קְבַע ², קְבַע ch. same 1) to stick into, fix. Targ. I Sam. II, 14. Ib. XIX, 10. Targ. Y. Ex. XXV, 7; a. e.—Part. pass. קָבִיעַ; f. קְבִיעָא &c. Targ. Y. Gen. XXVIII, 12. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XX, 21. Targ. Cant. IV, 9 (engraven); a. e.—Y. Ḥag. III, 78ᵈ, v. מַסְמְרָא. Y. Pes. V, 32ᵇ top; Y. Yeb. XIII, 13ᶜ top; v. מַסְמְרָא; a. e. —2) to fix, appoint, establish. Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXII, 8. Targ. Y. Ex. XII, 2; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Ib. 3; a. e.—Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ חגתא … דלא קביעא an Arabian fair which has no fixed date. Ber. 43ᵇ, v. עִידָּנָא; a. e.—Ker. 18ᵃ, v. infra. —3) to impart the character of an appointed meal. Pes. 105ᵃ נפסיק ונִקְבְּעֵיה לשבתא let us interrupt our meal, and (resuming it) appoint it as a Sabbath meal; לא … שבתא קָבְעָה נפשה you need not interrupt your meal, the Sabbath itself makes it an appointed meal. Bets. 34ᵇ כיון דאמר … ק׳ ליה עילויה as soon as he says, ‘from here I will take to eat to-morrow’, he makes it an appointment (and it is subject to tithes); a. e.
    Pa. - קַבַּע to set, garnish with.—Part. pass. מְקַבַּע; pl. מְקַבְּעִין. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXIII, 21 מ׳ אבנין וכ׳ (not מִקְבַּע) beset with precious stones; Y. II מקבעין אבנין וכ׳ precious stones are set (in it). Targ. Esth. VIII, 15. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 מְקוּבַּע, מְקוּבָּעִין some eds. (Hebr. forms).
    Af. - אַקְבַּע same, to set, fasten. B. Bath. 6ᵃ אַקְבּוּעֵי Ms. R. a. Rashi, v. קַבְעָתָא.
    Ithpe. - אִתְקְבִיעַ, אִיקְּבַע to be appointed, established. Targ. Y. Num. XIV, 1.—Ker. 18ᵃ שתי חתיכות א׳ איסורא לא קבעה וכ׳ where there are two pieces (one forbidden and one permitted) the presence of a prohibited element is established; one piece (of doubtful quality) does not establish the presence of a prohibited thing; Naz. 23ᵃ. Sabb. 86ᵇ, sq., v. יַרְחָא; a. e.