Jastrow: תָּבַע

תָּבַע (v. בְּעֵי I) 1) to search. Lev. R. s. 6, end שאיבד … והלך לתוֹבְעוֹ וכ׳ who lost his son, and went in search of him among graves; (Yalk. Is. 281 לבקשו). Ib. דרכן של מתים לתוֹבְעָן בין החיים וכ׳ it is the way of the dead to search among the living &c. —2) to ask, claim, summon. Keth. V, 2 נותנין … משתְּבָעָהּ הבעל וכ׳ to a maiden we allow twelve months from the time that her intended husband claims her, to prepare her outfit. Nidd. 66ᵃ תְּבָעוּהָ לינשא וכ׳ when they ask her to make ready for the wedding, and she is satisfied (to do so at once); Yeb. 37ᵇ. Keth. 64ᵃ תָּבְעָה היא if she demands her marital rights. Erub. 100ᵇ האשה תוֹבַעַת … תּוֹבֵע וכ׳ the woman asks for gratification in her heart, and the man with his mouth. Shebu. 40ᵇ חזקה אין אדם תובע אלא וכ׳ the legal presumption is that nobody will sue a neighbor, unless he has some claim against him. Pesik. Baḥod., p. 104ᵃ, sq. אני תובע בה I shall propose marriage to her, v. אֲלִיקִי. Sifré Deut. 16 (ref. to Deut. I, 16) צדיק בצדקו תובע ומביא ראיות the righteous in his righteousness claims and offers evidence, i.e. the judge must not be guided by his moral conviction or by the reputation of the claimant, but by evidence only. Midr. Till. to Ps. VII כל התועב את עצמו וכ׳ (prob. to be read: התובע את עלבונו) he who asks (God) to resent the insult offered to him will not be punished for it; a. fr.—[Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Balak 18 תובען; Yalk. Num. 766 תובעין, v. טָבַע II.]—Part. pass. תָּבוּעַ; f. תְּבוּעָה. Keth. 57ᵇ בגרה הרי היא כת׳ if she is of age, she is considered as having been asked to prepare for the wedding; כת׳ דבתולה as the maiden that has been asked (to whom twelve months are allowed); כת׳ דאלמנה as the widow that has been asked (to whom one month only is allowed).