מְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כֹובֵס highway of fuller’s ( = treader’s, washer’s ) field Is 7: 3; 36:2 = 2 K 18:1 7. Pi. Pf. וְכִּבֶּס consec. Lv 13:6 + 11 times; כִּבֵּס Gn 49:11 2 S 19:25 , etc.; Impf. יְכַבֵּס Lv 11:25 + 16 times; 2 ms. sf. תְּכַבְּסֵנִי ψ 51:9 , etc.; Imv. sf. כַּבְּסֵנִי 51: 4; fs. כַּבְּסִי Je 4:1 4; Pt. pl. מְכַבְּסִים Mal 3:2 ;— 1. wash garments (i.e. by treading ) Ex 19:10 , 14 ( E ), 2 S 19:25 ; fig. of Judah Gn 49:11 ; elsewhere chiefly P : Lv 6:20 ; 11:25 , 28 ; 13:6 , 34 ; 15:11 Nu 8:9 +; || רָחץ (which = wash person ) Lv 14:8 , 9 ; 15:5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 10 , 11 + ( כ׳ in Lv 27 times, || ר׳ 15 times; in Nu 8 times, || ר׳ 3 times); Pt. = fuller ( cf. Qal), only בֹּרִית מְכ׳ Mal 3: 2. • 2. wash person, only poet. and fig. אִם תְּכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר Je 2:2 2; כַּבְּסִי מֵרָעָה לִבֵּךְ 4:1 4; c. sf. ψ 51:4 ( || טהר ; + מֵעָוֹן ); v 9 ( || חִטֵּא ). • Pu. Pf. וְכֻבַּס consec. Lv 13:5 8; 15:17 be washed , of garment.

• Hothp. ( Ges ^{§ 54, 3}) Inf. אֶת־הַנֶּגַע אַחֲרֵי הֻכַּבֵּס Lv 13:55 after the plague is washed out , so v 5 6.

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כָּבַר S 3527, 4342 TWOT 947 GK 3892 ] vb. be much, many ( Assyrian Kabâru , be great, mighty ; kabru , great huge; Arabic كَبُرَ ( kabura ) be great , in body, rank, or age, كَبِيرٌ ( kabīrun ) great, noble, aged; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( kabra ) be honoured, magnified; ˜˜˜ ( kəbr ) honoured, glorious; Sab. epith. כבר Hal Et.Sab.JAs . Dec. 1874, No. 90 ; Syriac ܟܒܰܪ , ܐܰܟܒܰܪ ( kbar, ˒akbar ) for Heb. רָבָה , הִרְבָּה , ܟܰܒܺܝܪ

( kabir ) (rare) much; Zinj. be abundant, numerous ) — Hiph. (only Elihu) make many , Jb 35:16 בִּבְלִי דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר ( cf. וְיֶרֶב אֲמָרָיו 34:3 7) > make great , Bu Beitr. 138 , comparing 8:2 ; מַכְבִּיר with the force of a subst. ( Ew ^{§ 160 c}) 36:31 יתן אכל לְמַכְבִּיר giveth food in abundance ( = prose לָרֹב , e.g. 2 Ch 11:23 ).

• כַּבִּיר S 3524 TWOT 947a GK 3888 adj. great, mighty, much , only poet., and only Jb Is 1 :— Is 10:13 Qr (but read as Kt כְּאַבִּיר ), 17:22 and 28:2 מים כבירים (usually מַיִם רַבִּים ), Jb 8:2 ורוח כביר אמרי פיך a mighty wind, 15:10 כביר מאביך ימים ( Ges § 131, R 5 a ) = aged: of God, 34:17 צַדִּיק כַּבִּיר the just mighty one, 36:5 a, v b כ׳ כֹּחַ לֵב mighty in strength of understanding;

Hal J. Halévy, Études Sabéennes. Et.Sab. J. Halévy, Mission Archéol dans le Yémen JAs Journal Asiatique.

No. number. > indicates that the preceding is to be preferred to the following. Bu K. Budde.