דָּבַב I, (b. h.) to drip, flow; to murmur, speak lowly, whisper. Yeb. 97ᵃ (ref. to Cant. VII, 10) מה כומר … מיד דּוֹבֵב as the heated mass of grapes drips as soon as you apply your finger, כך … דּוֹבְבוֹת וכ׳ so do the lips of scholars in the grave murmur when their names are cited; Snh. 90ᵇ; Bekh. 31ᵇ (Y. Ber. II, 4ᵇ bot. רוחשות, Ar. דובבות); a. e.—2) *to drop pitch. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵇ bot. נכרי עובדן ודוֹבְבָן a gentile may tan them (the leather bottles) and pitch them; [Tosef. ib. IV (V), 10 זופתן ed. Zuck. (Var. רובבן; Bab. Ab. Zar. 33ᵃ ריבבן; Tosaf. a. l. quotes fr. Tosef. רובד׳, v. רָבַב a. רָבַד.]