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קָבַל 1 [to seize; to join, meet, correspond.] Pi. קִבֵּל to receive, accept; to take an obligation upon one’s self; to contract, agree. Zeb. II, 1 כל הזבחים שק׳ דמן זר וכ׳ all sacrifices whose blood was received (in a vessel) by a non-priest &c. Ib. 4 ק׳ והלך וזרק וכ׳ if he received the blood, or carried or sprinkled it with the thought of disposal at an unlawful time. Ib. 3; a. fr.—Ab. I, 1 משה ק׳ וכ׳ Moses received the (traditional) law from Sinai, and handed it over to &c. Ib. 4 קִבְּלוּ מהם (Var. ממנו) received the traditions from them. Ib. 3 לקַבֵּל וכ׳, v. עֶבֶד. Erub. 72ᵇ מְקַבְּלֵי פרס; ib. 73ᵃ מְקַבְּלוֹת, v. פְּרָס. Ab. I, 15 הוי מְקַבֵּל את כל וכ׳ receive every man &c., v. סֵבֶר. Keth. 58ᵃ (a mnemonical formula) ק׳ מסר והלך if he (the betrothed) accepted (was satisfied to marry her in spite of blemishes discovered), or if the father handed his daughter over to the groom’s delegates, or if the father (or his delegates) went along with the groom’s delegates; Kidd. 11ᵃ. Keth. 56ᵇ, a. fr. ק׳ עליו אחריות if he assumed the guaranty. Dem. II, 2, sq. המקבל עליו וכ׳ he that obligates himself &c., v. נֶאֱמָן. Ex. R. s. 3 והם לא קבלו על וכ׳ and did they not receive (punishment) for what they did? Ib. אינו מקבל מוסר does not accept correction. Men. 96ᵇ, a. fr. מקבל טומאה susceptible of levitical uncleanness; a. v. fr.—Esp. to take on lease, to rent a field either on shares (v. אָרִיס) or at a fixed rent (v. חָכִיר). B. Mets. IX, 1. Ib. 9 קִבְּלָהּ הימנו לשבע וכ׳ if he rented it of him for seven years. Ib. 10 קבלה הימנו שבע … בשבע וכ׳ if he rented it for ‘seven years at a rent of seven hundred Zuz’, the Sabbatical year is not included; a. fr.—ק׳ פנים, v. Hif.—ק׳ קיבולת, v. קִיבּוֹלֶת.—Part. pass. מְקוּבָּל a) accepted, acceptable, well-liked, beloved. Ber. V, 5, v. טָרַף. Ib. 17ᵃ ויהא מק׳ על הבריות and that he may be well-liked of men.—b) holding a tradition. Peah II, 6 מק׳ אני מר׳ … שקבל וכ׳ I hold a tradition from R. M. who received it of &c.; Naz. 56ᵇ כך מְקוּבְּלַנִי וכ׳; a. e. Hif. הִקְבִּיל (with פנים or sub. פנים; interch. with Pi.) to ask for a favorable reception, to visit, pay one’s respects to. Y. Erub. V, beg. 22ᵇ אילולא דייו אלא שהיה מקבל פני רבו שכל המַקְבִּיל פני רבו כאילו מקבל וכ׳ (not דיין; = אילו לא עשה כלום אלא … דייו) had he done nothing (during the thirteen years of his waiting on his master) but greet his teacher, it were sufficient; for he that pays his respects to his teacher is considered as one waiting on the Divine Presence; Y. Snh. XI, 30ᵇ top. Ḥag. 5ᵇ אתם הִקְבַּלְתֶּם … תזכו להַקְבִּיל וכ׳ you have greeted a countenance that is seen but cannot see (a blind man), may you be permitted to greet the Countenance that sees and cannot be seen. Snh. 42ᵃ אילמלא … להַקְבִּיל פני וכ׳ if Israelites were permitted to greet their Father in heaven only once a month &c.; כל המברך … כאילו מקבל וכ׳ saying the blessing over the new moon in its due time, is, as it were, greeting the Divine Presence; Yalk. Ex. 189 מקביל. Y. Ḥag. I, beg. 75ᵈ והִקְבּילוּ ר׳ י׳ בבקיעין and waited upon (visited) R. J. in B’ḳiin; Y. Sot. III, 18ᵈ bot.; Tosef. Sot. VII, 9, והקבילו פני וכ׳; Ḥag. 3ᵃ הלכו להקביל פני וכ׳; a. fr.—Sabb. 152ᵃ, v. infra. Hof. הוּקְבַּל (with פנים, or ל־) to be placed opposite, be admitted to the presence of, (a polite expression for:) to be visited. Sabb. 152ᵃ מפני מה לא הוּקְבַּלְנוּ פניך … שהוּקְבְּלוּ אבותי לאבותיך early eds. (Ms. M. לא הוקבלו, incorr.; later eds. הִקְבַּלְנוּ … שהִקְבִּילוּ Hif.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) why were we not permitted to see you on the festive day, as my ancestors used to receive thy ancestors? Hithpa. הִתְקַבֵּל, Nithpa. נִתְקַבֵּל to be received, accepted. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. IV, Par. 4 הדם הדם שנ׳ בכלי ‘they shall sprinkle the blood’ (Lev. I, 5), the blood which has been received in a vessel. Zeb. 34ᵇ, sq.; a. e.—Pesik. R. s. 44 ספק מִתְקַבֵּל ספק אינו מתקבל it is doubtful, will he or will he not be favorably received. Ab. d’R. N. ch. IV תפלתו מִתְקַבֶּלֶת ברצון his prayer was accepted with favor; a. fr. to make one’s self the recipient of, to receive, accept. Keth. V, 1 הִתְקַבַּלְתִּי ממך וכ׳ I have received at thy hands (on account) one hundred &c. Gitt. VI, 1 הִתְקַבֵּל גט זה וכ׳ make thyself the receiver of this letter of divorce in behalf of my wife. Ib. התקבל לי גטי accept my letter of divorce in my behalf; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְבַל (with אפי) to visit. Targ. Ps. XLI, 7. Ib. XLV, 10. ק׳ למימרא to listen, obey, v. infra. Pa. קַבֵּל, קַבֵּיל to receive, take, accept. Targ. Ex. XXIII, 8. Targ. II Sam. XIV, 14 (h. text ישא נפש!). Targ. Ps. XXIV, 5. Targ. Is. XII, 3. Targ. Lev. XX, 17; a. fr.—Targ. Ps. LXII, 11 ed. Lag. (ed. תהבלו = חבל׳ seize), v. הֲבַל.—Esp. ק׳ למימרא to accept, consent, listen to, obey. Targ. Gen. III, 17 (Y. ed. Vien. קְבֵלַת Pe.). Ib. XVI, 2. Targ. Deut. XXVI, 17; a. fr.—B. Mets. 117ᵃ קַבִּילִי עלאי I took upon myself (consented to, was prepared for), v. עֲלִיָּה. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵈ מרתא דביתא דקַבַּלְתָּן the mistress of the house who received us (whose guests we were). Sabb. 17ᵃ גזור וקַבְּלוּ מינייהו they decreed the prohibition, and the people accepted it of them. Bekh. 38ᵃ בר קַבּוּלֶי טומאה susceptible of levitical uncleanness; a. fr. Ithpa. אִתְקַבֵּל to be received, accepted. Targ. Num. XV, 7; 10; 13. Targ. II Chr. XXX, 27; a. fr. (v. preced.Hithpa.) to be made the recipient of, to have assigned to. Targ. O. Deut. XXXIII, 21 ויתקבל בקדמיתא דיליה ed. Berl. (oth. ed. ואתק׳) to him (to God) shall be (has been) assigned a share in the foremost part of it (of the land; h. text וירא ראשית לו). ↗ expanded

קָבַל 2 (cmp. חבל) to feel oppressed; to cry; (cmp. צָוַח) to complain, bring charges. Yad. IV, 6 קוֹבְלִין אנו עליכם we cry out against you (we say, ‘woe unto you’). Ib. 8 קוֹבֵל אני עליכם I accuse you. Gen. R. s. 96 (ref. to ויקרבו, Gen. XLVII, 29, v. קָרַב) אמר [לו] הקב"ה היום קובל עליך לומר בי הוא יקום (not כי) the Lord said to him, the day brings suit against thee (summons thee before court) saying, with me (on this day) he shall stand (before the throne of justice); Tanḥ. Vayḥi 2; Yalk. Kings 168. Deut. R. s. 9 (ref. to Deut. XXXI, 14 הן קרבו) היום קבל לפני הקב"ה וכ׳ (some ed. קובל) the day cried out before the Lord saying, O Lord, I will not move, I will not set, and Moses shall live; Yalk. ib. 941 כאדם שאומר פלוני קובל … כך היום קובל וכ׳ (not קיבל) as one says, that man is bringing charges against thee …, so (the Lord said,) the day is summoning thee, but the sun said, I will not move &c. Y. Peah I, 15ᶜ אמו של … וקָבְלָה עליו לרבותינו וכ׳ R. Yishmael’s mother … came and complained of him before our teachers, saying &c.; Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵇ; a. e. Hif. הִקְבִּיל same. Ab. d’R. N. ch. XVI הִקְבִּילָה וכ׳ she complained to her mistress. ↗ expanded

קְבַל ² , to cry out, complain, lament. Targ. Esth. IV, 1 (h. text זעק). Targ. Ps. LXXVII, 2 (ed. Lag. a. oth. קַבֵּילִית Pa.; h. text צעק). Targ. O. Ex. XXII, 22 (Y. צוח); a. fr.—Snh. 31ᵇ עוקבן … ק׳ קדמנא ʿU. the Babylonian brought suit before us. Kidd. 59ᵃ אזיל … קַבְלֵיה לר׳ זירא R. G. came and complained against him to R. Z.; אזל ר׳ ז׳ וקבליה וכ׳ R. Z. went and laid the suit before &c. Y. Kidd. I, 61ᶜ top; Y. Peah I, 15ᵈ ק׳ לי על בריה וכ׳ he brought complaint before me against his son (asking) that he should support him; Pesik. R. s. 23-24; a. e. Pa. קַבֵּיל same. Targ. Job XXXV, 9 (Bxt. מַקְבְּלִין Af.; h. text יזעיקו); v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְבַל 3 (cmp. preced.) [to be thick,] to be misty, dark. Targ. Mic. III, 6. Targ. Is. XIII, 10; a. e.—Part. קָבֵיל, קָבֵל, קְבִילָא. Targ. Ps. CXXXIX, 11 (not קַ׳, קֳ׳; h. text אוֹר!). Targ. Y. Lev. XIV, 57 יומא ק׳ a cloudy day, opp. נהירא; a. e.—V. next art. Af. אַקְבֵּיל to darken. Targ. Am. V, 8. Ib. VIII, 9. ↗ expanded

קַבָּל m. h., v. קַבּלָן ↗ expanded

קַבָּל ² (preced. art.) foggy, dark; trnsf. obscure. Targ. Y. I Gen. XV, 12 בבל קַבְּלָא Babylonia the foggy (v. חֲשׁוֹכָא II).—Snh. 14ᵃ; 92ᵃ לעולם הוי ק׳ וקיים remain always obscure (without office) and live. ↗ expanded

קְבל 4 (preced.) darkness, fog. Targ. O. Gen. XV, 12. Ib. 17 (ed. Amst. קַבְלָה). Targ. O. Ex. X, 21 קֵבַל ליליא ed. Berl. (oth. ed. קְבֵיל, קְבַל). Ib. 22 חשוך ק׳; Y. חשוך דקביל. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 29 קַבְ׳ (ed. Amst. קַבְּ׳); Y. קִיבְ׳. Targ. Job III, 3 (some ed. קְבָ׳); a. fr.—Pl. קִבְלַיָּא, קִי׳. Targ. Ps. LXXIII, 18 (h. text חלקות). vapor, vanity. Targ. Job VI, 26 ולקִבְ׳ (ed. Lag. ולקִיבְ׳; h. text ולרוח).—V. קַבָּלָא. ↗ expanded

קִבְלָא (v. קָבַל I) junction, meeting; (prep.) constr. קְבֵל, קְבֵיל, קָבֵל (corresp. to h. לעמת, מול, נגד, נכח) towards, corresponding to, alongside of, opposite; כָּל־קְ׳; לִקְ׳, מִקְּ׳, מִלִּקְ׳; also pl. קָבְלֵי־. Targ. O. Gen. XXVIII, 17 (ed. Vien. קֳ׳); Y. מכוון כל ק׳ corresponding to. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXV, 18 כל ק׳ (h. text על פני). Targ. O. Lev. V, 8 מִקְּ׳ ed. Berl. (oth. eds. מַקְבֵּיל); Y. לקביל. Targ. Ruth IV, 4. Targ. Koh. V, 15. Targ. Ps. X, 5 מן קִבְּלֵיה ed. Wil. (Ms. קוּבְלֵיה). Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXIII, 20 לְקָבְלֵיכוֹן against you; a. v. fr.—Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵇ איקפד לקוּבְלֵיה he was angry with him. Ib. top ולא על יאות … לקִיבְלֵיה R. H. was not right in speaking harshly against him; Y. Dem. III, 23ᶜ bot. ולא עאל … לקבל (corr. acc.); a. e. ↗ expanded

קִבְלָא ² (preced.) [a means against,] charm (to ward off danger). Ber. 62ᵃ אנא ק׳ גמירי Ms. M. (Ar. ed. Koh. קי׳; ed. קבלה) I have learned a charm (by which to ward off demons); ib. ק׳ דבית וכ׳ a charm against the demons of the privy is silence; ק׳ דיסורי וכ׳ a charm for sufferings is silence and prayer; [ed. emended after Rashi: קַבָּלָה a traditional rule of conduct]. ↗ expanded

קִבְלָא ³ (v. קְבַל II) woe, pain.—Pl. קִבְלֵי, קִי׳. Koh. R. to II, 20 בר קִיבְלַיי O, thou son (cause) of my woes!; Lev. R. s. 25 קבלוי (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קַבָּלָא , constr. קַבָּלַת (v. קְבַל IV) vapor, vanity. Targ. Koh. V, 15 לק׳ רוחיה for the vanity of his spirit (h. text לרוח). ↗ expanded

קַבְלָה , v. קְבַל IV ↗ expanded

קַבָּלָה 1 (קָבַל I) receiving, acceptance. Pesik. R. s. 44 קַבָּלַת שבים the reception (in grace) of the repentant. Zeb. 13ᵃ וק׳ מי פסלה does the receiving (of the sacrificial blood by a non-priest) make the sacrifice unfit? Ib. קבלת הדם receiving the blood in a vessel. Ib. I, 4 שלא בק׳ without the act of receiving the blood; a. fr.—Gitt. 62ᵇ שליח לק׳ one deputed by the woman to receive the letter of divorce in her behalf, v. הוֹלָכָה. Ib. אק׳ referring to the reception of the letter of divorce in her behalf; a. fr.—Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. V, 10 בית ק׳ receptacle, v. קִיבּוּל. tradition, traditional law; post-Mosaic Scriptures, opp. to תורה or תורת משה. R. Hash. 7ᵃ דבר זה מתורת … מדברי ק׳ למדנו this (that the months are counted from Nisan) we learned not from the Law of Moses, but from the words of tradition (historical accounts, ref. to Zech. I, 7; Esth. II, 16 &c.). Ib. 19ᵃ גדליה … דברי ק׳ הוא ודברי ק׳ וכ׳ the account of Gedaliah, son of A., is traditional (historical, Jer. XLI), and the words of tradition (post-Mosaic records) are as authoritative as the words of the Torah. Ḥag. 10ᵇ דברי תורה מדברי ק׳ וכ׳ we must derive no interpretation of Mosaic laws from analogies of expression in post-Mosaic books (e.g. Am. V, 25 as illustrating the sense of Ex. V, 1); B. Kam. 2ᵇ; Nidd. 23ᵃ. Y. Ḥall. I, 57ᵇ top ולמידין מן הק׳ can we derive a legal rule from a post-Mosaic book (Is. XXVIII, 25)?—Gen. R. s. 7 ומן הק׳ אתה מלקני wilt thou condemn me to lashes on an inference from a post-Mosaic book?; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 6; a. fr.—[Ber. 62ᵃ, v. קִבְלָא II.]—[In later Hebrew ק׳ Kabbalah, mystic lore.] ↗ expanded

*קַבָּלָה 2 ) f. (קָבַל II) outcry, rebuke. Taan. II, 1 (15ᵃ) ובק׳ הוא אומר וכ׳ and in his rebuke, he (the prophet) says, ‘Rend your heart &c.’ (Joel II, 13); v. Rashi a. l. ↗ expanded

קַבָּלוּת , v. קַבְּלָנוּת, a. קִיבּוֹלֶת. ↗ expanded

קַבָּלוּתָא = h. קַבָּלָה I, reception, taking. Targ. II Chr. XIX, 7. ↗ expanded

*קַבָּלָן (קְבַל I) guards receiving signals from one another, signal stations. Y. Yoma VI, end, 44ᵃ (expl. דידכיות, v. דִּידְכֵי). ↗ expanded

קַבְּלָן (קָבַל I) receiver of stolen goods.—Pl. קַבְּלָנִים, קַבְּלָנִין. Lev. R. s. 6, v. גִּיֵּיד; Yalk. ib. 471; ib. שאין הכל אלא מן הק׳ it is all the fault of the receivers. one who assumes another man’s obligation unconditionally, differ. fr. עָרֵב; surety. B. Bath. 173ᵇ bot. וק׳ אע"פ … מן הק׳ but in the case of a Ḳabb’lan, even if the debtor has property, the creditor may sue the surety. Ib. 174ᵃ תן לו ואני ק׳ … לשון קבלנות הן when one says, give him (not, lend him), and I am surety, give him, and I will pay …, all these phrases mean absolute assumption of the obligation; a. e. contractor, a hired man paid for certain work when it is done, contrad. from day-laborer; also tenant of land at a fixed rent. Tosef. B. Mets. VII, 3, v. קַבְּלָנוּת. Shebi. III, 9 והק׳ מביא מכל מקום and the building contractor may take stones (during the Sabbatical year) from any place; [oth. opin.: the tenant etc.]—Pl. קַבְּלָנִים, קַבְּלָנִין. M. Kat. 11ᵇ הק׳; Y. ib. III, 82ᵇ bot. קַבָּלָיו (from קַבָּל) his laborers hired for a certain work. ↗ expanded

קַבְּלָנָא receiver (of deposits &c.). Y’lamd. to Ex. XXXVIII, quot. in Ar. והוה לה ק׳ בחיי בעלה and she had a receiver (trustee) during her husband’s life-time. one receiving and transmitting a tradition, authority.—Pl. קַבְּלָנֵי. Naz. 56ᵇ כל שמעתתא … תלתא ק׳ קמאי וכ׳ Ar. (in ed. our w. omitted) whenever a tradition passes through three (or more) authorities, we must mention the first and the last authorities, the intermediate we may omit. ↗ expanded

קָבְלָנָא , v. קוּבְלָנָא ↗ expanded

קַבְּלָנוּת (v. קַבְּלָן) assumption of an obligation, unconditional surety. B. Bath. 174ᵃ, v. קַבְּלָן. Ib. 173ᵇ (ref. to Gen. XLII, 37) הא ק׳ היא this is a case of absolute obligation. work on contract, opp. to time work. B. Mets. 112ᵃ ק׳ עובר עליו וכ׳ as regards contract work, does the employer that withholds the wages transgress the law (Lev. XIX, 13) &c.? Tosef. B. Mets. VII, 3 קבלן … לפי קַבְּלָנוּתוֹ if the contract laborer meets with an accident which prevents his finishing the work, you must pay him in proportion, according to his contract.—3) land tenancy on a fixed rent. Tosef. Ab. Zar. II, 8 אין נותנין להם עיריסיות וק׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. אריסיות וקַבָּלוּת; Var. ed. Zuck. וקִבֹּלֶת) you must not give them (the gentiles in Palestine) tenancies on shares or on fixed rents. Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵃ bot. שטרי ארסיות וקבלנית (read: אריסות וקבלנות, or אריסיות וקַבְּלָנִיּוֹת, pl.) contracts of tenancy &c.—V. קִיבּוֹלֶת ↗ expanded

קבלנית , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קְבֵלְתָּא (קְבַל II) outcry, plaint. Targ. Gen. XVIII, 20 (Y. ed. Amst. קבילית, read קְבֵילַת). Targ. O. ib. 21 (ed. Vien. קְבִלְ׳; Y. I קִיבֵּילְתָּא; Y. II קְכָלַתְ׳). Targ. O. Ex. XXII, 22. Targ. Job XXXIV, 28; a. fr.—Targ. Koh. VII, 6 קִיבְלַת כובין the plaintive sound of crackling thorns. ↗ expanded

קבסיו , v. קְבוּסַאי ↗ expanded

קְבַסְתָּן , v. קְבַס ↗ expanded

קָבַע 1 (b. h.) [to cover, press,] to overpower, rob. Tanḥ. T’rumah 9 (ref. to Mal. III, 8) לשון ערבי … מה אתה קוֹבְעֵנִי it is an Arabic expression; when an Arab argues with his neighbor and wants to say, why wilt thou rob me?, he says, why art thou ḳob’ʿeni?; Yalk. Mal. 587 (read גוזלני for גמלני). to prevent. Yad. IV, 3 קוֹבֵעַ אתה … מלהוריד וכ׳ (by allowing the priests’ share to be given to the poor) thou preventest the heaven from sending down dew and rain. ↗ expanded

קְבַע R. Hash. 26ᵃ sq. a man came to Levi and said קַבְעַן פלניא וכ׳ that man is a ḳabʿan, and he (Levi) did not know what it meant; (on asking at college, he was told) גזלן פלניא וכ׳ it means that man is a robber &c. (ref. to Mal. III, 8 היקבע). Ib. אי הוינא … היכי קַבְעָךְ במאי קבעך ואמאי קבעך had I been there, I should have said to the man (using the same expression), how did he ḳ’bʿa thee?, wherewith?, and wherefore?, and thus I should have found out what it meant. ↗ expanded

קָבַע 2 (preced.) [to squeeze in, make a hole,] to insert, drive in; to fix. B. Bath. 7ᵇ קְבַע וכ׳, v. מַסְמָר. Tanḥ. B’haʿal. 15 (ref. to Koh. XII, 11 משמרות) אם קָבַעְתָּ אותם כמׄסׄמׄרׄ בלבך הן מׄשׄמׄרׄין אותך if thou hast driven them (the words of the Law) like a nail into thy heart, they will guard thee. Lev. R. s. 5 (ref. to Is. XXII, 16) אפי׳ איזה מסמר קבעת כאן what nail hast thou driven into it (to acquire ownership)? Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. X, 6 אע"פ שקְבָעָן וכ׳ (not שקבאן) although he fastened them with nails; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָבוּעַ; f. קְבוּעָה &c. Ib. צריך אדם … יתד ק׳ וכ׳ a man ought to have a nail or a peg fixed in the burial ground so as to take possession and be sure to be buried in the designated place. Y. Maas. Sh. V, beg. 55ᵈ אבן ק׳ a stone affixed to the ground, stationary, opp. תלושה; a. fr.—Trnsf. to fix, appoint, make permanent. Ber. 6ᵇ כל הקוֹבֵעַ מקום וכ׳ he who designates a certain place where to pray regularly; ib. 7ᵇ. Sabb. 31ᵇ קָבַעְתָּ וכ׳, v. עֵת. Meg. 7ᵃ בתחלה קְבָעוּהָ וכ׳ at first they instituted the feast of Purim for Shushan, and afterwards for the whole world. Ib. שלחה … קִבְעוּנִי לדורות Esther sent word to the scholars, Appoint my memory to be celebrated for all generations. Ab. III, 2 הקב"ה קובע לו שכר the Lord will determine his reward. Bets. 20ᵃ בקשו לִקְבּוֹעַ הלכה וכ׳ they attempted (by vote) to establish the law in agreement with their opinion; Tosef. Ḥag. II, 11; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Tosef. Ab. Zar. I, 1 אידין הקְבוּעִין regular (annual) festivals. Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ חמשה בתי ע"ז ק׳ הן five idolatrous temples (and the fairs connected therewith) are permanent; expl. ib. לעולם תדירא וכ׳ permanent, regular, and all the year through &c. B. Bath. l. c. הלכות קְבוּעוֹת הן they are established laws; a. fr. (denom. of קֶבַע) to impart the character of a regular appointed meal. Bets. 34ᵇ שבת מהו שתִּקְבַּע מוקצה למעשר does the Sabbath give, to fruit not yet ready for regular use, the character of an appointed meal with reference to the duty of tithing (so that you dare not eat of them on the Sabbath even as a luncheon, אכילת עראי)? Ib. שבת קוֹבַעַת וכ׳ the Sabbath gives that character, whether the food you partake of be sufficiently ready for consumption or not. Pes. 105ᵃ כשם שהשבת … קובעת לקידוש as the Sabbath makes every meal an appointed one with regard to tithes, so does it with reference to Ḳiddush (that you dare not taste anything before reciting the Ḳiddush, v. קִידּוּשׁ). Ib. קָבְעָה להבדלה the exit of the Sabbath makes every meal an appointed one as regards the Habdalah (v. הַבְדָּלָה); a. fr. Pi. קִבֵּעַ to wedge in, set. Sabb. 67ᵇ המְקַבַּעַת Rashi Var., v. בָּקַע.—Part. pass. מְקוּבַּע; f. מְקוּבַּעַת. Num. R. s. 12 כעטרה הזאת שמק׳ באבנים וכ׳ like the royal crown which is beset with precious stones and pearls. Nif. נִקְבַּע to be appointed, established. Tosef. Ḥag. II, 11 נִקְבְּעָה הלכה כדברי וכ׳ the law was established (by vote) in accordance with the opinion of &c.; (Bets. 20ᵇ וקבעו וכ׳). Y. Yoma V, beg. 42ᵇ שאין … נִקְבָּעִין אלא וכ׳ congregational sacrifices are designated as such only by the act of slaughtering. Ḥall. IV, 11 שלא יִקָּבַע הרבר חובה that this usage may not become an established obligation; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְבַע ² to stick into, fix. Targ. I Sam. II, 14. Ib. XIX, 10. Targ. Y. Ex. XXV, 7; a. e.—Part. pass. קָבִיעַ; f. קְבִיעָא &c. Targ. Y. Gen. XXVIII, 12. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XX, 21. Targ. Cant. IV, 9 (engraven); a. e.—Y. Ḥag. III, 78ᵈ, v. מַסְמְרָא. Y. Pes. V, 32ᵇ top; Y. Yeb. XIII, 13ᶜ top; v. מַסְמְרָא; a. e. to fix, appoint, establish. Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXII, 8. Targ. Y. Ex. XII, 2; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Ib. 3; a. e.—Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ חגתא … דלא קביעא an Arabian fair which has no fixed date. Ber. 43ᵇ, v. עִידָּנָא; a. e.—Ker. 18ᵃ, v. infra. to impart the character of an appointed meal. Pes. 105ᵃ נפסיק ונִקְבְּעֵיה לשבתא let us interrupt our meal, and (resuming it) appoint it as a Sabbath meal; לא … שבתא קָבְעָה נפשה you need not interrupt your meal, the Sabbath itself makes it an appointed meal. Bets. 34ᵇ כיון דאמר … ק׳ ליה עילויה as soon as he says, ‘from here I will take to eat to-morrow’, he makes it an appointment (and it is subject to tithes); a. e. Pa. קַבַּע to set, garnish with.—Part. pass. מְקַבַּע; pl. מְקַבְּעִין. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXIII, 21 מ׳ אבנין וכ׳ (not מִקְבַּע) beset with precious stones; Y. II מקבעין אבנין וכ׳ precious stones are set (in it). Targ. Esth. VIII, 15. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 מְקוּבַּע, מְקוּבָּעִין some eds. (Hebr. forms). Af. אַקְבַּע same, to set, fasten. B. Bath. 6ᵃ אַקְבּוּעֵי Ms. R. a. Rashi, v. קַבְעָתָא. Ithpe. אִתְקְבִיעַ, אִיקְּבַע to be appointed, established. Targ. Y. Num. XIV, 1.—Ker. 18ᵃ שתי חתיכות א׳ איסורא לא קבעה וכ׳ where there are two pieces (one forbidden and one permitted) the presence of a prohibited element is established; one piece (of doubtful quality) does not establish the presence of a prohibited thing; Naz. 23ᵃ. Sabb. 86ᵇ, sq., v. יַרְחָא; a. e. ↗ expanded

קֶבַע (preced.) appointment, permanency, institution; regular, perfunctory act. Y. Ber. II, 4ᶜ bot. אכילת ק׳ a regular meal; שינת ק׳ a regular sleep, v. עַרְאַי. Yoma 10ᵇ, v. דִּירָה I. Ber. IV, 1 תפלת … אין לה ק׳ for the evening prayer there is no fixed law, expl. ib. 27ᵇ רשות it is optional. Ib. IV, 4 העושה … ק׳ וכ׳ the prayer of one who treats it as a perfunctory obligation, is not a means of grace. Ab. II, 13 אל … ק׳ אלא רחמים וכ׳ make not thy prayer a perfunctory act, but a means of mercy and grace. Ib. I, 15 עשה תורתך ק׳ make thy study of the Law a regular engagement. Num. R. s. 2, beg. משם … ק׳ שמתפללים וכ׳ from this the institution of three daily prayers is derived; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קִבְעָא , appointment, fixed time or place. Pes. 101ᵇ לק׳ קמא הדר (some ed. לקִיבְעֵיה) he goes back (refers in his mind) to his first appointed place for the meal. Zeb. 7ᵇ top מק׳ לא מכפרא וכ׳ a dedicated sin-offering does not effect pardon (for a sin of commission) directly by its dedication, but only by implication (when going along with a sin of omission). Ib. 6ᵃ מק׳ לא מכפרא וכ׳ it (the designated meal offering left to heirs) has its pardoning effect not through appointment (as if the heirs had a share in it) but merely by implication, v. קְבִיעוּתָא. ↗ expanded

קַבְעָן (קְבַע I) violent man, robber. R. Hash. 26ᵇ top, v. קְבַע I; [Rashi takes our w. as verb קַבְעָן he has done us (me) violence.] ↗ expanded

קַבְעָתָא (קְבַע II) setting, frame. B. Bath. 6ᵃ ק׳ דכשורי (Ms. R. a. Rashi אַקְבּוּעֵי) the wooden lining of the cavities in the wall in which the beams are fixed. ↗ expanded

קָבַץ (b. h.) to press, gather. Ab. Zar. 19ᵃ (ref. to Prov. XIII, 11) ואם קוֹבֵץ על יד ירבה but if he collects learning little by little, he will increase it, v. חֲבִילָה; Erub. 54ᵇ (corr. acc.).—Part. pass. קָבוּץ; pl. קְבוּצִים, קְבוּצִין. Y. Shebi. II, 33ᵈ top נוטל את הק׳ עמו (not עמה) he may take with him the collected rakings. Gitt. 56ᵇ (ref. to Koh. VIII, 10) א"ת קבורים אלא קבוצים read not ḳ’burim (buried) but ḳ’butsim (the wicked taking up heaps of spoil). Pi. קִבֵּץ same, to collect. Ib. 7ᵃ quot. in Ar. (ref. to Josh. XV, 21 קבצאל ועדר ויגור) כל המְקַבֵּץ עדרים … יגור וכ׳ he who gathers flocks (students) to the study of the Law, shall dwell in the partition of the Lord. Midr. Till. to Ps. CVII אני אֲקַבֵּץ וכ׳ I (the Lord) will gather you in due time; a. fr. Nif. נִקְבָּץ, Nithpa. נִתְקַבֵּץ to be collected, gathered. Snh. 112ᵃ נִקְבָּצִין לתוכה those things which can be brought together to the condemned city (with ref. to Deut. XIII, 17). Meg. 17ᵇ כיון שנִתְקַבְּצוּ גליות וכ׳ when the diasporas are collected, judgment is executed on the wicked. Zeb. 116ᵃ נִתְקַבְּצוּ כולם אצל וכ׳ they all gathered themselves around Balaam; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְבַץ to leap. Ber. 63ᵃ ed. קְבוֹץ, v. זוּל I ch.; [Rashi = preced. gather]. ↗ expanded

קֶבֶץ (preced.) joint. Tosef. Bekh. IV, 14; (Bekh. 41ᵃ קֶפֶץ), v. עַרְקוּב. ↗ expanded

קָבַר (b. h.) [to cave out; to arch,] to bury. Snh. 52ᵃ הנראה מי קוֹבֵר את מי (Ms. M. הא נראה) we shall see, which will cover which (which will die first). Sot. 14ᵃ הקב"ה ק׳ … קְבוֹר מתים the Lord buried the dead, … thou, too, bury the dead (consider attending to the dead a religious duty). Nidd. 24ᵇ קובר מתים הייתי I used to be a grave-digger. B. Bath. 15ᵇ לא … לִקְבּוֹר וכ׳ he had no place where to bury Sarah; Ex. R. s. 6. Treat. S’maḥ. ch. XII קָבְרֵנִי תחלה וכ׳ first bury me in the valley, and then collect my bones. Ib. קִבְרוּ אותי תחת וכ׳ bury me at the feet of my father. Sabb. 114ᵃ אל תִּקְבְּרוּנִי לא וכ׳ bury me neither in white clothes nor in black &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָבוּר; f. קְבוּרָה. Keth. 111ᵃ כל הק׳ בא"י כאילו ק׳ וכ׳ he that is buried in Palestine is as though buried under the altar. Ber. 18ᵇ שאני ק׳ במחצלת וכ׳ for I am buried in a reed mat. Gitt. 56ᵇ (ref. to Koh. VIII, 10) קְבוּרִים ממש וכ׳ it really means buried things, for even hidden things were discovered by them, v. קָבַץ; a. fr. Nif. נִקְכַּר to be buried. Snh. 47ᵃ לא נספד ולא נ׳ if a body has been neither lamented over (v. סָפַד) nor buried. Ib.ᵇ לא יִקָּבֵר בו וכ׳ he must never be buried in that place; a. fr. Pi. קִיבֵּר to bury (one after the other). Ib. 113ᵃ היה מְקַבֵּר והולך וכ׳ he successively buried (his children) beginning with Abiham &c. ↗ expanded

קְבַר same, to bury. Targ. Gen. XXIII, 4. Targ. Ps. LXXIX, 3; a. fr.—Part. pass. קְבִיר; f. קְבִירָא &c. Targ. O. Deut. XXXIII, 21 (Y. קָבוּר, Hebr. form). Targ. Ruth I, 17. Targ. Job XXVII, 15; a. fr.—Snh. 46ᵇ לא בעינא דלִיקְבְּרוּהָ וכ׳ I do not want them to bury this man (I want not to be buried when I am dead). Ib. מדקַבְרֵיה וכ׳ because the Lord buried Moses. Sabb. 151ᵇ וקביר, v. חֲפִיר; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ וק׳ ביה ישראל וכ׳ after an Israelite had hidden a pumpkin in it (the oven). (of tide) to overflow, inundate. Gen. R. s. 13; Koh. R. to I, 7 דמרבי וקָבֵר which grows and floods, v. קַבְרִיאֵל. Pa. קַבֵּר as preced. Pi. Targ. Num. XXXIII, 4; a. e. Ithpa. אִתְקַבַּר, Ithpe. אִתְקְבַר, אִיקְּכַר to be buried. Targ. Gen. XV, 15. Targ. Jer. VIII, 2; a. fr.—Snh. l. c. מדאִיקְּבוּר צדיקי since righteous men are buried (it would seem that burial is not for the sake of purging the dead from sin). Ib. הנך נמי לִיקַּבְּרוּ וכ׳ they (the other members of the house of Jeroboam) ought also to have been buried for the sake of atonement. Ib. 104ᵃ קברה ולא אִיקְבְּרָא וכ׳ he buried it (Joiakim’s skull), and it would not remain under ground, buried it again &c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קֶבֶר preced.) grave. Snh. 47ᵇ ק׳ חדש a fresh grave (that has been dug but not used). Ib. ק׳ בנין a grave on which something has been built, i.e. an arched grave (not flat). Ib. שלשה קברות הן ק׳ הנמצא there are three kinds of graves (with reference to law): a grave that has been discovered (a fresh grave in which somebody was buried without the consent of the owner of the ground); ק׳ הידוע a known grave (in which one was buried with the owner’s consent); ק׳ המזיק את הרבים a grave which interferes with public comfort (made in a thoroughfare). Y. Naz. IX, 57ᵈ top., v. תְּהוֹם. Ohol. XVII, 1 החורש את הק׳ if one passes the plough over a grave. Koh. R. to VII, 8 וכיון שקברוהו … את קִבְרוֹ when they had buried him (Elisha-Aḥer), a fire came to burn his grave; a. v. fr.—Pl. קְבָרִים, קְבָרוֹת. Taan. 25ᵇ תקנתם ק׳ וכ׳ have you prepared graves for yourselves (are you ready to die)? Ib. 22ᵇ שלא יהא בתיהם קִבְרֵיהֶם that their houses may not become their graves (that their dwellings may not fall down from excessive rains); Y. Yoma V, 42ᶜ top שלא יעשו … קִבְרֵיהֶן. Ḥag. 22ᵇ נשתטח על קִבְרֵי וכ׳ he prostrated himself over the graves of &c. Yeb. 47ᵇ שני ק׳ נמסרו וכ׳ the court has charge of two burial places (for culprits). Snh. VI, 5 ולא היו קוברין אותו בקִבְרוֹת אבותיו they did not bury him (the culprit) in the burial place of their ancestors; a. fr.—בֵּית הקברות (abbr. בה"ק) cemetery; pl. בָּתֵּי ק׳. Ber. 18ᵇ הלך ולן בב"הק he went and spent the night in the cemetery. Snh. l. c. (46ᵇ) שני בתי ק׳ וכ׳ two burial grounds were at the disposal of the courts, one for those put to death by the sword, and one &c.; a. fr.—Trnsf. uterus (containing an embryo). Nidd. 21ᵃ באיפשר לפתיחת הק׳ וכ׳ they differ as to whether the uterus can open (to pass the embryo) without discharging blood. Sabb. 129ᵃ חיה כל זמן שהק׳ פתוח וכ׳ for a woman in confinement you must violate the Sabbath laws as long as the uterus is open, whether she says that she needs it or that she needs it not. Ib. מאימתי פתיחת הק׳ when does the opening of the womb begin (in regard to Sabbath laws)?; עד מתי … הק׳ how long is it considered open? Ohol. VII, 4 אין לנפלים פ׳ הק׳ וכ׳ in the case of abortions the laws of levitical cleanness connected with the opening of the womb do not apply, unless &c., v. פִּיקָא I; Tosef. ib. VIII, 8; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קִבְרָא Targ. Jer. V, 16. Targ. O. Num. XIX, 18 קַבְרָא ed. Berl. (oth. ed. קִ׳); a. fr.—B. Bath. 58ᵃ, v. חֲבִיט. Taan. 23ᵇ אישתטח על ק׳ וכ׳ he threw himself prostrate over his father’s grave. Ḥag. 15ᵇ סליק קיטרא מקִבְרֵיה וכ׳ smoke rose from Aḥer’s grave; a. fr.—Pl. קִבְרִין, קִבְרַיָּא, קִבְרֵי, קִי׳. Targ. O. Ex. XIV, 11 (ed. Berl. קַ׳; ed. Vien. קְבָ׳). Targ. Is. LXV, 4. Targ. Num. XI, 34; a. fr.—Yeb. 86ᵇ אהדריה … לבי ק׳ R. A. turned the entrance towards the cemetery. B. Mets. 107ᵇ רב סליק לבי ק׳ וכ׳ Rab went to the cemetery &c.; a. fr.—בַּת קִבְרַיָּא [Daughter of Graves,] name of a bird, prob. raven, v. צַרְצְרָא. Esth. R. to I, 4, v. גַּלְגֵּל.—קְבַר נוּנָא, v. נוּנָא. ↗ expanded

(קְבַרְיָא) river (Ḳ’baria,) Ḳabriël. Gen. R. s. 13 כמין תובייא כהדין קבריא וכ׳ Ar. s. v. תווי (ed. תוכייא דהדין; ‘Rashi’ קבריאל) like a flood, like the Ḳ. that swells and inundates; Koh. R. to I, 7, v. קְבַר 2. ↗ expanded

קברין , Y. Ned. III, 37ᵈ bot., v. קָרוּכִין ↗ expanded

קברין ² , Esth. R. to III, 6, v. קַבְּרָן ↗ expanded

קברינט , v. קְבַרְנִיט ↗ expanded

קַבְּרָן (קָבַר) grave-digger, name of a bird (that buries its eggs at the sea-shore). Esth. R. to III, 6 quoted in Matt. K. to Esth. R. to I, 4 קברין some ed. (ed. עוף; Yalk. Esth. 1054 אברני). ↗ expanded

קְבַרְנוּנָא , Ar., v. נוּנָא ↗ expanded

קברנט , v. next wds. ↗ expanded

*קְבַרְנִיט 1 (a corrupt. of labyrinthus, induced by phonetic association with קֶבֶר) labyrinth, cavern. Sot. 13ᵃ בק׳ של מלכים היה קבור (Ar. בקברנט, some ed. בקברנטו, read טָן …) he (Joseph) was buried in the labyrinth where the kings were buried (v. Sachs, Beitr. I, p. 54); Yalk. Ex. 227; v. קיפוסולין. ↗ expanded

קְבַרְנִיט 2 (κυβερνήτης) steersman, pilot. Tanḥ. Sh’laḥ. 15 הושיט לו הק׳ וכ׳ the helmsman threw a rope to him, saying, hold to this rope &c.; Yalk. Num. 750. B. Bath. 91ᵃ sq. (on Abraham’s death) [read:] אוי לו … שאבד קְבַרְנִיטָהּ woe to the world whose leader is gone, woe to the ship whose helmsman is gone; a. e.—Trnsf. (cmp. רב החבל, Jon. I, 6, a. תּחְבּוּלָה) prudent manager. Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 176ᵃ (ref. to תחבלות, Prov. XXIV, 6) לעולם יעשה אדם עצמו ק׳ וכ׳ man should always be at the helm (to look out,) how to do good; Lev. R. s. 21; a. e.—Pl. קְבַרְנִיטִין. Ib. פתר קריא בק׳ interpreted the verse (Prov. l. c.) as referring to the art of the helmsmen. Pesik. R. s. 47 (ref. to Prov. l. c.) מה הספינה … אם אין לה ק׳ וכ׳ as the ship without a helmsman is bound to go down, so is Israel without leaders &c. ↗ expanded

קְבַרְנִיטָא Esth. R. introd. to s. 5 (ref. to Prov. XXIII, 34) כהדין ק׳ דיתיב וכ׳ like the pilot that sits on the top of the mast &c.; Lev. R. s. 12 קְוַורְנִיטו׳ (ed. Wil. קוורנוטין, read: קְוַורְנִיטֵיס); Yalk. Prov. 960 קרבניט׳ (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קֵבְתָא = h. קֵבָה. Targ. Deut. XVIII, 3. ↗ expanded

קֻבְּתָא , v. קוּבְּתָא ↗ expanded

קָדַד b. h.)to bow. Ex. R. s. 5 (ref. to Ex. IV, 31) וַיּקְּדוּ על הפקידה, v. פְּקִידָה.—V. קָדָה. (cmp. כַּד a. כָּדַר) to cave, cut out, v. קָדַר. ↗ expanded

קְדַד ch. as preced. 2, v. קְדַר ↗ expanded

קָדָה , v. קדי ↗ expanded

קִדָּה (b. h.) cassia, bark of the tree called cassia (v. Sm. Ant. s. v.) Ker. 5ᵃ; Y. Shek. VI, beg. 49ᶜ. ק׳ לבנה white Ḳiddah, a tree. Kil. I, 8; Erub. 34ᵇ name of a seasoning plant. Ib. הקנים והק׳ וכ׳ (Var. והקִידִּין pl.) seasoning reeds, Ḳiddah, and Urbanin belong to the vegetable class (ירק). Ib. ק׳ לחוד ק׳ לבנה לחוד Ḳiddah and white Ḳ. are different species. ↗ expanded

