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  to delay  LJLA.  Tobit(Med) 9.6 chap 5 : אנא עכיבנא עד דתיתי‏  I am waiting until you come.

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  to hold back, detain  JLAtg, PTA, BabMBK, JBA, JBAg, LJLA.  TgJ Joel2:7 : וְלָא מְעַכְבִין אוֹרחָתְהוֹן‏  they cannot hold back their forward march.  TN Gen22:10 : דנכס לא מעכב‏  the one who sacrificed did not hesitate.  PJ Ex4:25 : חתנא בעא למגזור וחמוי עכיב עלוי‏  the groom wanted to circumcise but his father-in-law detained him.

  to invalidate an act  Jud, Gal, JBA, LJLA.  PJ Num19:12 : ואין לא ידי עלוי ביומא תליתאה יעכב עלוי‏  but if he does not sprinkle it on him on the third day he will invalidate it for him.

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  to be held back, detained  JLAtg, PTA, JBA.  TgO Num11:23 : הֲמֵימְרָא דַיוי יִתעַכַב‏  can the word of the Lord be held back?.  TgJ Zec5:11 : וְיִתעַכְבוּן וִיִתאַחֲדוּן תַמָן עַד דְיִמטֵי זְמָנְהוֹן‏  they shall be detained and held there until their time comes.  TN Deut1:2 : על דחטיתון וארגזתון קדמוי אתעכבתון‏  since you sinned and angered him you were held back.

  to be delayed  JLAtg, LJLA.  TgO Gen43:10 : אֲרֵי אִלוּפוֹן בְדָא אִתעַכַבנָא‏  for had we not been delayed by this.  TN Deut1:2 : אתעכבתון עב<ר>תון בהון מהלכין ארבעין שנין‏  you were delayed, and you crossed them walking for forty years.

  to hold oneself back, tarry  JLAtg, BabMBK, JBA, LJLA.  TgJ Jud19:8 : וְאִתעַכַבוּ עַד מִפנֵי יוֹמָא‏  wait until the decline of the daylight.  PJ Gen27:41 : ברם מתעכב אנא עד זמן דימטון יומי אבלא‏  but I am going to wait until the days of mourning come.

  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 405b; DJBA: 860b; Jastrow: 1077; Levy Ch-W: 2:214; DNWSI: 842; DJA: 70a;

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Derivatives:

ˁykwb, ˁykwbˀ (ˁikkūḇ, ˁikkūḇā) v.n.D   delay; indispensable condition