כֶּלֶב, preced.) dog. Snh. 63ᵇ (expl. נבחן, II Kings XVII, 31) כ׳ they worshipped a dog. Yoma VIII, 6, a. e. כ׳ שוטה a mad dog. Kil. I, 6, v. כּוּפְרִי. Kel. XVII, 13 כ׳ המים sea-dog. Gen. R. s. 77, v. אַגְרִיאוֹן. Y. Snh. VII, 23ᶜ top (ref. to Ps. XXII, 21) מכַּלְבּוֹ של וכ׳ from the dog (the vicious accuser) of that pious man, v. ib. 23ᵇ bot., sq.); a. fr. Pl. כְּלָבִים. Ber. 3ᵃ. Tosef. B. Kam. VIII, 17. Ex. R. s. 20 עשו … כ׳ של וכ׳ the Egyptians made golden dogs by sorcery that they should bark &c.; a. fr.