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מְסַאַב‏ adj. unclean

unclean Com. TgO Lev5:2 : אְנָש דְיִקרַב בְכֹל מִדָעַם מְסָאַב‏ anyone who approaches any unclean thing. TN Lev10:10 : ולמפרשה בין קדשיה ובין חוליה ובין מסאבה ובין דכיה‏ to distinguish between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the pure. PJ Gen15:11 : מדמיין לעופא מסאבא‏ like an unclean bird.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 319a; DJBA: 689b; Jastrow: 803; Levy Ch-W: 2:50; Tal Sam: 558; DJA: 63b;

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Derivatives:

msˀbw, msˀbwtˀ (mɘsaˀˀəḇū, mɘsaˀˀəḇūṯā) n.f. uncleanness