קִבּוּץ
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include (Biblical, hapax legomenon)
a. a collection, assemblage of idols
2. a gathering, community, collection
3. plural (Medieval, grammar)
4. empyema (Medieval, medicine)
5. flexion, spasm (Medieval, medicine)
6. a 'kibbutz' - a collective settlement in Israel (Modern Israeli, Israel)
7. associative, associativity (Modern Israeli, mathematics)
Pronunciation
kibúts
Examples4
הַפְּעֻלָּה לֹא מקיימת אֵת חֹק הַקִּבּוּץ.
The operation is not associative.
הוּא מִתְפַּרְנֵס מִקִּבּוּץ נְדָבוֹת.
He lives by begging.
פּלוּטוֹ כְּלַבְלַב מִקִּבּוּץ מְגִדּוֹ, יֵשׁ לוֹ הַכֹּל: מָרָק וְעֶצֶם.
Pluto a doggy from kibbutz Megiddo, he has everything: a soup and a bone.
הַקִּבּוּץ הוּא סוג של קומונה.
The kibbutz is a sort of commune.