*קִיבּוֹסֶת, (קבס, cmp. כבש, a. Syr. קפס, קפסותא P. Sm. 3695, sq.) repression, intermission (of prophetic revelation). Y. Snh. XI, 30ᵇ חנניה … אלא שהיה לו וכ׳ Hananiah … was a true prophet, but he had an intermission (his gift of prophecy was in abeyance), and hearing what Jeremiah prophesied &c.