Jastrow: תֶּבֶל

תֶּבֶל m. (בָּלַל) 1) mixture, spice, seasoning. Y. Orl. I, 61ᵇ top אין ת׳ ביותר וכ׳ spices have no seasoning effect in a mixture larger than two hundred times their quantity. Arakh. II, 6 כדי ליתן ת׳ בנעימה in order to put spice (sweetness) in the melody (to raise the effect of the melody through the accompaniment of young voices). Yalk. Prov. 943 (ref. to תֵּבֵל, Prov. VIII, 31) Palestine is called tebel על שם ת׳ שבתוכה וכ׳ for the spice which is in it, and what is this? The Law; Sifré Deut. 37 תבלין, v. infra.—Pl. תְּבָלִין, (tradit. pronunc.) תַּבְלִין. Orl. II, 10 ת׳ שנים וכ׳ spices of two or three different legal categories, of one kind or of three. Ib. 15, v. תָּבַל. Kel. II, 7, a. e. בית ת׳ spice box. Y. Pes. X, 37ᵈ top תַּבְלֵי מצוה; Bab. Pes. 116ᵃ תֹבלין למצוה spices for the Passover ceremony (חֲרוֹסֶת); a. fr.—Also used as sing. Sabb. 119ᵃ ת׳ אחד יש לנו וכ׳ we have a certain spice the name of which is Sabbath &c. B. Bath. 16ᵃ הקב"ה … תורה ת׳ the Lord created the evil inclination (in man), and he created the Law with which to season (temper) it; Kidd. 30ᵇ. Sifré Deut. 37, v. supra; a. e.—Ned. 51ᵃ (play on תבל, Lev. XVIII, 23) ת׳ הוא ת׳ יש בה וכ׳ is it a spice? is there any spice (additional gratification) in it? &c.—[ 2) (b. h.)confusion, unnatural act, defilement, v. supra, a. תָּבַל.]—[Y. Shebu. III, 34ᶜ top מן התבל, read: הטֶבֶל.]