רַבְצָן m. (רָבַץ) an animal that habitually breaks down under a load. B. Mets. 33ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XXIII, 5) רוֹבֵץ ולא ר׳ ‘lying’, but not when it is in the habit of &c. Ib. מה לי רובץ מה לי ר׳ (if it is a Biblical duty to relieve the suffering animal,) what difference does it make, whether the animal breaks down for the first time or did so before?; a. e.—Fem. רַבְצָנִית. Tosef. B. Bath. IV, 6; B. Mets. 80ᵃ
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רַבְצָן m. ( רָבַץ ) an animal that habitually breaks down under a load. B. Mets. 33ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XXIII, 5 ) רוֹבֵץ ולא ר׳ ‘lying’, but not when it…
References
- Jastrow, רָבַץ 1
- Bava Metzia 33a:1
- Exodus 23:5
- Tosefta Bava Batra 4:6
- Bava Metzia 80a