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ḥṣb vb. to hew
GDGtDt
Gpəˁalto hew2 senses▶
1
to hew
Gal, PTA, CPA, LJLA
VR 15:770(4)↗ וקאים חצב חצובין למנצב נציבין‏ : he was cutting through the ground to plant plants ; VR 577:1(1)↗ קאים חצוב חציבן למנ{ס}<צ>ב נציבן‏ ; TN Ex34:1↗ ואמר ייי למשה חצב לך תרין לוחין דאבנין כקדמאין‏ : the Lord said to Moses, "hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first" ; CPA Deut6:11↗ text not cited ; PJ Ex20:25↗ לא תבני יתהן חציבן‏ : do not build them (the stones) hewn
2
(shadows) to retreat, be short
JBA, Man
BT Pes 111b(34;M) טולא דלא חצב גרמידא‏ : a shadow that is not shorter than a cubit ; GY 137:23 ↗ hṣab mn qudamai alip parsia : they retreated a thousand parasangs before me
Dpaˁˁelto cut short1 sense▶
to cut short
Man
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be hewn2 senses▶
1
to be hewn
JLAtg
TgJ Is51:1↗ כַחֲצִיבָא מִטִינָרָא אִתחְצֵיבתוּן‏ : you have been hewn like a hewn block from flint †
2
to be convulsed(?)
Man
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto retreat1 sense▶
to retreat
Man
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“To hew” occurs in JBA at BT San 48a(6) in a mnemonic phrase.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 212bDJBA: 478bJastrow: 494Drower/Macuch: 151b, 151aLevy Ch-W: 1:277DCPA[Schulthess]: 136[68]

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