Jastrow: קָבַע II

קָבַע II (preced.) [to squeeze in, make a hole,] 1) to insert, drive in; to fix. B. Bath. 7ᵇ קְבַע וכ׳, v. מַסְמָר. Tanḥ. B’haʿal. 15 (ref. to Koh. XII, 11 משמרות) אם קָבַעְתָּ אותם כמ̇ס̇מ̇ר̇ בלבך הן מ̇ש̇מ̇ר̇ין אותך if thou hast driven them (the words of the Law) like a nail into thy heart, they will guard thee. Lev. R. s. 5 (ref. to Is. XXII, 16) אפי׳ איזה מסמר קבעת כאן what nail hast thou driven into it (to acquire ownership)? Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. X, 6 אע"פ שקְבָעָן וכ׳ (not שקבאן) although he fastened them with nails; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָבוּעַ; f. קְבוּעָה &c. Ib. צריך אדם … יתד ק׳ וכ׳ a man ought to have a nail or a peg fixed in the burial ground so as to take possession and be sure to be buried in the designated place. Y. Maas. Sh. V, beg. 55ᵈ אבן ק׳ a stone affixed to the ground, stationary, opp. תלושה; a. fr.—Trnsf. to fix, appoint, make permanent. Ber. 6ᵇ כל הקוֹבֵעַ מקום וכ׳ he who designates a certain place where to pray regularly; ib. 7ᵇ. Sabb. 31ᵇ קָבַעְתָּ וכ׳, v. עֵת. Meg. 7ᵃ בתחלה קְבָעוּהָ וכ׳ at first they instituted the feast of Purim for Shushan, and afterwards for the whole world. Ib. שלחה … קִבְעוּנִי לדורות Esther sent word to the scholars, Appoint my memory to be celebrated for all generations. Ab. III, 2 הקב"ה קובע לו שכר the Lord will determine his reward. Bets. 20ᵃ בקשו לִקְבּוֹעַ הלכה וכ׳ they attempted (by vote) to establish the law in agreement with their opinion; Tosef. Ḥag. II, 11; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Tosef. Ab. Zar. I, 1 אידין הקְבוּעִין regular (annual) festivals. Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ חמשה בתי ע"ז ק׳ הן five idolatrous temples (and the fairs connected therewith) are permanent; expl. ib. לעולם תדירא וכ׳ permanent, regular, and all the year through &c. B. Bath. l. c. הלכות קְבוּעוֹת הן they are established laws; a. fr. —2) (denom. of קֶבַע) to impart the character of a regular appointed meal. Bets. 34ᵇ שבת מהו שתִּקְבַּע מוקצה למעשר does the Sabbath give, to fruit not yet ready for regular use, the character of an appointed meal with reference to the duty of tithing (so that you dare not eat of them on the Sabbath even as a luncheon, אכילת עראי)? Ib. שבת קוֹבַעַת וכ׳ the Sabbath gives that character, whether the food you partake of be sufficiently ready for consumption or not. Pes. 105ᵃ כשם שהשבת … קובעת לקידוש as the Sabbath makes every meal an appointed one with regard to tithes, so does it with reference to Ḳiddush (that you dare not taste anything before reciting the Ḳiddush, v. קִידּוּשׁ). Ib. קָבְעָה להבדלה the exit of the Sabbath makes every meal an appointed one as regards the Habdalah (v. הַבְדָּלָה); a. fr.