קָדוֹחָא (קְדַח) borer (of pearls); trnsf. one able to enter into the depth of a Biblical subject. Cant. R. to I, 10 אנא הוינא חרוזא … ק׳ I am a stringer of pearls and I am also a borer, v. חֲרַז. ↗ expanded

קדוחים , v. קְרוּחַיִים ↗ expanded

קִדּוּם , v. sub קִידּ׳, a. also קָדִים. ↗ expanded

קדור , Pes. 11ᵇ, read: קֵרוּד. ↗ expanded

קָדוֹשׁ holy, sacred; holy man, saint. Yeb. 20ᵃ כל המקיים … נקרא ק׳ he who observes the ordinances of the scholars (with regard to marriage laws) is called holy (chaste). Ib. 105ᵇ; Meg. 27ᵇ עם ק׳ the holy assembly, v. פָּסַע; (Snh. 7ᵇ עם קוֹרֶשׁ; Yeb. l. c. also עם קֹדֶשׁ). Lev. R. s. 24 כשם שאני ק׳ כך וכ׳ as I am holy, so be you holy. Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᶜ bot.; Treat. Sof’rim XVI, 12 הללו אל בקדשו לקְדוֹשׁוֹ לאהרן קְדוֹשׁ ד׳ ‘praise the Lord in his holiness’ (Ps. CL, 1) according to his holy servant, according to (the years of life of) Aaron, the holy servant of the Lord (123 Hallelujahs). Tem. 14ᵇ, a. e. כל הקרב ביום אינו ק׳ אלא ביום וכ׳ whatever must be offered in day-time, becomes sacred (by being put in a sacred vessel) only in day-time &c. Meg. 23ᵇ; Snh. 15ᵃ אדם מי ק׳ is a human being ever sacred (dedicated to be Temple property)? Ber. 10ᵇ (ref. to II Kings IV, 9) הוא ק׳ … אינו ק׳ he (the prophet) is a pure man, but his servant (Gehazi) is not; a. v. fr.—רבינו הק׳ our teacher, the saint, i.e. R. Judah Hannasi. Y. Meg. III, 74ᵃ; a. fr.—הק׳ ברוך הוא (abbrev. הקב"ה, הב"ה, הק"ה) the Holy One, blessed be He, the Lord. Ber. 6ᵇ. Num. R. s. 20; a. v. fr.—Pl. קְדוֹשִׁים. Lev. R. l. c. Sabb. 86ᵃ, a. e. ישראל ק׳ הן the Israelites are a chaste people. Pes. 104ᵃ בנן של ק׳ the descendant of holy men (R. Menaḥem); Ab. Zar. 50ᵃ; a. fr.—פרשת ק׳ the section of the Torah beginning with ḳ’doshim (Lev. XIX). Lev. R. l. c.; a. e.—Fem. קְדוֹשָׁה. Y. Maas. Sh. II, end, 53ᵈ; a. e., v. עֵדָה. (v. קְדוּשָּׁה) Ḳadosh, the recitation of Ḳadosh (Is. VI, 3). Treat. Sof’rim l. c. קטן … ק׳ ביוצר (not כיוצא) a minor … must not recite Ḳadosh in the morning prayer (v. יָצַר). Ib. ק׳ של עמידה the Ḳadosh recited in the ‘standing prayer’ (v. עֲמִידָה), the Ḳ’dushshah ↗ expanded

קְדוֹשׁ (denom. of preced.) to become sanctified, consecrated. Men. 100ᵃ לִיקְדּוֹשׁ, v. פְּסוֹל; Yoma 29ᵇ תִּקְדּוֹשׁ; a. e. to be betrothed. Kidd. 12ᵇ תיקדוש וכ׳ let her be betrothed by means of the four Zuz which are wrapped up &c. ↗ expanded

קִדּוּשׁ , v. sub קִידּ׳ ↗ expanded

קְדוּשָּׁא , v. קְדוּשְׁתָּא ↗ expanded

קְדוּשָּׁה (קָדַשׁ) holiness, sanctity, sacredness; chastity. Yeb. II, 3, a. e. איסור ק׳, v. אִיסּוּר. Kidd. 55ᵃ, a. fr. קְדוּשַּׁת הגוף an object which is consecrated as such (irredeemable), opp. ק׳ דמים that which is consecrated for its value (redeemable). Tem. 10ᵇ משום דמפרש ק׳ על הולד because he has pronounced sanctity on the embryo (by dedicating the mother). Ib.ᵃ אין ק׳ חלה על עיברין no sanctification takes effect on embryos (by the dedication of the mothers). Naz. VII, 1 נזיר שאין קְדוּשָּׁתוֹ קדושת עולם the Nazarite whose sanctification is not an everlasting one (it ceasing with the expiration of his vow). Ḥag. 3ᵇ ק׳ ראשונה קִדְּשָׁהּ לשעתה as to the first consecration (of the holy land by Joshua), he consecrated it only for the time being (as long as inhabited and ruled by Israelites); Meg. 10ᵇ, sq.; Zeb. 60ᵇ; a. e.—Hor. 13ᵃ זה גדל עמנו בק׳ וזה לא וכ׳ the one (the nathin, v. נָתִין) has grown up with us in holiness (under the influences of the Jewish religion), and the other (the proselyte) has not &c. Snh. 58ᵃ לידתו בק׳ born in holiness (after his mother’s conversion); Yeb. 98ᵃ, v. הוֹרָת; a. v. fr. sanctification, proclaiming the holiness of the Lord, solemn public act connected with the idea of Israel’s priesthood. Meg. 23ᵇ; Ber. 21ᵇ כל דבר שבק׳ לא יהא וכ׳ no sacred public act should be performed with less than ten persons.—Esp. קְדוּשַּׁת הַשֵּׁם a) sanctification of the Name, fidelity to the Jewish faith, martyrdom. Ib. 20ᵃ מסרי נפשייהו אק׳ ה׳, v. מְסַר. Snh. 74ᵇ מצווה על ק׳ ה׳ bound to sanctify the Name (with his life); a. fr.—b) ק׳ השם, or קדושה the third section of the Prayer of Benedictions (תְּפִלָּה), praising the holiness of the Lord; the appeal to the congregation to join in the ‘holy, holy &c.’ (v. קָדוֹשׁ). R. Hash. IV, 5 סדר ברכות … וק׳ ה׳ the order of the benedictions (for the New Year’s Day) is: Aboth (v. אָב), G’buroth (v. גְּבוּרָה) and the sanctification. Ber. 21ᵇ עד שלא יגיע … ק׳ before the reader reaches the ḳ’dushshah. Ib. אין היחיד אומר ק׳ one praying alone should not recite the ḳ’dushshah; a. fr.—קדושת היום (ק׳ שבת, ק׳ יום טוב), also ק׳ declaration of the sanctity of the day (the Sabbath &c.) in prayer or at meals. R. Hash. l. c. ק׳ היום that section of the Prayer of Benedictions which closes with the benediction ‘who sanctifiest the day &c.’ Bets. 15ᵇ לוו עלי וקדשו ק׳ היום וכ׳ borrow on my (the Lord’s) account and celebrate the sanctity of the day, and trust me &c. Ber. 33ᵇ בין ק׳ שבת לק׳ יו"ט הבדלת thou hast made a distinction between the way of sanctifying the Sabbath and that of sanctifying the Holy Day. Pes. 105ᵃ ק׳ על הכוס the proclamation of the sanctity of the Day over a cup of wine (קִידּוּשׁ); a. fr.—Pl. קְדוּשּׁוֹת. Kel. I, 6 עשר ק׳ הן there are ten degrees of territorial sanctity. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ top; Tanḥ. K’dosh. 4 (ref. to Josh. XXIV, 19) שהוא קדוש בכל מיני ק׳ וכ׳ he is holy in all kinds of holy acts, for all his doings are in holiness, his speech is in holiness &c. Lev. R. s. 24 שלש ק׳ three times ‘holy’, v. כָּתַר; Yalk. Is. 272. Ber. 33ᵃ אנשי … ק׳ והבדלות the men of the Great Assembly instituted for Israel blessings (on enjoyments of food &c.), daily prayers, sanctification of sacred days (over wine), and the blessing at the exit of sacred days (v. הַבְדָּלָה); a. fr. a title, his holiness. Y. Ned. VI, end, 40ᵃ; Y. Snh. I, 19ᵃ top (in irony) לקדושת חנניה to his holiness Hanania (who had usurped the functions of the Palestine authorities). ↗ expanded

קְדוּשְׁתָּא constr. קְדוּשַּׁת. Targ. O. Lev. XXI, 9. Targ. Ez. XVI, 11.—Meg. 27ᵇ בית … דקביע קְדוּשְׁתֵּיה (Ms. M. קדושתא; sub. זמן) a synagogue whose sacred character is permanent; ארבע … קְדוּשְׁתַּיְיהוּ the four cubits surrounding a synagogue whose sacredness is not permanent (as it would cease with the removal of the synagogue). Bekh. 3ᵇ מפקע להו מקדושתייהו he deprives them of their sacred character; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָדַח to bore, perforate, penetrate. Sabb. XII, 1 הקוֹדֵחַ וכ׳ he who bores a hole ever so small. Tosef. ib. XI (XII), 3 עד שיִקְדַּח את כולו until he bores as far as is needed for his purpose; Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵇ top. Lev. R. s. 4 נטל … והתחיל קוֹדֵחַ תחתיו one of the passengers of the ship took a borer and began to bore under the place assigned to him; לא תחתי אני קודח have I no right to bore in my place? Ab. Zar. 58ᵃ, v. מֵינֶקֶת; a. fr.—[Tosef. B. Bath. V, 4 קודח ed. Zuck., read: קוֹנֵחַ.] (b. h.; to burn, rise in a column and spread sparks; [b. h. also to enkindle]. Y. B. Kam. VI, 5ᶜ top (ref. to Mish. B. Kam. VI, 4) בקוֹדַחַת … אבל במקטפת וכ׳ the Mishnah speaks of a fire which (unexpectedly) blazes up and spreads, but in the case of a creeping fire all agree &c.; Bab. B. Kam. 61ᵃ בקודחת Ar. (ed. בקולחת). Hif. הִקְדִּיחַ to cut out, make an opening. Y. R. Hash. II, 58ᵃ bot. ה׳ לו … ככברה the Lord made for him an opening (in the clouds) of the size of a K’barah (v. כְּבָרָה), and the moon became visible within it. to cause burning, to spoil a dish, a dye &c. B. Kam. IX, 4 (100ᵇ) הִקְדִּיחָתוֹ יורה (Bab. ed. הִקְדִּיחוֹ), v. יוֹרֶה II. Y. ib. IX, 6ᵈ bot. שהִקְדִּיחוּ סממנין when the dyes burned the material, אבל הִקְדִּיחָה יורה וכ׳ but if the boiler burned &c. Erub. 53ᵇ הִקְדִּיחָתָן במלח she spoiled them (the beans) by oversalting. Gitt. IX, 10 אפי׳ הקדיחה תבשילו if she spoiled a dish for him (he may divorce her). Bets. 29ᵃ כדי שלא יַקְדִּיחַ תבשילו so as not to spoil his dish (by spicing it too much or too little); Ar. שלא יַקְדִּיחוּ וכ׳ that they (the spices) may not burn &c. Tosef. B. Kam. X, 9 המוליך … והִקְדִּיחוֹ if one gives meat to a cook, and he spoils it; a. fr.—Trnsf. ה׳ תבשילו to misapply learning, disgrace one’s education; to degenerate. Ber. 17ᵇ לא יהא … שמַקְדִּיחַ ת׳ ברבים that we may not have a son or a pupil that disgraces his education in public; Snh. 103ᵃ to have fever. Sifra B’ḥuck. Par. 2, ch. IV נוח לו ואינו מקדיח he is comfortable and has no fever; Yalk. Lev. 673.—[Tosef. Maasr. I, 2 משיקדיחו ed. Zuck., v. קָרַח.] ↗ expanded

קְדַח to bore, perforate. Targ. Job XL, 25 (ed. Wil. תַּקְדַח Af.).—Cant. R. to I, 10 למִקְדַּח, v. חֲרַז. [to break through,] to grow forth, sprout. Ber. 56ᵃ חזן … דקַדְחָא וכ׳ I saw (in my dream) a pomegranate sprouting through the mouth of a wine jar. B. Bath. 28ᵇ דקַדְחָה ואכלה וכ׳ Ms. M. (Ar. דקדח, ed. דקדיח) it (clover or grass) grew forth, and he made use of it, and as it grew again (the next day), he made use of it &c. Ḥull. 110ᵃ קדְחֵי, v. חִילְפָא III. Snh. 109ᵇ (Sodomitic justice) הבה … עד דקדחא (Ms. M. דקדחה) give him the ass (whose ear he had cut off), until its ear is grown again; a. e. to be inflamed. Ab. Zar. 28ᵇ דקדחה לה עינא her eye was inflamed. Ḥag. 5ᵃ קדחה her knee was burned. Af. אַקְדַּח to dig out, make a path for. [Targ. Job l. c., v. supra.]—M. Kat. 4ᵇ לאַקְדּוּחֵי נהר וכ׳ to clean the canal of B. (in the festive week). ↗ expanded

קֶדַח (preced.) inflammation, blister. Neg. VI, 8; VIII, 5; Sifra Thazr., Neg., ch. I קרח (corr. acc.); a. fr., v. מָרַד II. ↗ expanded

קִדְחָא , inflammation. Ab. Zar. 28ᵇ דימעתא וקי׳ tearing and inflammation of the eyes; Bets. 22ᵃ קדחא Ms. M. (ed. קדחתא). ↗ expanded

קַדְחוּתָא (preced.) = b. h. קַדַּחַת fever. Targ. O. Lev. XXVI, 16 קַדַּחְ׳ ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. קָדַחְ׳); Y. קַדְחוּ׳; Targ. Deut. XXVIII, 22. inflammation of the eye, v. preced.—V. קְדִיחוּתָא. ↗ expanded

קדי to bow. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXV ed. Bub. (missing in oth. eds.) בראשי אני כופף וקוֹרֶה וכ׳ (I praise God) with my head, when I bend and bow in my prayer; Yalk. Ps. 723 רופפו וקורא וכ׳ (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

*קְדֵי , Af. אַקְדֵּי (cmp. preced., a. meanings of גבב; cmp. Syr. קרי, Brockelm. 312) to pile up. Targ. O. Lev. I, 16 ed. Berl. דמַקְדִין (ed. Vien. a. Y. דמוֹקְדִין; fr. יקד (?); ed. Lsb. דמוֹשְׁדִין, fr. אֲשַׁד; v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 32). ↗ expanded

קַדְיָא Ḳadia, name of an unclean bird, Little Owl (?). Targ. O. Lev. XI, 17; Deut. XIV, 16 ed. Berl. a. early eds. (later eds. קריא; h. text כּוֹס, v. צַדְיָא II).—Ber. 57ᵇ קד׳ Ms. M. (ed. קר׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8); Nidd. 23ᵃ Ms. (v. Rabb. D. S. l. c.; ed. קר׳). ↗ expanded

קדיא , Targ. Prov. XVII, 14 ed. Lag. quid? (ed. אצטדיא; Levy Targ. Dict. קריא, v. קַרְיָא I). ↗ expanded

קְדִידָה , v. קְדִירָה ↗ expanded

קְדִיחַ , v. קְדַח ↗ expanded

קְדִיחוּתָא (קְדַח) burning, inflammation. Targ. Ps. XXXVIII, 8 Ms. (ed. קְדִיחֲתָא; h. text נקלה, v. קָלָה II). ↗ expanded

קָדִים with רוּחַ, or sub. רוח, east wind. Mekh. B’shall. s. 4; Yalk. Jer. 300. Kel. XX, 2 הניחה … בק׳ וכ׳ if he exposed the trough to the east wind, and it cracked. Gitt. III, 8 בק׳ של מוצאי החג (Bab. ed. 31ᵃ בקדום) after an east wind following the end of the Succoth festival; ib. 31ᵇ בקִידּוּם; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְדִים , v. קֳדָם ↗ expanded

קְדִימָה (קָדַם) antecedent, early period.—Pl. קְדִימוֹת. Gen. R. s. 1 (ref. to Prov. VIII, 22-29) as the builder needs six things … כך התורה קדמה אותן שש ק׳ וכ׳ so the Torah preceded creation by these six early periods, ḳedem, meaz &c.; Yalk. Prov. 942. ↗ expanded

קְדִימְתָּא = h. קָדִים, east wind. Y. Gitt. III, end, 45ᵇ (not קדמיתא), v. קְטַף I. ↗ expanded

קדיקה , Cant. R. to IV, 10 בכל ק׳, read: בכְלֶקְדִּיקָה, v. גְּלוּגְדְּקָא ↗ expanded

קְדֵירָא , v. קִדְרָא ↗ expanded

קְדֵירָה , v. קְדֵרָה ↗ expanded

קְדִירָה (קָדַר) round segment, hole. Ḥull. 57ᵇ קְדִירַת קנה בכמה (Ar. a. Rashi Ms. קְדִידַת) how large must a hole in the windpipe be (to make the animal ṭ’refah)? ↗ expanded

קדירתא , Esth. R. to I, 2, read: קתִידְרָא. ↗ expanded

קַדִּישׁ = h. קָדוֹשׁ, holy, sacred, pure. Targ. Num. XVI, 5 (some ed. O. קַדֵּישׁ, קַדֵּשׁ). Targ. Is. I, 4. Ib. LVII, 15; a. fr.—[Targ. Y. Num. XI, 7, read: קַרִישׁ.]—Midr. Till. to Ps. CXVIII, 8, v. עִיר I. Meg. 27ᵇ מעיר … מעיקרא ק׳ השתא נמי ק׳ if you sell a sacred object to be taken from a large town to a small place, it was sacred (used for public services) before, and is so now. Ber. 9ᵇ העיד … משום קהלא ק׳ וכ׳ R. J. … declared in behalf of the holy congregation of Jerusalem; a. fr.—Snh. 109ᵇ v. infra.—Pl. קַדִּישִׁין, קַדִּישַׁיָּא, קַדִּישֵׁי; קַדִּישָּׁתָא. Targ. Num. XVI, 3; a. fr.—Snh. l. c. ירענא דכולהו כנישתא קדישי נינהו Ms. M. (ed. קדישתא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) I know that the whole congregation are holy. Pes. 113ᵇ בחייהן דרבנן ק׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. by the life of the holy (revered) Rabbis in the land of Israel (v. קְדוּשָּׁה end); a. e.—[ קַדִּישׁ, קַדִּישָׁא Ḳaddish, the doxology beginning with יתגדל ויתקדש וכ׳ magnified and sanctified be his great name. Treat. Sof’rim X, 7; a. e.] ↗ expanded

קַדִּישָׁא 2 ring, v. קָדָשָׁא. ↗ expanded

קְדָל (cmp. קדד) hindpart of the head with neck, neck, back (corresp. to h. עֹרֶף). Targ. O. Lev. V, 8 קְדָלֵיה; Y. קוּדְלֵיה, קִדְ׳, קְרָ׳. Targ. Gen. XLIX, 8; a. fr.—Ex. R. s. 51 (ref. to Ex. XXXIII, 8) they said חמו קְדַל בריה וכ׳ see the (fat) neck of Amram’s son! Y. Bets. V, 63ᵃ bot. קְדָלֵיה דר"מ, v. פִּיקְיָילִין. Lev. R. s. 28 אנא מימיך לך ק׳ וכ׳ I shall lower my back for thee, tread upon me and mount the horse; a. e.—Pl. קְדָלִין, קְדָלֵי. Yalk. Lev. 665 (not קדרון), v. עָרְפָּא.—קרלי דחזירי bacon. Meg. 13ᵃ, v. כּוֹתְלָא. ↗ expanded

קדלהי , Yalk. Deut. 801, v. קַלְרָהִי ↗ expanded

קָדַם (b. h.) [to bend, go forward,] to advance, precede; to anticipate. Y. Meg. III, 74ᵃ bot. צפה … מוטב שיִקְדּוֹם … לכספו וכ׳ the Lord foresaw that Haman the wicked would weigh his silver for Israel’s destruction (Esth. III, 9), and he said, it is better that my children’s silver (the half-Shekel, Ex. XXX, 11 sq.) anticipate Haman’s silver (to act as a protection from evil designs); ib. I, 70ᵈ bot. שיַּקְדִּים (Hif.). Sifra Vayiḳra, Ḥob., Par. 3, ch. V, v. infra. Gen. R. s. 1 ששה דברים קָדְמוּ וכ׳ six things preceded the creation of the world. Ib. איני יודע איזה מהן קוֹדֵם אם התורה קָדְמָה וכ׳ I know not yet, which of them was first, whether the Torah was created before the throne of glory &c. Ib. התורה קדמה וכ׳, v. קְרִימָה. Ḥull. 100ᵃ, sq. ק׳ וסלקו he removed it first (before putting in other pieces). Snh. 38ᵃ; Lev. R. s. 14, beg. יתוש קְדָמְךָ, v. יַתּוּשׁ. B. Mets. II, 11 אבדתו … אבדתו קוֹדֶמֶת if a man’s own loss and his father’s loss are to be attended to, his own has the precedence; ib. שלו קודמת (Bab. ed. 33ᵃ קודם). Ab. III, 9 כל … קודמת לחכמתו וכ׳ he to whom fear of sin comes before his learning, his learning will endure. Y. Ned. IX, 42ᶜ bot. חיי העיר הזאת קוֹדְמִין וכ׳ the supply of provisions for the people of one’s own town has the precedence over &c. Kel. XXV, 4, v. כַּתְּ; a. fr. [. נִקְדָּם , Taan. 20ᵃ נקדמה, v. נָקַד I .] Pi. קִדֵּם to get the start of. Y. Taan. I, end, 64ᵈ שלא יְקַדְּמֶנּוּ אחר lest another man get ahead of him (in proposing to a woman he desires to marry); Y. Bets. V, 63ᵃ bot. Sifré Deut. 34 לא קִידְּמוּם מצוות וכ׳ no other commands were promulgated before them; a. fr. Hif. הִקְדִּים to advance; to do first; to anticipate, provide against. Y. Meg. l. c. לפיכך מַקְדִּימִין וקירין וכ׳ therefore we read the section of Sh’ḳalim first (before the first of Adar, and before the Sabbath Zakhor); Bab. ib. 13ᵇ לפיכך ה׳ שקליהן וכ׳ therefore the Lord ordered their Shekels in anticipation of his (Haman’s) Shekels, v. supra. Ib. 30ᵃ מקדימין לשבת שעברה we read it the Sabbath before, opp. מאחרין. Ib. when Purim falls on a Friday, מקדימין פרשת זכור we read the section Zakhor on the Sabbath previous. Y. Sot. VIII, 22ᵈ bot. ה׳ לו שכרי if he paid the builder in advance. Zeb. 106ᵃ (ref. to Lev. IV, 12) שיהא שם דשן שיַקְדִּים לשם דשן this means that ashes must be there, that he must first have put ashes there; Sifra Vayikra l. c. שׁיִקְדּוׄם; a. fr.—ה׳ שלום to salute first. Ber. 6ᵇ כל שיודע … יקדים לו שלום he who knows his neighbor to be in the habit of greeting him, should salute him first. Ib. 17ᵃ לא הִקְדִּימוֹ אדם וכ׳ never was a man the first in saluting him, not even a stranger &c. Ex. R. s. 23 באו … להַקְדִּים שירה the angels came wanting to be the first to offer song; יַקְדִּימוּ בני תחלה let my children be the first; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מוּקְדָּם; f. מוּקְדֶּמֶת; pl. מוּקְדָּמִים &c. Pes. 6ᵇ, a. fr. אין מ׳ ומאוחר וכ׳, v. אָחַר. Shebi. X, 5, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל. Ib. שטרי חוב המ׳ antedated notes of indebtedness. M. Mets. V, 10 נתן עיניו … זו היא רבית מ׳ if he intends to borrow money, and he sends his neighbor a gift and says, ‘in order to make thee inclined to lend me money’,—this is interest paid in advance; a. fr.—2) to be early, zealous. Naz. 23ᵇ, a. e. לעולם יקדים אדם לדבר וכ׳ man should always be anxious to do a good deed as early as possible. Pes. 4ᵃ, a. e. מקדימין וכ׳, v. זָרִיז; a. fr.—[Y. Erub. V, 22ᵈ top שמקדימין העליון, read: שמקדירין or שמקדרין, v. קָדַר I.] ↗ expanded

קְדַם ; Pa. קַדֵּם to precede; to do early, be early, first. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 32 דקַדִּימוּ קרנוי וכ׳ (some ed. דקָדִ׳) whose horns grew prior to its hoofs. Targ. Gen. XIX, 2; a. fr.—Ber. 8ᵃ מְקַדְּמֵי וכ׳; קַדִּימוּ וחשיכו, v. חֲשַׁךְ I. Tam. 27ᵇ וקַדֵּים וכ׳, v. הֲשַׁךְ I; a. e. to go before, come to meet. Targ. Ps. LXXXVIII, 14. Ib. LXXIX, 8 יקדמון לן Ms. (ed. לך, corr. acc.); a. fr. Af. אַקְדֵּים to be early. Targ. Gen. XXVI, 31. Targ. I Sam. XVII, 16; a. fr. to precede, anticipate. Targ. Job XLI, 3; a. e. to get the start of; to prevent. Targ. Ps. XVII, 13; a. e.—3) to be earlier than, be quick in doing. Ib. CXIX, 147, sq.; a. fr.—Sabb. 119ᵃ אי רגיליתו לאַקְדּוּמֵי … אַקְדִּימוּ if you are accustomed to take an early meal, make it later (on the Sabbath), and if you are used to dine late, dine earlier. Ib. 151ᵇ when a poor man comes, אַקְדִּים … דליקַדְּמוּ וכ׳ be quick in giving him bread, in order that people may be ready to do so to thy children. to give preference to. Y. Snh. I, 18ᶜ bot. אַקִדְּמוּן ליה … בעיבור they preferred a certain old man to him at the session for intercalation; Y. R. Hash. II, 58ᵇ top; a. e. ↗ expanded

קֶדֶם (b. h.) olden time, (adv.) before, v. קוֹדֶם. ↗ expanded

קֶדֶם ² Targ. Ez. XXXVIII, 17; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָדָם (preced.) [precedence,] (prepos. of time and place) before. Targ. Gen. XXIX, 26. Ib. XLIII, 29; a. fr.—With suffix of personal pronoun mostly in pl. Targ. Prov. XXIII, 1 קָדָמָךְ ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קָדָמָיִךְ). Targ. Ps. XCVI, 9 מן קֳדָמוֹי. Ib. 8 לִקְדָמוֹי; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 37 נפק … קדמוי וכ׳ a proclamation went before him, and all the people came out to meet him. Lam. R. to III, 16; a. fr. (conj.) a) ere, before; b) מן ק׳ since, because(h. . Targ. Y. Gen. XIII, 10 ק׳ עד לא. Targ. Prov. VIII, 23. Ib. 25 Ms. (ed. קְדִים); a. fr.—Targ. O. a. Y. II Ex. XIX, 18 מן ק׳ (Y. I מן בגלל).—Y. Yeb. XII, 13ᵃ top; Y. Snh. I, 19ᵃ bot. קרבת קַדְמָנָא she came before us; ורקת קדמנא and spat in our presence; Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵃ bot. קוּדְמֵינָא; Yeb. 39ᵇ; a. e.—V. קַדְמִין. ↗ expanded

קַדְמָאָה , v. קַדְמַי ↗ expanded

קַדְמוֹן preced. wds.) ancient, originator. Gen. R. s. 38 (play on מקדם, Gen. XI, 2) מקַדְמוֹנוֹ וכ׳, v. נָסַע; ib. s. 41. ↗ expanded

קַדְמוֹנָאָה , v. קַדְמַי ↗ expanded

קַדְמוֹנִי preced. wds.) ancient, first, primeval. Num. R. s. 10 אדם הק׳ (usually הראשון) the first man. Gen. R. s. 22 נחש הק׳ the ancient serpent (of Eden); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַדְמוּתָא (preced. wds.) previous condition. Targ. Job XLII, 12.—Bekh. 31ᵃ זיל לקַדְמוּתֵיה (read אזל) he went back to his former condition (resigned his office). early morning. Ib.ᵇ ושנייה בק׳ וכ׳ and he solved that problem the next morning by reference to a Boraitha. the first time. Deut. R. s. 1, beg. קַדְמוּתֵיךְ היא תניינותיך היא is this thy first or thy second offence?; ib. קַדְמוּתְכוֹן וכ׳ is it your first &c.?; Yalk. Ex. 392 קדמתכון (corr. acc.). לְקַדָּמוּת, לִקְדָמוּת, לָקֳדָמוּת = h. לקראת to meet, towards. Targ. Ex. XIX, 17. Targ. Ps. LIX, 5; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 37 יפקון … לקדָּמוּתִי let all the people (of the place) come out to meet me. Ib. לקדָּמוּתֵיה, v. קֳדָם. (adv.) first, in front. Targ. O. Gen. XXXIII, 2 ed. Berl., v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַדְמַי (preced. wds.) first, former, previous. Targ. Y. II, Gen. I, 5 (ed. Vien. קֳרָמָי). Targ. Is. VIII, 23. Targ. Ps. XCII, 1 אדם ק׳ (v. קַדְמוֹנִי). Targ. Gen. XXV, 25; a. fr.—Y. B. Hash. II, 58ᵇ top כהנא אתמני קדמיי מן וכ׳ K. was appointed (member of the court) before R. Jacob; עאל … ק׳ מיניה לעיבורא but R. J. entered the meeting for intercalation before him. Lam. R. to III, 7 ק׳ מנהון, v. קְרַץ II; a. e.—Pl. קַדְמָאִין, קַדְמַיִין, קֳדָמָאֵי, קַדְ׳. Targ. Job XXIX, 2 (ed. Wil. קַדְמָיָן, read מָיִן …). Ib. VIII, 8. Targ. Jer. XVI, 18; a. fr.—Targ. Job XVIII, 20 קדמאי Ms. (ed. קַדְמוֹנָאֵי).—Y. Peah I, 21ᵈ bot. אי הוון ק׳ מלאכים וכ׳ (not בני מל׳) if our ancestors were angels, we are human beings, and if they were human &c.; Y. Shek. V, beg. 48ᶜ קדְמָאיֵי; Gen. R. s. 60; a. e.—Fem. קַדְמֵיתָא, קַדְמַיְיתָא. Targ. Jer. XXV, 1. Targ. Is. XLIII, 2 בק׳ in ancient times. Targ. O. Gen. XI, 2 בק׳ (h. text מקדם). Ib. XXXIII, 2 קַדְמֵתָא ed. Amst. ed. Vien. קדמאין; (ed. Berl. קַדְמוּתָא; Y. בק׳ דמיתא) in front; a. e.—Y. Taan. I, beg. 63ᶜ היא דעתיה … ק׳ היא וכ׳ R. Eliezer’s opinion in the former quotation (Mishnah) is the same as in the latter. Ib. בק׳ in the early prayer (שחרית). Y. Peah V, end, 19ᵃ (in a defective passage) מה בינה לק׳ what is the difference between this and the former case? Y. Ned. VI, end, 40ᵃ ק׳ ואיקרון when the first (of the three letters) was read, he showed them honor; a. e.—[Y. Gitt. III, end, 45ᵇ, read: קְדִימְתָּא.] ↗ expanded

קַדְמִין (preced. wds.) beginning, olden days. Targ. O. Gen. I, 1. Targ. O. Deut. XXXIII, 27 מִלְּקַ׳ (ed. Berl. מִלְקָ׳); Y. מן לק׳ from of old. Targ. O. Gen. III, 15. Ib. XXXI, 2 ומִדְּקַדְּמוֹהִי (ed. Berl. מִדְּקָמוֹהִי) and before yesterday (Y. כִדְקָדְמוֹי); a. fr. front; east. Targ. O. Gen. III, 24. Targ. Is. II, 6 כמלקדמין as in the east (or: as in former times?); a. e. ↗ expanded

קַדְמֵתָא = קַדְמֵיתָא, v. קַדְמַי ↗ expanded

קַדְמְתָא (preced. wds.) past time; only in מן קַדְמַת דנא, or מִלְּקַ׳ before this. Targ. Y. Gen. XXVIII, 19 (O. בקדמיתא, ed. Berl. מלקדמין; h. text לראשונה). Targ. Ez. XXXVIII, 17; a. e.—Taan. 12ᵃ early morning. B. Mets. 30ᵇ.—[Yalk. Ex. 392 קדמתכון, v. קדְמוּתָא.] ↗ expanded

*קַדְקַד (cmp. נָקד I) to speckle. Part. pass. מְקַדְקַד; pl. מְקַדְקְדִין. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXI, 10; 12 Ar. (ed. גביהון חיורין). ↗ expanded

קָדְקֹד head, skull, vertex; summit. Neg. X, 10, a. e., v. גַּבַּחַת. Men. 37ᵃ בין עיניך זו ק׳ ‘between thy eyes’ (Deut. VI, 8), that means the vertex; expl. ib. מקום וכ׳ the place on the head where the child’s brain is seen to pulsate; (Sifré Deut. 35 בגובה של ראש); Erub. 95ᵇ. Gen. R. s. 62, end בא מקָדְקֳדוֹ של מדבר he came all the way from the highest point of the desert. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIII, 4 (expl. גיא צלמות ib.) בק׳ של מדבר; a. e.—Pl. קָדְקֳדִים. Lev. R. s. 9; s. 25, a. e. בקָדְקֳדֵי ראשיהן by the tops of their heads. ↗ expanded

קָדְקְדָא Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXIII, 16, Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXIII, 16. Targ. Y. I ib. 20.—Bekh. 43ᵇ ק׳ דבישרא וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קרקורא) a hump in which there is no bone, is merely an elevation of flesh (swelling). ↗ expanded

קָדְקוֹד , v. preced. wds. ↗ expanded

קָדַר 1 (cmp. כָּדַר, גָּדַר, גָּדַד) to cut around, perforate, cut out. Sabb. 116ᵃ; Y. ib. XVI, 15ᶜ bot. קוֹדֵר (Ar. קוֹדֵד), v. אַזְכָּרָה. Snh. 103ᵇ מנשה ק׳ וכ׳ (Ar. קדר) Manasseh cut the divine names out (of the Scriptures). Kidd. 22ᵇ קוֹדֵד ויורד וכ׳ Ar. (ed. דוקד והולך) one must bore (through the slave’s ear) until the door is reached. Ḥull. 77ᵃ כל שהרופא קוֹדְרוֹ (Ar. a. Ms. M. correct. קוֹדְדוֹ, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) such flesh as the physician cuts out; a. e.—Part. pass. (קָדוּד) קָדוּר. Ab. Zar. 32ᵃ (expl. עור לבוב) כל שקרוע … וק׳ וכ׳ a hide which is slit open opposite the heart and cut out like an air-hole; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 7 כל שק׳ כנגד לבו Var. ed. Zuck. (text שנקוב, oth. ed. שקרוע). Ukts. II, 4 קְדוּרָה (ed. Dehr. קְדוּדָה) cut into, opp. שלמה. Pi. (קִדֵּד) קִדֵּר to cut through; (in measuring distances) to estimate the level distance between two places separated by mountains. Erub. V, 4 (58ᵃ) שמעתי שמְקַדְּרִין בהרים (Y. ed. Ven. שמְקַדְּדִין; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) I have heard a tradition that in measuring Sabbath distances elevations are considered as cut through. Ib. 58ᵇ כיצד מְקַדְּרִין וכ׳ how is the measuring done to obtain the tunnel distance? He who stands below holds the rope against his heart, while he who stands above holds the other end of the rope against his feet. Ib. אין מקדרין אלא בחבל וכ׳ only a rope of four cubits can be used for measuring &c. Ib. אין מקדרין לא בעגלה וכ׳ this method of measuring distances is not applied in the case of a slain body found in the field (v. עֶגְלָה), or for cities of refuge. Tosef. ib. VI (V), 11 מְקַדֵּר ועולה מק׳ ויורד וכ׳ we go up measuring the air-line and down again (on the other side), and consider the elevation as if it were cut through before us. Erub. 58ᵃ מַקְדִּיר ועולה וכ׳; Tosef. l. c. 12 מקדר. Y. ib. V, 22ᵈ (repeatedly מְקַדְּדִין). Ib. מקדימין (corr. acc.). Y. Sot. V, 20ᵇ bot. מקדדין; Y. Macc. II, end, 32ᵃ מקדרין; a. fr.—Y. Keth. XIII, 36ᵇ top מקדר ויוצא וכ׳ he may cut his way through the vines and get out (v. פָּסַג).—[Pes. 11ᵇ מקדרין, read: מקרדין, v. קָרַד.] (denom. of קָדֵר or קַדָּר) to make pots, pretend to be a potter. Ruth R. to I, 1 (s. 2), v. קַדָּרוּת. Hif. הִקְדִּיר to cut through; to penetrate. Erub. 58ᵃ, v. supra. Nidd. 56ᵇ; Tosef. ib. VI, 13 מַקְדִּיר, v. גָּלַד; [perh. fr. קָדַר II, becomes dull]. Nif. נִקְדַּר to be cut out. Ḥull. 77ᵃ נ׳ כמין טבעת (Ar. נִקְדַּד) if the flesh over a fracture is cut out like a ring. Ib. 57ᵇ רחל … שנ׳ קנה שלה וכ׳ a lamb … whose windpipe was perforated, and they inserted a tube of reed, and it recovered. ↗ expanded

קְדַר , to penetrate. Men. 83ᵃ בשר אגב דשמין קָדֵיר (Ms. M. קריר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) meat being fat penetrates (the fat is communicated to an object with which it comes in contact); Zeb. 98ᵃ משום דקריר (Ms. K. דקדיר; Ms. R. 1 דקריד; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6). Ib. 79ᵇ שאני רוק דקדיר Ms. M. (ed. דקריר; Ms. R. 2 a. Ms. K. דקריד; Ms. R. 1 דקרור) it is different with saliva, because it penetrates. Pa. קַדֵּר to measure level distances. Y. Bicc. I, end, 64ᵇ מאן דמְקַדֵּר וכ׳, v. שִׁגְרוֹנַיָּיה. Ithpe. (אִתְקְדַד) אִתְקְדַר to be caved or arched. Targ. Esth. VIII, 10 אִתְקַדְּרוּ פיסת וכ׳ (ed. Lag. אתקדדו) the soles of their feet were arched (so that they, in running, touched the ground only with their toes). ↗ expanded

קָדַר 2 cmp. Arab. ḳaḍar) [to be soiled,] to be dull black; trnsf. to be sad. Hif. הִקְדִּיר to become, or be black. Y. Nidd. II, 50ᵇ top שחור מַקְדִּיר a dull black color, opp. מצחצח shining. Y. Sabb. X, 12ᶜ bot. היו פניו של ר׳ מַקְדִּירוֹת Rabbi’s face darkened (he grew sad). Gen. R. s. 12 הרשעים … ופניהם מקדירות וכ׳ in the future world the statures of the wicked shall be bent (their pride broken), and their faces shall be sad. ↗ expanded

קְדַר ² Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 15.—[Yalk. Job 901 וקדיר יתיה, read as Lev. R. s. 22: ומקים.] Ithpe. אִתְקַדֵּר to become black. Targ. Cant. I, 5. Targ. Lam. V, 10. Targ. Koh. XII, 2. ↗ expanded

קֵדָר (b. h.) pr. n. Kedar, name of a tribe of Arabs. Cant. R. to I, 5 (Ex. R. s. 23 ישמעאלים). Bets. 20ᵇ צאן ק׳ sheep from Kedar; a. e.—Denom. קִדְרִי; pl. קִדְרִיִּים. Taan. 5ᵇ ק׳ עובדין למים the Kedarites worship water. ↗ expanded

קַדָּר (v. next w.) (cmp. כַּדָּר) potter. Toh. VII, 1.—Pl. קַדָּרִים, קַדָּרִין. Num. R. s. 16, beg. (ref. to חרש, Josh. II, 1, v. חֶרֶס I) עשו עצמן ק׳ וכ׳ they pretended to be potters and called out, who wants pots?; Tanḥ. Sh’laḥ 1; Yalk. Josh. 7; [Ruth R. to I, 1 (s. 2), v. קַדָּרוּת]. Gen. R. s. 86 ק׳ בכפר וכ׳ (Ar. קרוזים) will you import potters to K’far Ḥanina? (Matt. K. קְדֵרִים pots); v. גַּזָּז. ↗ expanded

קָדֵר (קָדֵר I) pot. Pes. 41ᵃ צלי ק׳ roasted through the heat of the pot. Meg. 7ᵇ, v. צָלִי; a. e.—Pl. קְדֵרִים, v. preced. ↗ expanded

קְדַר ³ Targ. O. Num. XI, 8 (h. text פרור). Targ. Mic. III, 3 (h. text קלחת); a. fr.—Targ. Joel II, 6; Targ. Jer. VIII, 21, a. e., v. אִכְרוּם.—Lev. R. s. 19, beg. יהבינון בקי׳ חדתא he put them (the young ravens) into a new pot. Esth. R. to III, 6 (prov.) נפלה כיפה ק׳ ווי לק׳ וכ׳ if the stone falls on the pot, woe to the pot; if the pot falls on the stone, woe to the pot; (Yalk. Esth. 1054 נפל קופה לקדרה וכ׳). Erub. 3ᵃ, a. e. ק׳ דשותפי, v. חַמִּים; a. fr.—Trnsf. intestines, rectum, bladder. Ber. 62ᵇ עד דרתחא קִדְרָךְ וכ׳ while thy pot is hot, empty it (do not delay discharge). Sabb. 33ᵃ נפישי קטילי קדר וכ׳ more numerous are those killed by the pot (by delay of discharge) than those killed by starvation.—[Num. R. s. 7; Lev. R. s. 18 לקדרא some ed., v. קַרְדָּא.]—Pl. קִדְרִין, קִדְרַיָּא, קִי׳, קְדֵירָתָא. Targ. II Chr. XXXV, 13. Targ. Y. Num. XXXI, 23.—Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵈ bot.; Y. Snh. VI, 23ᶜ bot.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְדֵרָה , pot, contents of the pot, dish. Ḥull. VIII, 3 אם יש … באותה ק׳ if there is enough milk to give a taste to the entire contents of the pot. Ab. Zar. 67ᵇ, a. fr. ק׳ בת יומא, v. יוֹמָא. Ex. R. s. 1; Sot. 11ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XVIII, 11) בק׳ שבישלו, v. בָּשַׁל. Ib. מאי משמע דהאי זדו לישנא דק׳ הוא what is your evidence that this zadu (Ex. l. c.) has the meaning of cooking in the pot? Pes. 112ᵃ לא תבשל בק׳ וכ׳ cook not in a pot which thy neighbor has used, i.e. marry not a divorced woman. Y. Snh. VIII, beg. 26ᵃ בשל … השחירה הקדרה וכ׳ when the semen within begins to boil, the pot blackens without (the hair grows); a. fr.—Trnsf. skull. Ḥull. 45ᵃ כל מה שבק׳, v. מוֹחַ. Ib., sq. כמין שני … על פי הק׳ two bean-like glands lie at the mouth of the skull (at the end of the cerebellum).—Pl. קְדֵרוֹת, קְדֵי׳. Pes. 30ᵃ; Zeb. 95ᵇ ק׳ בפסח ישברו earthen pots in which leavened matter has been cooked on Passover, must be broken. Num. R. s. 16, a. e., v. קַדָּר; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קדרו , v. קַרְדּוּ I ↗ expanded

קדרום , v. קַדְרוֹס ↗ expanded

קִדְרוֹן (b. h.) pr. n., נחל ק׳ Torrent (or Brook) of Kidron, near Jerusalem. Y. Taan. III, 67ᵃ top, a. e., v. קִשְׁקֵשׁ I. ↗ expanded

קַדְרוֹן Targ. Y. Gen. VIII, 4, v. קַרְדּוּ I ↗ expanded

קדרון , Lam. R. to I, 16 ק׳ גלוסקאן some ed., read: קֶרֶן.—Yalk. Lev. 665 חמי ק׳, read: קְדָלִין. ↗ expanded

קִדְרוֹנִין , v. קַדְרִינוֹן ↗ expanded

קַדְרוֹס 1 (κέδρος) cedar. Targ. O. Gen. VI, 14 (h. text גפר).—R. Hash. 23ᵃ (among the species of ארז) ק׳ Ms. M. 2 (Ms. M. 1 קדרום; ed. קתרום, קתרוס; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. notes 50, 60). ↗ expanded

