גבינה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ב־ן (g-b-n)

Compare Arabic جُبْن (jubn, cheese).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

גְּבִינָה • (g'viná) f (plural indefinite גְּבִינוֹת, singular construct גְּבִינַת־, plural construct גְּבִינוֹת־) [pattern: קְטִילָה]

  1. cheese
    • Tanach, Job 10:10, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִי וְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵנִי׃
      Ha-ló khe-ḥaláv tatikhéni; v-kha-gviná taqpi'éni?
      Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Nedarim 6:5:
      הַנּוֹדֵר מִן הַגְּבִינָה, אָסוּר בָּהּ בֵּין מְלוּחָה בֵּין טְפֵלָה:
      Ha-nodér min ha-gviná, asúr bah bein mluḥá bein tfelá.
      When one vows to abstain from cheese, it is forbidden whether salted or unsalted.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Avodah Zarah 29a:
      עֲשָׂרָה דְּבָרִים מַחֲזִירִין אֶת הַחוֹלֶה לְחׇלְיוֹ וְחׇלְיוֹ קָשֶׁה אֵלּוּ הֵן: הָאוֹכֵל בְּשַׂר שׁוֹר, שֶׁמֶן, בָּשָׂר צָלִי, בְּשַׂר צִפֳּרִים, וּבֵיצָה צְלוּיָה, וְשַׁחֲלַיִם, וְתַגְלַחַת, וּמֶרְחָץ, וּגְבִינָה, וְכָבֵד, וְיֵשׁ אֹמְרִים אַף אֱגוֹזִים, וְיֵשׁ אֹמְרִים אַף קִשּׁוּאִין.
      'Asará dvarím maḥazirín et ha-ḥolé l-ḥolyó v-ḥolyo qashé élu hen: ha-okhél b'sar shor, shémen, basár tsalí, b'sar tsiporím, u-veitsá tsluyá, v-shaḥaláyim, v-tagláḥat, u-merḥats, u-gviná, v-khavéd, v-yesh omrím af egozím, v-yesh omrím af qisshu'ín.
      Ten things return the sick man to his sickness, and his sickness gets worse. These are they: eating the meat of an ox, fat, roast meat, bird meat, and a laid egg, and cress, and shaving, and bathing, and cheese, and liver, and some say also nuts, and some say also cucumbers.

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