Study Shabbat folio 54A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
with the attire of a prostitute [shit zona] and wily of heart” (Proverbs 7:10). Sheḥuzot can be interpreted as an acronym of the words shit zona, attire of a prostitute, with the letters tav and ḥet, which are similar in form, interchanged.
We learned in the Mishnah: Ewes may go out kevulot. The Talmud asks: What is the meaning of kevulot? It means that they bind their tails down with animal hide so that the males will not mount them. The Talmud explains: From where may it be inferred that this word kavul is a term meaning does not
What is the meaning of the land of Kavul? Rav Huna said: That the people living there were bound [mekhubalin] and surrounded by silver and gold. Rava said to him: If so, is that what is written: “And Hiram came out of Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not” (I
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: It was a sandy [ḥomton] expanse of land. And why was it called Kavul? It is because the leg sinks into it up to the ankle [kavla]. And people say in describing poor quality land: Land that is bound [mekhabela] shut, i.e., that does not produce fruit.
We learned in the Mishnah: Ewes may go out kevunot. The Talmud asks: What is the meaning of kevunot? It is that they covered [mekhabnin] the animal to produce fine wool. Sheep were wrapped in cloth from the day they were born so that their wool would remain perfectly clean and it could be used in