קַדְרוֹס 2 pr. n. m., v. קַתְרוֹס II ↗ expanded

קַדָּרוּת (denom. of קַדָּר) potter’s trade. Ruth R. to I, 1 (s. 2) ref. to היוצרים, I Chr. IV, 23, in connection with Josh. II, 1 חרש) כלי ק׳ היו בידם מקדרין they (the spies) carried potters’ tools with them, pretending to be potters, v. קַדָּר. ↗ expanded

קדריה , Y. Kil. I, 27ᵃ bot., v. פִּרְסְקָא ↗ expanded

קדריונטס , v. קוּדְרַנְטיס ↗ expanded

קַדְרִינוֹן (κέδρινος, -ον) of cedar, cedar wood. Targ. Y. II, Gen. VI, 14 (quoted Gen. R. s. 31) דאעין דק׳; Y. I דקיסין קדרונין (ed. Amst. קרדונין, corr. acc.).—Tanḥ. B’shall. 24 (ref. to Ex. XV, 25) קרדנין, read with Y’lamd. a. l., quot. in Ar. קדרינון; Mekh. B’shall. Vayassʿa, s. 1 עץ קתרוס, v. קַדְרוֹס I ↗ expanded

קַדְרִיתָא (קְדַר II) black; trnsf. miserable. Targ. Cant. I, 6. ↗ expanded

קַדְרַנְטֵיס , v. קוּדְרַנְטֵיס ↗ expanded

קָדשׁ , v. קָדוֹשׁ ↗ expanded

קָדַשׁ (b. h.) [to be cut off, separated, v. Ges. Hebr. Dict.¹² s. v.; cmp. פָּרַשׁ,] to be, become pure, sacred, holy. Y. Sabb. III, 5ᵈ bot.; ib. IV, end, 7ᵃ ק׳ עליו היום the day became holy upon him, i.e. the Sabbath commenced while he was engaged in doing something. Meïl. II, 8 (10ᵃ) קָדְשׁוּ בכלים (Talm. ed. קדשן) after they have become sacred by being put in a sacred vessel (v. infra); Shebu. 11ᵃ (Ms. F. קידשן). Bekh. 4ᵇ קדשו בכורות וכ׳ the firstborn in the desert were consecrated; a. fr. Pi. קִדֵּשׁ, קִי׳ to sanctify, esp. ק׳ שם שמים, or ק׳ את השם to sanctify the name of the Lord, to manifest fidelity to religion by noble deeds, by martyrdom &c. Sot. 10ᵇ; 36ᵇ יוסף שק׳ שם וכ׳ Joseph who sanctified the name … in secret (when he resisted temptation); יהודה שק׳ וכ׳ Judah who sanctified … in public (when he admitted his guilt, Gen. XXXVIII, 26); a. fr. to sanctify, consecrate; to purify, keep pure. Ber. 17ᵃ טהר וקַדֵּשׁ עצמך מכל וכ׳ keep thyself clean and pure (aloof) from every guilt &c. Yoma 39ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XI, 44) … אדם מְקַדֵּשׁ מְקַדְּשִׁין אותו הרבה if a man sanctifies himself a little (trains himself to self-restraint), they (the divine agencies) will help him much to sanctify him; מלמטה מקדשין אותו מלמעלה if he (sanctifies himself) below, they will sanctify him from above; בעולם הזה מקדשין וכ׳ he in this world, they will declare him holy in the hereafter. Yeb. 20ᵃ, a. e. קדש עצמך במותר לך sanctify thyself by self-restraint from what is permitted to thee. Ḥag. 3ᵇ, a. e. קִדְּשָׁהּ לשעתה, v. קְדוּשָּׁה. Sebu. 15ᵃ … כל הכלים מְקַדַּשְׁתָּן as regards all vessels that Moses made, the ointing of them gave them their sacred character; Snh. 16ᵇ מקדשן (corr. acc.). Men. 95ᵇ תנור מְקַדֵּשׁ the oven (the baking of the showbread) gives it its sacred character. Ib. 100ᵃ כלי שרת מְקַדְּשִׁין the vessels of the service consecrate (the things put into them); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּדָּשׁ; f. מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת; pl. מְקוּדָּשִׁים &c. Sabb. 55ᵃ (ref. to Ez. IX, 6) א"ת מקדשי אלא מְקוּדָּשַׁי וכ׳ read not miḳdashi (my sanctuary) but m’ḳuddashai (my sanctified ones), that means those who fulfilled the whole Law &c.; Ab. Zar. 4ᵃ. Zeb. 115ᵇ (ref. to Ps. LXVIII, 36 מִמִּקְדָּשֶׁיךָ) read מִמְּקוּדָּשֶׁיךָ וכ׳ ‘from thy sanctified ones’, when the Lord passes judgment on his holy servants &c.; a. fr. (with, or sub., ידיו ורגליו) to wash hands and feet prior to a sacred act. Yoma III, 6. Ib. IV, 5. Ib. 22ᵃ; a. fr. to prepare the water of lustration (Num. XIX). Par. VI, 1 המקדש ונפל הקִדּוּשׁ על ידו if he prepares the lustration, and some of the consecrated water falls upon his hand. Ib. 2 נוטל ומקדש he may take (of the ashes) and prepare the water with them. Ib. 3 המקדש בשוקת וכ׳ he who puts ashes into a large vessel of water; a. fr. (of seasons) to proclaim the sanctity of esp., a) (ק׳ החדש) to proclaim in court that the new month had begun (v. infra). R. Hash. II, 7 אם לא … אין מקדשין אותו שכבד קִדְּשׁוּהוּ שמים unless the new moon is seen in its due time (on the evening of the twenty-ninth day), no announcement is made, for the heavens have already proclaimed it (and the new month begins with the thirty-first day). Ib. 24ᵃ בין כך שנים אתה מקדש וכ׳ … in neither case is the ceremony of announcement required, for we read (Lev. XXV, 10), ‘ye shall sanctify the fiftieth year’, years thou must sanctify &c. Ex. R. s. 15 אני ואתם נְקַדֵּשׁ את החדש I and you, let us (as a court) proclaim the month (of Nisan); a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. R. Hash. II, 7 ראש ב"ד אומר מק׳ וכ׳ the president of the court says, ‘(the new month is) proclaimed’, and all the people say after him, ‘proclaimed, proclaimed.’ Ib. III, 1 נחקרו … ולא הספיקו לומר מק׳ וכ׳ when the witnesses were examined, and the court had no time to say m’ḳuddash before night set in; a. e.—b) ק׳ השבת, היום to pronounce the sanctity of the Sabbath, the Holy Day &c., to recite the Sabbath or the festive benediction (over wine), to say Ḳiddush. Pes. 105ᵃ מי שלא ק׳ בע"ש מקדש וכ׳ he who fails to bless the Sabbath on the Sabbath eve, may do so during the entire day. Ib. 106ᵇ טעם אינו מקדש if a man tasted something without Ḳiddush, he must not bless the Sabbath; Ib. 107ᵃ טעם מקדש even if he has tasted something, he must bless the Sabbath. Ib. כגון זה ראוי לקַדֵּשׁ עליו a beverage like this is fit for Ḳiddush; a. fr. ק׳ אשה [to consecrate a woman,] a) to betroth (expl. Kidd. 2ᵇ לישנא דרבנן דאסר לה … כהקדש the rabbinical term, in place of the Biblical קנה,—because he makes her forbidden to others like a consecrated object, v. הֶקְדֵּשׁ). Kidd. II, 1 האיש מקדש בו וכ׳ a man may betroth a woman either in person or through a deputy. Ib. 41ᵃ אסור לאדם שיְקַדֵּשׁ … עד וכ׳ a man is forbidden to betroth a woman to himself, before he has seen her. Ib. II, 4 האומר … צא וקַדֵּשׁ … והלך וקִדְּשָׁהּ וכ׳ if a man said to his deputy, go and betroth to me that certain woman in that certain place, and he went and betrothed her in a different place, she is not betrothed (the betrothal is invalid); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת; pl. מְקוּדָּשׁוֹת. Ib. הרי זו מק׳ in such a case the betrothal is binding. Ib. 7; a. fr.—b) (of the father of a minor נַעֲרָה) to accept a betrothal in behalf of one’s daughter. Ib. 1 האיש מקדש את בתו וכ׳ a man may accept his daughter’s betrothal, if she is a naʿărah, either in person or through a deputy. Ib. 41ᵃ אסור לאדם שיקדש את בתו וכ׳ a man is forbidden to betroth his daughter as a child, (but must wait,) until she is grown up and says, I like this man; a. fr. to cause a thing to be prohibited, esp. (by ref. to Deut. XXII, 9) by planting seeds in a vineyard, or vines among seeds; to cause condemnation. Kil. IV, 5 הזורע … ק׳ שורה אחת if a person sows within four cubits of a vineyard, he has caused the condemnation of one row of vines. Ib. V, 5 הרי זה מקדש ארבעים וכ׳ he has made forty-five vines forbidden. Ib. VII, 2 גפן … ואינה מְקַדֶּשֶׁת to plant seeds near a dried-up vine is forbidden, but it (the vine) does not cause the condemnation of the seeds. Ib. 3 אלו אוסרין ולא מְקַדְּשִׁין the following plants make the planting of seeds in their neighborhood forbidden, but do not cause condemnation of the seeds, if planted, or their own condemnation. Ib. 5 אין אדם מקדש דבר וכ׳ no man can cause condemnation of a thing not his own. Ib. הרי זה ק׳ וכ׳ he has caused the condemnation of his neighbor’s seeds and must pay damages; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַדֵּשׁ, Nithpa. נִתְקַדֵּשׁ to be sanctified, glorified as holy. Yeb. 79ᵃ מוטב … ויִתְקַדֵּשׁ שם וכ׳ let a letter of the Law be uprooted (disregarded), but let the name of God be sanctified in public. Tanḥ. Sh’mini 1 מִתְקַדֵּשׁ אני שם במכבדי there (at the dedication of the Tabernacle) I shall be sanctified by (the death of) those that honor me. Lev. R. s. 12; a. fr. to be consecrated, dedicated; (of the New Moon) to be proclaimed. R. Hash. 21ᵇ יכול … עד שיִתְקַדְּשׁוּ וכ׳ you may have thought, as well as the Sabbath is to be disregarded (by the witnesses travelling to the seat of the court), until they (the months) are proclaimed, it may also be disregarded (by the messengers carrying the announcement), until they are established. Ex. R. s. 15 היה הכהן … והכלי מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת the priest received in it some sacred object, by which the vessel was consecrated; וכלי חול מִתְקַדֵּשׁ and a profane vessel became sacred. Shebu. 15ᵃ אין העזרה מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת וכ׳ the Temple hall was not consecrated, until the priests ate therein the remnants of the meal-offering. Ib. 16ᵃ תחתונה נִתְקַדְּשָׁה בכל אלו the lower reservoir became consecrated through all these (ceremonies mentioned); a. fr. (of mixed seeds) to be condemnable, condemned. Kil. VII, 7 מאימתי … מתקדשת from what time are seeds of grain (planted among vines) to be condemned? Ib. אין מִתְקַדְּשׁוֹת are not to be condemned; a. fr. to be betrothed. Kidd. II, 1 האשה מתקדשת בה וכ׳ a woman may be betrothed in person or through her deputy. Ib. האומר … הִתְקַדְּשִׁי לי וכ׳ if a man says to a woman, be betrothed to me with this fig. Ib. 45ᵇ נִתְקַדְּשָׁה לדעת אביה וניסת וכ׳ if she (the minor) was betrothed with her father’s consent, but was married without it; a. fr. to sanctify one’s self. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. II, Par. 2 מי שהוא עתיד להִתְקַדֵּשׁ he that is ready to sanctify himself (by vowing a sacrifice). Nif. נִקְדַּשׁ to be sanctified; to become consecrated. Tem. 14ᵃ כאן לִיקָּדֵשׁ כאן ליקרב in the one case it refers to being consecrated (by being put in a sacred vessel), in the other to being offered. Bekh. 4ᵇ הוֹזהרו … ליקדש they were admonished concerning the firstborn, that they be consecrated; a. e. to be betrothed. Kidd. 48ᵃ if she says, עשה לי … ואֶקָּדֵשׁ וכ׳ make for me chains &c., and I shall be betrothed unto thee. Hif. הִקְדִּישׁ to cause sanctification. Zeb. 115ᵇ לא מתו … להַקְדִּישׁ שמו וכ׳ thy (Aaron’s) sons died only in order to give thee an opportunity to sanctify the name of the Lord. to sanctify, dedicate an object as Temple property (Lev. XXVII, 14-24). Arakh. VI, 2 המַקְדִּישׁ נכסיו וכ׳ if a person dedicates his property to the Temple, but owes his (divorced) wife her k’thubah (כְּתוּבָּה) &c. Ib. VII, 1 אין מַקְדִּישִׁין לפני היובל וכ׳ you cannot dedicate landed property within less than two or three years before the jubilee. Ib. 3 הִקְדִּישָׁהּ וגאלה if he dedicated and then redeemed it. Ib. 5 אין אדם מַקְדִּישׁ דבר וכ׳ nobody can dedicate a thing not belonging to him. B. Kam. VII, 2; a. v. fr. Hof. הוּקְדַּשׁ to be dedicated, consecrated. Meïl. II, 8 המנחות … משהוּקְדָּשׁוּ the law concerning misappropriation of sacred things applies to meal-offerings as soon as they have been dedicated. Ib. 1 משהוּקְדָּשָׁה as soon as it has been designated for a sin-offering; a. fr.—Part. מוּקְדָּשׁ; f. מוּקְדֶּשֶׁת; pl. מוּקְדָּשִׁים &c. Ned. V, 6 (48ᵃ) אם … הרי הם מוק׳ לשמים if they are mine, be they dedicated to the Lord. Ib. כל מתנה … מקודשת אינה מתנה (read: מוקדשׁת) a gift which is not made so that if the recipient dedicates it to sacred use, it is dedicated, is no gift. Bekh. V, 1 כל פסולי המוק׳ all dedicated sacrifices which became unfit for the altar; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְדַשׁ , to be sanctified, sacred (v. קְדוֹשׁ). Shebu. 15ᵇ שתי הלחם … דקַדְשֵׁי (Rashi דמִיקַּדְּשֵׁי Ithpa.) it is through the slaughtering of the sheep that the two loaves received their sacred character. Bekh. 4ᵇ דקְדוּשׁ קדוש וכ׳ those firstborn that were consecrated, were consecrated &c. Pa. קַדֵּישׁ as preced. Pi., to sanctify; to proclaim; to betroth &c. Targ. Ex. XXVIII, 41. Ib. XXIX, 1 לקַדָּשָׁא (Y. לקַדְשָׁא). Ib. 44; a. fr.—Targ. Y. Deut. XX, 7 (not דקָדֵישׁ; h. text ארש). Ib. XXII, 16 (h. text נתתי); a. e.—Shebu. 16ᵃ ועזרא קַדּוּשֵׁי ק׳ וכ׳ and Ezra consecrated (the various places), although the Urim and Tummim were no longer extant. Pes. 106ᵃ עיקר קידושא … דכי ק׳ תחלת יומא בעי לקַדּוּשֵׁי the actual sanctification of the Sabbath must take place in the evening, for when one sanctifies the Sabbath, one must sanctify the beginning of the day. Ib. ליקַדֵּישׁ לן וכ׳ please, sir, recite for us the great Ḳiddush, v. קִידּוּשָׁא. Ib. 101ᵃ לקדושי בביתא to recite the Ḳiddush in the house. Ib. 106ᵇ זימנין … מקדש אריפתא at times, when he cared more for bread, he recited the Ḳiddush over bread.—R. Hash. 25ᵃ זיל … וקַדְּשֵׁיה וכ׳ go to ‘En-Ṭab and proclaim the New Moon Day. Ib. אמר … בעינן לקדושי בך וכ׳ he said (to the moon), to-night we desire to initiate the new month through thee, and thou standest here? Ib.ᵇ ולִיקַדְּשֵׁיה בליליא Ms. M. and we may proclaim it at night. Shebu. 15ᵇ דעד דקַדֵּישׁ יומא וכ׳ so that immediately after one has recited the blessing at the exit of the day (הַבְדָּלָה), one might finish the building and consecrate it.—Kidd. 50ᵇ באתרא דמְקַדְּשֵׁי והדר מסבלי where it is customary to send the gifts after betrothal, v. סְבַל. Ib. 59ᵃ לקדושי … לבריה to betroth a wife for his son (as his deputy); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְקַדַּשׁ; f. מְקַדְּשָׁא, &c. Shebu. l. c. תרוייהו … מְקַדְּשֵׁי both of them are consecrated at the same time. Ib. חדא מי מק׳ how can even one of them be consecrated?—Pes. 101ᵃ ולא מק׳ לכו בבית אכילה (Ms. M. 2 מתקדש) and no Ḳiddush will be recited for you in your dining place; a. fr. Ithpa. אִתְקַדֵּשׁ, אִיקַּדֵּשׁ ; Ithpe. אִיקְּדִישׁ to sanctify one’s self; to be sanctified; (of mixed seeds) to be condemnable; (of woman) to be betrothed. Targ. Ex. XXIX, 37. Targ. Lev. XX, 7. Targ. O. ib. X, 3; a. fr.—Kidd. 54ᵃ ירושלים מי מִיקַּדְּשָׁא is Jerusalem itself consecrated ground? Ned. 31ᵃ כיון דאיק׳ אברהם וכ׳ when Abraham was consecrated (as the bearer of religion), they (the Israelites) were called after him (they are no longer included among ‘the sons of Noah’).—Keth. 62ᵇ אי מִיקַּדַּשְׁנָא (some ed. מְקַדַּשְׁנָא) if I consent to be betrothed unto thee, wilt thou go to college? Ib. אִיקַּדְּשָׁא ליה וכ׳ she was betrothed to him in secret, and she sent him (Akiba) away (to study). Kidd. 9ᵃ אי … מִיקַּדְּשַׁת לי if I give it thee, wilt thou be betrothed to me? Ib. 12ᵃ אשה … לא מִיקַּדְּשָׁא a woman cannot be betrothed with a P’ruṭah; a. fr.—Pes. 105ᵃ זיל חזי אי מִקְּדִישׁ יומא (Ms. M. קדיש) go and see whether the sacred day has begun. Af. אַקְדֵּישׁ, אַקְדַּשׁ to sanctify, dedicate. Targ. Lev. XXVII, 14 (Y. ed. Vien. יִקְדַּשׁ). Ib. 15. Targ. Jud. XVII, 3; a. fr. to betroth. Kidd. 9ᵇ עד דמַקְדִּישׁ והדר בעיל (Rashi דמקדש) until he betroth her and consummates. Ib. 12ᵃ ההוא גברא דא׳ וכ׳ a man betrothed a woman with a piece of &c., v. כּוֹחֲלָא. Ib. 12ᵇ; a. fr. (interch. with Pa.). ↗ expanded

קַדֵּשׁ m., v. קַדִּישׁ ↗ expanded

קָדֵשׁ [cut off, rejected, cmp. חרם] sodomite. Sifré Deut. 260 ק׳ חמור the sodomite whose crime is the severer one (v. infra).—Pl. קְדֵשִׁים. Esth. R. to I, 9 (expl. מעולל, Is. III, 12) ק׳ בהון sodomites were among them (with ref. to ויתעללו, Jud. XIX, 25).—Fem. קְדֵשָׁה prostitute. Sifré l. c. ק׳ קלה the Ḳ’deshah whose crime is a minor one (compared with that of the Ḳadesh). ↗ expanded

קֶדֶשׁ (b. h.) pr. n. pl. Kedesh in Naftali, one of the cities of refuge. Macc. 9ᵇ. Y. Meg. I, 70ᵃ bot., v. אַגָּנָא. ↗ expanded

קַדַשׁ , v. נוּנָא ↗ expanded

קֹדֶשׁ , v. קוֹדֶשׁ, קוֹדַשׁ, קוּדְשָׁא. ↗ expanded

קָדָשָׁא (קדש) [cut out,] ear-ring, nose-ring(b. h. . Targ. Job XLII, 11. Targ. Gen. XXIV, 22. Targ. Jud. VIII, 24; a. fr.—Pl. קְדָשִׁין, קְדָשַׁיָּא, קְדָשֵׁי, קָ׳. Ib. (ed. Wil. קָדְשֵׁי). Targ. O. Gen. XXXV, 4 (ed. Amst. O. a. Y. קַדָּ׳). Targ. O. Num. XXXI, 50 ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. קַדָּ׳; Y. I קַדִּישַׁיָּא, Y. II קַדְשַׁיָּא; h. text עגיל). Targ. Prov. XI, 22 קָדָשַׁיָּה ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קדשי, קדשא); a. fr.—Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ bot. (transl. עגיל, v. supra) קדשייא. Ib. קדשיא (transl. לחשים, Is. III, 20), v. לְחִישָׁה. Lev. R. s. 33 קדשין (transl. צמידים, Ez. XXIII, 42); Yalk. Dan. 1061. Yalk. Ps. 687 אנא נסיב שיריא וקדשיא I shall take (Esther’s) chains and rings; Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII ed. Bub. שירייה וקדשייה. ↗ expanded

קָהָא , v. קהי ↗ expanded

קֵהֶה , קֵהָה, קֵי׳ f. (preced.; cmp. כֵּהֶה) dull, faint; (of cutting tools) blunt; (of teeth) blunt and loose. — Pl. קֵהִים, קֵהִין, קֵי׳; קֵהוֹת, קֵי׳. Midr. Sam. ch. XVI as with the grape vine כל מי … שיניו ק׳ וכ׳ he that eats of its unripe fruit, will have his teeth set on edge, so it is with Israel &c.; Lev. R. s. 36 (corr. version after Midr. Sam.). (of limbs) wearied, benumbed. Y. Yoma VIII, 44ᵈ בבא מן … ק׳ עליו in the case of one that had come from a journey, and his feet were benumbed; Y. Ber. II, 5ᵇ bot.; a. e. tough, hard, unyielding. Taan. 7ᵇ (ref. to Koh. X, 10) אם ראית רקיע שק׳ כברזל וכ׳ when thou seest the sky as tough as iron not sending down dew or rain; Yalk. Koh. 979 אם … דור שהשמים קהין וכ׳ when thou seest a generation over which the heavens are as tough &c. Ab. IV, 20 ענבים קהות hard (unripe) grapes, opp. בשולות.—Trnsf. (of intellectual subjects) tough, difficult, unsolvable. Yalk. l. c. אם … שתלמודו ק׳ עליו כברזל when thou seest a student to whom his lesson is as tough as iron (Taan. 8ᵃ שלמודו קשה; Ms. M. כהה). Pesik. R. s. 33 והמעשה שהיה ק׳ וכ׳ and when a case was too difficult for me to decide, I asked &c.; Yalk. Job 917. Cant. R. to IV, 11; a. e. fainting, having a morbid appetite. Y. Shebi. IV, end, 35ᶜ שכן דרך הק׳ אוכלות אותו for craving women are in the habit of eating it (the unripe grape). ↗ expanded

קהי to be dull, blunt; (of a sword) to slide off a hard object. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ וקָהַת החרב מעל וכ׳ and the sword slid off Moses’ neck and broke; Deut. R. s. 2; Yalk. Ex. 167 וקהית (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 78; Cant. R. to VII, 5 וקָהוּ שיניו וכ׳ and the teeth of the wicked (Esau) became blunt and loose. to be tough, unyielding, hard. Num. R. s. 3 (ref. to Koh. X, 10) אם ראית שקהו השמים וכ׳, v. preced.—Trnsf. to be difficult, unsolvable. Cant. R. to III, 7 שהיו כולן שונין … הלכה קוֹהָא להם they all sharpened the discussion like a sword, so that, when a case came before them, the decision might not be too difficult for them. Ib. to IV, 4 שאין הלכה קוהא להם never was there a subject too difficult for them to decide; a. e. to be wearied; to faint; esp. to have a morbid appetite (caused by the smell of a dish). Ib. to I, 12 the Lord sent them a sweet scent from Eden והיתה נפשם קוהא לאכול and they were dying to eat (of the Passover sacrifice), v. עָיֵף; a. e. Hif. הִקְהָה (with שן) to make blunt and loose; trnsf. to refute; to break the power of; to grieve. Mekh. Bo, s. 18 אף אתה הַקְהֵה את שיניו thou, too, make his teeth blunt (refute his arguments). Gen. R. s. 99 (play on יקהת, Gen. XLIX, 10) מי שמַקְהֶה שני וכ׳ he (the Messiah) that shall break the power of all nations; ib. s. 98. Sot. 49ᵃ [read:] אומרים … למה הִקְהִיתָ וכ׳ (v. Rashi) they (the children of the wicked that died in their parents’ lifetime) argue before him, … if thou intendedst to punish them in the hereafter, why didst thou cause them grief while living? Ib. שמחת … והקהית השיני thou hast gladdened my heart (with the evidence of thy purity) and given me pain (by showing more affection for thy son than for myself). Snh. 109ᵇ (play on בן קהת, Num. XVI, 1) בן שה׳ וכ׳ a son that brought grief over his parents; a. e. Pi. קֵיהָה to pronounce unsolvable. Neg. IV, 11, v. כָּהָה. Nif. נִקְהָה to become faint, powerless. Koh. R. to X, 10 אם נִקְהֵת אומה וכ׳ if the nation whose power was as hard as iron, has grown powerless. to be tough, difficult. Ib. אם נ׳ תלמודך וכ׳ if thy lesson is as tough to thee as iron (v. preced). Hithpa. הִתְקָהֵא, הִתְקָהֶה ; Nithpa. נִתְקָהֶה to faint, long for. Yalk. Ex. 186 (ref. to מתלקחת, Ex. IX, 24) מִתְקָהָא לעשות שליחותה (not שליחותיה) it (the fire) was dying to perform its mission; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 4ᵃ מיתה מתקהא וכ׳ Ar. (ed. מתקריא, corr. acc.) dying, that is longing &c.; Cant. R. to III, 11 מיתה ומתקלהא בשביל לעשות רצון בוראם (corr. acc., a. read בוראה); Num. R. s. 12 (combining both versions) מיתה ומתקהלא לעשות … בוראה (corr. acc.). to become tough, hard, unyielding, grievous, irksome. Koh. R. l. c. אם נִתְקָהוּ שמים שעל וכ׳ if the heavens above you have become hard as iron &c., v. supra. Ib. אם נתק׳ הרב על התלמיד וכ׳ if the teacher has been unyielding to the pupil like iron (out of patience, and refusing to teach him) …, and the teacher shows not a friendly face (does not relent) &c. Ib. אם נתק׳ התלמיד על הרב וכ׳ if the pupil has been annoying to his teacher (through his obtuseness or wearisome questions) …, and the teacher refuses to explain &c. ↗ expanded

קְהֵי to be blunt (and loose); to be dull, faint. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXXIII, 4 (Y. I אתמזמיזו). Ib. XXXII, 26 וקהת (some ed. וקחת, v. קְחַח; Y. I זעזע; h. text ותקע).—[Targ. I Kings XIV, 4 קהאה (ed. Wil. כהאה; ed. Lag. קמא; h. text קמו.] to be stale, distasteful. Ber. 56ᵃ קהא עסקך וכ׳ Ms. F. (ed. קָאוֵי fr. קְוָא; Ms. M. פסיד עסקך וקאזיל, read וקאוי) thy business (wine store) will be stale (and taste) like a pomegranate.—Part. pass. קְהִיהַ, pl. קְהִיתִין (cmp. חֲמִי, a. חַמְת׳). Lev. R. s. 19 הא קהיתין are they (the vessels with wine you have been examining) spoiled?; [Ar. s. v. קה: הָקְהֵיתָה is it spoiled?]. to be unrelenting, rigorous. B. Mets. 52ᵇ דקָהֵי אזוזי מקרי נפש רעה Ar. (ed. דמוקים) he who is rigorous in matters of coins (refusing a coin for slight imperfections) is called ‘a malevolent soul’ (v. נֶפֶשׁ). Pa. קַהֵי to give an acrid taste to. Pes. 116ᵃ צריך לְקַהוּיֵיה one must give the pap (חֲרוֹסֶת) an acrid taste (with apples and wine). Af. אַקְהֵי [to blunt a person’s teeth,] to refute, argue. Yeb. 110ᵇ מַקְהוּ Ar. a. Var. in Rashi (ed. מַקְווּ), v. אַקְוָוא. ↗ expanded

קַהֲיוּת (preced.), ק׳ שינים bluntness of teeth; trnsf. old age. Yalk. Lam. 996 בן שנתן לו בק׳ ש׳ וכ׳ the son that was given him (Abraham) in his old age, when he was one hundred years old. ↗ expanded

קַהֲיָיא , pl. קַהֲיָיתָא arguments. Yeb. 110ᵇ Ar., v. אַקְוָוא. ↗ expanded

קְהִילָּה , v. קְהִלָּה ↗ expanded

קָהַל to call. Hif. הִקְהִיל to assemble. Ber. 61ᵇ; Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ מַקְהִיל קהילות ברבים called public assemblies (to teach). Gen. R. s. 99 כשיַקְהִיל קרח וכ׳ (some ed. כשיַקְהֵל) when Korah will gather his followers for strife, my (Jacob’s) name shall not be joined with them. Yalk. Ex. 408 כדי שילמדו … להַקְהִיל וכ׳ that coming generations may learn from thee to assemble congregations every Sabbath; a. e. Nif. נִקְהַל to be assembled. Gen. R. s. 98 בשעה שהן נִקְהָלִין על וכ׳ when they will be assembled against Moses in the party of Korah &c. Lev. R. s. 24 פרשה … בהִקָּהֵל וכ׳ this section (Lev. XIX) was proclaimed in full assembly (v. ib. 2), because &c. Koh. R. to I, 1, v. קֹהֶלֶת. Hithpa. הִתְקָהֵל same. Gen. R. s. 99 (ref. to יקהת, Gen. XLIX, 10) מי … מִתְקָהֲלִין עליו he around whom the nations will group themselves.—[Num. R. s. 12 מתקהלא, v. קָהָה.] ↗ expanded

קָהָל preced.) gathering, congregation. Y. Hor. I, 46ᵃ bot. (ref. to Num. XV, 24, העדה) כל השבטים קרויין ק׳ all tribes together are called ḳahal; כל שבט … ק׳ every tribe for itself is called ḳ.; Bab. Hor. 3ᵃ כגון … רובו של ק׳ וכ׳ when six tribes have sinned, and they form the majority of the congregation (the entire people) &c. Ib. הני הוא דאיקרו ק׳ only they (the entire people) are called ḳ.—Kidd. 73ᵃ קְהַל ודאי a community of Israelites of undoubted legitimacy; קְ׳ ספק of doubtful legitimacy; Y. Yeb. VIII, 9ᵇ bot. קָ׳ ברור; קְ׳ ספק. Ib. [read:] ארבע קְהִילּוֹת אינון קְ׳ יי׳ קְ׳ כהנים וכ׳ four communities are meant by ‘the congregation of the Lord’ (Deut. XXIII, 2; 3; 4; 9): the community of priests, of Levites, of Israelites, and of proselytes. Mish. ib. VIII, 2 ואינן … אלא מלבא בק׳ and they are forbidden only to enter the congregation (to intermarry with Israelites); a. fr.—Pl., v. קְהִלָּה ↗ expanded

קָהָל ² Targ. Num. XVI, 3. Ib. XX, 4; a. fr.—Kidd. 73ᵃ מחד קהל נפקו ed. (Rashi קהלא) the (laws concerning priests and Levites) are derived from one of the verses (Deut. XXIII, 3; 4; 9) in which ḳahal occurs.—Pl. קַהֲלֵי. Ib. הנהו נמי תרי ק׳ נינהו these (priests and Levites) are also two communities (requiring two verses with the word ḳahal in them); a. e. ↗ expanded

קְהִלָּה (b. h.) same. Y. Ber. VII, 11ᶜ top במקהלות כל ק׳ וק׳ ‘in assemblies praise God’ (Ps. LXVIII, 27), in every kind of assemblies (use a different phraseology for the appeal to praise God, according to the size of the assembly). Meg. 2ᵃ י"ג זמן ק׳ וכ׳ the thirteenth of Adar was the date of gathering all Jews (Esth. IX, 18). Lev. R. s. 9 (ref. to Deut. XXXIII, 4) מורשה קְהִלַּת ינאי אין וכ׳ it is not written here, ‘an inheritance of the congregation of Yannai’ (privileged scholars), but of the congregation of Jacob (v. יְרוּתָּא); a. e.—Pl. קְהִלּוֹת, קְהִי׳. Y. Yeb. VIII, 9ᵇ bot., v. קָהָל. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ, a. e., v. קָהַל; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קֹהֶלֶת (b. h.) pr. n. m. Koheleth, traditional surname of King Solomon. Koh. R. to I, 1 למה נקרא שמו ק׳ … בהִקָּהֵל וכ׳ why was his name Koheleth? Because his words were proclaimed in public meeting, as it is written (I Kings VIII, 1) &c.; a. e.—ק׳ (ספר) the Book of Koheleth, Ecclesiastes. B. Bath. 14ᵇ סידרן … ק׳ וכ׳ the order of the books of Hagiographa is: Ruth, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes &c. Ib. 15ᵃ משלי … ק׳ אנשי וכ׳ the men of the Great Assembly composed Proverbs, Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes. Sabb. 30ᵇ בקשו … ספר ק׳ וכ׳ the scholars wanted to exclude from the canon (v. גָּנַז) the book of E., because its words contradict one another; Koh. R. to I, 3; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָהַרְמָנָא (Pers. Ḳaharmân) administrator, curator. B. Bath. 46ᵇ ק׳ שוויה Ar. (read: שויוהו; v. הַרְמנְיָא) they made him an administrator (of their property, and as such he let it out to tenants). Erub. 59ᵃ דשכיחי גבי ק׳ Ar. (ed. הרמנא) they are accustomed to meet at the office of the curator of the city, v. הַרְמָנָא. ↗ expanded

קוּ , in תֵּיקוּ, נֵיקוּ &c., v. קוּם ch. ↗ expanded

קַו v. קָוָה) circle, zone. Ḥag. 12ᵃ תהו קו ירוק וכ׳ tohu (Gen. I, 2) is the green (or yellow) circle which surrounds the whole world (the horizon); Yalk. Kings 185 (ref. to I Kings VII, 23) זה קו ירוק וכ׳ this is typical of the green circle &c. Num. R. s. 13 קו הים שעשה וכ׳ the circle encompassing the basin which Solomon made (I Kings l. c.); a. e.— [cavity,] the lower part of a trumpet. Kel. XI, 7, v. קב.—[Tanḥ. Aḥăré 1 קו שררתיה, v. קוֹשַׁרְתָּא.] ↗ expanded

קַיָּא (preced., v. P. Sm. 3510; cmp. כַּוָּא) [circle, window,] web. —Pl. קַיִּין. Targ. Is. LIX, 5, sq. (Ar. קֵיוָן f. pl.; h. text קורי).—V. קִיוָּאֵי. ↗ expanded

קוּא (b. h.) to spit. Hif. הֵקִיא same, to vomit. Sifra Aḥăré, end (ref. to Lev. XVIII, 25) כאדם שמֵקִיא את מזונו like a man vomiting his food; Yalk. Lev. 599. Esth. R. introd. to Par. 3 (play on קיקלון Hab. II, 16) מקיא מלמעלן קלון מלמטן (thou shalt be) vomiting above together with disgrace (nuisance) below; וכיון שראו … שמקיא וכ׳ and when the two chiefs of his legions saw that he was vomiting &c. Mikv. X, 8 טבל והֵקִיאָן if he vomited them after the immersion; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוּאַי Ḳuay, name of an unclean bird. Ḥull. 63ᵃ ק׳ וקקואי (Rabb. D. S. has קוקי; Ms. M. קרי; Ms. R. 2 קקואי וקקי). ↗ expanded

קוֹב (denom. of נָקב) cursing, v. קַבָּה. ↗ expanded

קוּבָּא , v. next w.—[קובאיא, v. קוֹבְעַיָּא]. ↗ expanded

קוּבָּה , v. קב) arched room, compartment. Taan. 8ᵇ כמין ק׳ יש וכ׳ there is a sort of room in heaven from which the rains proceed; (Yalk. Ps. 789 קורה web; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8). Men. 31ᵇ שלא יעשנה כק׳ that he do not write the door-post inscription in the shape of an arch. tent of prostitution (Num. XXV, 8). Ab. Zar. 17ᵇ, sq. על בתו לישב בק׳ Ar. (ed. בק׳ של זונות) his daughter was condemned to sit in a brothel. Gen. R. s. 91 שמא בק׳ הוא (some ed. בקובא) perhaps he (Joseph) is in a brothel (sold, for sodomy); a. e. ↗ expanded

קוּבְטָאוֹת (קבט, v. קָבוּט) pressed or pickled substances, sauces &c. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵈ ק׳ … שלהן sauces (or pickles) prepared by gentiles; Tosef. Ab. Zar. IV (V), 11 קַפְטָאוֹת ed. Zuck. (Var. קפאטיות, missing in oth. eds.); Bab. Ab. Zar. 38ᵇ קפלוטות (?). Y. Pes. III, 30ᵃ ק׳ בירתייות וכ׳ sauces from Birtha must be removed before Passover (on account of an admixture of leavened matter); cmp. פְּלוּלִינַיָּא. ↗ expanded

קובטין , v. אַקּוּבִּיטוֹן ↗ expanded

קובטירה , Y. Sabb. VI, beg. 7ᵈ, a corrupt., prob. for פִילַקְטִירְיָא (φυλακτήρια) charms, amulets, v. טוֹטָפֶת a. חוּמַרְּתָּא. ↗ expanded

קוּבְטָרָא (denom. of קובטאות; cmp. חֲלִיטָר a. חֲלִיטָא III) maker of pickles or sauces. — Pl. קוּבְטָרַיָּא. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 40ᶜ bot. ק׳ אלפון וכ׳ the (Jewish) sauce-makers taught (gentiles) their trade, and were ruined; [comment. jewellers.] ↗ expanded

קוּבְיָא (κυβεία) dice-playing, gambling. Snh. III, 3 (among those disqualified as witnesses) המשחק בק׳ the habitual dice-player; R. Hash. I, 8; Y. ib. 57ᶜ top בקוּבְיָיא. Sabb. XXIII, 2 משום ק׳ (omitted in Bab. ed. 148ᵇ) it is forbidden, because it is like gambling; ib. 149ᵃ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוּבְיָה (cmp. Syr. קויא, P. Sm. 3510) loom. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᶜ top כד משתייא בק׳ when he inserts the warp in the loom. ↗ expanded

קוּבְיוּסְטוֹס (וס for יס; κυβευστης = κυβιστής, S.) gambler; (= κυβευτικός) crafty person. Yalk. Deut. 847 זה הוא ק׳ וכ׳ this man is a gambler, and he may go and gamble and lose &c. Tosef. B. Bath. IV, 7 המוכר … ונמצא גנב או ק׳ if one sells a slave …, and he turns out to be a thief or a crafty person (swindler), contrad. to ליסטיס; Y. ib. VII, end, 15ᵈ; Bab. ib. 92ᵇ. Ḥull. 91ᵇ גנב אתה או ק׳ וכ׳ art thou a thief or a burglar that thou art afraid of the morning?; Yalk. Gen. 133. Bekh. 5ᵃ משה … או ק׳ וכ׳ your teacher Moses was either a thief or a swindler, or else a bad arithmetician. ↗ expanded

קוּבְיוֹסְטֵיסָא Y. Ned. V, end, 39ᵇ [read:] א"ל וכן בר נש עביד אמר ליה בק׳ (v. Asheri to Gitt. 35ᵇ) he said to him (who had vowed that he would make no profits), does a man do that? Said he to him, (I vowed to make no profits) as a gambler (Asheri l. c. quotes קוּבְיוֹסְטָא). ↗ expanded

קוביטין , v. קובטין ↗ expanded

קוּבְלָא , v. קִבְלָא II ↗ expanded

קובליים , v. כּוֹכְלִיאָס ↗ expanded

קובלין , Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵈ top, v. קוֹלְבִין ↗ expanded

קוּבְלָנָא (v. קִבְלָא III) a formula to ward off danger, e.g. when complaining of a trouble to a friend, to say, ‘may it never occur to you!’ Snh. 104ᵇ (ref. to Lam. I, 12 לא אליכם) מכאן לק׳ מן התורה (Ar. לקָבְלָ׳) here we have a Biblical support for the custom of saying, ‘not to you’; [another interpret. in Rashi: complaint (v. קְבַל II), i.e. that a man in trouble should make it known to friends and appeal to their sympathy; v. Ḥull. 78ᵃ]. ↗ expanded

קוּבְנָאָה (קבב; cmp. אֲקוּנְבִּי) turret, battlement. B. Bath. 73ᵃ bot. דהוה קא משואר אק׳ דמחוזא Ms. H. was jumping on the battlements of Maḥoza; (Ar. דהוה נקיטא אק׳, read רהיט, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 100; ed., v. קוּפְיָא). ↗ expanded

קוֹבְעָא = כּוֹבְעָא, helmet, turban. — Pl. קוֹבְעָין, קוֹבָ׳, קוֹבְעַיָּא. Targ. Ez. XLIV, 18 (h. text פארי). Targ. O. Ex. XXVIII, 40; XXXIX, 28 ed. Berl., v. כּוֹבְעָא. ↗ expanded

קוֹבְעַיָּא Ḳobʿaya (Tops or Hollows) of Aitha (v. Hildesh. Beitr. p. 19 sq.). Tosef. Shebi. IV, 11 קביא רעיתא ed. Zuck. (Var. קובע׳ דראתון, קובּאיא); Sifré Deut. 51 קנייא רעייא; Yalk. ib. 874 קבייא רעייתא; Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ קובעיא (only). ↗ expanded

קובעת , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קוֹבְעָתָא (preced. wds.; cmp. כּוֹבְעָה) [caps,] clods covering the field after the first ploughing, which require to be broken by being thrown up and scattered. Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵃ רמיין ק׳ (not דמיין); Y. Snh. III, 21ᵇ top קובעתי׳, קובעת (corr. acc.), v. הָאַסְטוּ. ↗ expanded

קוּבְּתָא = h. קוּבָּה tent of prostitution. Targ. O. a. Y. II Num. XXV, 8 (O. ed. Vien. קֻכָּתָא). arched room, store-room. Targ. Job XXXVIII, 25. Targ. Ps. LXV, 10 (cmp. Taan. 8ᵇ quot. s. v. קוּבָּה). Targ. Y. Gen. I, 7. ↗ expanded

קוֹד ) m. (קדד; cmp. כַּד) wooden bowl. Kel. XVI, 1 ק׳ הבבלי the Babylonian ḳod (a deep bowl, fragments of which may be used as receptacles); Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 11 הקיד (corr. acc.); ib. B. Mets. V, 10 הקור (corr. acc.). Snh. 20ᵇ קוּדּוֹ Ms. M. his bowl (was all that was left to king Solomon, v. גוּנְדָּא II); Yalk. Kings 177; Tanḥ. Aḥăré 1; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוּדָּא Koh. R. to II, 10 קוּדֵּיה; ib. to IX, 11 (not קוריה), v. preced.—Snh. 103ᵃ קוּדְּתֵיה Var. quot. in Rashi, v. קוּלְתָא. ↗ expanded

קודייקוס , v. קוּרְדְּיָיקוֹס ↗ expanded

קוּדְלָא , v. קְדָל ↗ expanded

קוֹדֵם f., v. קָדַם ↗ expanded

קוֹדֶם (קָדַם) antecedent; (conj. a. prep.) before. Pes. 54ᵃ ק׳ שנברא העולם before the world was created. Gen. R. s. 1 ק׳ לאותו שכתוב בו וכ׳ prior to that (divine throne) about which is written, ‘firm is thy throne &c.’ (Ps. XCIII, 2). Ib. s. 9 ק׳ לכן ere this. Ib. ק׳ עד שלא נוצרה וכ׳ long before &c., v. יָצַר. Ib. s. 21 (ref. to מקדם, Gen. II, 8) מק׳ לג"ע נבראת וכ׳ Gehenna was created before the garden of Eden; Yalk. ib. 34 מקֶדֶם. Gen. R. l. c. קֶדֶם לג"ע וכ׳ the angels were created before &c.; Yalk. l. c. מקדם. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIV כמקדם as before; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קוּדְמָא , pl. קוּדְמֵי, v. קָדָם. ↗ expanded

