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כַּדָּב‏ adj. #2 false, lying

lying, false BA^Dan, JLAtg, Syr, Man, LJLA. Dan 2:9 : וּמִלָּה כִדְבָה וּשְׁחִיתָה הזמנתון לְמֵאמַר קָדָמַי‏ you have arranged to say a false and corrupt thing to me. TgJ Is30:9 : בְנַיָא כַדָבַיָא‏ . TgProv19:22 : וטב מסכנא מן גברא כדבא‏ better a poor man than a lying man.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 612; Levy Ch-W: 1:354; DNWSI: 488;

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Derivatives:

kdbw, kdbwtˀ (kaddāḇū, kaddāḇūṯā) n.f. lie