צֶבַע, preced.) dye, color; dyed material. Sifra B’har, ch. I לצבוע בה צ׳ to use it for dyeing. Arakh. VI, 5 (24ᵃ) צ׳ שצבעו לשמן (not שצבען) dyed cloth which he had dyed for them (his wife and children). Mikv. VII, 3 מי הצ׳ dye-water. Num. R. s. 2; a. fr.—Pl. צְבָעִים, צְבָעִין. Ib. וצבע מפה שלו דומה לי"ב צ׳ and the color of his (Benjamin’s) flag was like the twelve colors (combined); a. e.—V. צוֹבַע.