קוֹדְקְדָא , v. קָדְקְדָא ↗ expanded

קוּדְרַנְטֵיס sing. a. pl. (κοδράντης = quadrans) quadrans, a Roman value equal to three Roman ounces (also called teruncius). Y. Kidd. I, 58ᵈ Mus. (ed. קדריונטס, ed. Krot. קרד׳; Mus. also קדרנטיס), v. מְֹסִימִיס; Tosef. B. Bath. V, 12 קונטרונין ed. Zuck. (Var. קונטריס, pl. קונטריסין); Kidd. 12ᵃ קונטרנק, pl. קונטרונקין (corrupt. arisen fr. confusion of quadrans a. teruncius). ↗ expanded

קוֹדֶשׁ sanctity, sacred affair, sacred ground, dedicated object. Yoma 12ᵇ, a. fr. מעלין בק׳, v. עָלָה. Sabb. XVI, 1 כל כתבי הק׳ וכ׳ all sacred scriptures must be saved from fire (on the Sabbath). Tosef. ib. XIII (XIV), 1 אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa (on the Sabbath); Y. ib. XVI, 15ᶜ top אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ אלא וכ׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa except from the afternoon service onward. Bets. 5ᵃ נוהגין אותו היום ק׳ וכ׳ we observe the rest of the day as a holy day and the next day likewise. Pes. 104ᵃ; Ḥull. 26ᵃ, v. חוֹל III. Ib. I, 7 בין ק׳ לק׳, v. בָּדַל; ib. בין ק׳ חמוד לק׳ הקל between the stricter and the lighter sanctities; a. v. fr.—שם ק׳ or ק׳ (sub. שם) sacred name, name of the Lord. Shebu. 35ᵇ, v. חוֹל III. Treat. Sof’rim IV, 6, sq.; a. fr.—רוח הק׳, v. רוּחַ.—Esp. a) sacred precincts, Temple ground. Zeb. IX, 2 כל שפסולו בק׳ הק׳ מקבלו whatever has become unfit within the sanctuary, the sanctuary accepts (it cannot be removed from the altar, if it was put on); לא היה פסולו בק׳ וכ׳ if its unfitness did not arise within the sacred precincts, the sanctuary does not accept it; a. fr.—b) הק׳ the Holy, contrad. to עֲזָרָה, a. to ק׳ הקדשים, v. infra. Yoma III, 3; 6 בק׳ within the precincts of the Holy. Midd. IV, 5; a. fr.—Pl. קֳדָשִׁים.—קודש הק׳, also קָדְשֵׁי ק׳ most holy, esp. the Holy of Holies, the westernmost compartment of the Temple. Midd. l. c. Yoma V, 1; a. fr.—Cant. R. to I, 1 כל הכתובים קדש וזה ק׳ הק׳ all Biblical scriptures are holy, but this (Song of Songs) is most holy. Y. Meg. III, 74ᵃ, a. e. נחום איש קדש הק׳ Nahum, the man of extreme holiness; a. e.—Esp. קֳדָשִׁים consecrated objects, sacrifices. Zeb. V, 4 העולה קדשי ק׳ the burnt-offering belongs to the highest class of sacrifices. Ib. 6, sq. ק׳ קלים sacrifices of a minor grade. Ib. X, 2 מפני שהוא קדשי ק׳ because it belongs to the highest grade; a. fr.—קדשי מזבח things dedicated for the altar, sacrifices; קדשי בדק הבית objects dedicated (for their value) to be used for the needs of the Temple building. Tem. VII, 1, sq.; a. fr.—ק׳ (סדר) Kodashim, the fifth of the six orders of the Mishnah, Tosefta, a. Talmud Babli. Sabb. 31ᵃ. Esth. R. to I, 2. ↗ expanded

קוֹדַשׁ holiness, sanctuary &c. Targ. Ex. XXIX, 29. Targ. Ps. LI, 13. Targ. Ex. XXVIII, 29; a. fr.—Pl. קוּדְשִׁין, קוּדְשַׁיָּא. Targ. Lev. XXI, 22. Ib. XXII, 2; a. fr.—קודש ק׳ the Holy of Holies. Targ. Ex. XXVI, 33; a. fr. the Holiness, the Lord, usu. with בריך הוא (abbrev. קב"ה), v. קָדוֹשׁ. Targ. Y. Num. XXI, 34. Targ. Y. Gen. XXV, 21; a. fr.—Ber. 7ᵃ ומי … דק׳ ב"ה is wrath before (to be ascribed to) the Lord? Keth. 77ᵇ; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קוּדְּתָא f. = קוּדָּא, q. v. ↗ expanded

קַוָּואֵי , v. קִיוָּאֵי ↗ expanded

קְוָואקֵי , v. קְוָוקֵי ↗ expanded

קְוָוחָא , v. קְחָחָא ↗ expanded

קִוּוּי , v. קִיוּוּי ↗ expanded

קְוִויָּה , v. קְוִיָּה ↗ expanded

קָוַוץ , v. קָוַץ, קְוַץ. ↗ expanded

קִוֵּוץ , v. קִיוֵּוץ ↗ expanded

קָווּץ (קָוַץ) [shrunk,] undersized. Succ. 32ᵃ top, v. קָוַץ.—Pl. קְווּצִים. Sifré Deut. 343 in the suite of a king יש בה בני אדם נאים ויש … ק׳ there are persons statelier (than he), and undersized &c.; (Yalk. ib. 951 ארוכים ממנו … גּוּצִים ממנו).—V. קִיוֵּוץ. ↗ expanded

קְווּצּוֹת curls, locks. Ned. 9ᵇ וקְווּצּוֹתָיו סדורות תלתלים and his curly hair was arranged in locks; Y. ib. I, 36ᵈ bot.; Tosef. Naz. IV, 7; Y. ib. I, end, 51ᶜ; Bab. ib. 4ᵇ; a. e.—Pesik. R. s. 26 העמדת … בעל ק׳ … מסלסל קווצותיו thou didst put up for them Elijah, the curly-headed man, and they sneered and laughed at him, (saying,) behold &c., v. סִלְסֵל; Yalk. Jer. 262.—Masc. form: קְווּצִּין. Deut. R. s. 2 תפיסת קורצין (corr. acc.; ed. Wil. תפיסות) the front hair cut so as to form ‘a handle of the locks’ (a gentile custom, v. בְּלוּרִית). ↗ expanded

קְוָוקֵי (a cacophemism for κυριακαί; v. next w.) churches. Snh. 74ᵇ, v. דּוֹמִינְקֵי. ↗ expanded

קְוַוקְיָא sing. a. pl. (קוקו, onomatop., cmp. קַוְקַו a. קָאקָא) [bleaters,] flock of sheep. Gen. R. s. 74; Yalk. ib. 130 אי הוה חמי ק׳ טבא וכ׳ when he saw a fine flock, he (Laban) took it for himself. Gen. R. s. 64 לשעבר הוה לך חדא ק׳ … ק׳ סגין formerly thou hadst one flock only, but now thou hast many of them; Yalk. ib. 111 קְוַוקְיָה חד … קווקיה סגיאין (masc.).—[Targ. Prov. XXVII, 23 קְוָוקיִיךְ Ar. (v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. קווק 2); v. קְוָוטִין.] ↗ expanded

קווקין , Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᵈ, a corrupt. for קִיתוֹן. ↗ expanded

קוּזְדּוֹר , v. קוּסְדּוֹר ↗ expanded

קוזות , v. קוּזִּית, a. next w. ↗ expanded

קוֹזְזוֹת (קזז), only in ק׳ אדמה cut pieces, clods of earth. Maas. Sh. V, 1; B. Kam. 69ᵃ קְזוֹזוֹת (Ms. F. קוּזּוֹת; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20). Gen. R. s. 42, beg. היה אוכל ק׳ א׳ וכ׳ he (R. El. b. Horḳ’nos) ate (sucked) lumps of earth; Yaik. ib. 72 קזוזות. ↗ expanded

קוּזִּית (?) Ḳuzzith. Cant. R. to VIII, 6 סימון בן ק׳ (some ed. קוזות); Pesik. Vattomer, p. 134ᵃ סימאי בר קוסי. ↗ expanded

קוזמוזקוטרין , v. קוֹזְמוֹקְרָטוֹר ↗ expanded

קוזמוטמוריסין , v. קומטומוריסין ↗ expanded

קוזמוקטור , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קוֹזְמוֹקְרָטוֹר (κοσμοκράτωρ) lord of the world, cosmocrator (a title of the Roman emperor); in gen. universal chief. Tanḥ. Vaëra 5 והיו … שיהיה ק׳ על כל המלכים all kings came and crowned him (Pharaoh) the cosmocrator over all kings; Ex. R. s. 5 שהוא יום ק׳ (corr. acc.). Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ bot. ואם תאמר ק׳ וכ׳ and if you say, he is cosmocrator, he rules over the dry land, does he rule over the sea?; Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵇ top קוזמוקל׳. Esth. R. to I, 2 כל מלך שאינו ק׳ וכ׳ no king that is not cosmocrator of the world, dare sit in it (Solomon’s throne). Pesik. R. s. 3 הק"בה … קזמיק׳ וכ׳ (corr. acc.) the Lord has made him (Joseph) a ruler, and should I not do him honor? Cant. R. to VIII, 6 אע"פ שמניתיך ספיקולטור ק׳ על וכ׳ (not קפוקלטור) although I have appointed thee chief executioner of my creatures &c.; Lev. R. s. 18 שעשיתיך קוזמוקטור (corr. acc.); a. e.—Pl. קוֹזְמוֹקְרָטוֹרִין. Gen. R. s. 58 שרדף … ארבע מלכיות ק׳ (read: מלכים) he (Abraham) pursued four kings with the titles of cosmocrator. Esth. R. introd. to I, 9 שלשה … ק׳ מסוף וכ׳ three kings that shall be rulers from end to end of the world; Cant. R. to III, 4 קוזמוקרוטין (corr. acc.); Pesik. Shek., p. 14ᵃ קוזמוקלוט׳; Yalk. Kings 247 קוזמוקוט׳, קוזמוקיט׳ (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קוֹזְמִידְיָא (κοσμίδια S.) ornaments, jewelry. Y. Ned. IV, beg. 38ᶜ אילין ק׳ דאית וכ׳ (Ar. קוֹזְמָרְיָא κοσμάρια) dare they not lend them the jewelry which they wear? ↗ expanded

קוזמיין , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קוֹזְמִין (also used as sing. f.) (κόσμος) jewelry. Deut. R. s. 2 end לאחד שגנב ק׳ וכ׳ like the case of one that stole jewelry from the royal palace, and gave it to his wife. Yalk. Num. 732 (not קוזמיין); Y’lamd. to Num. XI, 1 quot in Ar.—Yalk. Deut. 854 אני נתתי ק׳ … אותה I gave (my daughter) jewelry, and you lost it. Pesik. R. s. 12. Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Miḳḳets 9 אם בא … ק׳ שלך וכ׳ if a man should come to borrow thy jewels, wouldst thou lend them to him?; Yalk. Job 919. Gen. R. s. 19 כל ק׳ … וליתנם לה Ar. (Ar. ed. Koh. קוזמירין; ed. קוזמיקון) all his jewels are there (in that barrel), and he wants to marry another wife and give them to her; Pirké d’R. El. ch. XIII קומיס, קומיא (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קוֹזְמִיקוֹן (κοσμικός) universal; (of a wind) extending over the whole world. Gen. R. s. 24 ואין לך ק׳ אלא וכ׳ there is no universal wind (mentioned in the Scriptures) except that in the case of Elijah (I Kings XIX, 11); Koh. R. to I, 6 (not קין …); Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ top קוֹסְמִיקוֹן; Yalk. Kings 219 קזמ׳ (corr. acc.).—[Gen. R. s. 19, v. קוֹזְמִין.] ↗ expanded

קוזמירין , Gen. R. s. 19 Ar. ed. Koh., read: קוֹזְמָרִין (v. next w.), v. קוֹזְמִין. ↗ expanded

קוֹזְמָרְיָא m. pl., v. קוֹזְמִירְיָא ↗ expanded

קוּזְקְזָתָא (נקז) vessels for blood-letting. Y. Nidd. II, 50ᵇ top אייתי … באילין קוּזְקְזַתְהוֹן brought (for comparison) … the various sorts of blood contained in their (the blood-letters’) vessels. ↗ expanded

קְוָחָא , v. קְחָחָא ↗ expanded

קוּט [to shrink,] to feel aversion, be disgusted. Nif. נָקוֹט same. Pesik. B’shall., p. 81ᵇ לא הספיק … עד שנָקְטָה נפשו עליו (for נָקוֹטָה, v. Job X, 1) he had not eaten much of the foul things, when he felt disgust; Yalk. Ex. 225. ↗ expanded

קוּט ² Ithpol. אִתְקוֹטָט, v. קְטַט. ↗ expanded

קוֹטֶב , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קוּטְבִּי (קטב) small wine or olive press with a cylindrical beam. Sifra B’har, Par. 1, ch. I אין עושין זתים בבד ובק׳ (in the Sabbatical year) you must not press olives in a bad (v. בַּד II) or in a ḳuṭbi; Shebi. VIII, 6 Ms. M. a. Y. ed. (Mish. a. Bab. ed. קוֹטֶב); Y. ib. 38ᵇ; Tosef. ib. VI, 27 קתבי (ed. Zuck. קינבי, corr. acc.). Tosef. Toh. X, 22 קתכו (corr. acc.). [In later Hebr. קוטב pole; Arab. polar star.] ↗ expanded

קוטיזמי , v. קְטִיזְמָא ↗ expanded

קְוָטִין , v. קְוָוטִין ↗ expanded

קוּטִּין , v. קִיטֵּעַ ↗ expanded

קוּטִּית Ḳuṭṭith, a small liquid measure. Sifra K’dosh., Par. 3, ch. VIII (expl. משורה, Lev. XIX, 35); Yalk. Lev. 617. ↗ expanded

קוטלא , Sifré Num. 89 סק בק׳, read: אסקוטלא, as Yalk. ib. 735; v. אִסְקוּטְלָא II ↗ expanded

קוּטְלָאוֹת chains, v. קַטְלָא h. ↗ expanded

קוּטְלֵזִין , v. קַטְלָזוֹן ↗ expanded

קוטמא , Midr. Till. to Ps. XII, v. קוּפְסָא ↗ expanded

קוּטְמִית , v. קִטְמִית ↗ expanded

קוֹט (קָטָן) minority, childhood. Keth. II, 10 ואלו … בגודלן מה שראו בקוֹטְנָן the following are admitted, when they are of age, to testify to what they have seen as minors. Y. ib. 27ᵃ top הא בקוטנן לא but as long as they are minors are they not admitted? ↗ expanded

קוּטְנָא (preced.) the thinner side. Sabb. 134ᵃ, v. אוּלְמָא. Y. Sot. VII, 21ᵈ, v. עוּבְיָא. tail. Targ. Y. I Ex. IV, 4 (Y. II קוֹטְנוֹי pl.). ↗ expanded

קוּטְנִין (v. קִיטְנִית) the beans of colocasia (ciborium). Maasr. V, 8 אף הק׳ פטורין וכ׳ Bab. ed. (Y. ed. הקרטנים; Mish. ed. קוטנית) the colocasia beans are likewise exempt &c.; Tosef. ib. III, 14 הקִיטִּין שלמטה וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. הקִנְטִּין; oth. ed. הקניטין, corr. acc.) the beans beneath them (the colocasia leaves). ↗ expanded

קוטנית , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קוֹטֵעַ , v. קִיטּוּעָה ↗ expanded

קוּטָּעִים = מְקוּטָּ׳, v. קִיטֵּעַ ↗ expanded

קוּטְרָא , v. קִיטְרָא I ↗ expanded

קוטרינין , v. קונטרינים ↗ expanded

קוטריס , Midr. Till. to Ps. XLV, v. קַרְטֵיס ↗ expanded

קוי (b. h.) [to circle, v. קַו,] to cave or heap up, gather. Part. pass. קָווּי. Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵈ ואפי׳ ק׳ לתוך ידו even when the oil is held in the hollow of his hand. Hif. הִקְוָה, הִקְוָוה to gather, to conduct water courses into a common bed. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ bot.; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵇ bot. דוקל׳ ה׳ נהרות ועשאו Diocletian united several rivers and made it (the bay of Emesa); Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIV (corr. acc.), v. חֲמָץ. Num. R. s. 13 כשה׳ הקב"ה וכ׳ when the Lord, on the third day of creation, gathered all the waters in one place; a. e. to add to the capacity of a bath. Tosef. Shek. I, 2 כל מקוה … כשר להַקְווֹת עליו a bath which has the (legally required) capacity of forty S’ah is fit to be added to (by carrying water into it in vessels). Tosef. Mikv. III, 6; a. e. Pi. קִוָּוה, קִוָּה to look out (cmp. קַוָּא a. כַּוָּוא) to wait, hope. Gen. R. s. 5 (play on יִקָּווּ, Gen. I, 9) יְקַוּוּ לי המים מה וכ׳ let the waters look out for me (to see) what I shall do &c.; ib. s. 28; Lam. R. to I, 17; Yalk. Gen. 7; Yalk. Ps. 848; [perh. to be read יִקָּווּ Nif.]. Midr. Till. to Ps. VI והיה … מְקַוֶּה לרופא וכ׳ and the patient anxiously waited for the physician (asking), when will he come? &c.; Yalk. ib. 635. Cant. R. to II, 3, v. next w.; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְוִיָּה (preced.) hope, wish. — Pl. קְוִיּוֹת, קְוִויּ׳. Cant. R. to II, 3 שלש ק׳ … קִוּוּ וכ׳ three noble wishes did the Israelites entertain at the Red Sea, they wished for the Law &c. ↗ expanded

קְוִינָא , v. קוּנְיָא ↗ expanded

קְוִיסְטוֹר (quaestor) quaestor, chancellor (corresp. to the office of סוֹפֵר). Lam. R. to II, 1 (ref. to Ez. IX, 2) שלשה … ק׳ ספקלטור וכ׳ (Ar. קייסטור, ed. קסנטור; corr. acc.) that angel served in three capacities, as chancellor, executioner and high priest; Yalk. Ez. 349 קריס׳ (corr. acc.).—V. קוּסְדּוֹר. ↗ expanded

קוֹכְלִיאָס , v. כּוֹכְלִיאָס ↗ expanded

קוֹל v. קהל) voice, call, sound. Ker. 6ᵃ; Pes. 26ᵃ ק׳ מראה וריח וכ׳ the enjoyment of sound, sight or smell does not come under the category of misuse of sacred property (מְעַילָה). Zeb. 88ᵇ יבא דבר שבק׳ ויכפר על ק׳ הרע let that which is accompanied by sound (the high priest’s robe) bring atonement for evil sound (evil talk). Gen. R. s. 17 קוֹלָהּ הולך woman’s voice is penetrating. Pes. 56ᵃ בק׳ רם in a loud voice, opp. בחשאי. Keth. 16ᵃ bot. יש לה ק׳ is spoken about, is known among people; a. v. fr.—בת ק׳, v. בַּת I.—Pl. קוֹלוֹת, constr. קוֹלֵי. Ex. R. s. 5 הקול יוצא ונחלק לשבעים ק׳ וכ׳ the voice (of revelation) went forth and was divided into seventy voices corresponding to seventy languages. Ber. 15ᵇ בקולי ק׳ under loud cries; a. fr.—[קול מזמסיא, v. מַזְיָא.] ↗ expanded

קוּל to be light, v. קִיל. ↗ expanded

קוּל ² (preced.; v. קָלַל) light matter. — Pl. קוּלִּין, constr. קוּלֵּי. Sabb. 29ᵃ ומק׳ מטלניות שנו כאן and they teach here rules about one of the pettiest kinds of strips. Ib. 39ᵇ חוץ מק׳ מטלניות except the rule concerning the lightest kinds &c. lenient practice, opp. חוֹמֶר. Ḥall. IV, 5 נמצא חומרו קוּלּוֹ consequently the stricter opinion (of R. Akiba) implies the eventual lenient ruling. Y. ib. 59ᵈ bot. קולו חומרו the lenient rule implies eventually the stricter rule. Snh. XI, 2 נמצא חומרו קולו his severer offence (in giving a practical decision without authorization to teach) is the cause of his acquittal from responsibility.—Pl. קוּלִּים, קוּלִּין. Y. Snh. XI, 30ᵃ bot. Ḥull. 43ᵇ bot. מקוּלֵּי בית שמאי ומק׳ וכ׳ he that follows the school of Shammai where its rulings are the easier, and again the school of Hillel where its rulings are the easier. Ib. 44ᵃ כקוּלֵּיהֶן, v. חוֹמֶר I. Keth. 110ᵇ מקולי כתובה וכ׳ they taught here one of the lenient practices concerning the wife’s dowry; a. e.—קוּלּוֹת (fr. קוּלָּה) light, minor sins. Y. Snh. X, 28ᵇ top קוּלּוֹתָיו … חומרותיו וכ׳ Ahab’s minor offences were as heavy as Jeroboam’s heaviest sins; (Bab. ib. 102ᵇ קַלּוֹת … כחמורות). ↗ expanded

קוּלָּא , lenient rule, easier practice. Y. Ab. Zar. V, 44ᵈ את סבר הדא … לק׳ וכ׳ you may think that this opinion of R. S. b. G. is an alleviation, but it is nothing but a restriction. Bets. 3ᵇ כל ספיקא דרבנן לק׳ a doubtful case in which a rabbinical enactment is under consideration, is decided in favor of the easier practice; a. fr.—Pl. קוּלִּין, קוּלֵּי. Pes. 55ᵃ top תנא ק׳ ק׳ קתני the teacher (in saying there is no difference &c., 54ᵇ) speaks only of alleviations (permitted acts). ↗ expanded

קוֹלָא 1 (קלא, cmp. כְּלֵי I a. כְּלָאֵי) compartment, enclosure. Targ. Y. II, Num. XXV, 8 Ar. (ed. קובתא).—Pl. קוֹלִין. Targ. Y. Num. XXIV, 25 (corresp. to h. קלעים, Snh. 106ᵃ). Targ. Y. Gen. VI, 14.—V. קִיל I a. קוֹלִין. snare. Targ. Am. III, 5. Targ. Koh. IX, 12 Bxt. (ed. תקולא). Targ. Ps. LXIX, 23 (ed. Wil. קוּ׳; Ar. קלא, Ms. תקלא). Ib. CXXIV, 7 Regia (ed. פַּחֵי).—Pl. as ab. Targ. Hos. IX, 8. ↗ expanded

קוֹלָא 2 (preced.; cmp. כֶּלִי) bowl. [Y. Ab. Zar. V, 44ᵈ הדא ק׳, v. קוּלְתָא.]—Pl. קוֹלִין, קוֹלַיָּא, קוּ׳. Targ. II Kings XII, 14. Targ. II Sam. XVII, 28. Targ. I Kings VII, 50. Targ. Jer. LII, 19.—Esth. R. to I, 8 חמרא דקוליה, v. קוּלְתָא.— (cmp. כֶּלִי) dress. Lev. R. s. 37 דאנן זבנין חד ק׳ להדא וכ׳ for we want to buy a (wedding) dress for that orphan girl; [Ar. חדא קולב; comment: an ornament, clasp (?).] ↗ expanded

קָולא , Lev. R. s. 15, v. קִילָא II, a. קוּרָא II. ↗ expanded

קוֹלָאר , v. קוֹלָר ↗ expanded

*קוֹלָב (κολόβιον) a tunic with short sleeves. Lev. R. s. 37 Ar., v. קוֹלָא II, 2.—V. קוֹלְבִין. ↗ expanded

קוּלָב 1 (cmp. next w.) [grappler,] a stand with steps, and with nails and hooks for the exhibition of goods in front of a shop; rack. Sabb. 60ᵃ top; Y. ib. VI, 8ᵇ; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 13. Sifra Sh’mini, ch. VII, Par. 6 (quot. in Maim. to Kel. XVI, 7 הקֶלֶב); Yalk. Lev. 538. ↗ expanded

קוּלָב 2 (= כּוּלָב) axe. Gen. R. s. 35; Yalk. ib. 61 ק׳ רותח a hot axe (?). ↗ expanded

קוּלַב Gen. R. s. 38; Yalk. ib. 62, v. כּוּלָב. Koh. R. to III, 6 קוּלְבֵי, v. כּוּלָב. [Snh. 103ᵃ קולבא Rashi, (ed. קולבאי), a gloss for זייניה, v. קוּלְתָא. Rashi: ק׳ רעיא the mean shepherd, taking ק׳ = כַּלְבָּא.]–Pl. קוּלְבַיָּא. Targ. Jer. XLVI, 22 quot. in ‘Rashi’ to Gen. R. s. 35 (v. preced.; ed. כשילין).—[קוּלְבָאֵי Snh. l. c.; B. Mets. 84ᵇ Ms. F. (Ms. R. 2 קלביא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80), v. supra, a. כּוּלָב.] ↗ expanded

קוֹלְבּוֹן (κόλλυβος) rate of exchange, agio. Shek. I, 6 ואלו שחייבין בקו׳ Y. ed. (Mish. a. Bab. ed. בקל׳) the following persons are bound to pay agio (on their half-Shekel). Ib. 7 וכמה הוא ק׳ וכ׳ and how much is the agio? A M’ʿah silver. Y. ib. 46ᵇ קוֹלְבָּנוֹ תורה (Bab. ed. קל׳) the premium he has to pay is intimated in the Torah (Ex. XXX, 13, because he has to pay the silver value of half a Shekel). Ib. bot.; Tosef. ib. I, 8; a. e.—Bekh. 50ᵃ ק׳ לפרוטרוט (not קיל׳) the dipondium is agio (an addition) to the units (making fifty, as a round sum, instead of forty-eight, v. Tosaf. a. l.).—Pl. קוֹלְבּוֹנִין, קוֹלְבּוֹנוֹת, קָלְבּוֹ׳. Tosef. Shek. l. c. חייב שני ק׳ is bound to pay double the agio. Ib. וק׳ אלו מה עושין להם and what is done with those agios? Shek. I, 6 ק׳, a. קוֹלְבָּנ׳ Y. ed. (Mish. ed. קלבו׳; Bab. ed. קולבנ׳). ↗ expanded

קוֹלְבִין sing. a. pl. (κολόβιον) a tunic without or with short sleeves. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵈ top קובלין (corr. acc.), v. דַּלְמָטִיקִין. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ bot. (expl. מעטפות, Is. III, 22), v. מַעֲפָרָא. Y. ib. XVI, 15ᵈ (among the garments permitted to be saved from fire on the Sabbath) ק׳ של פשתן a linen tunic; Bab. ib. 120ᵃ קלבוס (Ms. M. קנבוס; corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קוֹלְבָן (denom. of קוּלָב II) one whose legs are axe-shaped, club-footed. Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3; Tosef. Bekh. V, 9; Bekh. 45ᵃ הקי׳. ↗ expanded

קוֹלְבָּן , v. קוֹלְבּוֹן ↗ expanded

קולוטוס , read: קֵילֵיטֵיס q. v. ↗ expanded

קוֹלוֹן (Colonus) אבא ק׳ AbbaḲolon, a legendary person connected with the foundation of Rome. Cant. R. to I, 6. ↗ expanded

קוֹלוֹס (prob. a corrupt. of κολικός, sub. חולי; cmp. Syr. כאבא דקולון P. Sm. 1659) colic. Y. Sabb. XIV, 14ᵈ; Y. Ab. Zar. II, 40ᵈ ↗ expanded

קולורית , v. קִילּוּרִית ↗ expanded

קוֹלֵחַ , pl. קוֹלְחוֹת, v. קֶלַח. ↗ expanded

קוּלְחָא , v. קִלְחָא ↗ expanded

קוּלְטָא , v. קִלְטָא ↗ expanded

קוּלְיָא (קְלֵי II) parched grain; flour made of parched grain. Targ. Ez. XXVII, 17 (Ar. קִילְ׳; ed. Ven. I קִילּוּיָא; some ed. קוּלַיָּא pl.; ed. Lag. קלוויא; h. text פגן).—v. קֳלִי. ↗ expanded

קוּלְיָא 2 (preced.) ashes of an alkaline plant. Erub. 28ᵇ מערבין בקול׳ Ms. M. (ed. בקל׳) you may use ḳulia for an ‘Erub (v. עֵירוּב), expl. בירקא דק׳ the plant from which ḳ. is won. Y. Sabb. IX, end, 12ᵇ, v. קִימוֹלְיָא. ↗ expanded

קוֹלְיָאס , v. קוֹלְיָיס ↗ expanded

קוליינון , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קוֹלְיָינִין (קלי; cmp. קוֹלָא I) curtained enclosures, canopies. Cant. R. to VI, 4 (expl. עגלות צב, Num. VII, 3) דומות לק׳ (not נון …) resembling canopies (v. אִסְקְפַסְטִי); Num. R. s. 12 לקל׳; (Yalk. ib. 713 לקליעות; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 8ᵃ לקילקילין, Ar. לקוליינין). ↗ expanded

קוֹלְיָיס (κολίας) colias, a kind of tunny fish. Tosef. Ḥull. III (IV), 27, v. אֲקוּנָס. Makhsh. VI, 3 ק׳ האספנין (ed. Dehr. האספנן), v. אִסְפָּנִי; Tosef. Bets. II, 1 קולייס האיספון ed. Zuck. (ed. only קוליס). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 32 היה משה … כק׳ הזה וכ׳ Moses moved in the heavens like a colias (swimming in the water), until he arrived &c. ↗ expanded

קוֹלִין (v. קוֹלָא I) בֵּית ק׳ (= b. h. בית הכלא) prison. Cant. R. to VIII, 13. ↗ expanded

קוֹלְיָס , v. קוֹלְיָיס ↗ expanded

קוּלִיס , v. מֶרְקוּלִיס ↗ expanded

קוֹלִּירָא , v. קִילּוּר ↗ expanded

קוּלִית (v. קוֹלָא, a. קוּלְתָא) [something hollow and round,] ball; globule. T’bul Yom I, 1 ק׳ של מים המחולחלת (not שלמים) a hollow ball of water, bubble, froth; ib. 2 ק׳ של מים שאינה מחולחלת a solid water globule, drop marrow-bone, esp. thigh-bone. Tosef. Pes. VI, 10 מוח שבראש ושבק׳ the marrow in the head (brain) or in a bone; Pes. 84ᵇ. Tosef. Ohol. IV, 3 ק׳ המת וכ׳ if one makes a handle for a knife out of a marrow-bone of a human body. Tosef. Ukts. II, 5. Gen. R. s. 10; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹלְמוֹז , v. קוֹלְמוֹס ch. ↗ expanded

קוֹלְמוֹס (calamus) reed, writing pen. Sabb. 92ᵇ שנים … בק׳ כותבין if two take hold … of a pen and write; Tosef. ib. IX (X), 10; Sifra Vayiḳra, Ḥob., ch. IX, Par. 7. Sabb. I, 3 בקוֹלְמוֹסוֹ; Y. ib. 3ᵇ, v. לִבְלָר. Taan. 20ᵇ לפיכך זכה קנה … ק׳ וכ׳ therefore (because of its yielding nature) the reed was privileged to supply the pen with which to write the Torah &c. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 37 עד שמשה … נשתייר בק׳ וכ׳ when Moses wrote the Torah, something (of the fire-ink) was left in the pen, and he passed it over his head &c. Pes. 118ᵇ (ref. to Ps. LXVIII, 31) געור בחיה … בק׳ אחד rebuke the beast (Rome) all of whose deeds are written down with the same pen (of tyranny); a. fr.—Ḥull. 30ᵇ שחיטה העשויה כק׳ a cut (of the animal’s throat) shaped like the cut of a writing reed (slanting).—Pl. קוֹלְמוֹסִים, קוֹלְמוֹסִין. Y. Sabb. XII, 13ᶜ bot. כמין ק׳ היו עשויין the boards were cut like pens (thinner and slanting on top). Gen. R. s. 58, a. e. כמה ק׳ משתברין how many pens were broken &c., v. דְּיוֹ. Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. VII, 12 הק׳ metal pens (styluses; Kel. XII, 8 sing.). Sabb. 11ᵃ אם יהיו … ואנמים ק׳ וכ׳ if all seas were ink, and all reeds pens &c.; Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXV קלְמוֹסִים (ed. Schechter קול׳, Var. קוּלְמְסִין). ↗ expanded

קוֹלְמוֹס ² Targ. Jud. V, 14. Targ. Job XIX, 24 (Ms. קולמוז). Targ. II Esth. III, 9; a. e.—Gitt. 6ᵃ top, v. קַן.—Pl. constr. קוּלְמְסֵי, v. מַזְיָא. ↗ expanded

קולמז , v. מזְיָא ↗ expanded

קולמיות , Pesik. B’shall., p. 87ᵃ Ms. O. a. Ar., v. קְרוֹמִית ↗ expanded

קולמן , v. מַזְיָא ↗ expanded

קוּלְמְס־ , v. קוֹלְמוֹס ↗ expanded

קוֹלָן 1 (κόλλα, accus.) glue. Pes. III, 1 ק׳ של סופרים the glue which the scribes use (to paste together strips of papyrus &c.), v. פֵּירוּרָא. Ib. 42ᵇ ק׳ של רצענין the leather-workers’ paste. ↗ expanded

קוֹלָן 2 (denom. of קוֹל) shouter, esp. night-guard, crier. —Pl. קוֹלָנִים, קוֹלָנִין. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 66ᵇ ואח"כ הביא עליהם ק׳ כגון הצפרדעים and then the Lord brought shouters against them (like troops preparing an attack), that is the frogs; Yalk. Ex. 182; Pesik. R. s. 17 קָלָנִים; Tanḥ. Bo 4 קָלָאנִים (fr. Chald. קָלָא). Cant. R. to I, 12 העמיד עליהם ק׳ וכ׳, v. בוקינוס; ib. התחיל העמיד … בקלאנים (corr. acc.); Yalk. ib. 983 העמיד … קלנים לעוררן he appointed criers over them to wake them up. Lev. R. s. 16 אילין צפריא ק׳ … יבא הקול וכ׳ birds (for the leper’s sacrifice, Lev. XIV, 4) are noise-makers; the Lord said, let the voice come and bring atonement for the sin of the voice (evil gossip); Yalk. ib. 559. Tanḥ. T’tsavveh 11 (play on מׄרׄיםׄ קׄלׄון, Prov. III, 35, with allusion to וירם תולעים, Ex. XVI, 20) היתה קׄלׄאנׄין של תולעים וכי a night watch of vermin (that keep people awake) went forth &c.; Y’lamd. to Ex. XXVIII quot. in Ar. קלנין; (Yalk. Prov. 935 היו תולעים וכ׳).—Fem. קוֹלָנִית a screaming woman. Keth. VII, 6 אף הק׳ also a screamer (may be sent away without a dowry); Tosef. ib. VII, 7; (variously expl.) Keth. 72ᵇ; Y. ib. VII, 31ᵇ sq.—Pl. קוֹלָנִיּוֹת. Tanḥ. Naso 2 דרך … לא ק׳ וכ׳ the daughters of Israel are not loud, nor walk with uplifted foot &c. (Tanḥ. ed. Bub. ib. 4 sing.). ↗ expanded

קוֹלָס (קלס to be round; cmp. קוֹלָא, קוּלִית &c.) cap, helmet. — Pl. קוֹלָסִים, קוֹלָסִין, קוֹלָסוֹת. Gen. R. s. 99 אילו לובשי כובעים ואילו לובשי ק׳ Midr. Haggadol (communic. by S. Schechter; ed. קיסים, corr. acc.) they (the priests) wear turbans, and they (the Greek soldiers) wear helmets. Yalk. Deut. 885 הואיל והם יוצאין בקלוסין … יוצא בקלוסין (corr. acc.) as they (the gentiles) go out with helmets, so will I &c.; Sifré Deut. 81 בתולסין (corr. acc.). Zeb. 88ᵇ קונאות של קולסות (Mus. s. v. קונאות; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5), v. קוֹנָאוֹת.—[Gen. R. s. 19 קולסין (Yalk. ib. 27 דקיסלוון) girdles tied around like a turban, v. קוּלְסִיתָא.] קוֹלְסֵי כרוב cabbage-heads. Ukts. I, 4 שרשי ק׳ הכרוב (ed. Dehr. קָלְסֵי אכרוב) cabbage stalks; (Maim.: the shoots under the head, which are thrown away). Y. Bets. V, 63ᵃ top. Tosef. Shebi. VII, 17 שורשי ק׳ הכ׳ וכ׳ cabbage stalks in the ground even if they are dried up.—V. קָלַס II. ↗ expanded

קוֹלַס helmet. Targ. I Sam. XVII, 5 (Rashi to Zeb. 88ᵇ קל׳); a. e.—Pl. קוּלְסִין, קוּלְסַיָּא, קַלְ׳. Targ. Ez. XXIII, 15 (h. text טבולים). Ib. 24. Targ. Jer. XLVI, 4; a. e.— cabbage-head; trnsf. one of repulsive appearance (or perh. blockhead). Yeb. 118ᵇ דק׳ גברא וכ׳ when the husband is a cabbage-head, the wife requires no lentils for the pot, i.e. a woman is contented with any husband, in the poorest circumstances, rather than remain single; [Rashi: ק׳ of a disreputable family, v. קְלַס; Ar.: קַלָּסָא a cabbage gardener, v. נַפָּצָא]; Keth. 75ᵃ דקלסא (Rashi דקול׳). ↗ expanded

קוּלְסִיתָא (preced.) turban, head-dress. Y. Kidd. II, 62ᵈ דמטמרא לה תחות קלוסיתה דראשה (corr. acc.) she had hidden it (her blemish) under her head-dress. belt. Y. Sebu. VI, 37ᵃ bot. והוה … דקוּלְסִיתָהּ וכ׳ she had two Denars tied up between the folds of her belt. ↗ expanded

קוּלְפָא (קְלַף) a peeled pole, lance. Sabb. 63ᵃ (expl. אַלָּה) ק׳ (Ar. a. Ms. O. קופל). [peeled or scraped leather,] strap. Ber. 58ᵃ יהבו ליה ק׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) they gave him the strap, i.e. gave him the privilege of inflicting punishment; Yalk. Ez. 362 קיל׳. Ber. l. c. מחייא ליה בקוּלְפֵיה דפרזלא וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. בקולפא only) he struck him with his iron-pointed whip and killed him; Yalk. l. c. בקיל׳. Keth. 65ᵃ מחתה לה בק׳ דשידא she struck her with the strap of a chest (Ar. בק׳ דשיראי with a silken strap).—Pl. קוּלְפֵי. Ber. 56ᵃ תרין ק׳ בלעת thou shalt receive two lashes. Men. 7ᵃ; Arakh. 22ᵃ, v. בְּלַע. Snh. 110ᵃ; Pes. 119ᵃ, v. קוּפְלָא I. parchment, v. קִלְפָא. ↗ expanded

קולקין , v. קִילְקִי ↗ expanded

קולקלון , v. קִילְקִלִּין ↗ expanded

קולקלין , v. קִילְקִי ↗ expanded

קוּלְקַלְתָּא , v. קִיקֶלְתָּא ↗ expanded

קוֹלְקָס colcas, colocasia, an edible root of the Egyptian bean (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Colocasia). Y. Peah I, 16ᶜ bot. [read.] ק׳ כירק למעשרות וכ׳ colocasia is treated as greens (יֶרֶק) as regards tithes &c.; Y. Ned. VII, beg. 40ᵇ. Y. Pes. IV, 31ᵃ. Tosef. Maasr. III, 14; Maasr. V, 8 קרְקָס (Bart. קוּרְקָס; Y. ed. קריקם, corr. acc.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8); Y. ib. 52ᵃ bot. קריקם. ↗ expanded

קוֹלְקַסְיָיא f. same. Y. Shebi. II, end, 34ᵇ עלי ק׳ (not קולקסיי) the leaves of colocasia; Y. Ned. VII, beg. 40ᵇ קלוקסייה. Ib. קלוקסיה. ↗ expanded

קוֹלָר (collare) collar, (Roman) prisoner’s band or chain around the neck. Y. Ned. IX, beg. 41ᵇ הנודר … ק׳ על צוארו he who makes a vow is like one putting a collar around his neck. Ib. [read:] לקוסטודיא … וראה ק׳ אחד פנוי וכ׳ it is as if a guard passed by (with prisoners), and some one seeing a collar vacant would put his head into it. Gitt. VI, 5 היוצא בק׳ וכ׳ if one is led out in chains (a prisoner) and says, write ye a letter of divorce &c.; Y. ib. 48ᵃ bot. לא סוף דבר בק׳ של סכנה אלא אפי׳ בק׳ של ממון this refers not only to a prisoner in danger (to be tried for his life), but also to a prisoner to be tried for a money matter; שכל הק׳ וכ׳ for every prisoner is to be considered in danger of his life. Bab. ib. 65ᵇ גניבא יוצא בק׳ הוה G’niba was taken prisoner; (Y. ib. l. c. אתאפק למתקטלא). Lam. R. introd. (R. Z’ʿera) העביר ק׳ מצוארו וכ׳ he (King Hosea) removed the collar (of responsibility) from his neck, and put it on the neck of the people &c.; Yalk. Kings 236. Snh. 7ᵇ, a. e. עשרה … ק׳ תלוי וכ׳ if ten men sit in court, the responsibility rests upon every one of them; a. fr.—Pl. קוֹלָרִים, קוֹלָרִין.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. X, 10 מפיל בקולרים, v. קְלִירוֹס.]—Y. Ber. VII, 11ᶜ (Daniel said,) בניו … בק׳ וכ׳ His children are in chains (in the Babylonian exile), where is His strength (that we should say הגבור)? (Yoma 69ᵇ נכרים משתעבדים בבניו). Yalk. l. c. אחר מפלתו … שבאו עמו בק׳ וכ׳ after the downfall of Sennacherib Ezekiah arose and freed all the people that had come with him in chains (the Egyptian prisoners) &c.; a. e.—Trnsf. a chain of men, gang. Yeb. 122ᵃ ק׳ של בני אדם וכ׳ a party of men travelling to Antiochia; Tosef. ib. XIV, 7 קוֹלָאר (Var. קולר).—Pl. as ab. Kidd. 72ᵇ ק׳ ק׳ Ar. (ed. only once ק׳), a Var. to צוורני (v. Rashi a. l.), v. צוְורָנָא. ↗ expanded

קוֹלָרָא —Pl. קוֹלָרַיָּא, קוֹלָרִין. Targ. Ez. XIX, 9 (perh. sing. = collarium). Targ. Y. II, Num. XXI, 29 (ed. Amst. קוֹלַרְיָיא = collaria). ↗ expanded

קולריא , Lev. R. s. 16, some ed. קולירא, v. קִילּוּר. ↗ expanded

קוֹלַרְיָיא , v. קוֹלָרָא ↗ expanded

קולרית , v. קִילּוּרִית ↗ expanded

קוּלְשָׁא (קְלַשׁ) thinness, flat part, opp. סוּמְכָא. Ḥull. 55ᵇ בקוּלְשֵׁיה on the flat part of the milt. ↗ expanded

קוּלְתָא (v. קוֹלָא II) pitcher, jar. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵈ top איתגליית ק׳ דמיא a pitcher of water had been left uncovered; Y. Sabb. X, 3ᵈ top קלותא (corr. acc.). Y. Ab. Zar. V, 44ᵈ הדא ק׳ וכ׳ (not קולא), v. שְׁתַם. Lev. R. s. 33 (play on נׄבׄוכׄדׄ נׄצׄרׄ) נׄבׄח ככלבא נפיח כק׳ נׄצׄרׄ וכ׳ bark like a dog, be blown up (distended) like a pitcher (כַֹּדֹ), and chirp like a cricket; Cant. R. to II, 14. Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 176ᵇ קוּלְתִיךְ; Keth. 62ᵇ קוּלְתִךְ, a. e., v. מְלֵי. B. Mets. 84ᵇ; Snh. 103ᵃ [read:] באתר דמרי ביתא תלא זייניה תמן רעיא קוּלְתֵיה תלא (Var. quot. in Rashi קוּדְּתֵיה, v. קוּדָּא; כולבא, or קולבא, קולבאי, a gloss for זייניה, or the reverse) where the master of the house hangs up his armor, the shepherd hangs up his pitcher (said of an unworthy successor of a distinguished man); Lev. R. s. 4; Koh. R. to III, 16, v. כּוּלָב [where correct pitcher for bag]; a. e.—Pl. m. קוּלַיָּא, קוּלַיָּה. Esth. R. to I, 8 חמרא דק׳ wine from jars, opp. דזיקין kept in leather bottles. ↗ expanded

