צְבַע ², to dip; to dye. Targ. Y. Ex. XII, 22 Ar. (ed. טמש; h. text טבל). Targ. Y. II, Lev. IV, 6 יִצְבּוֹעַ.—Y. Sabb. II, 4ᵈ top, v. פְּתִילְתָּא.—Y. Taan. IV, end, 69ᶜ הוה צ׳ פיסתיה וכ׳ dipped his bread in ashes. Koh. R. to VII, 11 הוה צ׳ חדא וכ׳ dipped one of his fingers in blood of a swine. Y. B. Kam. IX, 6ᵈ bot. א"ל צִיבְעֵיה סומק וצַבְעֵיה אוכם if he told the dyer, dye it red, and he dyed it black; אילו צְבַעְתֵּיה סומק וכ׳ if thou hadst dyed it red, it would have been worth &c. Men. 42ᵇ הא … היכי צַבְעִיתוּ לה how do you dye the purple-blue?; a. e.