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ḥṣb, ḥṣbˀ (ḥṣeḇ, ḥeṣbā) n.m. pitcher; tub
1
pitcher
JBAmb, JBA, Man
JBABowl 125.1:11↗ בחצביה דמיא דנישתי מינהו‏ ; BT Pes 42a(18)↗ איתו כולי עלמא חצביהו ואתו לגביה‏ : everyone brought their pitchers and came to him
2
large wine or oil jar
Syr
Geop 118:11↗ ܡܫܚܐ ܕܚܨܒ̈ܐ‏ : cask pitch ; Ps-Nonn 224(8) ܗܝ݁ ܕܥܠ ܗܘ݁ ܕܥ݁ܡܪ ܗܘܐ ܒܚܨܒܐ‏ : the one about the guy who used to live in a jar ; IshGen 3:4↗ ܕܚܡܫ ܐܫܬܟܚܬ ܒܬܪ ܥܙܪܐ ܒܚܨܒܐ ܒܐܝܪܝܚܘ ܥܡ ܟܬ̈ܒܐ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܐ ܥܒܪ̈ܝܐ ܘܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ‏ : a fifth (Greek version of the OT) was found after Ezra in a large wine jar in Jericho along with other Hebrew and Greek texts
(1)
bath tub
LJLA
TgEsth2 3:8(1)↗ מלקטין פישרי טבת ויתבין בחצבי תמוז‏ : they collect the ice-melt of Teveth and sit in the tubs of Tammuz
(2)
בר חצבא : a type of demon
JBAmb
JBAmb2 117:4↗ כל] בני איגרי וכל בני חיצבי וכל [טו]לניתא דיחשוכא‏ : all roof-demons and all basin-demons and all the shades of darkness
3
(astron.) a type of celestial portent
Syr
DeMundo 145:11↗ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܐ ܡܬܚܙܝܢ ܒܐܐܪ ܕܦܣܡܛܐ܂ ܐܟܙܢܐ ܕܗ݀ܢܘܢ ܕܡܫܬܡܗܝܢ ܠܡܦ̈ܝܕܐ ܘܢܝܙܟ̈ܐ܂ ܘܚܨܒܐ ܘܥܡܩܘܩ̈ܝܬܐ‏ : other types of portents are seen in the air, like those that are called "torches", "spears", "pitchers", and "pits"
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See discussion AIOA p. 54 for the suggestion that some usages are indeed calques from Akkadian.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 483[251]DJBA: 478bJastrow: 494Drower/Macuch: 125b, 126aJ. Payne-Smith: 154Levy Ch-W: 1:277Audo: 1:327

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