כְּלֵב, Targ. Ps. LIX, 7. Targ. Prov. VII, 22 (Ms. כְּלֵיבָא; h. text עכס); a. fr.—Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᵈ top, expl. נבחן, v. preced.—Erub. 61ᵃ (prov.) כ׳ בלא מתיה וכ׳ a dog away from home barks not for seven years, i.e. however quarrelsome a man may be, he will not fight in a strange place; a. fr.—Trnsf. a mean person. Lev. R. s. 9.—Pl. כַּלְבִּין, כַּלְבַּיָּא, כַּלְבֵּי. Targ. Ps. XXII, 17. Targ. Is. LVI, 10; a. e.—Y. Peah I, 15ᶜ bot.; Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵇ, v. דּוּשׁ ch.—Sabb. 152ᵃ כַּלְבּוֹהִי לא וכ׳ his (euphem. for my) dogs no longer bark, i.e. my voice is weak from old age. B. Mets. 94ᵃ top כך וכך כ׳ איכא וכ׳ so and so many dogs have we with us. Pesik. B’shall., p. 86ᵃ תרין כלבי דחרשין (not כלבא) two dogs (of gold) made by the sorcerers (v. preced.). Ib., sq. כ׳ דקושטא the real (natural) dogs do not bark at us (ref. to Ex. XI, 7); a. e.—[Targ. Koh. IV, 6 כלב גזילא, some ed., read בלא ג׳.—Lam. R. to I, 4 כלבא, read: כַּלְבָּה.]