moment before the Sabbath) אף צ׳ בצ׳ עשויה also tongs which (by human hands) can be made only by means of tongs; Pes. 54ᵃ אף הצ׳ also the (first) tongs; v. next w.—Snh. VII, 2 פותחין את פיו בצ׳ וכ׳ they force his mouth open with tongs; Tosef. Sot. II, 3 (v. כַּלְבּוּס). Erub. X, 15 צ׳ של עץ wooden tongs; a. e.
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צְבָת f. ( preced. ) a pair of tongs (cmp. זוּג ). Ab. V, 6 (among the things created in the last moment before the Sabbath) אף צ׳ בצ׳ עשויה also…
References
- Jastrow, צֶבֶת 1
- Jastrow, זוּג 1
- Pirkei Avot 5:6
- Pesachim 54a:7
- Mishnah Sanhedrin 7:2
- Tosefta Sotah 2:3
- Jastrow, כַּלְבּוּס 1
- Mishnah Eruvin 10:15