שְׁבַח, increase, amelioration, profit. B. Mets. 15ᵃ אמליך וכתוב שופרא ש׳ ופירי (when thou writest a deed of sale of land) ask for the owner’s consent, and write that he guarantees the title with the best of his property, even to indemnity for improvement and for lost usufruct. Ib. לוקח מגזלן לית ליה ש׳ he that buys land from an unlawful possessor (and has to restore it to the legitimate owner) cannot claim indemnity for improved value. Ib.ᵇ; ib. 110ᵇ; B. Kam. 96ᵃ הב לי … שיעור שְׁבָחָאִי give me a g’riva of land (out of my own land) corresponding to the value of the improvement I put in. B. Bath. 124ᵇ ש׳ דאיתיה ברשותיה an increase in value which is in his (the heir’s) possession, opp. to מלוה an outstanding loan; a. fr.—Pl. שְׁבָחִין, שְׁבָחֵי. B. Mets. 15ᵃ ושְׁבָחֵיהוֹן, v. עַמְלָא.
שְׁבַח, praise. Targ. Ps. XL, 4 (ed. Wil. שֶׁבַח). Targ. Ps. CXLV, 21 (some ed. שַׁבָּחָא); a. fr.—Sot. 42ᵇ לאודועי שְׁבָחֵיה דדוד to make known David’s praise (valor); a. e.—Pl. as ab. Ber. 6ᵃ ומי משתבח קוב"ה בשְׁבָחַיְיהוּ דישראל does the Lord pride himself on the praises of Israel? Ib. 33ᵇ סיימתינהו לכולהו ש׳ דמרך hast thou finally counted all the excellencies of thy Master?; a. e.