קָבַל I (b. h.; cmp. חבל a. חבר) [to seize; to join, meet, correspond.]
Pi. - קִבֵּל to receive, accept; to take an obligation upon one’s self; to contract, agree. Zeb. II, 1 כל הזבחים שק׳ דמן זר וכ׳ all sacrifices whose blood was received (in a vessel) by a non-priest &c. Ib. 4 ק׳ והלך וזרק וכ׳ if he received the blood, or carried or sprinkled it with the thought of disposal at an unlawful time. Ib. 3; a. fr.—Ab. I, 1 משה ק׳ וכ׳ Moses received the (traditional) law from Sinai, and handed it over to &c. Ib. 4 קִבְּלוּ מהם (Var. ממנו) received the traditions from them. Ib. 3 לקַבֵּל וכ׳, v. עֶבֶד. Erub. 72ᵇ מְקַבְּלֵי פרס; ib. 73ᵃ מְקַבְּלוֹת, v. פְּרָס. Ab. I, 15 הוי מְקַבֵּל את כל וכ׳ receive every man &c., v. סֵבֶר. Keth. 58ᵃ (a mnemonical formula) ק׳ מסר והלך if he (the betrothed) accepted (was satisfied to marry her in spite of blemishes discovered), or if the father handed his daughter over to the groom’s delegates, or if the father (or his delegates) went along with the groom’s delegates; Kidd. 11ᵃ. Keth. 56ᵇ, a. fr. ק׳ עליו אחריות if he assumed the guaranty. Dem. II, 2, sq. המקבל עליו וכ׳ he that obligates himself &c., v. נֶאֱמָן. Ex. R. s. 3 והם לא קבלו על וכ׳ and did they not receive (punishment) for what they did? Ib. אינו מקבל מוסר does not accept correction. Men. 96ᵇ, a. fr. מקבל טומאה susceptible of levitical uncleanness; a. v. fr.—Esp. to take on lease, to rent a field either on shares (v. אָרִיס) or at a fixed rent (v. חָכִיר). B. Mets. IX, 1. Ib. 9 קִבְּלָהּ הימנו לשבע וכ׳ if he rented it of him for seven years. Ib. 10 קבלה הימנו שבע … בשבע וכ׳ if he rented it for ‘seven years at a rent of seven hundred Zuz’, the Sabbatical year is not included; a. fr.—ק׳ פנים, v. Hif.—ק׳ קיבולת, v. קִיבּוֹלֶת.—Part. pass. מְקוּבָּל a) accepted, acceptable, well-liked, beloved. Ber. V, 5, v. טָרַף. Ib. 17ᵃ ויהא מק׳ על הבריות and that he may be well-liked of men.—b) holding a tradition. Peah II, 6 מק׳ אני מר׳ … שקבל וכ׳ I hold a tradition from R. M. who received it of &c.; Naz. 56ᵇ כך מְקוּבְּלַנִי וכ׳; a. e.