קולתא , Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII, read: קִילְתָא, v. קִילָא II, a. קוֹרָא II. ↗ expanded

קוּם (b. h.) to stand up, rise; to stand, exist. Sifré Deut. 357 (ref. to Deut. XXXIV, 10) אבל באומות קָם וכ׳ but among the nations he (a prophet like Moses) has existed &c.; R. Hash. 21ᵇ בנביאים לא קם וכ׳ among the prophets never one arose like Moses, but among the rulers one did arise (Solomon). Tanḥ. B’shall. 16 שכל הַקָּם … כאילו קם וכ׳ whoever rises against Israel is considered as if he rose against the Sh’khinah. Ib. (ref. to Ex. XV, 7) הרבית … כל הקָּמִים לנגדך thou hast often shown thyself glorious over all that rose against thee; a. v. fr.—קוּם עֲשֵׂה rise and do, a transgression of a prohibitive law which you must repair by an action, v. נָתַק. Ḥull. XII, 4. Macc. 15ᵇ, v. infra; a. fr.—V. קַיָּים. Pi. קִיֵּים to establish; to attest, identify. Gitt. 2ᵇ אין עדים מצויין לקַיְּימוֹ no witnesses are likely to be found to attest it (identify the signatures). Ib. 6ᵃ כולי עלמא בעינן לקיימו all agree that identifiation by witnesses is required. B. Mets. 7ᵃ מודה בשטר … צריך לקיימו even if the debtor admits that he has written the note, the creditor must establish its identity (or else the debtor may maintain that the debt has been paid). Gitt. III, 4 וקיְּימוּ את דבריו and they sustained his opinion. Keth. 20ᵃ אין מְקַיְּימִין … אלא משטר וכ׳ a document can be identified only by comparison of the signatures with those on a document that had been disputed and declared valid in court. Ib. אין מקיימין … משתי כתובות וכ׳ a document can be identified only by comparison of signatures with two marriage deeds or deeds of sale of two fields &c. Ned. 72ᵃ שמע וק׳ if he heard her vow and confirmed it. Y. R. Hash. I, 56ᶜ top קִיַּימְתִּיהָ כשחל וכ׳ I sustain that opinion for a case when &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּיָּים. B. Mets. l. c. במק׳ דברי וכ׳ if the document has been identified, all agree &c.; a. e. to fulfill, carry out, execute. Yoma 28ᵇ ק׳ אברהם וכ׳ Abraham fulfilled the whole Law. Macc. l. c. כל מצות … ק׳ וכ׳ in the case of a transgression of a prohibitive law for which reparation is commanded, if the transgressor fulfills the prescribed reparation, he is free (from legal punishment), but if he made the reparation impossible &c. Ib. ור"ש בן ל׳ קִיְּימוֹ ולא קִיְּימוֹ R. S. ben L. reads, if he makes reparation (he is free), and if he refuses, (he is punished); ib. 15ᵃ למאן דאמר ק׳ ולא ק׳ according to him who reads ḳiyy’mo v’lo ḳiyy’mo (punishment can be executed as soon as one refuses to make reparation, although reparation is not made impossible); Ḥull. 141ᵃ. Ab. IV, 9 כל הַמְקַיֵּים … לקַיְּימָהּ מעושר he who maintains (studies and observes) the Law in poverty, shall finally maintain it in wealth. Sot. 13ᵃ sq. אמרו ק׳ זה כל וכ׳ they said, this one (Joseph in the coffin) has fulfilled what is written in this (the tablets in the ark of the covenant). Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ top רצה מְקַיְּימָהּ if he so desires, he observes it (his own decree). Ber. 9ᵇ ועבדום … ק׳ בהם וכ׳ the Lord fulfilled on them ‘and they shall make them serve &c.’ (Gen. XV, 14), but he did not fulfill on them &c.; a. v. fr.—מה אני מקיים וכ׳ how can I maintain the words &c., i.e. in what way can this Scriptural verse which seems to conflict with my opinion be interpreted? R. Hash. 21ᵇ אלא מה אני מקיים ביקש וכ׳ and how do I interpret the verse biḳḳesh &c. (Koh. XII, 10)? Y. Kidd. I, 61ᶜ bot. מה מקיים … בנים how does R. Elazar interpret banim &c. (Deut. XIV, 1)?; a. fr. to sustain, preserve alive, save. Snh. IV, 5 כל המקיים … כאילו ק׳ וכ׳ he who saves one life … is considered … as if he had preserved the whole world; B. Bath. 11ᵃ. Ab. V, 1 צדיקים שמקיימין את העילם וכ׳ the righteous who sustain the world which was created &c. Kil. V, 8 המקיים קוצים בכרם he who keeps (cultivates) thorns in a vineyard. Ib. דבר שכמוהו מקיימין a plant of the kind that people are wont to cultivate; a. e.—4) to place (on the chafing stove). Tosef. Sabb. III, 1 ואין מקיימין עליה וכ׳ (not לה) you must not place dishes on it, until it is swept or covered with ashes. Ib. 3; Y. ib. III, beg. 5ᶜ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְקַיֵּים, Nithpa. נִתְקַיֵּים to be established, identified. Gitt. I, 3 יִתְקַיֵּים בחותמיו let the genuineness of the document be established through its signers (the witnesses subscribed or through others identifying their signatures); a. fr. to be fulfilled, realized. Macc. 24ᵇ עד שלא נִתְקַיְּימָה … שלא תִתְקַיֵּים נבואתו וכ׳ as long as the prophecy of Uriah (Mic. III, 12) was not fulfilled, I was afraid lest Zechariah’s prophecy (Zech. VIII, 4) fail to come true; עכשיו שנתקיימה … מִתְקַיֶּימֶת now that Uriah’s prophecy has been fulfilled, it is sure that Zechariah’s will come true. Tosef. Snh. XI, 8; Y. ib. XI, 30ᵃ bot. וכולן נִתְקַיְּימוּ, v. מִדָּה. Ber. 55ᵃ מקצתו מתקיים וכ׳ part of a dream may come true, but the whole of it will not. Midr. Till. to Ps. I, 3 מִתְקַיְּימוֹת are executed, v. עֵצָה II; a. fr. to be preserved; to last, endure. Gitt. II, 3 בכל דבר שאינו מתקיים with any writing-ink which does not endure. Pes. 68ᵇ אילמלא … לא נתקיימו וכ׳ but for the Law, heaven and earth would not continue to exist. Taan. 7ᵃ מה … מִתְקַיְּימִין וכ׳ as these three liquids can be preserved only in the lowest kind of vessels, so will the words of the Law stay with him only whose mind is lowly. Erub. 54ᵃ תלמודו מתק׳ בידו his learning will remain with him (in his memory). Shebi. VII, 2 מתק׳ בארץ plants the roots of which continue in the ground (perennials). Ab. IV, 11 כל כנסיה … סופה להִתְקַיֵּים every union for a sacred purpose is destined to last. Ib. V, 17 כל מחלוקת … סופה להתק׳ a contest for a sacred purpose is bound to have an enduring effect; a. fr. to be maintained, be harmonised. Mekh. Mishp. s. 20 כיצד יִתְקַיְּימוּ שני מקראות הללו how can these two verses be harmonised?; a. fr. Hif. הֵקִים to put up, erect. Ex. R. s. 52 בואו שנָקִים וכ׳ come, for we will put up the Tabernacle. Ib. שרתה … והֵקִימוֹ the holy spirit came upon him, and he put it up. Tanḥ. P’ḳudé 11 אני כותב עליך שאתה הֲקִימֹתוֹ I will record about thee, that thou didst put it up; a. fr. to confirm (a woman’s vow). Ned. 67ᵇ אי ה׳ ה׳ if he (the father) has confirmed it, it stands confirmed (the betrothed cannot annul it). Ib. 69ᵃ יש שאלה בהָקֵם can a confirmation (by one of the two, the father or the husband) be reconsidered? (v. שְׁאֵלָה), v. הָקֵם; a. e. Hof. הוּקַם to be put up. Tanḥ. l. c. כיון שה׳ המשכן מיד וכ׳ as soon as the Tabernacle was erected, the Divine Presence came down &c. Tanḥ. Naso 23. Num. R. s. 12; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קוּם ² same. Targ. Gen. XXII, 3. Targ. Lev. XXV, 30; a. v. fr.—Part. קָאֵים, apocop. קָאֵי (q. v.); קָיֵם, קָיֵים; f. קָיְימָא; pl. קָיְימִין; קָיְימָן, קָיְמ׳. Targ. Josh. IV, 10. Targ. O. Ex. XXVI, 15 (Y. קַיָּמִין); a. v. fr.—B. Mets. 19ᵃ (expl. דייתיקי) דא תהי למֵיקַם וכ׳ this is to stand and be, that when I die &c. B. Bath. 43ᵇ bot. ארעא היכא דקָיְימָא תֵיקוּם let the land remain where it is (in the possession of the present incumbent). Gen. R. s. 65 ברייך יְקוּם לך may thy Creator stand by thee. Koh. R. to XI, 1 היידי הוא גברא דקָם ליה עיגוליה here is (I am) the man whom his loaf of bread assisted (who was rewarded for throwing his bread into the sea). Y. Ab. Zar. II, 40ᶜ bot. וקָמוּן and they remained (in the trade), v. עֲקַר I. Macc. 22ᵇ דקָיְימֵי מקמי וכ׳ who stand up before a scroll of the Law and do not stand up before a great man. Kidd. 33ᵇ קום מקמיה אביך stand up before thy father. Ib. קָאִימְנָא מקמיה I should stand up before him. Ib.ᵃ מֵיקַם לא קָאֵי הידור וכ׳ he stood not up before them (gentile old men), but he showed them honor. B. Mets. 7ᵃ ברשותיה קָיְימָא it is in his possession. Lev. R. s. 16 (ref. to Is. V, 19) נדע דמן הוא דקיימא וכ׳ that we know whose counsel will stand (prevail), ours or his; ib. לא ק׳ דידי וק׳ דלהון my counsel does not stand, shall theirs stand?; Yalk. Is. 266 הא קָמַת דידהון דידי לא now, theirs is carried out, and mine should not be?; Yalk. Lam. 1033, sq. (read עצא for על); Pesik. Vattom., p. 133ᵃ (corr. acc.). Y. Ter. I, 40ᵇ top בחרש אנן קָיְימִין we are standing at (are treating of) the case of a deaf mute. Y. Maasr. I, 51ᵇ, a. fr. (ב)מה (א)נן קיימין what are we treating of?; a. v. fr.—Yeb. 32ᵃ וקם ליה באשר לא יבנה וכ׳ (by giving ḥălitsah to one of his brother’s widows) he has been declared one ‘who does not build up his brother’s house’ (Deut. XXV, 9), and the Law says, when one has once refused ‘to build’, one must not ‘build’ again (marry another of his brother’s widows); ib. 44ᵃ.—Shebu. 26ᵃ כי הוו קיימי מקמיה דרב (Ms. F. מפטרי) when they were out of Rab’s sight, opp. כי אתו לקמיה.—ק׳ על, also ק׳ ב־ (cmp. עמד) a) to ascertain. Ab. Zar. 35ᵇ ליכא למֵיקַם עלה דמילתא it cannot be ascertained; a. e.—B. Mets. 19ᵃ קָמוּ … במילתא the Rabbis ascertained the case, v. קִים. Yeb. 31ᵃ; a. fr.—b) to bargain for. Gen. R. s. 11 אנא … קיימין עילויה myself and a certain Jew were bargaining for it (the fish); a. e.—קם ליה בדרבה מיניה, v. קִים.—תֵּיקוּ, נֵיקוּ = תֵּיקוּם, נֵיקוּם. B. Kam. 96ᵃ תקנתא לעכ"ום נ׳ ונעביד shall we get up and make rules for the benefit of gentile (robbers)? Zeb. 17ᵃ כל חדא וחדא ת׳ בדוכתה (not בדוכתיה; Ms. M. תיקום) let each verse stand in its own place, i.e. you can draw no analogies between them.—Esp. תיקו let it stand, i.e. the question remains undecided. B. Kam. l. c. Ḥull. 46ᵃ; a. fr. (v. עָמַד) to curdle. Ab. Zar. 35ᵇ נישקול מיניה קלי ונֵיקוּם (prob. to be read ונוֹקִים) let one take a little of it and curdle it. Ib. קיימי, v. נַסְיוּבֵי. to cause to stand (v. קִים).—Inf. מִיקְמָא, מִיקְמָה, v. Af Af. אָקֵים, אוֹקִים, , אוֹקֵי to put up, erect; to appoint, place; to maintain. Targ. O. Ex. XL, 2 תָּקִים (ed. Berl. a. Y. תְּקִים). Ib. 18 ואָקֵים (ed. Berl. ואָקֵים a. ואֵקִים). Targ. O. Deut. XXV, 7 לאָקָמָא ed. Berl. (oth. ed. לַאֲקָ׳; Y. למִיקְמָא). Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 13. Targ. Prov. XXIX, 4; a. fr.—B. Mets. 39ᵇ מוֹקְמִינָן … לינוקא we (the court) appoint a guardian over it in behalf of the minor. Ib. מיגו דמוֹקִים … מוקמינן וכ׳ since one appoints a guardian for the one-sixth portion, we may just as well appoint one for the other sixth. B. Bath. 33ᵃ אוֹקְמָהּ … בידיה R. Ḥ. placed it in his possession, i.e. decided that it belonged to him. Ib. 34ᵃ מוֹקְמִינָן לה בידיה we would place (or leave) it in his possession; a. v. fr.—Taan. 8ᵃ, a. fr. אוקים … אמורא, v. אֲמוֹרָא.—Esp. a) to put a case, to treat with reference to. B. Bath. 44ᵃ ולוֹקְמָהּ בגזלן why does he not put the case as treating of a robber?; ולוקמה ביורש let him say, it refers to the case of an heir!; a. fr.—b) to let stand, place, leave (under the presumption). Keth. 12ᵇ, a. e. אוקי ממונא בחזקת מריה leave the money where it is, on the presumption that it belongs to its present owner, i.e. possession has the benefit of the doubt. Ib. אוֹקְמָהּ אחזקה leave the woman in her ascertained condition (v. חֲזָקָה), i.e. consider her as having married as a virgin. Yeb. 31ᵃ אוקי תרי להדי תרי ואשה אוקמה אחזקה leave the two witnesses (on the one side) against the two witnesses (on the other side), and leave the woman &c.; a. fr.—c) to establish, prove. Num. R. s. 6, end ורבנן מוֹקְמִין מהאי קרא וכ׳ and the Rabbis prove from this verse, that as atonement takes place in day-time, so &c.; a. e.—d) א׳ טבאות [to place right] to guarantee, secure. Y. Gitt. I, end, 43ᵈ אנן בעי תְּקִימִינָן ט׳ (not טבאת) we want thee to secure us (against an eventual loss of the money which thou art collecting from us for our creditors); בההוא דלא יכיל למִיקְמָה גרמיה ט׳ in the case of one who has no opportunity to secure himself (who cannot get a collector to take the risk), ברם ההוא דיכיל למיקמה וכ׳ but if he finds a collector to take the risk, he may take it away from the one and give it to the other; Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ.— (v. עָמַד) to make consistent, curdle. Ab. Zar. 35ᵃ [read:] כיון דאוֹקְמֵיה איסורא הוא דקא מוֹקִים ליה וכ׳ (v. Ms. M. in Rabb. D. S. a. l., a. note) since it had the effect of curdling the milk, it is the forbidden matter that gave it substance, and therefore it (that forbidden substance) is to be considered as if it were there in its natural state. Ib.ᵇ, v. supra. Ittaf. אִיתָּקַם, אִתּוֹקַם to put up; to be placed. Targ. Ex. XL, 17. Targ. Lev. XVI, 10; a. e. Polel. קוֹמֵם to put up, erect. Targ. Is. XLIV, 26; a. e. Pa. קַיֵּם, קיֵּים as preced. Pi., to establish, confirm, fulfill &c. Targ. O. Deut. XXXII, 8 (Y. Af.). Targ. Num. XXX, 14. Targ. Is. l. c. Targ. Ps. CXIX, 106; a. fr.—Ned. 70ᵃ דהא קַיְּימֵיה לנדריה היום (not קיימי, v. Rashi) for he has confirmed the vow to-day. Ib. (h. form) כיון דקִיְּימוֹ קִיְּימוֹ since he once confirmed it, it remains confirmed. Keth. 19ᵃ זילו קַיְּימוּ שטרייכו go and get evidence for the identification of your documents, and then come to court. Y. Gitt. I, end, 43ᵈ קיַּימְתֵּיה מדאמר וכ׳ thou canst substantiate thy opinion by referring to what R. … said. Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 72ᵇ למְקַיְּימָא לכון וכ׳ in order to fulfill on you the prophecy (Deut. XXXIII, 29) &c.; Yalk. Lev. 643; Pesik. R. s. 18. Y. Ab. Zar. V, 44ᵈ ואנא יכיל קַיֵּים and I can ascertain it (by experiment); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְקַיַּים. Ber. 55ᵃ לא חלמא טבא מק׳ וכ׳ (Ms. F. מתקיים) neither a good dream comes true entirely, nor a bad dream &c. (v. קְיָים) to swear, vow. Targ. Num. XXX, 3. Targ. Gen. XXVIII, 20. Targ. O. Lev. V, 4; a. e. Ithpa. אִתְקַיַּים as preced. Hithpa. Targ. Num. XIV, 38. Targ. Ez. XXXIII, 12; a. fr.—Y. Sabb. VI, end, 8ᵈ [read:] תִּתְקַיֵּים לכון נפשיכין בהדין יומכון היך דקַיַּימְתּוּן וכ׳ may your life be restored on that day of yours (when your time comes), as you have restored my life on this day. Erub. 54ᵃ כי היכי דתתקיים בידך ותוריך חיי (not ביך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) in order that it (thy learning) may be preserved in thy possession, and thou mayest live long; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹם (v. preced.Pe. 2, a. Af. 2) curdled milk, curd; [Maim. whey]. Ned. VI, 5. Ib. 52ᵇ. Y. ib. VI, 39ᵈ top מהו בק׳ חלבא מקטרא what is ḳom? ‘Bound milk.’ ↗ expanded

קומ־ , v. קוֹמֵי ↗ expanded

קוֹמָא 1 Ned. 52ᵇ באתרא דרבנן … ולק׳ ק׳ at the place of the Rabbis (that allow curd to him who vowed abstinence from milk) they call milk ḥelba and curd ḳoma (without any additional qualification) באתרא … לק׳ … ק׳ דחלבא at R. Jose’s place they call curd also the ḳoma of milk; (Y. ib. VI, 39ᵈ top שם אביו קרוי עליה it is designated by its origin). ↗ expanded

קוֹמָא 2 , pl. קוֹמִין, v. קוֹמְתָא. ↗ expanded

קוֹמָא 3 m. = קוֹמֵיס. Ab. Zar. 11ᵃ ↗ expanded

קוּמָּא m. = h. קוּמּוֹס. Gitt. 19ᵃ, v. קוּמּוֹס; Sabb. 104ᵇ. Ib. 110ᵃ, ק׳ אלכסנדרי׳ Alexandrian gum (of the Spina Aegyptia, v. Löw, Pfl., p. 197). ↗ expanded

קוֹמָה height, stature, man’s height. Esth. R. to I, 6 מלא ק׳ וכ׳ space for the whole length of a human body &c., v. פֶּרח. Gen. R. s. 12; Num. R. s. 13 (among the seven things that were taken away from Adam) זיוו וחייו וקוֹמָתוֹ his beauty, his life’s length, and his high stature (which was diminished). Ib. ק׳ של מיות, v. מֵיוֹת. Bekh. 45ᵇ, a. fr. בעלי ק׳ men of high stature. B. Kam. 60ᵃ, v. קָמָה; a. fr.—ק׳ זקופה, v. זָקַף. [Gen. R. s. 53 קומתו של אברהם, v. קָמָה.]—Pl. קוֹמוֹת. Snh. VI, 4 שתי ק׳ the height of two men. ↗ expanded

קוּמּוֹס (cmp. κόμμι, cummis) gum, resin, esp. ink prepared with gum (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Atramentum, a. Löw, Pfl., p. 197). Gitt. II, 3, expl. ib. 19ᵃ קומא. Sabb. XII, 4; ib. 104ᵇ. Num. R. s. 9 אין כותבין לא בק׳ וכ׳ you must not write (the oath of the suspected woman, סוֹטָה) with gummed ink &c.; Sot. II, 4; Sifré Num. 16 בקימוס. Meg. II, 2; a. e.—Tosef. Mikv. VI (VII), 16 המור והק׳ (Var. והקִימּיֹץ) myrrh or (acacia) gum. Koh. R. to VI, 1; IX, 13 ק׳ במור putting gum in myrrh (for adulteration); Sifra Vayiḳra, Ḥobah, Par. 12, ch. XXII קימוס; Yalk. Lev. 479; Tosef. B. Bath. V, 6 קִמּוֹץ. ↗ expanded

קומוס comes, v. קוֹמֵיס. ↗ expanded

קוּמָּט (קָמַט) fold, wrinkle, a folded part of the body as arm-pit &c. (cmp. סֵתֶר). Nidd. 42ᵇ שרץ בקוּמְּטוֹ if a person holds a creeping (unclean) thing in a fold of his body. Ib. 43ᵃ; a. e.—Pl. קוּמְּטִים. Tosef. Neg. I, 8 מפשטין את קוּמְּטָיו you must straighten out its creases.—V. קֶמֶט. (cmp. קוּמְצָא II) pit, esp. the pupil of the eye. Treat. Der. Er. Zuṭṭa ch. IX ק׳ שבשחור ירושלם the ‘pit’ in the black of the eye (iris) is typical of Jerusalem; פרצוף שבק׳ וכ׳ the image in the pupil is typical of the Temple. ↗ expanded

קומטומוריסון , a corrupt. for קוֹמְטְרוֹבִירְסִין m. pl. (controversiae) controversies, arguments. Yalk. Ps. 680 (ref. to הגישו עצמותיכם, Is. XLI, 21) ק׳ של בני עשו the pleas of the sons of Esau; והם אומרים מי עושה ק׳ של ישראל וכ׳ and they will say, who will make up the pleas for Israel? Said the Lord, I will (ref. to תעצמות, Ps. LXVIII, 36); Midr. Till. to Ps. XX (defective version; ed. Bub. קוזמוטמ׳). ↗ expanded

קומטון , Sabb. 145ᵇ Rashi, v. קוֹמֵיס ↗ expanded

קומטיטון (comessatum, κομεσσᾶτον S.; cmp. אֶפִּיקוֹמָן) (comissatio,) the aftermeal entertainment consisting of an open door reception, at which food and drink are served (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Comissatio). Esth. R. to I, 5 הדא שושן … כבית ק׳ היה וכ׳ that (entertainment at) Susa was like the house of a comissatio, food and drink being served there. ↗ expanded

קוּמְטְרָא , v. קַמְטְרָא ↗ expanded

קוֹמֵי constr. (contr. of קדם) prep. before, in the presence of, prior to. Targ. Ps. L, 21 קוֹמָךְ Ms. (ed. קדמך). Ib. LVII, 7 קוֹמַיי Ms. (ed. קדמי). Ib. LXIX, 23 קוֹמֵיהוֹן Ms. (ed. קדמ׳); a. fr.—Y. Meg. I, 72ᵃ top ר׳ זירא בעי קומי וכ׳ R. Z. asked in the presence of &c. Y. Bets. III, 62ᵃ top קוֹמֵיה דר׳ וכ׳ (not ר׳) before R. Ḥ. the elder. Ib. II, 62ᶜ top עבר ק׳ סדרא passed before the school house. Ib. bot. נפלת … קוֹמֵיהוֹן the lamp fell down in their presence; a. fr.—V. קָמ־, קַמָּא. ↗ expanded

קוֹמִי 1 (κόμη) hair, esp. the gentile fashion of cutting and wearing the hair; ספר ק׳ to trim the front of the hair like a fringe on the forehead (capronæ), and let the curls hang down on the temples (antiæ; v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Coma). Sifra Aḥăré, Par. 9, ch. XIII (ref. to Lev. XVIII, 3) שלא תגדל ציצית ושלא תספור ק׳ (not ק׳ שפה, v. Rabad) that thou grow no side-locks and trim not the front. B. Kam. 83ᵃ המספר ק׳ וכ׳ he who cuts the coma transgresses the law forbidding the ways of the Amorite. Ib. אבטוליס … התירו לו לספר ק׳ וכ׳ they allowed A. b. R. to wear his hair in Roman fashion, because he associated with government people; a. e. ↗ expanded

*קוֹמִי 2 f. = קוֹמָה. Lev. R. s. 4 כיון שעומד על ק׳ שלו ויוצא וכ׳ when the youth has reached his full growth and goes out for business. ↗ expanded

קומיא , Pirké d’R. El. ch. XIII, v. קוֹזְמִין ↗ expanded

קומיטיטון (comitatus) imperial court. Targ. Y. II, Num. XII, 7 [read:] בכל ק׳ דידי הימן היא (ריש לבילרין ק׳ being a gloss, v. לִבְלָרָא) he is most trusted in my whole court. ↗ expanded

קומיס , Pirké d’R. El. ch. XIII, v. קוֹזְמִין ↗ expanded

קוֹמֵיס (comes) attendant of magistrates, esp. Comes, a member of the imperial cabinet (v. Sm. Ant. s. v.). Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ העמידו ק׳ על תיסבריות שלו (not קומוס) he made him superintendent of his treasures (Comes largitionum privatarum); Cant. R. to II, 5 קומסין תסברין (corr. acc.); Y. Snh. XI, 30ᵇ bot. ק׳ תיסוורין על בית המקדש chief treasurer of the Temple (Comes largitionum sacrarum). Ex. R. s. 37 עשה … למשה ק׳ וכ׳ the Lord made Moses superintendent of the palace (Comes palatii) &c. (ref. to Num. XII, 7; cmp. קומיטיטון). Num. R. s. 15, v. סְרַדְיוֹט; Tanḥ. Bhaʿăl., ed. Bub. 20 קומוס (corr. acc.). Koh. R. to IX, 11 אתמול עביד ק׳ קלטור וכ׳ yesterday he (Moses) was made Comes Calator (officer arranging the king’s receptions) in Pharaoh’s palace, and to-day—‘call him that he may eat bread’ (Ex. II, 20); Yalk. ib. 989 קמסקלתור (corr. acc.). Lev. R. s. 5, v. איספיסריאון; Yalk. Is. 291 קומוס ואיפרכום בירושלם. Lev. R. s. 28 [read:] מאן דעביד ק׳ פריבטון … ק׳ קלטור וכ׳ he who used to appoint the Comes Privatarum (v. supra), he who used to appoint the Comes Calator &c., v. מָגִיסְטֵיר; Esth. R. to VI, 10 דומין פנטון וכ׳ (corr. acc.); Pesik. R. s. 18 מיעביד קומספנטון קומסקרטור (corr. acc.). Esth. R. to I, 12, v. אִסְטַבְלָאטָא; a. e.—Pl. (comites) קוֹמִיטִין. Sabb. 145ᵇ [read:] הגמון וק׳ ובעלי זמורה (ed. וקמטון ובעל, Rashi וקומטון, Ms. M. וקומטרי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a general with his Comites and Centuriones. ↗ expanded

קוּמַּנְטָרִיסִין (pl. of κομμενταρήσιος, S. = commentariensis) those having charge of public records, esp. registrars of prisoners, jailers (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Commentarius). Gitt. 28ᵇ מק׳ של נכרים וכ׳ if one heard from gentile jailers, ‘such and such a man is dead’, ‘such and such a man has been put to death’, you cannot allow his wife to marry again; Y. Yeb. XVI, 15ᵈ מקֹמַנְטְרִיסֵי המלך from the (Roman) king’s jailers. ↗ expanded

קוּמְנִיתָא (קמן; cmp. Syr. קמל, a. קומלא. mucor panis, P. Sm. 3647) mould. Pes. 42ᵃ, v. אוּמָא. ↗ expanded

קוּמְפּוֹן , v. קַמְפּוֹן ↗ expanded

קוֹמְפְּרוֹמִיסִין (pl. of compromissum) agreement between parties to submit to arbitration. Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵃ bot., expl. שטרי בירורין, v. בֵּירוּר. (v. Harper’s Lat. Dict. s. v. Compromitto) reciprocal promises. Lev. R. s. 6 קופרמסאות נתנו וכ׳ (read: קוֹמְפְּרוֹמִיסָאוֹת) they made promises to each other, that he would never disown them, nor they him. ↗ expanded

קוֹמֶץ bending the three middle fingers over the hollow of the hand; (with מלא, or sub. מלא) grab, handful, contrad. to חוֹפֶן. Ber. 3ᵇ אין הק׳ משביע וכ׳ one grab cannot satisfy a lion. Gen. R. s. 20 ק׳ עפר וכ׳ is not the handful of dust of the ground of which thou hast been made, booty in thy possession (which thou must give back to the earth)? Gen. R. s. 90 אין בה ק׳ ק׳ there would not be a handful for each person; Yalk. ib. 148 אינן מספיקין מק׳ ק׳; a. e.—Esp. the handful of the meal offering which the priest takes to be put on the altar (Lev. VI, 8). Men. III, 2 נתערב קוּמְצָהּ בק׳ וכ׳ if the handful of one meal offering became mixed up with that of another meal offering. Ib. 3 ק׳ שנתערב וכ׳ if a ḳomets became mixed up with a meal offering from which no ḳomets was yet taken. Y. Shek. VI, end, 50ᵇ בקֻמְצוֹ של כהן measured by the officiating priest’s handful; בק׳ של בעלים by the owner’s handful. Koh. R. to IV, 6 חביב עלי מלא קמצו של עני וכ׳ the handful of the poor man’s offering is more precious to me than the fistfuls of the high priest’s frankincense; a. fr.—Pl. קְמָצִים, קְמָצִין, קוּמְצִין. Gen. R. s. 5 חפנו … שמונה ק׳ Moses’ one fistful contained eight ordinary handfuls. Y. Shek. l. c. (ed. Zyt. קומצין); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קוּמְצָא Targ. Lev. II, 2; a. fr.—Meg. 16ᵃ מייתי מלי קוּמְצֵיה וכ׳ offered a handful of flour and was forgiven. Lev. R. s. 34 יהיבין … בגו קָמְצֵיה they put six Denars in his bent hand; a. e.—Pl. קוּמְצִין, קוּמְצֵי. Targ. Y. Gen. XLI, 47.—Meg. l. c. אתא מלי ק׳ וכ׳ your handfuls (of offerings) have come to counteract my ten thousand talents of silver. ↗ expanded

קוּמְצָא ² c. (= גּוּמְצָא, כּוּמְצָא) pit. Targ. II Sam. XVIII, 17.—Esp. the pit in which grain is kept in years of plenty, when the granaries are overflowing. Gen. R. s. 90 (expl. לקמצים, Gen. XLI, 47) מקומצא לריחיא (ed. מן קוצא, מקוצץ, corr. acc.) from the pit they carried the grain to the mill (leaving the granaries untouched); Yalk. ib. 148 מקמצא.—Pl. f. קַמְצָתָא. Ib. ורבנן אמרי דק׳ ודלא דק׳ the Rabbis say, they carried to the mill grain which had been put in pits and such even as had not been put in pits; Gen. R. l. c.; [strike out דק׳ ובלא ק׳ after לריחיא]. ↗ expanded

קוּמְקָא , v. קוּמְקוּמְסָא ↗ expanded

קוּמְקוּם (cucuma, κουκκούμιον, prob. of Semitic origin; the form cucumus is not recorded in Lat. Dict.) kettle (smaller than מיחם). Kel. III, 7 קומקום Mish. ed. (Talm. ed. קומקומוס; Maim. קומקומס). Ib. XIV, 1 קומקום (ed. Dehr. קומקמוס). Tosef. Mikv. VII (VIII), 1 קומקומים ed. Zuck. (corr. acc.; oth. ed. קומקום). Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵃ bot. כבק׳ הזה אני יורד לו (not בק׳) I would meet him as if attacking him with a (boiling) kettle; מה הק׳ הזה וכ׳ as a kettle scalds and wounds and blackens (if thrown at a person), so would I &c.; Men. 109ᵇ אני מטיל עליו ק׳ וכ׳ I would throw a kettle of hot water at him. Y. Bets. II, 61ᶜ. Deut. R. s. 2; Yalk. Hos. 517 קוּמְקְמִין; a. fr.—Pl. קוּמְקוֹמוֹסִין, קוּמְקְמוֹ׳, קוּמְקְמִין. Sabb. 151ᵃ קומקמוסין Ms. M. (ed. קומקמין). Ab. Zar. 75ᵇ; Y. ib. V, end, 45ᵇ; Sifré Num. 158 קוּמְקְמָסִים; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 2 קוּנְקוֹמוֹסִין (ed. Bub. קומקמסין). ↗ expanded

קוּמְקוּמְסָא B. Bath. 73ᵇ קומקומס׳ (some ed. קומקומא, קומקמא, Ms. M. קוּקְמָא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 2 ואע"ג דקומקא לאו וכ׳ (corr. acc.; ed. Bub. קוקמסין, read מסא …) although ordinarily men do not cook in a kettle; a. e.—Pl. קוּמְקוּמוּסַיָּא, קוּמְקְמִין, קוּמְקְמֵי. Targ. Y. Num. XXXI, 23 (not סְיָא …). Targ. II Esth. I, 7. ↗ expanded

קוּמְקְמָא , v. preced. wds. ↗ expanded

קוּמְרָא , v. קָמוֹר ↗ expanded

קוּמְרוֹטוֹן , v. קַמְרוֹטוֹן ↗ expanded

קומרין , Sabb. 80ᵃ Ms. M. a. Ar., v. קלְמָרִין ↗ expanded

קוֹמְתָא = h. קוֹמָה. Targ. Y. Lev. XXVI, 13 (not קוּ׳). Targ. II Esth. V, 1. Targ. Is. X, 33 (ed. Lag. קומה); a. e.—Pl. קוֹמִין. Y. B. Mets. IX, beg. 12ᵃ תרתין ק׳ double a man’s height. ↗ expanded

קוּן to arrange, order, plan (applied to art, cmp. חָרַשׁ; to music, v. קִינָה). Pol. קוֹנֵן to arrange a song of lamentation (ḳinah, cmp. קשר הספד, v. הֶסְפֵּד). Gitt. 58ᵃ עליה ק׳ ירמיהו וכ׳ on her account Jeremiah sang &c. Ib. ועליהן קינה וכ׳ (corr. acc.; v. En Yaʿăḳob). Lam. R. introd. (R. Naḥman) התחיל … מְקוֹנֵן עליהם איכה Jeremiah began to sing Ekhah (Lam. I, 1) over them. Ib. (R. Pinḥas) הרי … מקונן עליכם קינות וכ׳ behold, Jeremiah will sing lamentations of seven alphabets (of) Ekhah over you. M. Kat. III, 9 אבל לא מְקוֹנְנוֹת but they (the lamenting women) must not sing dirges, v. קִינָה a. עִינּוּי I; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קונבי , v. קוֹנְכִי ↗ expanded

קוּנְבִּיתָא (קְנַב) snuffers. Y. Yoma III, 41ᵃ (expl. נברשת). ↗ expanded

קוֹנְדָּא (κονδο = κόντο—), v. מְכֵירִין ↗ expanded

קוֹנְדִּיטוֹן (conditum, κονδῖτον) (sub. vinum) spiced wine. Y. Ter. VIII, 45ᶜ החד ק׳ ḥad (sharp) means spiced wine; Y. Ab. Zar. III, 41ᵃ top. Pesik. Baḥod., p. 102ᵇ מה ק׳ הזה וכ׳ (not טין …) as spiced wine contains wine, honey and pepper &c. Y. Yeb. X, 11ᵇ אנא משקי ליה ק׳ I shall give him spiced wine to drink; הא אזיל ק׳ the spiced wine (that was promised) is gone (forfeited). Y. Ber. II, 4ᵇ bot. Lam. R. to II, 12 קונט׳, קנוט׳ (corr. acc.); a. e. spices to be put in wine (prob. to be read: קוֹנְדִּיטִין pl.). Y. Bets. I, 60ᵈ מהו מישחוק ק׳ וכ׳ how about grinding spices for wine on the Holy Day? Ib. [read:] שחק מר ק׳ וכ׳ do you grind spices &c.? Y. Sabb. XIX, 16ᵈ bot.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קונדיס , v. קוּנְדָּסָא, a. קוֹנְטוֹס. ↗ expanded

קונדיקוס , v. קוּרְדְּיָיקוֹס ↗ expanded

קונדיריקון , v. קוּרְדְּקִין ↗ expanded

קוּנְדָּס , v. קוֹנְטוֹס.—[Bets. 34ᵃ; Yalk. Gen. 32, v. קִינָרָס, a. next w.] ↗ expanded

קוֹנֶה purchaser, v. קָנָה. owner, master; the Lord. Num. R. s. 4 end כעבד לפני קוֹנוֹ like a slave before his master. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII כבוד קוֹנִי my Master’s honor. Snh. 81ᵇ bot. לו ולקוֹנוֹ ולמקנו (a curse) on him (euphem. for thee), thy Owner, and him that gave thee possession, v. קַיְינָא; a. e.—[Esth. R. introd. מנין של ק׳, read: ד"א ואין קונה.]—[Tosef. B. Kam. VII, 6 דבר אחר … להשתעבד לקוניו וכ׳ ed. Zuck., read as in oth. ed. דאמרי אינשי לא רצה להשתעבד לבניו יבוא וישתעבד לבנותיו.] ↗ expanded

קוֹנָח ḳonaḥ, a substitute for קרבן (v. כִּינּוּי), used for a vow of abstinence or consecration. Ned. I, 2, a. e., v. קוֹנָם. ↗ expanded

קוֹנְטָא (—κόντα) a termination of several Greek numerals, meaning ten times; v. אוֹגְדּוֹיִיקוֹנְטָא. ↗ expanded

קוֹנְטַבְרָא (pl. of contabrum) standards in the Roman army. Midr. Till. to Ps XLV אקלפרין טעונין ק׳ של מלך ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ריא …, corr. acc.) ensigns carrying the royal standards. ↗ expanded

קוֹנְטוֹס (κοντός, contus) pole, shaft of a pike; pike. Erub. III, 3 (34ᵇ) בראש הק׳ Y. ed. (Mish. a. Bab. ed. ד for ט; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10) on the top of a pole (which is stuck in the ground); Y. ib. 21ᵃ. Y. Taan. II, 66ᵃ top ותליין בק׳ נגד וכ׳ and he suspended them (Nicanor’s head and hands) on a pike put up in the sight of Jerusalem; Y. Meg. I, 70ᶜ bot.; a. e.—Pl. קוֹנְטוֹסִים, קוֹנְטוֹסִין, קוֹנְטָסִ׳ (קוֹנְדּ׳). Succ. 4ᵇ נעץ ארבעה קונדיסין וכ׳ if one drove four poles in the ground and put the covering of a Succah on them; (Tosef. ib. I, 12 העמיד … קורות). Pesik. Vayhi, p. 4ᵇ היה לו … קינטיסין וכ׳ (corr. acc.) he might have taken four poles and spread &c.; Cant. R. to III, 11 קונדסין; Yalk. Ex. 370 קונדיסין. Num. R. s. 4 קונטיטון … וצינורות וכ׳ (corr. acc.) large shafts with hooks on top; והיו מגביהין … בק׳ וכ׳ and they lifted the curtain on the poles and unhooked it. Ib. נושאים … בקונטיטון (some ed. בקונטיס׳; corr. acc.) lifted it on poles. Pesik. R. s. 12 קבע … קונדיסים וכ׳ he fixed four pikes in the ground &c.; Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 9 קנטסין; Lam. R. to III, 64 קונדיס׳; Yalk. Deut. 938. ↗ expanded

קונטיטון , v. preced.—Lam. R. to II, 12, read: קוֹנְדִּיטוֹן. ↗ expanded

קונטיס , v. קוֹנְטוֹס ↗ expanded

קונטסרין , v. קוּסְטִינָר ↗ expanded

קוּנְטְרָא c. (קְטַר II, with anorg. נ) knot, knotted web as of matting, sieves &c.; laces or ropes drawn transversely. Y. Meg. III, 74ᵇ bot. (describing the arrangement of Esth. IX, 6-10, beginning with איש on one side, under which the names of the sons of Haman are arranged in a column, and with ואת on the other side, v. אָרִיחַ) [read:] שכן הוא שניץ ונחיץ כהדין קינטרה so that (in reading transversely) it appears laced and closely corded like transverse lacing (of a web); [Beth Jos. to Ṭur Or. Ḥayim 691 קנטירא, read: קינטרא; Treat. Sof’rim XIII, 6, variously corrupted].—Pl. קוּנְטְרָן. Y. Sabb. VIII, 10ᶜ top ההן דעבד ק׳ נפן וכ׳ (Or Zaruʿa Sabb. 64 קוּשְׁרָן מנפן) he who makes (on the Sabbath) knotted (corded) webs, sieves, mats &c. ↗ expanded

קונטרונין , v. קוּדְרַנְטֵיס ↗ expanded

קונטרוקוס , name of a Roman general, v. אגניטוס. Bekh. 5ᵃ (Rashi a. Tosaf. to Ḥull. 27ᵇ קונטריקון, Ms. Rashi קונטרקוס, ed. Sonc. קונטריקו׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30). ↗ expanded

קוּנְטְרִין , v. קִנְטִינָר ↗ expanded

קוּנְטְרִינִים (corrupt. of קוּנְטִרְיוֹנִ׳, centuriones) centurions, commanders of centuries. Sifré Deut. 317 (play on בׄנׄי בשׄןׄ, Deut. XXXII, 14) אלו ק׳ שמכישין מבׄיןׄ שׄנׄיהם (not שמכינין) that means the (Roman) centurions that cause striking from between their teeth (command attacks on unarmed people); Yalk. ib. 944 קוטרינין שמכישין וכ׳. ↗ expanded

קונטריסין , v. קוֹדְרַנְטֵיס ↗ expanded

קונטרס , Yalk. Ps. 749, v. קַרְטֵיס ↗ expanded

*קוֹנְיָא (κονία) powdered lime, plaster; (in Talmud Babli:) molten lead, glaze. Zeb. 54ᵃ, v. מָהָה. Ab. Zar. 33ᵇ מאני דק׳ glazed vessels; Pes. 30ᵇ; Keth. 107ᵇ. Ḥull. 147ᵇ, v. צָעָא; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוּנְיָא Ḳunia. Tosef. Makhsh. III, 3 R. S. to Makhsh. VI, 2 (ed. Zuck. a. oth. קְוִינָא). ↗ expanded

קוֹנְיָה , v. קוֹנְיָיה ↗ expanded

קוּנְיוֹן (קָנָא) revengeful. Gen. R. s. 42 אברם זה הוא ק׳ וכ׳ this man Abram is vindictive, and when I tell him that his brother’s son was captured &c.; Yalk. ib. 72 קַנַּאי. ↗ expanded

קוֹנְיָיה (קָנָה) possession, dear wife. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII, 20 קוֹנְיָיתְךָ עומדת וכ׳ thy dear wife stands without, and thou sittest within?; Yalk. ib. 687 קוֹנְעָתְךָ, v. קוֹנְעָה. ↗ expanded

קוּנְיָיתָה ḳunyatha, a plant resembling colocasia. Y. Maasr. V, end, 52ᵃ ↗ expanded

