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כּוֹלַב כּוֹלַבָּא‏ n.m. axe

axe JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Syr, LJLA. TgJ 1Sam13:20 : לְחָרָפָא גְבַר יָת פָרָשֵיה וְיָת סִכַת פַדָנֵיה וְיָת כוֹלַבֵיה‏ each man to sharpen his goad and his plowshare and his axe. TgPs74:5 : היך גבר דמרים ידיה בסביך קיסיא למקטע בכולביא‏ like a man who lifts his hand in a woody thicket to cut with axes.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 253b; Jastrow: 620; Levy Ch-W: 1:364;

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