כִּבְשָׁן

כִּבְשָׁן noun masculine kiln, for lime or pottery (so Ki, AW; Mishna^{Kel viii. 9}; √ and original meaning dubious; according to Thes as subduing, reducing its contents, compare igne ferrum domatur Plin^{Nat. Hist. 36. 27}) — always absolute; only in ׳קִיטוֺר הַכּ Gen 19:28 (J; simile of smoke of כִּכָּר, Sodom and Gomorrah); ׳עֶשֶׁן הַכּ Exod 19:18 (E; simile of smoke of Sinai); ׳פִּיחַ כ ashes of kiln Exod 9:8, compare vExod 9:10 (both P).