קוֹנְכִי (κόγχη) mussel, shell, pearl oyster; also pearl; a vessel for oil, unguents &c. Y’lamd. to Num. VIII, 2, quot. in Ar. מנורה של ברזל ק׳ של נחושת an iron candlestick, a bronze bowl.—Pl. same (conchæ). Gen. R. s. 60 (expl. מגדנות, Gen. XXIV, 53) ק׳ Ar. (ed. קונבי) pearls(?); Yalk. ib. 109 קונפי. ↗ expanded

קוֹנָם (v. קִינוּמָא) ḳonam, a substitute for קרבן (v. כִּינּוּי), used for a vow of abstinence and for the consecration of an object (v. קָדַשׁ Hif.). Ned. I, 2 האומר ק׳ קונח וכ׳ if one introduces a vow with the words ḳonam, ḳonaḥ, ḳonas, such words are substitutes for ḳorban. Ib. 4 if one says to his neighbor, ק׳ פי מדבר עמך ידי וכ׳ ḳonam (forbidden) be my mouth speaking to thee, my hand working for thee &c., he is bound by his vow. Ib. II, 1 ק׳ שאיני ישן וכ׳ (Bab. ed. 14ᵇ שאני) if a man says, ḳ. that I will not sleep …, he is subject to the law of לא יחל (Num. XXX, 3). Y. ib. I, 36ᵈ bot. [read:] אמר לו השאילני קרדומך אמר ק׳ קורדום יש לי ק׳ נכסיי עלי שאין לזה קורדום ויש לו קורדום נכסיו אסורין if one says to a man, lend me thy axe, and he says, ḳ. be the axe I have, ḳ. be my property to me, that this man (I) has no axe, and he has an axe, his property is forbidden (consecrated); Tosef. ib. IV, 6 [add:] יש לו קרדום נכסיו אסורין (as ed. Friedl.); Bab. ib. 35ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. קוֹנָמוֹת. Ib. אף ק׳ יש בהן מעילה the law concerning appropriation of sacred property (מְעִילָה) applies also to dedications introduced with ḳonam. Ib. 85ᵇ שאני ק׳ it is different with vows of abstinence; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹנָמָא oath, covenant, v. קִינוּמָא. ↗ expanded

קוֹנָס (v. next w.) ḳonas, a substitute for קרבן (v. כִּינּוּי). Ned. I, 2, v. קוֹנָם. Y. ib. I, 37ᵃ top, v. next w. ↗ expanded

קוּנְסָה (v. קְנַס) fine. Y. Ned. I, 37ᵃ top דבר … והא תנינן קונס ק׳ שמה if a word has a certain meaning in ordinary language and is also used for indicating ḳorban (consecration), does a man bind himself (when using it to introduce a vow)? (Answer) we have it in the Mishnah (Ned. I, 2, v. קוֹנָם) which makes ḳonas stand for a binding vow, and yet ḳonas has the meaning of (ḳunsah) fine ↗ expanded

קוֹנְעָה (קנע; cmp. קָנָה) right of acquiring property, citizenship. Gen. R. s. 32, beg. הַתֵּיר קוֹנְעָתוֹ ועשה וכ׳ untie (declare as forfeited) his (David’s) citizenship and make him an outlaw (v. זִיטִיטוֹס); ib. s. 38 הסיר ק׳ (corr. acc.); Yalk. Ps. 631. possession, dear wife, v. קוֹנְיָיה. ↗ expanded

קוּנְפּוֹן , v. קַמְפּוֹן ↗ expanded

קונפי , Yalk. Gen. 109, v. קוֹנְכִי ↗ expanded

קונרוס , v. קִינָרָס ↗ expanded

קונשוברינין , Y’lamd. to Gen. XXXII, 7, quot. in Ar., a corruption, prob. for קִינְטוֹרְיוֹנִין (centuriones), v. קונטרינים; [Gen. R. s. 75 ראשי גייסות]. ↗ expanded

קוּנְתְּיָה Ḳuntiah (v. קְנָת). Y. Ned. X, 42ᵇ top גמלייל דק׳; Y. M. Kat. II, 82ᶜ גמליאל דיק׳. ↗ expanded

קָוַס , Pi. קִוֵּס, v. קָוַץ. ↗ expanded

קוֹס (קסס, cmp. כסס, a. קוץ) [cutting,] a rough-edged cup.—Pl. קוּסִּים or קוֹסִים. Kel. IV, 3 ק׳ הצידוניים Sidonian cups; Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 11 קיסום ed. Zuck. (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קוּסָא (preced.; cmp. קָצֶה) cut off corner, small remote place. Taan. 24ᵃ (דחיקא) דיירנא בק׳ רחיקא Ms. M. 2 a. ‘En Yaaḳ. (ed. בקוּסְטָא; Ms. M. 1 בדוכתא; Ag. Hatt. בקוצא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) I live in a remote (or poverty-stricken) place.—[Yalk. Koh. 973 קוסיא, read: קיסיא, v. קִיסָא.] ↗ expanded

קוּסְדֹּור (quæstor) quæstor, military adjutant, inquisitor (v. Sm. Ant. s. v.). Sabb. 49ᵃ ראהו קוס׳ אחד וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. קס׳; Var. in Ar. קוז׳, קז׳) a quæstor saw him (wearing T’fillin), and he fled before him; Yalk. Ps. 795. Tosef. Erub. VIII (V), 4 קצדור הבא לעיר וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. קסדר) when a military quæstor (commissary) takes up his station in a town for thirty days; Y. ib. VI, 23ᵇ bot. הקוּסְטוֹר. Yalk. Esth. 1049 ולא היית כק׳ וכ׳ (some ed. כקיס׳) and thou wast not even so much as a quæstor (worthy) to run before my father’s chariot. ↗ expanded

קוּסְדַּרְיוֹת (denom. of preced.) commission of inquiry. Midr. Sam. ch. XXV (ref. to Ps. LI, 16) [read:] מדמו של אוריה שהיה דוד משלח ק׳ לאחריו לידע אם מפזר הוא דברים אילו לא היה מפזר דברים לא היה הורגו (save me) from punishment for Uriah’s blood, for David had sent detectives after him to find out whether he would divulge the things (that had happened between him and David); if he had not done so, he (David) would not have had him killed; Yalk. Ps. 765 אם מחזיר הוא את דבריו אילו היה וכ׳ whether he would take back his words (his refusal to go home to his wife); had he done so &c. ↗ expanded

קוּסְטָא m. (קסס), v. קוּסָא ↗ expanded

קוּסְטָה , v. קִיסְטָה ↗ expanded

קוּסְטוֹדְיָא (custodia) a guard. Y. Ned. IX, beg. 41ᵇ קסטוריא (corr. acc.), v. קוֹלָר. ↗ expanded

קוּסְטוֹר , v. קוּסְדּוֹר ↗ expanded

קוּסְטִינָר (quæstionarius) torturer, executioner. Pesik. Shub., p. 159ᵃ; Yalk. Ps. 854; Yalk. Prov. 961 end, v. פַּרְקוּלָא. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ נתזה החרב … של קוסנתירו … וקוסנתר נהרג (corr. acc.) the sword rebounded from Moses’ neck against that of his executioner; … and the executioner was killed; Midr. Till. to Ps. IV; Cant. R. to VII, 5 קוסנטר, קסטנר (corr. acc.); Deut. R. s. 2; Yalk. Ex. 167 (not קסט׳). Num. R. s. 1 (ref. to שאו את ראש, Num. I, 2) כאדם האומר לק׳ סב וכ׳ (some ed. לקיס׳, corr. acc.) as a man says to the executioner, take this man’s head. Lev. R. s. 35 הושיב בו קוסטרינוס בשביל לשמרו (some ed. ום …, read קוסטנריוס) he appointed an executioner to be the governor of the place (disturbed by rebellious hordes); Yalk. ib. 670 קיסטינוס (corr. acc.); Cant. R. to VI, 11 כוסטריינים (corr. acc.). Midr. Till. to Ps. X, 10 כגון הק׳ שהיה מכה וכ׳ like the torturer that strikes and dislocates a rib and a vertebra at the same time; ed. Bub., a. Yalk. ib. 650 הקיסטור (corr. acc.).—Pl. קוּסְטִינָרִים, רִין …, קוּסְטְנָרִ׳. Pesik. R. s. 10 שמעו הק׳ ונטלוהו וכ׳ (some ed. קוסברי׳, corr. acc.) the executioners heard (the king’s order), and they took him (his son) to cut his head off. Y’lamd. to Deut. I, 1, quot. in Ar. עשה … ולק׳ פסחין he made Pharaoh deaf and the executioners lame (Ex. R. s. 1 סנקליטין). Midr. Till. to Ps. VI האף והחימה שני קוסטנרין של מית הן ed. Bub. (oth. ed. קוסטנרות) anger and wrath are death’s two executioners. Ib. ק׳ רעים (not קוסטנד׳) cruel quæstionarii; Yalk. ib. 635 קונטסרין (corr. acc.); a. e. ↗ expanded

קוּסְטַל (castellum) castle. Targ. Ps. LXI, 4 ed. Wil. (oth. ed. קושטא; Ar. קוּשְׁקָא, q. v.). ↗ expanded

קוּסְטַנְטִינָא (abbrev. of Constantinopolis) Constantinople (Byzantium), the capital of the Lower Roman empire (frequ. identified with Rome-Edom). Targ. Ps. CVIII, 11 קושנ׳ דאדום (read קושטנ׳; oth. ed. קרתא; ed. Wil. אדום only). Targ. Lam. IV, 21 קושט׳ קרתא דאדום ed. Lag. (oth. ed. ברתא דאדום; Var. קרתא דמתבניא בארע ארמניאה). Targ. Y. I Num. XXIV, 19; 24 קוס׳.—Midr. Till. to Ps. IX קוסטאנטינוס בנה ק׳ Constantine built Constantinople; Yalk. ib. 642. ↗ expanded

קוּסְטַנְטִינוֹס , pr. n. m. (Constantinus) Constantine, Roman emperor, v. preced. ↗ expanded

קוסטר , v. קוּסְדּוֹר ↗ expanded

קוסטנרות , v. קוּסְטִינָר ↗ expanded

קוּסִּי , pr. n. m., v. קוּזִּית ↗ expanded

קוסי , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קוֹסִיטְרַפִּיזִין (κοσσοτράπεζον, Du Cange I, 722) parasites, toad-eaters. Lam. R. to II, 22 (expl. מגורי, ib.; v. מָגֵיר) בני אדם שהיו קוסי טר׳ הבאתם עלי Ar. (combine קוסיטר׳, and insert שלי) men that were parasites at my table didst thou lead against me; (ed. corrupt.). ↗ expanded

קוֹסֵם , v. קָסַם ↗ expanded

קוּסָּם , v. קִיסָּם ↗ expanded

קוֹסָם , v. קֶסֶם ↗ expanded

קוּסְמָא , v. קְסַם II ↗ expanded

קוֹסְמָא , v. קסָּמָא ↗ expanded

קוֹסְמִיקוֹן , v. קוֹזְמִיקוֹן ↗ expanded

קוּסְנֵי , v. קִינְסָא ↗ expanded

קוסת , Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VIII, 2, read with R. S. to Kel. VIII, 2 קוּפּוֹת, v. קוּפָּה ↗ expanded

קוֹעָא (cmp. נקע) throat, gullet, windpipe. Ab. Zar. 29ᵃ (to one that entrusted himself to a gentile barber) יאי קוֹעָיךְ לזוגא thou hast a fine neck for the shears. Ḥull. 28ᵃ; 53ᵇ, v. מַסְמֵס I. B. Kam. 117ᵃ שמטיה לקוֹעֵיה מיניה tore his windpipe out of him (a colloquial expression for: forced him to give up the threatened information against his neighbor; differ. in Rashi). Ib. 55ᵃ אריך קועיה (Ms. H. קַאֲק׳, emended קַעְק׳; Ar. קַקֵּיה; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 200) has a long neck, זוטר ק׳ a short neck. Ib. אלים קועיה (Ms. M. קאקיה) has a thick neck; קטין ק׳ slender neck. Ber. 49ᵃ זקפיה … לקועיה וכ׳ (Ms. M. מתחיה … לצוארי׳) R. Shesheth stretched his neck over me like a serpent (was angry). Yoma 87ᵃ bot. בהדי דקא … מחייה בקועיה וקטליה (not בקועייה) while he was splitting a head, a bone flew off and struck his throat (severing an artery), and killed him; a. e.—[Yalk. Gen. 111 קועי׳, v. מַקּוֹרָא.] ↗ expanded

קַוְעַד , v. קוְועַד ↗ expanded

קוּף = נָקַף II, to go around.—Denom. תְּקוּפָה. ↗ expanded

קו"ף Ḳof, the nineteenth letter of the alphabet. Maas. Sh. IV, 11 המוצא כלי … ק׳ קרבן if you find a vessel on which Ḳof is written, it indicates that the contents are consecrated. Sabb. 104ᵃ (in children’s conversations) קׄ קׄדוש רי"ש רׄ Ḳof intimates the Holy One, Resh, the wicked; מ"ט … דק׳ מריש why is the face of Ḳof turned away from Resh (why does Resh turn its back to Ḳof)? Ib. תגיה דק׳ the crownlet on the Ḳof; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹף 2 (b. h.) ape. Kil. VIII, 6. Bekh. 8ᵃ הפיל והק׳ והקיפוף וכ׳ the elephant, the ape, and the long-tailed ape (cercopithacos) give birth after three years of pregnancy. B. Bath. 58ᵃ כק׳ בפני אדם as inferior in looks as the ape is to man. Yoma 29ᵇ כמו שסדרו הק׳ as if an ape had arranged it on the table (as an unconscious act). Tanḥ. P’ḳudé 3; a. e.—[Par. III, 5 בן הקוף, Mish. ed., v. קַיָּף.]—Pl. קוֹפִים, קוֹפִין, קוֹפוֹת. B. Kam. 80ᵃ; Tosef. ib. VIII, 17. Snh. 109ᵃ נעשו ק׳ ורוחות וכ׳ were turned into apes, spirits, demons and night-demons. Gen. R. s. 23 (in the days of Enosh) נעשו … כק׳ men’s faces were made to be ape-like. Koh. R. to VI, 11 (ref. to מרבים הבל, ib.) כגון מגדלי ק׳ וכ׳ as those who rear apes, cats &c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹף Ned. 50ᵇ. B. Kam. 101ᵃ וקאתי קוף וכ׳ and an ape came and dyed the (stolen) wool (with dye stolen from another person). Ib. כגון שצבע בהו קופא ed. he painted a (stolen) ape with the stolen paint (so that he improved nothing thereby); [oth. opin. קוִּפָּא basket; Ms. M. קופה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1].—Pl. קוֹפִין. Targ. I Kings X, 22; Targ. II Chr. IX, 21. ↗ expanded

קוֹפָא 2 (קפף; cmp. Syr. קופא vectis, P. Sm. 3551) lever, carrying pole. Targ. Y. Num. IV, 12 (h. text מוֹט). Targ. Y. II ib. XIII, 23 קוֹפָה. (cmp. גֶּפֶן) trunk, vine. B. Mets. 109ᵇ ק׳ סבא פלגא (Ms. H. קַפָּא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6) of the trunk of an old vine (that is cut down) the gardener gets an even share with the tenant. Ḥull. 110ᵃ ק׳ סבא הוה Ar. (Ms. H. קי׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10; missing in ed.) it was an old trunk.—Pl. קוֹפָאֵי. B. Bath. 24ᵃ בי ק׳ (Ms. F. קַפָּאֵי) between the trunks of vines. that which hangs on the carrying pole. Ḥull. 111ᵃ קניא בקופיה (Ar. בקַפֵּיה) the windpipe with all that hangs on it (lungs, heart &c.). ↗ expanded

קוּפָּא 1 (קפף) = h. קוּפָּה, basket, tub. B. Kam. 101ᵃ, v. קוֹף ch.—Pl. קוּפִּין, קוּפַּיָּא. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᶜ top, v. צְפַר II. Y. Pes. III, 29ᵈ sq. דלא מיתן ק׳ וכ׳ not to place the tubs with flour one on top of the other. Y. Ab. Zar. IV, end, 44ᵇ. Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ bot. מטמר ביני ק׳ hidden among the baskets. Y. Gitt. VIII, end, 49ᵈ; Y. Nidd. II, end, 50ᵇ כמה ק׳ דעובדין וכ׳ how many basketfuls of cases came &c.—V. קוּפְתָא. ball, esp. ק׳ דמחטא the head of a pin or needle, eye. Ber. 55ᵇ; B. Mets. 38ᵇ, v. פִּילָא I. Ḥull. 48ᵇ אי ק׳ לבר וכ׳ if the head is directed outward …, if inward &c.; ib. 49ᵃ; a. e. pinnacle. — Pl. קוּפֵּי, v. קוּפְיָא. ↗ expanded

קוּפָּא 2 = כִּיפָּה, arch, doorway. Tosef. Erub. VII (V), 2, v. כִּיפָּה. ↗ expanded

קוּפָּאֵי pr. n. pl. Be-Ḳuppaë. Ber. 31ᵃ, v. כֵּיפֵי. pr. n. gent. Beth-Ḳuppaë. Yeb. 15ᵇ משפחת ב׳ ק׳ מבן מקושש the family of Beth-Ḳuppaë (in Jerusalem) of Ben-M’ḳoshesh; Y. ib. I, 3ᵃ bot. משפחת בית נקיפי מבית קושש. ↗ expanded

קוּפַּד , v. קוּפְדָא II ↗ expanded

קוּפָּד hedgehog. Sabb. V, 4 (54ᵇ) עור הק׳ Y. ed. a. Ms. O. a. Ar. (ed. הקופר) the skin of a hedgehog (tied around the udder). Ib. 53ᵇ bot. עור של קופר Ms. M. (ed. only עור); Y. ib. V, end, 7ᶜ עור הקופד. ↗ expanded

קוּפְדָּא 1 Targ. Is. XXXIV, 15 (h. text קפוז).—Pl. קוּפְדִּין. Ib. XIV, 23 (ed. Wil. קוּפְּדִ׳). Ib. XXXIV, 11 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קִפּוֹדִין). Targ. Zeph. II, 14. ↗ expanded

קוּפְדָּא 2 (cmp. preced.) [a ball, cmp. אוּמְצָא,] a piece of meat, in gen. meat; [the Greek κοπάδιον is prob. an adaptation of our w.]. Y. Shek. V, end, 49ᵇ [read:] הא לך טימיתה וזיל זבין ק׳ (Bab. ed. קופר; Ms. M. קופך בשר, read ד …; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) here is the price for it, go and buy a piece of meat. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ bot. Y. Pes. VI, 33ᶜ. Y. Shebi. VI, end, 37ᵃ עבד ליה ק׳ he prepared a piece of meat for him. Y. Maas. Sh. II, 53ᶜ bot. קוּפְדָּה שמינה a piece of fat meat. Gen. R. s. 19, beg. ק׳ צלי (some ed. קופר) a piece of roast. Gen. R. s. 63 (expl. כי ציד וכ׳, Gen. XXV, 28) קופרא טבא וכ׳ a good piece of meat—for his (Isaac’s) mouth, a good cup of wine &c.; Yalk. ib. 110 קופרא; a. fr.—Ber. 44ᵇ על מיני ק׳ Ar. (ed. קופרא; Ms. M. על הקופרא) over all kinds of meat dishes.—Pl. קוּפְדָּן, קוּפְדִּין. Y. Shek. V, 49ᵃ bot. חמון קופדן look at these pieces of flesh (on his body)!; Lev. R. s. 34 קפדון (read: ין …, some ed. קפדן, oth. קפרן); Koh. R. to V, 13 קופדין (some ed. קופר׳). Y. Shebi. VIII, 38ᵃ מקטעתה ק׳ וכ׳ to cut it in pieces and sell it in the market. ↗ expanded

קוּפְּדַאי , v. קוּרְפְּדַאי ↗ expanded

קוּפְדָּה , v. קוּפְדָּא II ↗ expanded

קוֹפְדָן , v. קַפְדָּן ↗ expanded

קוֹפָה , v. קוֹפָא II ↗ expanded

קוֹפֶה , v. קיפֶא ↗ expanded

קוּפָּה (קפף, v. כָּפַף; cmp. כִּיפָּה) heap, pile. Yoma 22ᵇ אלא אם כן ק׳ של שרצים וכ׳ unless a heap of reptiles hangs behind him, v. פַּרְנָס. Ber. 32ᵃ, v. נָהַם; a. e. archway, vault, v. כִּיפָּה. (v. כְּפִיפָה) basket, large vessel. Y. Ber. I, 3ᵃ ק׳ מלאה וכ׳ a basket full of bones. Gen. R. s. 13 הבא קוּפָּתְךָ וכ׳ bring thy tub and measure (fill it); Y. Succ. I, 52ᵇ bot. Y. Sabb. X, 12ᶜ top ק׳ פרוצה a basket which is broken through (the contents of which protrude). Bab. Sabb. 91ᵇ קוּפַּת הרוכלין a spice-dealers’ basket. Gitt. 67ᵃ ר׳ יוחנן … קופת הרוכלים R. Joḥ. ben Nuri is a spice-peddlars’ basket (ready in all branches of learning); ר׳ … ק׳ של בשמים R. El. is a spice box; Ab. d’R. N. ch. XVIII; ib. ק׳ של הלכות a basket (or a pile) of laws (an erudite scholar). Keth. VI, 4 החתן … עשרה דינרין לק׳ וכ׳ the bridegroom must obligate himself to give his wife ten Denars for the ḳuppah for each Maneh (which she brings in), expl. ib. 66ᵇ ק׳ של בשמים for perfumes; a. v. fr.—Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. III, 7 קיפה (corr. acc.).—Esp. ḳuppah, the communal fund for dispensing sustenance to the poor every Friday, contrad. to תמחוי. B. Bath. 8ᵇ. Peah VIII, 7 לא יטול מן הק׳ must not take support from the ḳuppah; a. e.—Pl. קוּפּוֹת. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵈ היה למוד … ק׳ והוציא עשר if one was in the habit of exhibiting five baskets with goods, and exhibited ten (on account of the gentile festival). Tosef. Maas. Sh. I, 10 אם היו ק׳ if the dates are in baskets, opp. של פטליא in bales; a. fr.—Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VIII, 2 מעקה שבמגדל והק׳ שבו R. S. to Kel. XVIII, 2 (ed. קוסת) the railing attached to a turret (spice-box) and the cupolas thereon (cmp. אֲקוּנְבִּי). ↗ expanded

קופון , v. קַמְפּוֹן ↗ expanded

קוּפְיָא (קוף or קפף) wall, parapet. B. Bath. 73ᵃ רהיט אק׳ וכ׳ ran on the parapet of the wall of Maḥoza (Rashi: אקוּפֵי on the pinnacles). circuit, trnsf. indirectness, implication. Yoma 50ᵇ, v. קְבִיעוּתָא; Zeb. 6ᵃ; 7ᵇ, v. קִבְעָא; [Rashi fr. קְפָא floating, unsettled condition.]—[Ḥull. 111ᵃ בקופיה, v. קוֹפָא II.] ↗ expanded

קוֹפִינָא (v. קוֹפָא II), ק׳ דמרא the handle of a hoe, contrad. to פדא blade; [oth. opin.: קוּפִּינָא (cmp. קוּפָּא I, 2) that part of the hoe which contains the hole for the insertion of the handle, the blade, v. פַּדָּא]. B. Kam. 27ᵇ. Gitt. 32ᵃ; Sabb. 102ᵇ שופתא בק׳ דמרא the pin which fastens the handle to the blade. ↗ expanded

קוּפִּיס = next w. ↗ expanded

קוּפִּיץ form) (קְפַץ; cmp. קָפִיץ, a. קֶפֶץ) [curved cutting tool,] hatchet or bill for chopping bones. Targ. Y. Deut. XXI, 4 (ed. Vien. קוּפִיץ).—Bets. IV, 3 אין מבקעין … אלא בק׳ you must not split wood (on the Holy Day for immediate use) with an axe …, but only with the butcher’s hatchet. Ib. III, 6 כנגד הק׳ by putting on the scale a hatchet (instead of the commercial weights); Y. ib. 62ᵃ bot. קופיס. Sot. IX, 5, v. עָרַף. Pes. 70ᵃ ק׳ קשורה וכ׳ (fem.) the hatchet tied to the slaughtering knife; a. fr.—Tosef. Bekh. I, 17 עורפו בקוּפָּץ וכ׳ (Var. בקֻפִּיץ) he breaks its neck with a hatchet from behind. ↗ expanded

קוּפְלָא 1 (קְפַל I, cmp. כבל) metal rim on bags, lock.—Pl. קוּפְלֵי. Snh. 110ᵃ Ms. F. (Ar. s. v. קלד: גופלי, Var. ק׳; ed. קילפי; Ms. M. קולפי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Pes. 119ᵃ Ms. M. (ed. קליפא, Rashi קולפי), v. גִּלְדָּא. ↗ expanded

קוּפְלָא 2 (קְפַל II) scraping off. B. Bath. 4ᵇ Rashi, v. קִילּוּפָא, a. קִיפּוּלָא. ↗ expanded

קופלא , Y’lamd. to Lev. IX, quot. in Ar., v. קופלארגיא. ↗ expanded

קוּפְלָאוֹת , v. קוּפְלָיוֹת ↗ expanded

קופלארגיא , Y’lamd. to Lev. IX, quot. in Ar. ed. Koh. (oth. ed. קופלא רגיא) quid? [Koh. Ar. Compl. suggests κουφολογία light talking.] ↗ expanded

קוּפְלָיוֹת (cmp. קוּפְלָא I, a. Arab.ḳufl sera, pessulus) bolts, padlock with chains. Gen. R. s. 48, end לאחד שהיו בידו שתי ק׳ וכ׳ (some ed. קִפְ׳) like one who held in his hand two parts of a lock and took them to the smith &c. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 3 שרשרת … של ק׳ the chain of a padlock. Ex. R. s. 40, beg. קפ׳ של תורה וכ׳ the lock which guards learning is fear of sin (ref. to Is. XXXIII, 6). Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 175ᵃ [read:] רמ"ח ק׳ … על רמ"ח איברים שהיו בו the Lord put 248 iron locks on his (Goliath’s) 248 limbs; Yalk. Ps. 706; Yalk. Sam. 126; (Midr. Sam. ch. XXI כבלים). (by adapt. of κεφαλίς) wreaths around a column, capital. Num. R. s. 10 מה העמודים … ק׳ וכ׳ as columns have wreaths above and pedestals beneath &c. (Lev. R. s. 25 קיפלוס; Cant. R. to V, 15 קיפלורוסים; Tanḥ. B’har 1 כותרת); v. קִיפָלִיס. ↗ expanded

קופנדר , v. קָפַּנְדַּרְיָא ↗ expanded

קוֹפָנָה (cmp. קוֹפָא II, a. קוֹפִינָא) bent stick, flail. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵃ bot. [read:] ההן דעביד כיתנייא בק׳ וכ׳ he that works flax stalks with a flail (on the Sabbath) commits the offense of threshing. ↗ expanded

קוּפְסָא (capsa) box for books &c. Targ. Y. Deut. XXXI, 26.—Kel. XVI, 7 כסוי של ק׳ (ed. Dehr. קפצה) the lid of a box. Men. 41ᵃ כלי ק׳ (Maim. to Kel. l. c. ed. Dehr. קופצא) garments in a box; Yalk. Deut. 933 קוּפְסִין (pl.). Midr. Till. to Ps. XII ק׳ מלאה וכ׳ a box full of gold Denars; ib. קוטמא כולה וכ׳ (ed. Bub. קיט׳, corr. acc.) the whole box is of gold on the outside; Yalk. ib. 656. ↗ expanded

קוּפְסַאי , v. קְבוּסַאי ↗ expanded

קוּפָּץ , v. קוּפִּיץ ↗ expanded

קופצא , v. קוּפְסָא ↗ expanded

קופר , v. קוּפָּד, a. קוּפְדָּא II. ↗ expanded

קופרמסאות , v. קוֹמְפְּרוֹמִיסִין ↗ expanded

קופרצין , v. קַפְרָס ↗ expanded

קוּפְתָא = h. קוּפָּה, basket, tub. Y. Sabb. IV, beg. 6ᵈ כמרה גו ק׳ ויהבא ק׳ וכ׳ to keep it warm, put it in a large vessel, and put the vessel on peat (גִּיפְתָּא). Y. Peah I, 15ᶜ bot. יאות … זכותיה גו קוּפְתֵיה (not קופתה) well the millers say, every man carries his worth in his own tub, i.e. there is a different way of doing good for every man; a. e.—Pl., v. קוּפָּא I. ↗ expanded

קָוַץ (cmp. כְּוֵץ) to shrink, be dried up. Ḥull. 43ᵇ שחותכו וקווֵֹץ Ar., v. כְּוֵץ.—Part. pass. קָווּץ. Succ. 32ᵃ top ק׳ (לולב) a Lulab which is shrunk (Rashi: thorn-like, v. קוֹץ).—V. קָווּץ.—Denom. קוֹץ, קַיִץ. to curl. Denom. קִיוֵּוץ, קְווּצּוֹת. Pi. קִוֵּוץ (denom. of קוֹץ) to clear of thorns, weed. M. Kat. 6ᵃ יוצאין לקַוֵּוץ וכ׳ they go out to clear the roads (for the Passover pilgrims). Tosef. Shebi. III, 7 מְקַוְּצִין וכ׳ Var. ed. Zuck. (ed. Zuck. מְקַוְּסִין; oth. ed. מקומין, corr. acc.) you may remove the stones, thorns &c. Nithpa. נִתְקַוֵּוץ, נִתְקַוֵּץ to be cleared. Shebi. IV, 2 שדה שנִתְקַוְּצה (Y. ed. שנִתְקַוְּו׳) a field that has been cleared; Bekh. 34ᵇ; M. Kat. 13ᵇ; Gitt. 44ᵇ ↗ expanded

קְוַץ Succ. 23ᵇ קַוְוצָא Ar. (ed. כוו׳), v. כְּוֵץ Pa. קַוֵּוץ to curl. —Part. pass. מְקַוַּוץ dishevelled, unkempt. Lev. R. s. 5 שעריה מק׳ (not מקצץ) with unkempt hair, opp. סריק, v. סְרַק II. ↗ expanded

קוּץ 1 v. preced.) to shrink; to feel aversion, loathe, fear &c. Yalk. Deut. 863 אל תָּקוּצוּ בדברי וכ׳ be not wearied of studying the words of the Law, but let the last day be like the first. Sifra K’dosh., Par. 4, ch. XI (ref. to ואקץ, Lev. XX, 23) כאדם שהוא קָץ ממזונו like a man that is sick of his food (and vomits; Yalks. Lev. 626 קָמֵט במזונו). Meg. 28ᵃ קַצְתָּ בחיי art thou wearied of my long life?; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוּץ Targ. Jud. IX, 38. Targ. Hos. IV, 6. Targ. Lam. II, 1 (h. text יעיב); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קוּץ 2 to summer (v. Is. XVIII, 6). Pi. קִיֵּיץ to cause to summer. Gen. R. s. 34 (play on קַיִץ, Gen. VIII, 22) מְקַיֵּיץ אני עליהם את העוף I shall make the birds feed on them in the summer (with ref. to וקץ, Is. l. c.).—2) (v. קַיִץ) to supply the altar during the dull season. Y. Yoma V, beg. 42ᵇ מְקַיְּיצִים בה וכ׳ they supply the altar with it, i.e. use it for sacrifices when the altar is otherwise unemployed; Y. Shek. I, 48ᵃ bot.; Shebu. 12ᵃ מְקַיְּצִין בהן וכ׳. Ib. אין מקיצין בגופן וכ׳ we do not use them bodily as sacrifices, but what we buy with their value. Ib.ᵇ אין מקיצין בעולת העוף you must not buy birds for burnt offerings out of the funds designated for public free-will offerings. Tosef. Men. X, 8 (expl. קַיִץ המזבח) לוקחין … ומקיצין וכ׳ they buy therewith burnt offerings to supply the altar &c. ↗ expanded

קוּץ 3 to cut, v. קָצַץ. ↗ expanded

קוּץ ² Targ. O. a. Y. I Num. XIII, 23 (Y. II קטעו). Targ. O. ib. 24 (Y. קציצו); a. fr.—Part. קָיִץ, קָיִיץ. Targ. Jer. X, 3.—B. Mets. 107ᵇ נֵיקוּץ מר cut the forest, sir (to allow a tow-path along the river). Ib. קָיִיצְנָא, v. infra; a. e. [Ib. קוצו עילאי וכ׳, v. infra].—Trnsf. (cmp. פָּסַק) to determine, agree, appropriate. Targ. Y. Num. V, 15 דקָיִץ עלה וכ׳ (not דקַיִץ) for which he makes an appropriation in her behalf out of her property.—B. Mets. 67ᵃ לא קָץ ליה he did not explicitly allow him the usufruct of the mortgaged property (מַשְׁכַּנְתָּא), v. קִיצוּתָא.—Part. pass. קִיץ q. v. Pa. קַיֵּיץ same. [Targ. Y. Num. l. c., v. supra.]—B. Mets. 107ᵇ נִיקַיְּיצוּ עילאי … והדר ניקוץ אנא Rashi (ed. קוצו, incorr.; Ms. M. ניקצו … וקציינא, fr. קְצֵי) let the owners of the upper and those of the lower parts of the forest cut (a path), and then I shall do likewise. Ib. אי קיְּיצוּ קָיִיצְנָא וכ׳ had they cut (their part), I should cut, but as they have not, why should I? Ib. 108ᵃ מאן קַיְּיצֵיה להאי לִיקּוֹץ ענפיה Ms. H. (ed. מַאן קַצְיֵיה תִּקּוֹץ וכ׳) who ordered the cutting of this (my forest)? may his branch (offspring) be cut off; a. e. Ithpe. אִקּוֹץ (fr. קְצַץ) to be cut off, v. supra.—V. קְצַץ, קְצִי. ↗ expanded

קוּץ 4 , Hif. הֵקִיץ to awake, v. קִיץ. ↗ expanded

קוֹץ 1 thorn. R. Hash. 17ᵃ bot. (ref. to Mic. VII, 18) אליה וק׳ בה וכ׳ a fat tail with a thorn in it (a consolation implying an evil prediction), ‘to the remnant of his inheritance’ (pardon will be granted), but not to his entire inheritance. Gen. R. s. 20 [read:] ק׳ זה קינרס by ‘thorn’ (Gen. III, 18) artichoke is meant. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXXXVI ישב לו ק׳ וכ׳ a thorn got into the foot of one of them (which prevented him from travelling); a. fr.—Y. Sabb. IX, 11ᵈ עין כוס עין קוץ if an idolatrous place is called ʿEn K’os (well of the cup) call it (cacophemistically) ʿEn Ḳots (well of the thorn); Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵃ bot.—Pl. קוֹצִים, קוֹצִין. Gen. R. s. 45, v. נָכַשׁ; Y. Maasr. III, 50ᵈ bot., v. כּוֹס II. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to ויקצו, Ex. I, 12) שהיו דומין … כק׳ the Israelites were like thorns in their eyes; Yalk. ib. 162 שהם בעיניהם כק׳ they (the Egyptians) were in their own eyes like thorns (dwarfed and dry plants). Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to ויקץ, Num. XXII, 3) שהיו … כק׳ בפניהם they looked upon themselves as if they were thorns compared with them (the Israelites). Kidd. 75ᵇ (play on מקצותם, II Kings XVII, 32) מן הק׳ שבעם from the thorns (the basest) of the people, opp. הבחירים; Y. Ab. Zar. I, beg. 39ᵃ. B. Mets. 83ᵃ ק׳ … מן הכרם (in serving the Roman government as an executioner) I only destroy the thorns out of the vineyard; יבא … את קוֹצָיו let the owner of the vineyard (God) come and destroy his thorns; Y. Maasr. III, 50ᵈ bot.; (Pesik. B’shall., p. 92ᵃ כוסים וכ׳), v. כָּסח; a. fr.—Cant. R. to V, 11, v. infra.—Midr. Till. to Ps. XIV בתי ק׳ (cacophem.) idolatrous temples (v. supra); Yalk. Ps. 662.—2) (also קוֹצָה f.) prick, stroke on letters, apex. Tanḥ. B’resh. 1; Men. 29ᵇ לדרוש על כל ק׳ וק׳ וכ׳ to teach mounds of rules on every tip (of letters in the Torah). Ib.ᵃ קוֹצוֹ של יו"ד Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. קוצה) the prick on the top of the letter Yod (Rashi: the foot of Yod); ib. 34ᵃ. Ex. R. s. 6, beg. שלמה … וקוצה ממך וכ׳ Solomon and a thousand like him shall pass away, but not a tittle of thee (the Torah) will I allow to be expunged; a. e.—Pl. as ab. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to קוצותיו, Cant. V, 11) אלו קוֹצֵי האותיות this means the strokes of the letters. Ib. אפי׳ דברים … שהן ק׳ וכ׳ even things which you consider to be merely strokes (ornamentations of letters), in the Torah they are mounds upon mounds (v. supra); Cant. R. to V, 11 בתורה הן קוצי ק׳ in the Torah these strokes are thorns of thorns (intimating thorny problems). ↗ expanded

קוֹץ 2 (קָצַץ) piece.—Pl. קוּצִּים, קוּצִּין. Y. Meg. III, 74ᵇ bot. (ref. to Mish. ib. III, 7, ‘you must not interrupt the reading of the curses’, with play on תָּקֹץ, Prov. III, 11) אל תַּעֲשֶׂהָ ק׳ ק׳ do not make it (the rebuke) appear cut up in pieces; Deut. R. s. 4; Treat. Sof’rim XII, 1. ↗ expanded

קוֹצָא thorn, v. קִיסָּם.—[Shebi. VII, 1, v. קוֹצָה II.] ↗ expanded

קוּצָא , v. קוּסָא.—[Gen. R. s. 90 מן ק׳ לריחי׳, v. קוּמְצָא II.] ↗ expanded

קוֹצָה 1 , v. קוֹץ ↗ expanded

קוֹצָה 2 madder, a plant used in dying red. Shebi. VII, 1 (Ms. M. קוֹצָא). Y. Maasr. V, end, 52ᵃ. Y. Pes. III, beg. 29ᵈ (ref. to זומן של צבעים) דו יהב בגויה קוצם וכ׳ (corr. acc.) he (the dyer) puts the madder into it to make it adhesive (v. זוֹמָא I). ↗ expanded

קוֹצִירָא , pr. n. m., v. קַצְרָא II ↗ expanded

קוצם , v. קוֹצָה II ↗ expanded

קוצץ , Gen. R. s. 90, מן ק׳, v. קוּמְצָא II ↗ expanded

קוּצְרָא c. (קְצַר) short, dwarfish. Targ. II Esth. VII, 9. ↗ expanded

קוֹצְרִי pr. n. m., v. קַצְרָא II ↗ expanded

קוּק , v. קִיק I ↗ expanded

קַוְקַאי , Ḥull. 63ᵃ Ar, v. קַקְוַאי ↗ expanded

קוקאיני , v. קוּקְיָאנֵי ↗ expanded

קַוְקַו ḳavḳav, an imitation of the frog’s croaking. Yalk. Ex. 182 (some ed. קְוָקִי). ↗ expanded

קוקוניא , v. קוּרְקוּנְיָא ↗ expanded

קְוַקְיָא , v. קְוַוקְיָא ↗ expanded

קוּקְיָאנֵי name of parasite worms, 1) in man. in man. Ber. 36ᵃ קשה לק׳ (some ed. לקוּקָאנֵי; ed. Sonc. לקוּרְקְיָאנֵי) it is injurious because it begets worms (tape-worms?). Sabb. 109ᵇ לקוקאיני ed. (Ms. M. קורקקנו; Ms. O. a. Ar. קוּקָנֵי) as a remedy for worms. in fish (Rashi: in cattle). Ḥull. 67ᵇ (Ms. M. קיקני, קוּקָנֵי; Ar. ed. Koh. קוקני, ed. pr. קוּקָאנֵי); Yalk. Lev. 537 קיקאני. ↗ expanded

קוּקְיָיאתָא (used as sing.) ḳuḳyatha, name of a clean bird (passing as forbidden in Palestine). Ḥull. 63ᵃ קוקייא׳ Ms. H., קוּקְיָ׳ Ar. (ed. קַקְוָאתָא, Ms. M. קקאותא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). ↗ expanded

קוּקְלָא , v. קִיקְלָא, קִיקֶלְתָּא. ↗ expanded

קוֹקְנִיתָה (= קונקנ׳; v. קָנֶה) a sort of clepsydra made of reeds or tubes. Y. Erub. X end, 26ᵈ (Ar. קוּנְקְנִ׳; expl. עדק); v. עִירְרָה. ↗ expanded

קוֹקָרָא (= קורקר׳, v. קוֹרָה III) a trap made of little joists.—Pl. קוֹקָרֵי. Sabb. 18ᵃ (marginal correct. in Ms. M. קוּרְקָ׳; Ms. O. קוֹקָארֵי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60); Gitt. 61ᵃ top, v. לוֹחָא. ↗ expanded

קור , Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. V, 10, v. קוֹד ↗ expanded

קוֹר , Pol. קוֹרֵר, Ithpol. אִתְקוֹרָר, v. קְרַר I, II. ↗ expanded

קוֹר 1 (נָקַר I; cmp. מוֹקְרָא II) [marrow,] the white heart or terminal bud of a palm (cabbage tree) used as food. Ukts. III, 7 הק׳ הרי הוא כעץ וכ׳ ḳor is like wood in every respect (not susceptible of levitical uncleanness), but may be bought for tithe-money (being considered as food); Tosef. ib. III, 10; Y. Shebi. IV, end, 35ᶜ; Erub. 28ᵇ. Tosef. Shebi. III, 21; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹר 2 cold, cold season. B. Mets. 106ᵇ (ref. to Gen. VIII, 22) חצי שבט … ק׳ half of Shebat, the whole of the month of Adar, and half of Nisan form the season of Ḳor; Gen. R. s. 34. ↗ expanded

קוֹרָא 1 Targ. Gen. VIII, 22 (O. ed. Berl. קוּ׳). Targ. Job XXIV, 7. Targ. Ps. CXLVII, 17; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹרָא 2 = h. קוֹר I. Ber. 36ᵃ דקלא … אדעתא דק׳ people do not plant palms with the view of using the ‘heart’ (by the cutting of which the tree is ruined); Erub. 28ᵇ דקורה. Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵇ bot. Bab. Ber. 43ᵇ (prov.) תלה ליה ק׳ לדבר אחר וכ׳ hang the heart of a palm tree on a swine, and it will do its own (drag it in the mud). Lev. R. s. 15, end (prov.) [read:] דאכיל בהדין ק׳ ילקי בהדא קילא he who eats of the palm’s heart, will be smitten with the stick (of the dried up palm), i.e. if you enjoy the emoluments of an office, you must not shirk its obligations; Yalk. Esth. 1056 הא קורה והא קילה אכלתון קורה לקון בקילה (not כילה, בכ׳) here is the palm-heart, and here the stick; you have eaten the heart, therefore be smitten with the stick (having done wrong, you must suffer the consequences); Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII הא ק׳ והא קולתא … לקון וכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. לקתון, corr. acc.).—בר ק׳ a young palm tree. Sabb. 30ᵇ, v. נְבָרָא.—Pl. קוֹרַיָּא. B. Kam. 92ᵃ אייתי לי מִקּוֹרַיְיהוּ bring me of their hearts to eat (let the palms perish) (Ms. F. מוֹקְרַיְיהוּ, v. מוֹקְרָא II; oth. opin. in comment. מְקוֹרַיְיהוּ roots, substance, v. מָקוֹר). ↗ expanded

קוֹרָא 3 (נְקַר I) [picker,] heron. Gen. R. s. 64, end; Yalk. ib. 111, v. מַקּוֹרָא.— young bird.—Pl. קוֹרִין. Targ. Is. XXXIV, 15. ↗ expanded

קוֹרָא 4 = h. קוֹרָה, beam. Tam. 30ᵃ ק׳ עבדא וכ׳ it will produce a (trunk fit for a) beam, but no fruits.—Kel. XI, 2, v. קוֹרָה III. ↗ expanded

