כֶּבֶשׂ, prob. fr. כבש to be thick, strong; cmp. Arab. kabš, a. v. אִימַּר) sheep (at least one year old). Men. XIII, 7, sq.; a. fr.—Pl. כְּבָשִׂים. Ib. 9 אחד מִכְּבָשַׂי one of my sheep. Zeb. IX, 5; a. fr.—Fem. כִּבְשָׂה or כַּבְשָׂה. Gen. R. s. 44 כ׳ של יחיד the sheep which is offered as an individual’s sacrifice. Tosef. Yeb. III, 4; Yoma 66ᵇ (v. Tosaf. a. l.)—Lev. R. s. 37; Tanḥ. Vayishl. 8 מביא (אדם) כִּבְשָׂתוֹ וכ׳ let man bring his sheep directly to the Temple court (without previous dedication by a vow); Y. Ned. I, 36ᵈ כִּשְׂבָּתוֹ. Tanḥ. Tol’d. 5; Esth. R. to IX, 2 גדולה היא הכ׳ וכ׳ great is the sheep (Israel) that lives among seventy wolves (nations). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 4 אדם ששבה את הכ׳ וכ׳ a man who captured the lamb (Bathsheba, v. II Sam. XII, 3, sq.) and killed the shepherd (Uriah); a. fr.