צָהַב (b. h.; cmp. זָהַב) 1) to be bright, shine. Men. 18ᵃ צָהֲבוּ פניו וכ׳ the face of R. J. brightened up (with joy); Ḥull. 7ᵇ; a. e.—Part. pass. צָהוּב; pl. צְהוּבִין. Ned. 49ᵇ היום פניך צ׳ thou lookest bright to-day.—V. צָהוֹב. —2) (cmp. כִּרְכֵּם) to be defiant. Sifré Deut. 309 היה עומד וצוֹהֵב כנגד וכ׳ stood up and insulted a senator in the street; Yalk. ib. 942.—Part. pass. as ab. jealous, angry. Snh. 105ᵃ שני … צ׳ זה לזה (Ms. O. a. Ar. צוֹהֲבִין) two watchdogs … who were jealous of each other. Tanḥ. Vaëra 14 אש וברד צ׳ וכ׳ fire and hail are hostile to each other (cmp. דָּבַב).
Hif. - הצְהִיב 1) to become shining. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., Par. 6, ch. VIII משיַצְהִיבוּ when the feathers of the pigeons begin to be shining, contrad. to הזהיב (of grown doves) to shine, v. זָהַב; Ḥull. 22ᵇ —2) (of metal) to be bright, burnished, gold-like. Midd. II, 3, a. e., v. נְחוּשְׁתָּן I.—Part. pass. מוּצְהָב; f. מוּצְהֶבֶת. Yoma 38ᵃ (some ed. מְצוּהֶבֶת Pu.), v. נְחוּשְׁתָּן I. [Ib. והיתה מאירה, Ms. M. 2 מַצְהֶבֶת.] —3) (cmp. כִּרְכֵּם) to grieve. M. Kat. 24ᵇ כיוצא … רבים מַצְהִיבִין עליו וכ׳ (Ms. M. מצווחין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if a corpse is carried out on a bier, the people grieve over it (in sympathy) &c.