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צְבַע צִבְעָא‏ n.m. color

color Com. dye OfA^Eg, Gal, PTA, JBA, Man. TN Ex39:29 : וצבע דזהורי‏ scarlet dye. dyed cloth (?) Sam, LJLA. PJ Ex25:4 : צבע זהורי ובוץ‏ [always for MT תוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי, compare PTA צבע זהורי טבא, almost certainly just the dye].

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 457b; DJBA: 959a; Jastrow: 1259; Levy Ch-W: 2:313; Tal Sam: 721; DNWSI: 958;

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ṣbˁwnyn n.m.pl. colored material