To welcome (greet) someone/ (reception)
To go out to meet him. To face someone who has arrived with the greeting 'Baruch Haba' (Blessed is he who comes).
("Rabban said: He who goes to receive alms before his father or before his master, or before someone greater than him - goes up to his neck in water, and he does not tremble" - Yoma Oz, 2nd, and also: "On that day, when it became known to friends and acquaintances about the return of the Najar family ... many rabbis came to receive alms before them" - Y. Burla/ Kisufim, 102, And so: "When Balat was gathered to the garden, he stood on the side of the hid and received her face" - Y. Burla / Silvers, 119, and so: "Immediately the rabbi got down from the chariot and mingled with those who came to receive his face" - Agnon / Elo va Elo, Hindah, 10, and so: "They received his face and made a place for him and he sat down. This is what they said to him: Clowning, this is a joke in him and this is what is expected of him" - H. Hazaz/ Shlulit Genuza, 125)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִקְבִּיל אֶת פָּנָיו, קִבֵּל אֶת פָּנָיו (הַקְבָּלַת פָּנִים)
Definition (Hebrew)
קִדֵּם אֶת פָּנָיו. יָצָא לִקְרָאתוֹ. פָּנָה לִקְרַאת אָדָם שֶׁהִגִּיעַ בְּבִרְכַּת 'בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא'.
("תְּנוּ רַבָּנָן: הַהוֹלֵךְ לְהַקְבִּיל פְּנֵי אָבִיו אוֹ פְּנֵי רַבּוֹ, אוֹ פְּנֵי מִי שֶׁגָּדוֹל מִמֶּנּוּ- עוֹבֵר עַד צַוָּארוֹ בְּמַיִם, וְאֵינוֹ חוֹשֵׁשׁ"- יוֹמָא עֹז ע"ב, וְכֵן:"בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם,כְּשֶׁנּוֹדַע לִידִידִים וּמוּדָעִים דְּבַר שׁוּבָה שֶׁל מִשְׁפַּחַת נָגָ'ארָה ...בָּאוּ רַבִּים לְהַקְבִּיל פְּנֵיהֶם"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 102, וְכֵן:"כְּשֶׁנִּכְנְסָה בַּלָּאט לַגַּן, עָמַד מִן הַצַּד מִסְתַּתֵּר וְקִבֵּל אֶת פָּנֶיהָ"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 119, וְכֵן:"מִיָּד יָרַד הָרַב מִן הַמֶּרְכָּבָה וְנִתְעָרֵב עִם הַבָּאִים לְהַקְבִּיל פָּנָיו"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, הִנָּדַח, 10, וְכֵן:"קִבְּלוּ אֶת פָּנָיו וְעָשׂוּ לוֹ מָקוֹם וְיָשַׁב.זֶה הִקְדִּים לוֹ דָּבָר שֶׁל לֵיצָנוּת, זֶה שִׁיטָה בּוֹ וְזֶה נִתְאַנַּח עָלָיו"- ח.הָזָז/ שְׁלוּלִית גְּנוּזָה, 125)