קוֹרֵא partridge. Ḥull. XII, 2 ק׳ זכר a male partridge (which is believed to join the female in brooding). Ib. 140ᵇ ק׳ נקבה a female partridge. Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 2 הק׳ הזה מביא וכ׳ the partridge brings eggs of other birds and hatches them; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹרֵאָה Targ. I Sam. XXVI, 20 (Kimḥi קוֹרֵיא). Targ. Jer. XVII, 11 (ed. Wil. קוֹרָאָה). ↗ expanded

קוֹרְבָא ch. = next w. Kidd. 50ᵃ דלק׳ קאתי where the messenger comes for the sake of forming a connection (to betroth a wife), opp. לרחוקה for severing a connection. ↗ expanded

קוֹרְבָה (קָרַב) nearness, approach, contact. Sabb. 13ᵃ ק׳ של גילוי עריות sexual contact; שום ק׳ בעלמא any bodily contact whatsoever; Ab. Zar. 17ᵃ Ms. M. (ed. קְרֵיבָה); Yalk. Lev. 589 קריבה.—B. Bath. 23ᵇ ק׳ דאורייתא that in doubtful cases we are guided by what is nearest is a Biblical rule (derived from Deut. XXI, 3). ↗ expanded

קוּרְבִיטִין , v. קַרְבִיטִין ↗ expanded

קוֹרְבִין , Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ; Y. Taan. III, 66ᶜ top, v. קְרֵב ↗ expanded

קוּרְבָּן , v. קָרְבָּן ch. ↗ expanded

קוּרְדּוֹם , v. קַרְדּוֹם ↗ expanded

קוֹרְדְּיָינָא , v. גוֹרְדְּיָינִי ↗ expanded

קוּרְדְּיָיקוֹס (καρδιακός) delirious; (sub. חולי) delirium. [This meaning of καρδιακός is not recorded in dictionaries.] Gitt. VII, 1 מי שאחזו ק׳ וכ׳ one who was seized with delirium and said, Give my wife a letter of divorce &c.; אמר … אחזו ק׳ וכ׳ if he said, Write &c., and then in a state of delirium said, Do not write &c. Y. ib. 48ᶜ (expl. הָמִים). Ib. ק׳ שאמרו חכמים פעמים וכ׳ the kardiakos of whom the scholars speak, is one who is at times sane and at times insane; Y. Ter. I, 40ᵇ קונדייקוס (corr. acc.). Ib. קונדיקוס ק׳ (strike out קונדיקוס, as a corrupt dittography). Gitt. 67ᵇ (expl. our w.) דנכתיה חמרא וכ׳ one whom new wine from the pit has bitten (given delirium tremens); הא קמ"ל דהא רוחא ק׳ שמיה the Mishnah, in using that word, intended to teach incidentally that that demon (disease) is named k. ↗ expanded

קורדימא , v. קֵירוֹמָא ↗ expanded

קוֹרְדְּיָנָא , v. קוֹרְדְּיָינָא ↗ expanded

קוֹרְדּ (v. קוּרְדְּקִין) a certain style of shoes, dancing shoes. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ bot. (expl. עכסים, Is. III, 18, Vulgate: calceamenta). ↗ expanded

קוּרְדִּיקִין same, v. קוּרְדְּקִין ↗ expanded

קורדיקיני , v. קוּרְדְּיָינָא ↗ expanded

קוּרְדַּנְיָיתָא , v. קרְדּוּנְיָא ↗ expanded

קורדסן , Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 12, v. קִרְדֵּס ↗ expanded

קוּרְדְּקַיָּא (?) m. pl. name of a fruit. Y. Shebi. VIII, 38ᵃ (prob. a corruption). ↗ expanded

קוּרְדְּקִין (also used as sing.; a denom. of κόρδαξ, cordax, the dance of the Greek comedians) low and loosely fitting shoes not fastened by any ties, slippers (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Soccus). Esth. R. to I, 16 שהיתה מסטרתה בקורדקין וכ׳ she slapped him in the face with her slipper. Gen. R. s. 45 טפחתה בקורדקייסון (read: סין …; Ar. טפחה סקורדקיה על פניה, read: קוּרְדַּקְסֶיהָ) she slapped her &c. Lev. R. s. 16, beg. (ref. to Is. III, 16) she put on her feet קורדיקין עבין וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קונדיריקון עבה) high-soled shoes to appear taller; Pesik. Vattom., p. 132ᵇ קורדקין Ms. O. (ed. קורקון, corr. acc.); Lam. R. to IV, 15 קרקוסין (corr. acc.); Yalk. ib. 1031 קורדיקין. Tosef. M. Kat. II, 16 שהיו … בקורדקייסין וכ׳ (Var. קיסין של זהב …) went out in (gilt) slippers on the Sabbath; ib. אין נוהגין … בקורדקיי׳ בשבת (Var. בקורדקיס׳ של זהב) it is not the custom here to go out in (gilt) slippers &c.; Pes. 51ᵃ קורדקיסון (read: סין …; Ms. M. קורדייקסין; Ms. M. 2 קורדקסין; Ms. O. קורדקייסין); ib. בק׳ נמי דילמא משתלפין וכ׳ we also know the reason for not wearing slippers on the Sabbath, because they may slip off, and one may carry them &c. Yeb. 102ᵇ לא … בקורדקיס׳ וכ׳ (Ar. בקורדקייס׳) one must not walk around in slippers in one’s house (on the Day of Atonement). Y’lamd. to Deut. XII, 29, quot. in Ar. ↗ expanded

קוֹרָה 1 ch., v. קוֹרָא II ↗ expanded

קוֹרָה 2 cold, cooling; קוֹרַת רוח [cooling of the spirit,] satisfaction, pleasure, comfort. Ab. IV, 17 יפה … של ק׳ ר׳ וכ׳ better one hour of gratification in the hereafter than a whole life of this world. Yeb. 63ᵇ אין אדם מוצא ק׳ ר׳ וכ׳ a man finds contentment only with his first wife. Lev. R. s. 3, end ברוך … לך ק׳ ר׳ be blessed and contented. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵈ bot. ותבא לפניך קורת נפשנו לטובה and may our contentment come before thee for good; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹרָה 3 joist, beam, post. Gen. R. s. 42, a. e., v. עוֹבִי.—קוֹרַת בית הבד, v. בַּד II. Kel. XII, 1 קוֹרַת החצים (not קורות) the (iron-shod) post used as a target for arrows; של אסירין the beam with holes for the hands of prisoners on a transport. Lam. R. to III, 12, v. חֵץ; a. fr.—Kel. XI, 2 הק׳ (Mish. ed. הקורא) the long iron bolt of a city gate (corresp. to נגר, v. Maim. ed. Dehr. a. l. expl. נגר). the trunk of a tree with its ramifications. Midr. Sam. ch. XIII, v. כְּוֶורֶת. Y. Sabb. X, 10ᵃ קורת שקמה the trunk of a sycamore tree; a. e.—Pl. קוֹרוֹת, קוֹרִים. Yoma 47ᵃ, v. קֶלַע II. Y. Peah VII, end, 20ᶜ; Pes. 57ᵃ; Tosef. ib. II (III), 22. Y. Ter. II, 41ᵇ bot.—Gen. R. s. 41, beg.; Num. R. s. 3, beg. שפעת ק׳; Yalk. Ps. 845 שפעת קוֹרֶיהָ, v. שִׁפְעָה I; a. fr.—[Gen. R. s. 71 מאחורי הקורים, v. קוֹרִיִּים.] ↗ expanded

קוֹרָה 4 (part. fem. of קָרָה I) accident, event. — Pl. קוֹרוֹת. Tanḥ. P’ḳudé 3 גוזר על כל קוֹרוֹתָיו וכ׳ he decrees concerning all things that will happen to him, except whether he is to be righteous or wicked. ↗ expanded

קוּרָה cavity, window; web. Yalk. Ps. 789, v. קוּבָּה. ↗ expanded

קורוי , Targ. Y. Deut. III, 40, v. אֲפִיקֵירוֹס ↗ expanded

קוּרְחֲתָא , v. קַרְחוּתָא ↗ expanded

קוֹרֶט (קדט, cmp. קָרַץ) a particle, grain, (coagulated) drop. Snh. 43ᵃ, v. לְבוֹנָה. Ab. Zar. II, 6, v. חִילְתִּית. Men. 11ᵃ ועמדה על ק׳ אחד so that only one grain of frankincense remained. Ḥull. 50ᵇ, sq. ק׳ דם a drop of coagulated blood; a. fr.—Pl. קוֹרָטִין, קֳרָטִין, קֳרָטִים. Ib. 58ᵇ בק׳ concerning the tears of assafœtida, opp. to עלין leaves. Men. l. c. Y. Sabb. III, end, 6ᶜ ק׳ של בוסם grains of burnt spices (remnants in the coal pan); Bab. Sabb. 47ᵃ דאית ביה ק׳ some grains were yet left in it. Ib. ק׳ בי רבי וכ׳ did those of the house of Rabbi care for the grains left unburnt? Tosef. Men. I, 17; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קוֹרְטָא Nidd. 20ᵃ, v. גַּרְגִּשְׁתָּא. Ḥull. 105ᵇ ומשתכח כי ק׳ בכורא it (the injurious kind of Sodomitic salt) is found in the proportion of one grain in a Kor; a. e.—Pl. קוֹרְטִין, קוֹרְטֵי. Ib. 43ᵇ תרי ק׳ דמא two drops of coagulated blood; a. e.—Trnsf. a man of minute weight, pigmy. Gen. R. s. 16 פישון … ננסא ק׳ קטוע פושכא Ms. Par. quot. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. (Ar. ed. Koh. קרטא; ed. only פישון זו בבל) Pishon (Gen. II, 11) refers to Babel, (Nebuchadnezzar) the dwarf, the pigmy, the stunted, of the size of a hand-breadth (v. Yalk. Dan. 1062, quot. s. v. פּוּשְׁקָא). ↗ expanded

קוּרְטְבָא , v. קַרְדּוּ II ↗ expanded

קוּרְטַבְנִיוֹת , v. קַרְדּוּנְיָא ↗ expanded

קוּרְטוּב , v. קַרְטוּב ↗ expanded

קוֹרְטוֹר (קרטר, Parel of קְטַר II; cmp. play on קטורה, Gen. R. s. 61, quot. s. v. גַּנְזַכָּה) [that which is tied up = אוֹצָר] store-room, treasury. Targ. I Chr. XXIX, 8. Targ. Y. Num. XXIV, 13; ib. XXII, 18 (strike out ביתיה).—Pl. קוּרְטוֹרִין. Targ. Job XXXVIII, 22. Ib. III, 14. Targ. I Chr. XXVIII, 11 (h. text גנזכ־). ↗ expanded

קוּרְטְמֵי (v. קִרְטֵם) [thorns, v. P. Sm. 3743,] safflower, bastard saffron (carthamus). Pes. 42ᵇ תלתא ק׳ (Ms. M. 2 קטומי, emended קַרְטוּמֵי) one third portion (of the mixture) safflower. Ber. 38ᵃ (some ed. קיר׳; Ms. F. קורטני, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60). Gitt. 70ᵃ, v. חָרֵי. ↗ expanded

קוּרְטְמָן (v. preced.; cmp. Syr. קורטמא verba crassa et stupida, P. Sm. 3743) [stinging,] sharp, acute. Snh. 100ᵇ (Ms. M. קורש׳, corr. acc.; marg. gloss גרדמן; Ms. F. קורמטן, corr. acc.), v. זַלְדְּקַן. ↗ expanded

קוּרְטֵסָא , v. קַרְטֵיסָא ↗ expanded

קורי , Y. Ned. III, 38ᵃ top, v. קִירִי ↗ expanded

קוּרְיָא , v. קִרְיָיא ↗ expanded

קוֹרֵיא , v. קוֹרֵאָה ↗ expanded

קוּרְיוֹטָה cariota, caryota, a species of dates. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵈ bot. (expl. חֲצָד); Bab. Ab. Zar. 14ᵇ (expl. נקלס) קוּרְיָיטֵי pl. (Ms. M. קולאטא, קורי אטא, קוריטי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.). Ber. 50ᵇ חזי לקורייטי is fit for a drink made of cariota (cariotum), v. Löw, Pfl., p. 111. ↗ expanded

קוריות , Yalk. Deut. 850, כלי ק׳, v. קוֹרְיָיס I ↗ expanded

קוּרְיָיא place, town, v. קִרְיָיא. ↗ expanded

קוּרְיָיאָה (preced.) inhabitant of a small place, villager.—Pl. קוּרְיָיאֵי. Y. Sabb. I, 4ᵃ top כגון אילין ק׳ דלא וכ׳ as is the case with country people who are not particular (about their linen ware). ↗ expanded

קוּרְיָיה Ḳuryah. Gen. R. s. 19 אבא בר ק׳; v. בַּרְקִירְיָיא. ↗ expanded

קוּרְיָיטֵי , v. קוּרְיוֹטָה ↗ expanded

קוֹרִיִּים (denom. of קוֹרָה III) those handling the press-beam, pressers. Gen. R. s. 71 אף הגיתיות מאחורי הקורים וכ׳ (Ar. הנשים … הקורייס; corr. acc.), v. גִּתִּית; Esth. R. to I, 10 הקורייס (corr. acc.). Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵃ bot. אפי׳ נשים מאחורי הק׳ וכ׳ even the women (wine-treaders) behind the pressers knew that David was to be king. ↗ expanded

קוֹרְיָיס 1 (corius, corium) leather, skin, bark; כלי ק׳ leather garments, working clothes. Y. Sabb. XVII, 16ᵃ bot. מהו לטלטל כ׳ ק׳ וכ׳ is it permitted to handle working garments on the Sabbath? Gen. R. s. 49, beg. שמותם … לכ׳ ק׳ וכ׳ the names of the wicked are like leather garments; as long as you use them, they wear well; when you let them lie, they rot. Koh. R. to II, 17 נתעטף בכ׳ ק׳ שלו he wrapped himself in his working clothes. Deut. R. s. 7 (ref. to Deut. XXIX, 4) (כלום) כ׳ ק׳ וכ׳ were leather garments carried with the Israelites out of Egypt (that they did not wear out)?; Cant. R. to IV, 11; Pesik. B’shall., p. 92ᵃ, a. Yalk. Deut. 850 קוריות (read: קוֹרְיוּם); Yalk. Ps. 691; Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIII קוריים (ed. Bub. קואים, read: קוריום).—[Gen. R. s. 71 Ar.; Esth. R. to I, 10, v. קוֹרִיִּים.—Koh. R. to III, 11 שפעת ק׳, read: קוֹרִים, v. שִׁפְעָה I, a. קוֹרָה III.] ↗ expanded

קוֹרְיָיס 2 Ḳorias. Y. Orl. II, 62ᵃ ר׳ ק׳ (ed. Amst. ביריית; v. Fr. M’bo, p. 122ᵃ; p. 69ᵃ). ↗ expanded

קורינוס , v. קִרְיָינוֹס ↗ expanded

קורכין , Num. R. s. 23, end בק׳, v. קְרוּכִין ↗ expanded

קוֹרָלִין (corallium, corallum) corals. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵃ ההן דגזז … קרולין (corr. acc.) he that cuts … corals (on the Sabbath). ↗ expanded

קורם , Cant. R. to VI, 4 some ed., v. קֵירָס ↗ expanded

קוּרָמֵי ḳuramé, name of a water plant bearing fruit the kernels of which can be made edible by cooking (v. Löw, Pfl., p. 202). Erub. 22ᵃ (R. Adda to his wife asking what she could do for his children during his absence at college) מי שלימו ק׳ באגמי (Ms. M., with slight difference of diction, קִירָמֵי; Ms. O. קוּרָאמֵי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) are the ḳ. in the marshes all gone?—V. קְרָמִית. ↗ expanded

קוּרְמִין , v. קַרְמוּלִין ↗ expanded

קוּרְנוֹס , v. קוּרְנָס ↗ expanded

קוּרְנֵיסָא , v. קוּרְנְסָא ↗ expanded

קורניסין , v. קֵירָס ↗ expanded

קוֹרָנִית (cmp. קֶרֶן) thyme or origanum (v. Löw, Pfl., pp. 181; 329). Tosef. Sabb. XIV (XV), 12; Sabb. 128ᵃ; Y. ib. VIII, 11ᵇ. Maasr. III, 9; Y. Dem. I, beg. 21ᶜ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קוֹרָנִיתָא Sabb. 128ᵃ, v. חֲשָׁאֵי ↗ expanded

קוּרְנָס , m. (enlargement of קֶרֶן) mallet; smith’s hammer (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Malleus). Sabb. XII, 1. Ib. XVII, 2. Kel. XXIX, 6 (7) הק׳ של זהבים (ed. Dehr. נוס …) the goldsmiths’ hammer; Sabb. 123ᵃ. Ib. ק׳ של בַּשָּׂמִים the spice-dealers’ mallet. Tosef. Ab. Zar. V (VI), 7 עד שיכה בק׳ ויחבל (not ויאכל) until he strikes upon it with the hammer and batters it. Y. ib. IV, 43ᵈ bot. מתרין בו על כל ק׳ וק׳ he is forewarned at every stroke of the mallet (with which he chisels the idol). Yalk. Ex. 369 מעשה ק׳ beaten work; a. fr.—[קורנסין, Gen. R. s. 58 Ar., v. קְלִירוֹס.] ↗ expanded

קוּרְנְסָא Targ. Ps. LXXIV, 5. Targ. Is. XLI, 7 (h. text פעם). Targ. Y. Num. VIII, 4 עובד אומן בק׳ gold-beating work (h. text מעשה מקשה).—Ned. 10ᵇ ק׳ לא אמר כלום Ar. (ed. קוּרְנְשָׁא) if a person used the word ḳurn’sa for a vow (in place of קונם), he has said nothing (it is no vow).—Trnsf. proboscis. Ḥull. 58ᵇ בקוּרְנְסֵיה, v. בַּקָּא. ↗ expanded

קורס , v. קֵירָס ↗ expanded

קוּרְסֵל , v. קַרְסוּל ↗ expanded

קוּרְסַם (v. קִרְסֵם; cmp. מגלב, fr. גלב) a blow or lash. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ bot. ↗ expanded

קוּרְפְּדַאי (cmp. קוּפָּד) mole. Ḥull. 63ᵃ באות … ק׳ (Ar. קַרְפְּ׳; Ms. R. 1 קרופ׳), v. בָּאוָת.—Ber. 57ᵇ [read:] כל מיני שרצים יפין לחלום חוץ מק׳ (Ms. M. קוּפְּדַאי, ed. קורפראי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) dreams of all kinds of creeping things, except moles, are auspicious. ↗ expanded

קוּרְפְּדַיָּיא (cmp. preced.) long and narrow jars. Y. Bets. IV, beg. 62ᵇ אילין ק׳ דקיקתה וכ׳ the slender jars two or three of which can be carried in one hand. ↗ expanded

קוּרְפָּיוֹת a kind of cups or bowls with pointed bottoms. Kel. IV, 3 (R. S. קַרְפָּאוֹת; Ar. קִירְפָּ׳); Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 11 קַפְרָאוֹת ed. Zuck. (Var. קרפאות). ↗ expanded

קורפסה quid?—Y’lamd. to Num. VIII, 2 quot. in Ar., and explained קונקי (= קוֹנְכִי?). ↗ expanded

קורפראי , v. קוּרְפְּדַאי ↗ expanded

קוּרְצָא , v. קרְצָא ↗ expanded

קורצד , Tosef. Makhsh. I, 7 ed. Zuck., oth. ed. קירצוד, read with R. S. to Makhsh. II, 3: בור ציר a pitful of brine (Var. in R. S. בור סיד a lime pitful). ↗ expanded

*קוֹרְצִין (קָרַץ; cmp. קָרוֹצָא) destructive insects, worms. Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXXI ברא ק׳ בעולם וברא ק׳ באדם זה בני מיעיו וכ׳ (not זה אזניו; Var. ed. Schechter כִּרְצִים, v. כִּרְצָא) he created destroyers in the world (vegetable kingdom), and so he did in man, namely the intestinal worms. [The entire passage is a Var. of the preced. ברא חיה וכ׳.] ↗ expanded

קוּרְצִין (v. קַרְצָא) destruction. Treat. Der. Er. ch. XI [read:] האוכל ק׳ הרי זה וכ׳ the informer belongs to the class of shedders of blood (ref. to Lev. XIX, 16).—[Tosef. B. Mets. IX, 19, v. קֶרֶץ.] ↗ expanded

קורצין , Deut. R. s. 2 תפיסת ק׳, v. קְווּצּוֹת ↗ expanded

קוּרְקָא (perh. a corrupt. of קורדקא, v. קוּרְדְּקִין) a shoe made entirely of goats’ hair or of cloth, slipper. Yeb. 102ᵇ ההוא קו׳ מקרי Rashi (ed. קרקא) such a shoe has the special name of ḳurḳa (and is not included in נעל or מנעול). ↗ expanded

קוֹרְקְבָן (= קבקב׳; cmp. קוֹבַע, כּוֹבַע) the thick muscular stomach of birds, craw. Ḥull. III, 3. Ib. 6 (among the characteristics of clean birds) קוֹרְקְבָנוֹ נקלף whose craw peels easily; Tosef. ib. III (IV), 22; Ḥull. 61ᵃ וקוּרְקְבָנָן נקלף (not וקורקבן); Yalk. Lev. 537 וקרקבנו (corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pl. קָרְקְבָנִין (with sing. meaning). Tosef. l. c. 16 באלו … אמרו בק׳ וכ׳ by these intestines are meant: the craw, the liver, and the heart. Sifra Vayiḳra, N’dabah, ch. VIII, Par. 7.—In gen. stomach (= הֶמְסֵס). Ber. 61ᵇ top ק׳ טוחן the stomach (of man) grinds. Sabb. 152ᵃ (ref. to Koh. XII, 4) בשביל ק׳ שאינו טוחן on account of the stomach’s failing to grind. ↗ expanded

קוּרְקְבָנָא Targ. Y. II, Lev. I, 16. Targ. Y. ib. XI, 13; Deut. XIV, 11. ↗ expanded

קוּרְקוּנְיָא Ḳurḳunia in Babylonia. Ab. Zar. 16ᵇ (Ms. M. אַקְרוֹקוּנְיָא). B. Kam. 7ᵇ אקרוקניא Ms. M. (Ms. H. אקרקוניא; ed. אקרוניא). Ib. 88ᵃ אקרוקניא Ms. M. (Ms. O. ארוקינייא; ed. הגרוניא). Erub. 60ᵃ בני קוקוניא Ms. M. (Ms. O. קקוניא; ed. קקונאי, corr. acc., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). ↗ expanded

קורקון , v. קוֹרְדְּקִין ↗ expanded

קוּרְקוֹס , v. קוּרְקָס, קוּרְקְסָא. ↗ expanded

קוּרְקוּר (v. קִירְקוּר) croaking. B. Bath. 23ᵃ אפיקו לי ק׳ get that croaking (those ravens) away from here. ↗ expanded

קוּרְקוּרָה , v. קַרְקָרָה ↗ expanded

קוּרְקְיָאנֵי , v. קוּקְיָאנֵי ↗ expanded

קוּרְקִין , v. קוּרְדְּקִין a. קוּרְקָא. ↗ expanded

קוֹרְקִיסָתָא , v. קִרְקְסָא ↗ expanded

קוּרְקָנוֹת , v. קִירְקָנוֹת ↗ expanded

קוּרְקָס (reduplic. of קֶרֶס) hook, ring, clasp.—Pl. קוּרְקָסִים, קוּרְקָסִין, קוּרְקוֹסִ׳. Gen. R. s. 18 אפי׳ ק׳ של זהב וכ׳ even gold curtain rings he made for him. Num. R. s. 4 היו מגביהין … ופורקין את הק׳ they lifted the curtain on poles and unhooked it. Pirké d’R. El. ch. III קוּרְקוֹסֵי השמים במימי וכ׳ the hooks of the heavenly canopy are fastened to the waters of the Ocean (that surrounds the earth). ↗ expanded

קוּרְקְסָא *עיזא דק׳ ‘a goat with hooks’, name of a threshing sledge (v. טוּרְבֵּיל). Ab. Zar. 24ᵇ; Yalk. Sam. 122 קוּרְקְשָׁא; Men. 22ᵃ (Ms. R. 1 קורפסא, 2 קורקסאי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 100); Zeb. 116ᵇ קוּרְקְסֵי Ms. M. (ed. קרקשא, Rashi קורקשא).—Pl. קוּרְקְסַיָּא, קוּרְקְסֵי, קוּרְקוֹס׳, Y. Ned. IX, end, 41ᶜ אין אתין … ק׳ דאפותיקיא דידי (ed. Krot. קי׳; Ar. קר׳) if all the camels of Arabia came together, they could not carry the clasps (bolts) of my treasuries. Y. Peah. III, 17ᵈ top אשכח … על קַרְקְסוֹי found a snake wound around his locks; Yalk. Ex. 404 קוּרְקוֹסוֹי; Yalk. Kings 222 קירקוסיי (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קוּרְקַסְוָון (preced.) threshing sledges. Targ. I Chr. XXI, 23. ↗ expanded

קורקסיו , Pesik. R. s. 6 תיאטרון וק׳, read: וקִירְקְסִין; v. קִרְקְסָיוֹת ↗ expanded

קוּרְקְסָתָא , v. קִרְקְסָא ↗ expanded

קוּרְקָרָה , v. קַרְקָרָה ↗ expanded

קוּרְקְשָׁא (v. next w.) a frame of boards; עיזא דק׳ threshing sledge; v. קוּרְקְסָא. ↗ expanded

קוּרְשָׁא = h. קֶרֶשׁ, board. Koh. R. to XI, 1 ק׳ דספינתא the board of a wrecked ship. ↗ expanded

קוֹרָתָא cold, v. קָרְתָא. ↗ expanded

קוּשׁ , v. קשש ↗ expanded

קוֹשְׁטְ c. Ḳoshṭ (costum, κοστός), name of a fragrant root or shrub, putchuck. Ukts. III, 5; Nidd. 51ᵇ; Y. Ḥag. III, 79ᶜ כוש׳; Y. Erub. IX, end, 25ᵈ כּוֹשְׁתְּ; Sifré Deut. 107. Ker. 6ᵃ; Y. Yoma IV, 41ᶜ (one of the ingredients of frankincense). Ch. כָּשַׁרְתָּא. ↗ expanded

קוֹשֶׁט straightness, truth. Gen. R. s. 55 (ref. to Ps. LX, 6) וכל כך למה מפני ק׳ בשביל שתתקשט וכ׳ and wherefor all this (trial)? For the sake of truth, in order that divine justice be justified in the world; Yalk. ib. 95; Yalk. Ps. 777 כדי ליתן … בק׳ in order to give them their reward in truth (ref. to Is. LXI, 8); Yalk. Job 906. ↗ expanded

קוּשְׁטָא v. קְשׁוֹט.—[Targ. Ps. LXI, 4, v. קוּסְטַל a. קוּשְׁקָא.] ↗ expanded

קוּשְׁטָן (preced.) true. Lev. R. s. 26 כבר מילא ק׳ (some ed. קַשְׁטָן) surely, the thing is true. ↗ expanded

קוּשְׁטַנְטִינָא , v. sub קוּסְטַ׳. ↗ expanded

קוּשְׁטָנִית , v. קַשְׁטָנִית ↗ expanded

קוֹשִׁי (קָשָׁה) [hardness, stiffness,] erection. Snh. 55ᵃ, opp. מת (אבר). protracted travailing (v. Gen. XXXV, 17). Sifra Thazr. ch. II; Nidd. 38ᵇ, opp. שופי. Ib. IV, 6. Yeb. 83ᵃ; a. fr. hard effort; בק׳ by an effort, reluctantly. Sabb. 12ᵇ בק׳ התירו לנחם וכ׳ it was with reluctance that they allowed mourners to be comforted and the sick to be visited on the Sabbath (because it disturbs the Sabbath joy). ↗ expanded

קוּשְׁיָא (preced.) difficulty, question, objection, argument. Snh. 75ᵇ, sq. מהאי ק׳ לא נידונה we cannot draw the analogy on account of this argument. B. Kam. 117ᵃ אמר להו האי ק׳ והאי ק׳ וכ׳ he told them of one difficulty and of another, and how they were solved. Men. 95ᵇ, a. fr. מאי ק׳ what argument is this?, i.e. this is no argument. Ib. מאי קַשְׁיָא (Ms. K. קוש׳). Ḥull. 3ᵇ כי קוּשְׁיֵיה in accordance with his argument; a. v. fr.—Y. Sabb. XIX, 17ᵇ; Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵈ top מן קוֹשַׁיי מקשי לה וכ׳ what was the difficulty that R. J. found (to induce him to say), provided that &c.?—Pl. קוּשְׁיָיתָא. Hor. 13ᵇ, v. פִּיתְקָא. Yoma 3ᵇ לאפוקי כולי קוּשְׁיָיתִין excluding all the cases which we argued. Yeb. 77ᵃ top, v. קְשֵׁי; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קוֹשַׁיי , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קוּשְׁקָא (Pers. ḳushḳ aedificium magnum et altum, Vollers; prob. Semitic, cmp. קִישְׁקוּשָׁא) high building, tower. Targ. Ps. LXI, 4 ק׳ עשינא Ms. a. Ar. (ed. Lag. בקושטא עישונא), v. קוּסְטַל.—Pl. קוּשְׁקֵי. Targ. II Chr. XXXVI, 15.—Sabb. 11ᵃ Ar. a Ms. O., v. קִישְׁקוּשָׁא II. ↗ expanded

קַוְשֶׁקֶר (= קַו שֶׁקֶר) Ḳavsheḳer (Rule of Falsehood), a fictitious name of one of the judges of Sodom. Gen. R. s. 50 Ar. (ed., a. Yalk. ib. 84 קץ שקר, v. קָצַץ). ↗ expanded

קוּשְׁקְרָא , v. גּוּשְׁקְרָא ↗ expanded

קושרי , Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᶜ ק׳ פיאה, read: קישורי פואה, v. קִישּׁוּר ↗ expanded

קוֹשַׁרְתָּא (קשר) belt of knotted rope, poor man’s belt. Tanḥ. Aḥăré 1 קו שררתיה, read: קוֹשַׁרְתֵּיה his belt (was all that was left to Solomon, v. קוֹד); Y. Snh. II, 20ᶜ bot. קִישַׁרְתֵּיה; Koh. R. to II, 10; IX, 11 קְשַׁרְתֵּיה.—Pl. קוּשְׁרָן. Y. Sabb. II, 10ᶜ top, v. קוּנְטְרָא. ↗ expanded

קוֹשֵׁשׁ (?) Beth Ḳoshesh. Y. Yeb. I, 3ᵃ bot., v. מְקוֹשֵׁשׁ II. ↗ expanded

קותונה , Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ, v. קִיתוֹנָא ↗ expanded

קוֹתְלָא , pl. קוֹתְלֵי; ק׳ דחזירי bacon. Ḥull. 17ᵃ; Meg. 13ᵃ Ar., v. כּוֹתְלָא. ↗ expanded

קָזָא , v. קָאזָא ↗ expanded

קזדור , v. קוּסְדּוֹר ↗ expanded

קְזַז (cmp. קצץ, נקז) to cut, divide. Pa. קַזֵּז (to mark; to calculate, settle, strike the balance. Y. Ber. IX, 14ᵇ bot.; Y. Sot. V, 20ᶜ bot. (expl. פרוש קיזי) עביד … ומְקַזֵּז חדא עם חדא he commits one sin and does one good deed, and strikes the balance, ‘one against one.’ Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵈ bot. דהוות ציימא … ומְקַזָּה ליה תריי she used to fast one day and mark down two (deceiving herself in her account with God). ↗ expanded

קזמיקרטור , v. קוֹזְמוֹקְרָטוֹר ↗ expanded

קָח , P. Sm. 3516) stalk, shoot. Succ. 34ᵃ, v. צַפְצָפָה; Yalk. Ez. 357. ↗ expanded

קְחַח to be dull, faint. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXXII, 26 some ed., v. קְהֵי. ↗ expanded

קְחָחָא (preced.) faint-colored, gray (?).—Pl. קְחָחִין. Targ. Zech. I, 8 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קְוָוחִין, קְוָח׳; h. text שרקים). ↗ expanded

קְטָא 1 (= קְטַע) to cut, pluck; (cmp. קְטַף) to harvest. Y. Ter. VIII, 45ᵈ top (proverbial expression) אין ק׳ ק׳ שיחור וכ׳ if he plucks (gains anything), he plucks a piece of coal, if he loses, he loses a pearl (i.e. he risks his life for a trifle); Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵃ bot. ק׳ שידו (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קְטָא 2 (preced.) fragment, chip. Pesik. R. s. 21 ההוא תלמידא ק׳ מן וכ׳ that student is a chip from (the rock of) Mount Sinai; Y. Snh. IV, beg. 22ᵃ קְטוֹעַ. ↗ expanded

קַטָּא , v. קַטַּיָּיא ↗ expanded

קָטָאבָה (κατάβα) descend! Tanḥ. Tsav 2, v. אֲלִנִסְטִי. ↗ expanded

קטאדיקון , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קָטָאדִיקוֹס (κατάδικος) collector of fines. [This meaning of our w. is not recorded in Dictionaries.] Yalk. Jer. 305 משל לארכיטקטון שבנה מדינה ועשה … ואחר כך יצא ק׳ על אותה מדינה (not קאטרקי) like the case of an architect that built a fortress and made underground passages and caves and secret chambers therein, and who afterwards came forth as a collector of fines against that same city; Yalk. Num. 705 לארכיטקסן … שהשליך קטיריס למדינה (corr. and supplement acc.); Tanḥ. Naso 5 לארכיטקטון שהיה קאטריקוס על מדינה; ed. Bub. 8 יצא קאטריקון; Num. R. s. 9 beg. לארכיקיטון קטאדיקוס על אותה מדינה (supplement and corr. acc.); (v. Gen. R. s. 24 beg. לאחר ימים נעשה גבאי). ↗ expanded

קָטָאדִיקִי (καταδίκη) judgment, sentence, fine. Ex. R. s. 11 [read:] כאדם שאומר לחבירו לא יטול פלוני ק׳ זו … עליו like a man saying to his neighbor, that man will not undergo that sentence, for such and such stands by him as his patron. Ex. R. s. 30 [read:] נתן ק׳ לקומיס he passed sentence on the Comes; נתן ק׳ לאברהם he sentenced Abraham (thy seed shall be strangers &c., Gen. XV, 13). Lev. R. s. 18, end בו"ד גובה ק׳ וכ׳ (not קטירקי) a human being (king) collects a fine, and so does the Lord (ref. to Deut. XXII, 19); Num. R. s. 7 יש לו קטריקס (corr. acc.). Deut. R. s. 3 בניך חוטאין ואתה נותן עלי ק׳ thy children sinned, and me thou punishest? Ib. לתת עליך ק׳ אתה וכ׳ (I want) to fine thee; thou hast broken them (the tablets) and thou must replace them. Koh. R. to V, 12 היא ק׳ דידיה … ק׳ דמלכות וכ׳ it (his wealth) is his punishment; when a verdict from the government comes out against him, he will give whatever he has (to be released). Pesik. R. s. 10 מהו ק׳ שלו what is the fine he has to pay?; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִטָּאוֹת , v. קִיטָּי ↗ expanded

קטב , Targ. Y. II, Ex. XXX, 34, v. קְטַף II ↗ expanded

קְטַב to cut, split. Targ. Y. Deut. XIX, 5 Ar. (ed. קטע). ↗ expanded

קֶטֶב v. preced.) [cutting down,] pestilence; ק׳ or ק׳ מרירי [bitter, deadly disease], Ḳeṭeb (M’riri), name of a demon. Lam. R. to I, 3 ביומן דעקא … שבהם ק׳ מ׳ מצוי in the days of anguish, from the seventeenth of Tammuz to the ninth of Ab, during which Ḳ. M. is about. Num. R. s. 12 (ref. to Ps. XCI, 6) שד … שמו ק׳ וכ׳ it is a demon, and why is his name Ḳeṭeb? &c., v. בְּזַז, גְּזַז. Ib. ק׳ מ׳ עשוי וכ׳ Ḳ. M. is covered with peeling crusts, with hairs and with eyes; Yalk. Ps. 842; Midr. Till. to Ps. XCI. Pes. 111ᵇ חזייה להאי ק׳ מ׳ וכ׳ he said K. M. coming to his left side. ↗ expanded

קִטְבָּא —Pl. קִטְבֵּי. Pes. 111ᵇ תרי ק׳ הוו וכ׳ there are two Ḳeṭebs, one before noon &c.; that of the forenoon is named Ḳeṭeb M’riri, that of the afternoon, ‘Ḳeṭeb that wasteth at noon’ (Ps. XCI, 6). ↗ expanded

קָטָבוֹלְיָא (corresp. to a word καταβολία; cmp. κατάβλημα) a (leather) curtain, spread, cover. Kel. XVI, 4 ק׳ the hide spread over the bed-frame. Tosef. Sabb. III (IV), 17 קיטבליא חדשה (Var. קטבליא, טבלה) a new leather spread; Y. ib. VI, 8ᵃ קטיבלייא; Tosef. Ter. X, 11 קיטבילא ed. Zuck. (Var. קטבוליא); Y. Snh. X, 28ᵃ bot. קטיב׳. Kel. XXVI, 5 (6) עור קטבוליא Mish. ed. (Talm. ed. קטבולין) the hide which is used as a spread. B. Mets. 90ᵇ פרס לה קיטבליא ע"ג דישה (Ms. M. קטביל׳; Ms. F. קרטבליא) if he spread a leather cover over the grain to be threshed (preventing the ox from eating); a. e.—Pl. (fr. קָטַבְלִי καταβολή) קָטָבְלָאוֹת, קָטַבְלָיוֹת. Shek. III, 4 מחפה בק׳ (Ms. M. קיטבל׳) he covered (last year’s contributions) with leather spreads. Y. ib. III, end, 47ᶜ שמט את הקטבליו׳ (ed. Krot. הקטבליי׳; Bab. ed. קטבליאות; Ms. M. קיטבלאות) when the covers are removed; Tosef. ib. II, 4 שמנו ק׳ (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קָטָבְלָא , v. קַרְטוּבְלָא ↗ expanded

קטבלטון , v. קָטָבְלִימָטִין ↗ expanded

קָטָבְלִי , v. קָטָבוֹלְיָא ↗ expanded

קטבליטון , read: ↗ expanded

קָטָבְלִימָטִין (καταβλήματα) proceeds of taxes (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Eisphora). Num. R. s. 4 אותו … חייב ק׳ that (deposed) banker owes the proceeds (which he had failed to deliver). ↗ expanded

קָטָדִיקוֹס , v. sub קָטָאדִ׳. ↗ expanded

קָטָה (= קטע) to cut off. Y. Keth. IV, 28ᵇ top, v. קָטַע. ↗ expanded

קְטָה ch., v. קְטָא ↗ expanded

קִטָּה , Neg. XI, 7 Ar., v. קִיטָּי ↗ expanded

קטה , Pesik. R. s. 31 קטה כמין ניכו׳, a corrupt., v. כַּוָּוי ↗ expanded

קְטוּ , v. קְטוּתָא ↗ expanded

קִטּוּל , v. קִיטּוּל ↗ expanded

קָטוֹל (קְטַל) manslayer, murderer. Targ. Is. XIV, 12 (ed. Wil. קְ׳, corr. acc.). Targ. Num. XXXV, 16; a. e.—Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵃ (expl. בן הרוצחן) [read:] בריה דקָטוֹלָה son of a murderer; a. e.—Pl. קָטוֹלִין, קָטוֹלַיָּא, קְ׳. Targ. Y. Ex. XX, 13. Targ. Ps. LXII, 4 (Ms. קַטּ׳); a. e. ↗ expanded

קְטוֹל (preced.) slaying, death. Targ. Is. XXI, 15. Targ. Job V, 15 Ms. (ed. קְטִילָא). Targ. I Kings II, 26; a. fr.—Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) ק׳ אכזראה (some ed. קטי׳), v. אַכְזְרָאָה.—V. קְטָלָא, a. קִיטּוּל. ↗ expanded

קָטוֹלָא , v. קָטוֹל ↗ expanded

קטומא , v. קְטִיזְמָא ↗ expanded

קָטוֹן , v. קָטָן ↗ expanded

קטוניות , Yoma 15ᵇ, v. קִיטוֹן h. ↗ expanded

קִטּוּנִית pr. n. pl. Y. Meg. I, 70ᵇ bot. (rend. of קַטָּת, Josh. XIX, 15), v. Neub. Géogr. p. 189. ↗ expanded

קִטּוּנְתָּא , v. קִיטּוּנְתָּא ↗ expanded

קְטוּסְפָּאָה , v. sub קְטִיסְפּ׳. ↗ expanded

קָטוֹעַ (קְטַע) chopper, hewer. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXIX, 10.—Pl. קָטוֹעַיָּא, constr. קְטוֹעֵי. Targ. Y. II ib.—Targ. II Chr. II, 9 קַטָּעַיָּא. ↗ expanded

קְטוֹעַ (preced.) chip. Y. Snh. IV, beg. 22ᵃ, v. קְטָא II. ↗ expanded

קִטּוּף , v. sub קִיטּ׳. ↗ expanded

קְטוֹף , v. קְטַף III ↗ expanded

קָטוֹפָא (קְטַף) cutter, grape-gatherer.—Pl. קָטוֹפִין, קְ׳. Targ. Ob. I, 5; Targ. Jer. XLIX, 9 (some ed. קַטְפִ׳; h. text בצרים). Ib. IV, 16 (h. text נצרים!). ↗ expanded

קְטוֹפָא (preced.) [ready to be cut,] vine with ripe clusters. — Pl. קְטוֹפֵי. Keth. 112ᵃ חזנהו להנהו ק׳ וכ׳ (some ed. קְטִיפֵי) saw the laden vines standing (looking) like calves. ↗ expanded

קִטּוּר , v. sub קִיטּ׳. ↗ expanded

קְטוֹר (קְטַר II) knot. Targ. Y. I Ex. XXXIII, 23 ק׳ דתפילי (strike out דבידא, or דבירא, which came over from Y. II). band, girdle. Targ. Y. Deut. XVIII, 4 (v. Ḥull. 138ᵃ).—Pl. constr. קְטוֹרֵי. Targ. Y. Gen. L, 11 (ed. Vien. קְטוּ׳).—V. קִיטְרָא II. ↗ expanded

קְטוּרָה (b. h.) pr. n. f. Keturah, the second wife of Abraham. Gen. R. s. 61 ק׳ … זו הגר K. is Hagar; Tanḥ. Ḥayé 8; ib. ק׳ שהית׳ קשורה כנוד she was called K. (the tied up, v. קָטַר II), because she was tied up like a water bag (was chaste). Zeb. 62ᵇ קרי עלייהו בני ק׳ (not עליהם, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70) he cried out over them, sons of K. (i.e. sons of Abraham, but not of Sarah); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קטורין , v. כַּלַּקְטֵירִין ↗ expanded

קטורנים , v. קִטְּרוֹנִים ↗ expanded

קְטוֹרֶת , v. קְטֹרֶת, קְטָרְתָּא. ↗ expanded

קְטוּתָא (קְטָא) branch, switch. Lam. R. to I, 3 (some ed. קְטִיתָא); Num. R. s. 12. ↗ expanded

קָטַט (cmp. קצץ) to cut, diminish. Pilp. קִטְקֵט [to make fine,] (cmp. דִּקְדֵּק) to even the woof by beating. Y. Sabb. XII, 13ᶜ bot. השובט והמְקַטְקֵט על האריג he who beats to make the web close or to make the woof even; ib.ᵈ top; Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵇ top. Hif. הֵיקֵט , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קְטָטָה (preced.; cmp. meanings of חסד, חרף &c.) quarrel, dispute, discord, opp. שלום. Yeb. XV, 1 ק׳ בינו לבינה וכ׳ if there had been a dispute between husband and wife (at the time of, or before his alleged death) &c. Y. ib. 14ᵈ top לא קדשתני … אין זה ק׳ if she had said (at the time of the dispute), thou hast never betrothed me …, this is not a dispute (on account of which her statement concerning her husband’s death is to be rejected); קידשתני … הרי זה ק׳ thou didst betroth me, but thou hast divorced me and not given me my ḳ’thubah, that is a dispute (which makes her untrustworthy); Bab. ib. 116ᵃ. Ib. מאי טעמא דק׳ what is the reason that her statement is disbelieved in the case of a dispute? Ib.ᵇ דארגיל הוא ק׳ (Tosaf. דארגיל בה ק׳ when he was in the habit of quarrelling (whereas she loved him). Ib. עד אחד בק׳ מהו if there is one witness testifying to the husband’s death, is it sufficient also if disunion was known to have existed between them? Ib. כיון דאית ליה ק׳ וכ׳ because there has been discord between them, (we apprehend that) she will not be careful to ascertain her husband’s death, and get married again. Sabb. 130ᵃ מצוה שקבלו עליהם בק׳ a law that the Israelites accepted under quarrel (protest) &c., opp. בשמחה. Pesik. R. s. 38 אם היתה ק׳ וכ׳ if there has been a quarrel between a man and his neighbor, how can he obtain forgiveness on the Day of Atonement? Gen. R. s. 8 שלום … דכוליה ק׳ Peace said (to God), let him (man) not be created, for he will be all quarrel. Koh. R. to IV, 9 (when he saw two men walking on the road, he said) שלום לכון מרי ק׳ peace to you, men of quarrel (sure to have a dispute); a. e. ↗ expanded

קִטָּי , v. קִיטָּי ↗ expanded

קַטַּיָּא , v. קַטַּיָּיא ↗ expanded

קטיבלייא , v. קָטָבוֹלְיָא ↗ expanded

קָטֵיגוֹר (κατήγορος) accuser, public prosecutor. Ab. IV, 11 העובר … קונה לו ק׳ אחד he who commits one sin, acquires one prosecutor for himself, opp. פרקליט. R. Hash. 26ᵃ, v. סְנֵיגוֹר. Ex. R. s. 43, beg. Lev. R. s. 19 עלה קָטֵיגוֹרוֹ וכ׳ his (Solomon’s) accuser (before the Lord) arose &c. Lev. R. s. 30; a. fr.—[Ab. d’R. N. ch. II קושרין ק׳, read: קָטֵיגוֹרְיָא.]—Pl. קָטֵיגוֹרִים, קָטֵיגוֹרִין. Pesik. R. s. 40 וק׳ עומדים לפניך … קטיגוריא (not רים …) the accusers stand before thee, and the advocates stand before thee, these pleading in our favor, and those bringing charges against us. Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ top. Midr. Till. to Ps. VIII, 2 בכל יום הייתם ק׳ וכ׳ ed. Bub. (ed. קטיגטין, corr. acc.) at all times you have been accusers (creating mischief) between me and Israel; a. e.—Gen. R. s. 31, beg. הגיע ק׳ some ed., read: קָטֵיגוֹרְיָא. ↗ expanded

קַטֵיגוֹרָא —Pl. קַטֵיגוֹרַיָּא. Targ. Job XXXIII, 23. ↗ expanded

קָטֵיגוֹרְיָא (κατηγορία) accusation, denunciation, prosecution. Lam. R. to I, 13 קפצה ק׳ לפני כסא וכ׳ Prosecution sprang up before the throne of glory, and spoke &c. Ex. R. s. 15 end אחד מלמד ק׳ שלו וכ׳ one pleads for his prosecution (proving him guilty), and the other for the defence; אבל הקב"ה … והוא מלמד ק׳ but not so the Lord, he defends and he accuses. Pesik. R. s. 40 אומרים ק׳ (not רים …), v. קָטֵיגוֹר. Gen. R. s. 31, beg. הגיע ק׳ שלהן לפני the charges against them have come before me; a. fr.—Keth. 112ᵇ דור … ק׳ בתלמידים in the period of the advent of the Messiah there will be prosecution (ill-will) against scholars. Ab. d’R. N. ch. II היו … קושרין ק׳ על משה (not קטיגור) the angels conspired to speak ill of Moses. ↗ expanded

קטיגטין , v. קָטֵיגוֹר ↗ expanded

קטיגמא , v. קְטִיזְמָא ↗ expanded

קִטָּיוֹת , v. קִיטָּי ↗ expanded

קְטִיזְמָא (κτίσμα) creature, creation. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 36 בו"ד … ק׳ שלו אלא מזכיר ק׳ וכ׳ ed. Bub. (not קטיגמא) when a human being sets a memorial to his name, he mentions first his name, and then his creation, but not so the Lord, he records his creation first and then his name, as we read (Gen. I, 1), ‘In the beginning created God;’ Gen. R. s. 1 (misplaced and curtailed, v. Ar. s. v. קטיזמא); Tanḥ. ed. Bub. B’resh. 4 קטומה (corr. acc.); ib. 5 הטיומא (corr. acc.); Yalk. Sam. 162 קטיומא (corr. acc.).—Y. B. Kam. V, 5ᵃ top [read:] רשב"ג אומר אומר קְטִיזְמִי היא זו (not קוט׳) R. S. b. G. says, he (the purchaser of a breeding slave) may say, it is my creation (i.e. damages for injury to his slave’s embryo belong to him). ↗ expanded

קַטַּיָּיא (v. קְטָא I) cucumbers. Targ. Y. I Num. XI, 5, Targ. Y. II, Num. XI, 5. ↗ expanded

קְטֵיל , v. קְטַל ↗ expanded

קְטִיל , part. pass. of קְטַל. ↗ expanded

קְטִילָא = קְטוֹלָא, putting to death. Targ. Job V, 15, v. קְטוֹלָא.—Constr. קְטִילַת. Targ. Ruth I, 17; Targ. Esth. IX, 5 ק׳ סייפא death by the sword. ↗ expanded

קָטִילָא chain, v. קַטְלָא ch. ↗ expanded

קַטִּין 1 Ḳaṭṭin. Yoma III, 10 (37ᵃ) בן ק׳ (Ms. O. קטן) Ben Ḳ.; Tosef. ib. II, 2; Y. Shek. V, beg. 48ᶜ ↗ expanded

קַטִּין 2 (קטן) slender, thin, fine. Zeb. 62ᵇ דאריך וק׳ that the altar may be long and narrow (an oblong instead of a square). B. Mets. 85ᵃ, v. חֲרוֹכָא. Arakh. 13ᵇ ק׳ קלייהו their voices were fine (high tenor), opp. עב, v. קְטַט. Y. Maas. Sh. IV, end, 55ᶜ חמית … רגלי ק׳ I saw in my dream that my foot was emaciated. Ḥull. 48ᵇ ק׳ a thin pin. Lam. R. to III, 19 (prov.) עד דשמינא עביד ק׳ נפשיה דק׳ וכ׳ by the time the stout becomes thin, the life of the thin is gone out (until the mighty are punished, the weak perish); a. e.—ארעא ק׳, v. next w.—Pl. קַטִּינֵי; f. קַטִּינָתָא. B. Mets. 89ᵃ משליף ק׳ וכ׳ he pulls out the slender onions from among the large. Yeb. 43ᵃ ק׳ thin (fine) combs, v. אַלִּים. Pes. 112ᵇ גרמי ק׳ thin bones. Erub. 65ᵃ, v. נוּם ch.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַטִּינָא 2 (preced.) something small; ק׳ דארעא (or sub. דארעא) a small piece of ground. B. Kam. 59ᵃ אגב ק׳ דא׳ in connection with a small piece of ground. Keth. 91ᵇ שבק ק׳ דא׳ וכ׳ left to his heirs a small piece of ground worth fifty Zuz. Ib. הני חמשין זוזי דמי דארעא ק׳ (Rashi: דמי ק׳) these fifty Zuz I give in payment for the small field. Gitt. 30ᵇ כמעשה ק׳ דאביי like the case of the small field that Abayi had to decide upon (Keth. l. c.).—Pl. קַטִּינֵי. Keth. l. c. תרי ק׳ דא׳ two small fields. ↗ expanded

קַטִּינָא 3 Ḳaṭṭina, name of an Amora. Ber. 59ᵃ. B. Mets. 79ᵃ; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַטִּינָאֵי (v. קַטִּינָא I) slender onions (with small heads and long stems, v. פְּלַלְגּוּלָא, a. Sm. Dict. Ant. s. v. Caepa). Y. Shebi. V, 36ᵃ top (expl. קיצונים); [R. S. to Shebi. V, 4 reads: קַיְיטְנָאֵי (denom. of קַיְיטָא) summer-onions.] ↗ expanded

קַטִּינוּתָא , v. קַטְנוּתָא ↗ expanded

קַטִּינְתָּא , v. קַטִּין II ↗ expanded

קטיסין , Yalk. Ez. 362; Yalk. Dan. 1061, a perversion of דְּיוֹנִיסִין, v. קאניסין ↗ expanded

קְטִיסְפָּאָה (next art.) of Ctesiphon. B. Bath. 93ᵇ חייא קטו׳ (Ms. H. כטיפסאה, emended ק׳); Bets. 38ᵇ ↗ expanded

קטיספו , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קְטִיסְפּוֹן Ctesiphon, a city in the southern part of Assyria, on the eastern bank of the river Tigris. Targ. Y. I Gen. X, 10 (ed. Vien. קְטִסְפּוֹן); Y. II קַטִּיסְפּוּ (h. text כלנה).—Gen. R. s. 37 (not קטוספין, קטיספין). Lev. R. s. 5; Num. R. s. 10; Yalk. Am. 545 קטס׳; a. e.; V. אִקְטִיסְפּוֹן. ↗ expanded

קַטִּיעַ (קְטַע) mutilating, barbarous. Ab. Zar. 10ᵇ קרו לך מלכותא ק׳ they will call thee (thy government) a mutilating government (that kills its own subjects); Yalk. Ez. 373; Pes. 87ᵇ ↗ expanded

קְטִיעָא (preced.) dwarfed, puny. Yalk. Dan. 1062, v. פּוּשְׁקָא. pr. n. m. Ḳ’ṭiʿa. Ab. Zar. 10ᵇ ק׳ בר שלום name of a gentile Roman counsellor, who suffered death for pleading in favor of the Jews, saying to the emperor, They will call thee מלכותא קטיעא (v. preced.); Yalk. Ez. 373. ↗ expanded

קַטִּיעֲתָא , v. קֵטִּיעַ ↗ expanded

קְטִיף (קְטַף) [the movement of the grape-cutter,] cut. Koh. R. to X, 2 מחמי ליה ק׳ מן הדין גיסא showed him (with his hand) a cut from that (left)side (threatening punishment; Var. in Matt. K. מחי וכ׳ he struck him a cutting blow with his hand).—[Koh. R. to XI, 9, v. קְטַף I.] ↗ expanded

קְטִיפָא , pl. קְטִיפֵי, v. קְטוֹפָא. ↗ expanded

קְטִיפָה 1 (קָטַף) plucking. Pes. 11ᵃ בשעת ק׳ while engaged in plucking (instead of cutting the ears for the ʿOmer with the sickle), v. קִיטּוּף. ↗ expanded

*קְטִיפָה 2 (קָטַף; cmp. Arab.ḳaṭifath vestis externa incisis fimbris instructa) a sort of cloak with fringes. Pl. קְטִיפוֹת. Ar. s. v. קטף, quoted from a second version of Sifré (Midrash Sefer Vay’dabber), and explained as Arabic, corresponding to סָגוּס. ↗ expanded

קטיפריסות , v. קָטָפְרֵיס ↗ expanded

קְטִיר (קְטַר II) [knot,] conspiracy. Yeb. 61ᵃ ק׳ קחזינא הכא I see here a conspiracy (a nomination achieved through bribery). ↗ expanded

קטירה , Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. IV, 3 Var., v. טִירָה ↗ expanded

קטיריקי , v. קָטָאִדִיקִי ↗ expanded

קְטִיתָא , v. קְטוּתָא ↗ expanded

קְטַל to cut. Snh. 74ᵇ if a gentile says to a Jew, קְטוֹל אספסתא וכ׳ cut grass on the Sabbath and throw it to the cattle, or I shall kill thee, לִיקְטִיל ולא לִיקְטְלֵיה let him cut, that he (the gentile) may not kill him; שדי לנהרא ליקטליה ולא ליקטול but if he says to him, (cut grass and) throw it into the river, let him (the gentile) kill him, but he must not cut, because the gentile’s intention is merely to make him commit a sin; Yeb. 121ᵇ. Sabb. 95ᵃ רבך קָטֵיל … הוה thy teacher must have been a cutter of reeds in the marsh (an ignorant man); Snh. 33ᵃ אטו אנן קַטְלֵי וכ׳ are we reed-cutters?; a. e. to kill. Targ. Gen. V, 8. Targ. Ex. IV, 23, sq.; a. fr.—Part. pass. קְטִיל, קְטִילָא; f. קְטִילָא; pl. קְטִילִין, קְטִילַיָּא; קְטִילָן. Targ. II Sam. XXIII, 8. Targ. Prov. VII, 26; a. fr.—Cant. R. to III, 4 אריא קטילא קְטִילַת thou hast killed a dead lion; Snh. 96ᵇ עמא ק׳ קַטְלַת thou hast killed a dead people, v. טְחַן. Ib. 74ᵃ אמר … זיל קַטְלֵיה … ואי לא קַטְלִינָא לן the governor of my place told me, go and kill that man, or I shall kill thee; א"ל לִיקְטְלוּךְ ולא תִיקְטוֹל וכ׳ said he (Raba) to him, let them kill thee, but do thou not kill; who tells thee that thy blood is redder &c.? Cant. R. to IV, 1 (expl. טרף, Gen. VIII, 11) קטיל וכ׳ killed, as we read (Gen. XXXVII, 33) ṭarof &c.; אמר לה אילו לא קְטַלְתִּינֵיה וכ׳ he (Noah) said to her (the dove), hadst thou not killed it, it would have become a big tree; Lev. R. s. 31 אילו לא קְטַלְתֵּיה; Yalk. Gen. 59; (Gen. R. s. 33 אילו שבקתה); a. fr. Pa. קַטֵּיל same, to Kill. Targ. Ex. XVII, 3. Targ. II Kings XVII, 26; a. fr.—Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵃ והוון רומים … ומְקַטְּלִין לון the Romans came and massacred them (the inhabitants); a. e. Ithpe. אִתְקְטִיל, אִיקְּטִיל to be killed, put to death. Targ. Ex. XXI, 15. Targ. Prov. XXII, 13; a. fr.—Keth. 35ᵇ אע"ג דמִיקְּטִיל משלם although he is to be put to death, he must pay damages; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְטָלָא (preced.) killing, death-penalty. Targ. Lev. XX, 9; 11 (O. ed. Berl. קַטְּ׳). Targ. Prov. XXIV, 11; a. e.—Snh. 11ᵃ שמעון … לחרבא וחברוהי לק׳ Simon and Yishmael are destined to fall by the sword, and their colleagues to be executed. Ab. I, 13 ק׳ חייב deserves death. Snh. 73ᵇ מסרה נפשה לק׳ she was prepared to die (resisting her assailant). Ib. 78ᵇ בר ק׳ הוא … קְטָלֵיה במאי he was guilty of a capital crime, but Moses did not know in what manner he was to be executed. Ib. 79ᵇ אי בר ק׳ הוא וכ׳ if he is to be put to death &c. Keth. 35ᵃ האי בק׳ כתיב this (makkeh, Lev. XXIV, 2 ↗ expanded

קַטְלָא (catella) chain, necklace. Kel. XI, 8 ק׳ שחוליות שלה וכ׳ a chain the links of which are of metal and strung on a linen or a woolen thread. Ib. שירי ק׳ וכ׳ the fragments of a necklace (in order to be susceptible of levitical uncleanness) must be large enough &c. Meïl. V, 1. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. I, 9; a. fr.—Pl. קַטְלָאוֹת, קַטְלָיוֹת. Ib. 13; Kel. l. c. Ab. Zar. I, 8 (19ᵇ) אין עושין … קוטלאות וכ׳ (omitted in Y. ed.) you must not manufacture jewelry for idols: necklaces &c.; a. e.—Gen. R. s. 98 שירין וקַטְלִין וכ׳ chains, necklaces &c. ↗ expanded

קַטְלָא ² —Pl. קַטְלָאִין, קטְלַיָּא, קַטְלִין. Targ. Y. I Gen. XLIX, 22 (Y. II קָטִילִין). Targ. Y. I Num. XXXI, 50; a. e. ↗ expanded

קטלא , Yalk. Ps. 848 ק׳ דימא, v. קָלִיט ↗ expanded

קַטְלָה , v. קַטְלָא h. ↗ expanded

קַטְלוֹזָא (קטלז, enlargement of קטל) [chopping place,] counter for retail sale of provisions &c., opp. to אוצר, הפתק &c. Ab. Zar. 40ᵇ יין תפוחים … הנמכר בק׳ וכ׳ (Ar. קַטְלֵיזָא) apple wine of gentiles … which is sold over the counter is forbidden, because they mix it with wine; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 12 בקטלזון בשוק הרי זה אסור … ed. Zuck. (ed. incorr.) at retail, in the market. [Ab. Zar. l. c. הנמכרין בק׳ לפני חנוני, read as Tosef. l. c.: בסלולה.] Tosef. B. Bath. V, 4, v. פִּיקְטְנִי. Tosef. B. Mets. VI, 13 המוכר … כדרך שמעמיד בקטלזון ed. Zuck. (Var. בקַטְלוֹזִין, בקוּטְלֵזִין, pl.) if one sells his neighbor wine or oil to be delivered during the whole year (taking payment in advance), he must charge him as he would charge at retail (being paid as he delivers; otherwise it would be usury). ↗ expanded

קַטְלֵיזָא , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קטליקוס , v. קָתוֹלִיקוֹס ↗ expanded

קַטְלִית (קטל) [club-shaped,] the thigh with the kneepan. Ohol. I, 8 שלשה בק׳ there are three limbs in the ḳaṭlith ↗ expanded

קָטָלֶפְטָא (κατὰ λεπτά) piece by piece, in small quantities. Lam. R. to I, 1 (העיר) Ar., v. לוּקְטָא. ↗ expanded

קָטַם 1 (cmp. גדם) to cut, chop, lop. Shebi. II, 4 וקוֹטְמִין אותן and trim them; [oth. opin., v. קָטַם II]. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵇ bot. הקוֹטְמָהּ he that clips it (the wing-feather); Tosef. ib. IX (X), 20; Bab. Sabb. 74ᵇ הקוֹטְמוֹ. Bets. 33ᵇ לא יִקְטְמֶנּוּ … ואם קְטָמוֹ וכ׳ one must not nip it in order to smell at it, but if one did &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָטוּם; f. קְטוּמָה; pl. קְטוּמִים &c. Succ. III, 4 שנים ק׳ ואחד אינו ק׳ if two (of the three myrtle sprigs) are broken on the top, and one is not. Y. ib. 53ᶜ bot. ק׳ הדר even if the point is broken off, it may still be called hadar (beautiful); ib.ᵈ top ק׳ הדור; a. e. Pi. קִיטֵּם same. Tosef. B. Kam. II, 1, v. קִרְטֵם Nif. נִקְטָם to be lopped, nipped. Succ. III, 1 נ׳ ראשו if its top is broken off; ib. 2; 3; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְטַם 1 same, to break off, pluck.—Part. pass. קְטִים. Targ. Y. Gen. VIII, 11 Ar. (ed. לקיט; h. text טרף). to crumble, crush.—Denom. קְטַם III. ↗ expanded

קָטַם 2 (denom. of קְטַם III) to cover with ashes or powder. Shebi. II, 4 קוֹטְמִין אותן you may cover them with powder (v. אָבַק); [oth. opin., v. קָטַם I.]—Esp. to cover embers with ashes on which to put dishes to be kept warm for the Sabbath. Y. Sabb. III, beg. 5ᶜ הקוֹטֵם עד שיִקְטוֹם וכ׳ he that covers must not put dishes on until he has sufficiently covered (choked the flame). Ib.; Bab. Sabb. 37ᵃ קְטָמָהּ, v. לָבָה; a. e.—Part. pass. קָטוּם; f. קְטוּמָה &c. Ib. Tosef. ib. III, (II) 3 אחת גרופה וק׳ one part of the double store being swept or covered. Ib. 2 הרי הן כק׳ they are considered as if they were covered; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְטַם 2 Tam. 29ᵇ משום דקָטְמֵי vers. of Ḳorban Ahăron and of Rabad to Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., Par. 4, ch. VI (ed. דקטרי) because these kinds of wood cover up the flames with their ashes. ↗ expanded

קְטַם 3 (קְטַם I, 2) ashes, powder. Targ. Gen. XVIII, 27. Targ. Y. Ex. IX, 8 ק׳ דקיק (h. text פיח). Targ. Lev. I, 16 (h. text דשן); a. fr.—Ḥull. 51ᵇ ק׳ נהילא (fem.), v. נְהַל. Ber. 28ᵃ, v. חַצְבָּא; a. fr.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. XII קיטמא כולה ed. Bub., v. קוּפְסָא.]—[Targ. Zech. VI, 3 קטמין Ar., v. קִטְמָנָא.] ↗ expanded

קִטְמָא (קְטַם I, 1) that which is lopped; (euphem.) בית ק׳ (cmp. גְּזֵירְתָא) membrum virile. Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXV, 11 בית קִיטְמֵיה (not קיטמי; h. text מבשיו). ↗ expanded

קטמוס , Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵃ bot., read: הטוֹמוֹס or קִינְסוֹס. ↗ expanded

קִטְמִית (v. קְטַם III) powdered earth.—Pl. קִטְמִיּוֹת. Gen. R. s. 90 נתן בהם עפר וק׳ וכ׳ (Ar. קוּטְמִיּוֹת) he put in them (the grain stores) dust and powder, things which preserve the fruits (cmp. חוּמְטוֹן); Yalk. ib. 148 קמאיות (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִטְמָנָא (קְטַם III) ash-colored. — Pl. קִטְמָנִין, קִי׳. Targ. Zech. VI, 83 (Ar. קטמין, corr. acc.; h. text אמצים). ↗ expanded

קטן , Yalk. Sam. 124, ק׳ השמן, read: קִיתוֹן. ↗ expanded

קֹטֶן , v. קוֹטֶן ↗ expanded

קָטֹן (b. h.) to be short, small, inferior. Gen. R. s. 76 (expl. קטנתי, Gen. XXXII, 11) איני כדאי … כדאי אני אכל קָטֹנְתִּי מכל וכ׳ I am not deserving (of any of the mercies &c.); R. L. says, I am deserving, but I am too small for (unworthy of) all the mercies &c. Hif. הִקְטִין to make small; to subordinate. B. Bath. 90ᵇ מַקְטִינֵי איפה those who make the Ephah (measure) small (Am. VIII, 5). Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵇ Samuel was surnamed ‘the small’, לפי שהוא מַקְטִין את עצמו because he made himself small (bore himself humbly). Gen. R. s. 37 (play on יקטן, Gen. X, 25) מקטין את עסקיו made his affairs small (was contented with subordinate services); מקטין את עצמו ואת עסקיו subordinated himself and his affairs, v. צָעַר. Meg. 11ᵃ, v. קַטְנוּת; a. e. to grow smaller, be narrower. Lev. R. s. 31 מַקְטִינוֹת, v. רָחב; Pesik. Ḳumi, p. 145ᵃ; ib. 145ᵇ מקיטנות (corr. acc.). Hof. הוּקְטָן to shrink. Snh. 81ᵇ עד שיוּקְטָן, v. מַעְיָן. Nithpa. נִתְקַטֵּן to be reduced, become less. Tosef. Sot. XV, 5 Var. משמת … נִתְקַטְּנָה חסידות וכ׳ when Abba José ben Ḳiṭnith died, piety became rare in Israel; v. קִיטּוּנְתָּא. ↗ expanded

קָטָן preced.) small, young; inferior. Y. Kil. IV, beg. 29ᵃ. Ab. IV, 19, a. fr. שמואל הק׳ Samuel the junior; Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵇ, v. preced. Yeb. II, 8 הק׳ a younger brother. Gen. R. s. 37 ומה אם הק׳ שהוא מקטין וכ׳ if an inferior person that is contented with a subordinate position (v. preced.) is thus rewarded, how much more a great man &c. Gen. R. s. 93 קְטַנָּן של שבטים one of the youngest of the tribes; Yalk. ib. 152 (not קטנו); Yalk. Ps. 762; a. fr.—Esp. minor, a boy under thirteen, a girl under twelve years. Gitt. 65ᵃ שלש מדות בק׳ וכ׳ there are three legal stages of a minor: when he throws away a pebble &c., v. צְרוֹר II; וכנגדן בק׳ מתקדשת וכ׳ and in the corresponding stage a girl may be betrothed subject to protest (מִיאוּן). Ib. II, 6 קבל הק׳ והגדיל if he received a letter of divorce (as a carrier) while he was a minor, and reached majority before delivery. Ber. 47ᵇ; a. fr.—Sot. 22ᵃ (among those who are a ruin to the world) ק׳ שלא כלו לו וכ׳ a child whose months are not complete (a prematurely born child), expl. ib. ‘a student who disregards his teacher’, or ‘a student who constitutes himself a teacher before regular ordination.’—Pl. קְטַנִּים; קְטַנּוֹת. Tosef. Snh. XIII, 1 קטנים בני רשעי ארץ ed. Zuck. (Var. קְטַנֵּי) children of the wicked of the land that died in childhood; Snh. 110ᵇ; Y. Shebi. IV, end, 35ᶜ ק׳ ישראל children of Israelites (that died); ק׳ גוים of gentiles. Keth. II, 3 ק׳ היינו we were minors (when we signed as witnesses). Ib. VII, 9 מומין הק׳ minor physical blemishes. Sot. 48ᵇ ק׳ אמנה, v. אֲמָנָה. Ib. 49ᵇ מק׳ חסידים of the youngest (last) of the pious men (v. next w.); a. fr.—Euphem. קְטַנִּים (sub. נקבים) the minor functions of the body, urinating. Ber. 23ᵇ; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַטְנוּת (preced.) youth; inferior position. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joh. 1) אוי … שבקַטְנוּתוֹ וכ׳ woe to the king who succeeded when he was young but failed in his old age. Meg. 11ᵃ (ref. to הקטן, I Sam. XVII, 14) כשם שבקטנותו הקטין וכ׳ as in his inferior position he (David) subordinated himself to one greater …, so when he was king &c.; a. e. humility, modesty. Ib. הוא בקטנותו he was always the same as to his humility. (sub. אמנה) want of faith, pusillanimity. Sot. 48ᵇ (ref. to Zech. IV, 10) מי גרם … ק׳ שהיתה בהן שלא האמינו וכ׳ (not שהיה) what causes the table of the righteous in the hereafter to be contemptible? The pusillanimity that was in them, in that they had no faith in God; Yalk. Zech. 571. the thinner end, tail-end (cmp. קוֹטֶן). Sot. IX, 15 (49ᵃ) Abba José was surnamed קטונתא, שהיה קַטְנוּתָן של וכ׳ (Y. ed. תמצותן; Bab. ed. קטנתא) because he was the tail-end (the last) of the pious men (v. קָטֹן, Nithpa.); (ib. 49ᵇ שהיה מקטני חסידים, v. preced. w.). ↗ expanded

קַטְנוּתָא , younger days. Gitt. 29ᵇ הא דאבא דק׳ היא (Ar. דקַטִּינוּתָא) this my father’s opinion dates from his early days. ↗ expanded

קְטַנְטִין (reduplic. of קטן) a subordinate officer, attendant of a magistrate. Midr. Till. to Ps. LIV, 3 ק׳ שהוא רודף לאדם וכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. אחר חבירו, corr. acc.) if an attendant persecutes a man, he may complain against him to the lieutenant (hyparch), and if the lieutenant persecutes him, he may complain to the king; Yalk. ib. 771 קְטַנְתָּן … קובל עליו לאפיקורוס וכ׳ (read: לאפיטרופוס) if an attendant …, he appeals to the proconsul &c. ↗ expanded

קִטְנֵי , v. sub קִיטְ׳. ↗ expanded

קְטַנְתָּא , v. קִיטּוּנְתָּא a. קַטְנוּת. ↗ expanded

קְטַנְתָּן , v. קְטַנְטִין ↗ expanded

קָטַע (cmp. גָּדַע) to cut off, lop, mutilate. B. Kam. VIII, 1. Ib. 7 האומר … קְטַע את ידי וכ׳ if one says to one’s neighbor, cut my hand off, he (who did so) is bound to pay damages. Ab. Zar. I, 5 קוֹטֵעַ את וכ׳ one may cut off its toe and sell the cock to the idolater. Ib. 10ᵇ יִקְטְעֶנָּה, v. נוֹמִי; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָטוּעַ. Nidd. 64ᵇ; Keth. 10ᵇ דור ק׳, v. דּוֹרְקְטִי. Pi. קִיטֵּעַ same, also to cut through. B. Kam. 83ᵇ יכול … מְקַטֵּעַ את ידו (Ms. M. נְקַטֵּעַ) (from Ex. XXI, 24) you might think, if a person cut a man’s hand off, one (we, the court) should cut his hand off. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 מְקַטְּעִין ויוצאין וכ׳ they (the waters) cut through and come forth between the mountains.—Part. pass. מְקוּטָּע; f. מְקוּטַּעַת; pl. מְקוּטָּעִים, מְקוּטָּעִין; מְקוּטָּעוֹת lopped, defective. Pesik. R. s. 31 שהיו אצבעותיהם מק׳ their fingers were mutilated (bitten off).—חדשים מק׳ (or sub. חדשים) incomplete months, a fraction of the last month of pregnancy. Y. Bets. I, beg. 60ᵃ, v. סוּם I. Bekh. 21ᵃ אינה יולדת למק׳ an animal does not give birth before the due number of months is completed; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַטֵּעַ, Nithpa. נִתְקַטֵּעַ to be cut off, crippled. Pesik. R. l. c. ונִתְקַטְּעוּ אצבעותינו our fingers were mutilated (by the handcuffs); Midr. Till. to Ps. CXXXVII; Yalk. Ps. 884. Taan. 21ᵃ רגלי … יִתְקַטְּעוּ may my feet that paid no regard to thy feet be crippled. ↗ expanded

קְטַע to cut off, break off. Targ. II Chr. XXXIV, 4 (h. text גדע). Targ. Y. Deut. XIX, 5. Targ. Y. II, Num. XIII, 23. Targ. Y. Ex. XXXIX, 3; a. fr.—Lam. R. to I, 1 (העיר) קְטַע קִטְעָךְ cut thy cut (garment, i.e. mind thy own business). Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᶜ bot. מִיקְטוֹעַ, v. כֵּיסָא. Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵇ bot., v. דִּיבּוּרָא. Ib. אין קַטְעוּן רישך וכ׳ and if they were to cut thy head off, do not listen to them; a. fr.—Part. pass. קְטִיעַ; f. קְטִיעָא; pl. קְטִיעִין; קְטִיעָן. Targ. Y. Num. XI, 32 דק׳ he that was crippled. Targ. Y. Ex. XXI, 21 תרין יומין ק׳ two days incomplete (v. preced.). Targ. Y. Gen. XLVI, 29; a. e.—Pesik. Naḥămu, p. 125ᵇ, a. e.—ק׳ לישנא tongue-cut, stammerer, v. פְּסִילּוֹסָא. to cut short, end. Gen. R. s. 44; Yalk. ib. 77, v. מִלְכָי. to form cakes (v. קְטַף). Targ. Y. Ex. XII, 39. Pa. קַטַּע same. Targ. Job XVI, 13 Ms. (ed. Pe.; h. text יפלח). Targ. II Chr. II, 9; a. e.—Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵃ bot.; Y. Bets. IV, 62ᶜ bot., v. בגומא. Y. Meg. l. c. ולינן מְקַטְּעִין לון וכ׳ do we not break a portion of the Pentateuch (סִדְרָא) for their sake (divide the recitation of a Sidra among the school children)? Y. Ned. IX, 41ᶜ (we say to him who vowed revenge, ref. to Lev. XIX, 18) הוה מְקַטָּע … תחזור ותמחי לידיה he chopped meat, and the knife struck his hand, wilt thou again strike his hand?, i.e. if he did wrong, he hurt himself. Y. Sabb. XII, beg. 13ᶜ, v. פְּסִיפָּס. Bets. 25ᵇ מקטע רגליהון וכ׳, v. חֲצוּבָא II, a. נְטִיעָה. Ithpe. אִתְקְטַע to be cut, shortened. Targ. Y. Gen. XXIV, 61. Targ. Koh. VIII, 13.—Y. Peah VIII, end, 21ᵇ ידיה … יִתְקַטְעוּן, v. פְּשַׁט. ↗ expanded

קַטָּע , v. קָיטּוּעָה ↗ expanded

קִטֵּעַ , v. קִיטֵּעַ ↗ expanded

קִטְעָא (preced. art.) cut, the garment under the tailor’s hand. Lam. R. to I, 1 (העיר), v. קְטַע. ↗ expanded

קַטָּעָא , v. קָטוֹעַ ↗ expanded

קָטַף to cut, break off, pluck. Lam. R. to I, 12, v. עוֹלֵלָה.—Part. pass. קָטוּף; f. קְטוּפָה. Ber. 47ᵃ; Tosef. Meg. IV (III), 27, a. e. אמן ק׳, v. infra.—Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXIX עוללות קְטוּפִין premature (undeveloped) grapes. Nif. נִקְטָף, Hithpa. הִתְקטֵּף to be plucked, broken off. Tosef. l. c. העונה אמן … קטופה יִקָּטְפוּ שנותיו he who pronounces a broken Amen (v. אָמֵן II), his years shall be broken off; Ber. l. c. יִתְקַטְּפוּ; Y. ib. VIII, end, 12ᶜ תִּקָּטֵף נשמתו his soul shall be plucked off (he shall die before his time). Pi. קִיטֵּף same. Esth. R. to I, 9, v. עוֹלֵלָה.—Esp. ק׳ בעוללות [to do plucking among the small single bunches,] to initiate persecution with attempts to destroy the young generation. Gen. R. s. 42 הראשון התחיל מְקַטֵּף בע׳ וכ׳ the first enemy began with breaking off the young bunches, the second with thinning the clusters (v. וִּנֵּב) &c.; Lev. R. s. 11; Ruth R. introd. (ושם האיש).—Nidd. 66ᵇ בנתר משום דמקטף she must not wash her head with natron, because it plucks (uproots) the weakly rooted hairs (which left on the head prevent the water from immediate contact with the body; v. חוּץ I); a. fr.—Trnsf. (of fire) to creep along the ground of a field, opp. קָדַח. Y. B. Kam. VI, 5ᶜ top במְקַטֶּפֶת (Bab. ib. 61ᵃ בנכפפת), v. קָדַח. to tear in pieces a lump of dough to form cakes, for which purpose the kneader moistens his hands with water, oil &c.; hence: to form dough and smoothen its surface. Y. Pes. II, end, 29ᶜ אין לשין … אבל מְקַטְּפִין וכ׳ you must not knead unleavened bread (for the Passover night) with liquors (juice of fruit, oil &c.) but you may form it with liquors; Bab. Pes. 36ᵃ. Ib. את שלשין בו מקטפין בו only such liquid as may be used for kneading, should be used for forming. Ib. 42ᵃ אחד שמְקַטֶּפֶת וכ׳ one vessel in which she dips her hand when forming the cakes, and another &c.; a. e.—Part. pass. מְקוּטָּף; f. מְקוּטֶּפֶת &c. broken off, nipped Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXIII, 4 האשה … אחת מק׳ ואחת מעוכה ed. Bub. (ed. מעוסה, corr. acc.) when a woman spins a yarn, once a thread is broken (and must be knotted), and once it is rubbed off (crumbled, too thin). Gen. R. s. 99 יצא … ואזניו מק׳ Reuben came forth with his ears clipped (his pride humbled); (comment.: his ears hanging down like a nipped plant, i.e. saddened). ↗ expanded

קְטַף 1 Targ. O. Lev. XXV, 11 (Y. Pa.; h. text בצר). Targ. Deut. XXIII, 26. Targ. I Sam. II, 31 (h. text גדע). Targ. Ez. V, 11 (h. text !גרע); a. fr.—Lam. R. to I, 22 קַטֵּיף … דקְטַפְתְּ וכ׳, v. עוֹלְלָא. Y. Gitt. III, end, 45ᵇ דאינון קָטְפִין בתר קדימתא וכ׳ (not קדמיתא) they cut the grapes after the first east wind after Succoth; a. fr.—Part. pass. קְטִיף. Koh. R. to XI, 9 כדון נחירך ק׳ וכ׳ now that thy nose is nipped (hanging down like a faded plant), thy ear heavy of hearing &c. Pa. קַטֵּיף same. Targ. Y. Lev. XXV, 11; a. e.—Lam. R. l. c., v. supra.—2) same. to break off, interrupt. Ab. Zar. 72ᵇ דקא מְקַטֵּיף קַטּוּפֵי (Rashi דמפסוקי פסוקי, read דמפסיק) he breaks off (the connection of the flow, withdraws the pouring vessel before the jet reaches the vessel into which the wine is poured). Ib. קַטְּפוּ קטופי (not קטפי; Ar. ed. Koh. קטיפתו) interrupt you the flow! Ithpe. אִתְקְטֵיף to be broken off, lopped, mutilated. Targ. Is. XLVI, 1, sq. (h. text קרס). Targ. Jer. XLVIII, 25 (h. text נגדע); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְטָף (preced.) [incision,] resin gained by tapping, balsam; עץ הק׳ (or sub. עץ) balsam-tree. Shebi. VII, 6 אין לק׳ וכ׳ the law of the Sabbatical year does not apply to the balsam tree; Tosef. ib. V, 12 יש לק׳ שביעית (ed. Zuck. לקט בש׳, corr. acc.) the law does apply; Y. Orl. I, 61ᵇ bot. Nidd. 8ᵇ קְטָפוֹ זה פריו its resin is its fruit. Ker. 6ᵃ הצרי … מעצי ק׳ tsŏri is the sap that drips from resinous trees. Gen. R. s. 91, v. בַּלְסָם; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְטַף 2 Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 25. Ib. XLIII, 11 (Y. קָטָף). Targ. Y. I Ex. XXX, 34 (Y. II ed. Vien. קְטַב, corr. acc.; h. text נטף); a. e.—Ab. Zar. 35ᵇ ק׳ דגוזא, v. גַּוָּוזָא I; ק׳ דפירי the sap which flows out of incisions in fruits; Nidd. 8ᵇ. Ib. ק׳ פירא resin is considered as fruit (v. preced.). Ber. 48ᵃ מקִּטְפֵיה, v. בּוּצִינָא; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְטַף 3 (קְטַף) plucking, cutting grapes, vintage. Targ. Mic. VII, 1 (ed. Lag. a. oth. קְטוֹף). Targ. Lev. XXVI, 5. Targ. Jer. XLVIII, 32; a. e. ↗ expanded

קטפורוס , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קָטָפוֹרַס (καταφοράς, acc. pl.) downward strokes, in gen. blows, lashes. Pesik. B’shall. p. 81ᵇ עשר ק׳ אתה לוקה וכ׳ thou art doomed to receive ten strokes,—they are the ten Egyptian plagues—, and to pay a fine &c.; Yalk. Ex. 225. Lev. R. s. 18 בו"ר נותן ק׳ וכ׳ a human authority decrees lashes, so does the Lord; Num. R. s. 7 יש לו קטפירס (read: נותן קטפו׳). Ex. R. s. 30 [read:] לוקה ק׳ (not לקח ה׳ ק׳) receives a certain number of strokes; a. e. Ib. קטפורוס (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קטפירס , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קטפרטקיס , v. קָטָפְרקְטוֹס ↗ expanded

קָטָפְרֵיס (καταφέρης) sloping downward; gutter (= h. מדרון). Ohol. III, 3 אם היה מקומו קטפריס ed. Dehr. (ed. רס …) if the place whereon he stood was sloping. Ib. והיא ק׳ Mish. ed. (Bab. ed. והק׳, corr. acc.) and it (the sill) is sloping. Toh. VIII, 8; sq. Gitt. 78ᵇ היתה ידה … כק׳ if she held her hand (to receive the letter of divorce) like a gutter (sloping downward). Y. Erub. VIII, end, 25ᵇ כד הוות ק׳ מבפנים (not היה בר קטיפרס) when the trough slopes inward; a. e.—Pl. קָטָפְרִיסוֹת. Y. Shek. VI, 50ᵃ top מי ק׳ הן וכ׳ (not קטיפ׳) they are gutter waters (and therefore) unfit for &c. ↗ expanded

קָטָפְרַס , v. קָטָפוֹרַס ↗ expanded

קָטָפְרַקְטוֹס (κατάφρακτος, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Cataphracti) mailed in full armor (on horseback). Cant. R. to I, 9 יצא פרעה ק׳ (not קטפרטקיס) Pharaoh went forth in full armor, so, as it were, did the Lord (Is. XLII, 13). ↗ expanded

קִטְקֵט , v. קָטַט ↗ expanded

קָטַר 1 [to circle,] to rise in circles, to smoke. Ker. 6ᵇ דבר שקוֹטֵר ועולה וריחו וכ׳ (not שקיטר) something which circles and rises, and whose savor spreads. Ib. מה לשון קטרת דבר שקוטר ועולה ḳ’ṭoreth means something which circles &c. Pi. קִיטֵּר to offer incense (mostly with ref. to idolatrous rites). Tosef. Snh. X, 2 אחד העובד … ואחד המְקַטֵּר וכ׳ whether one worships (an idol), or sacrifices, or offers incense &c.; Ker. 3ᵇ. Ib. מקטר לשד וכ׳ who makes incense rise to a demon in order to exorcise him; Snh. 65ᵃ. Ber. 53ᵃ, v. כֶּשֶׁף. Lev. R. s. 7, v. infra; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּטָּר; f. מְקוּטֶּרֶת perfumed. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXX (play on קטורה) שהיתה מק׳ מכל וכ׳ she was (through her good deeds) more savory than all kinds of spices; Gen. R. s. 61 שמק׳ מצות וכ׳ she was perfumed with godly deeds and good works (v. קָטַר II). Hif. הִקְטִיר same (mostly with ref. to the Lord). [Tosef. Snh. X, 3 והמקטיר, prob. to be read: והמְקַטֵּיר.] Men. 110ᵃ (ref. to Mal. I, 11) אלו … כאילו מַקְטִירִין וכ׳ this refers to the students engaged in the Law; wherever it be, I account it to them as if they were offering incense and bringing sacrifices to my Name. Lev. R. s. 7 (ref. to מקטר קטרת, Ex. XXX, 1) מִתְקַטֵּר בקטרת אין כתיב כאן אלא מְקטֵּר … המזבח היה מַקְטִיר וכ׳ it says not ‘being perfumed with incense’, but ‘perfuming with incense’, the altar gave forth incense of itself. Ber. 7ᵃ פעם … לְהַקְטִיר קטרת וכ׳ once I entered to let incense rise in the Holy of Holies; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַטֵּר to be perfumed, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְטַר v. infra. Af. אַקְטַר to let incense rise. Targ. O. Ex. XXX, 1. Ib. 7 (Y. some ed. Pe.). Targ. O. ib. XL, 27; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָטַר 2 v. preced.) to wreathe, tie. Gen. R. s. 61 (play on קטורה) קָטְרָה מצות וכ׳ Ar. (ed. שמקוטרת, v. קָטַר I) she wreathed (made a crown of) godly deeds &c.; Yalk. ib. 109; Yalk. Chr. 1073.—[Gen. R. l. c. מן קטר, a grammatical gloss, v. Yalk. Gen. l. c., and Ar. s. v. קטר 2.]—Part. pass. קָטוּר; f. קְטוּרָה &c. Midd. II, 5 (ref. to קְטֻרוֹת, Ez. XLVI, 22) אין קְטוּרוֹת אלא שאינן מקורות ‘fenced in’ means that they were not roofed; Yalk. Ez. 381. ↗ expanded

קְטַר ² , to tie. Targ. Jud. XV, 4. Targ. Gen. XXXVIII, 28; a. fr.—Part. pass. קְטִיר; f. קְטִירָא, קְטִירַת &c. Targ. Y. ib. XXII, 4 (ed. Amst. קָטֵר, read: קָטִר). Targ. Prov. XXII, 15; a. fr.—Koh. R. to III, 2 [read:] הן דאת קָטֵיר לולבך קְטֹר אלפך when thou tiest thy Lulab, tie thy ship; