הַבְהֵב ch. same ; part. pass. מְהַבְהַב 1) glowing with passion, greedy. Pl. fem. מְהַבְהֲבָן. Targ. Prov. XXX, 15 ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. הב הב). —2) lightly roasted; rare. Targ. Y. Lev. II, 14 (h. text קלוי). Targ. Y. II, Ex. XII, 9 (Y. I a. O. כד חי, h. text נא).—Yalk. Ex. 191 (symbolizing Ex. XII, 9), לא תַבְעוּנָהּ מְהַבְהֲבָה desire not to consume her (Rome) half-done (but well ripe for destruction); Pesik. R. s. 15; Pesik. Haḥod. p. 56ᵇ (corr. acc.).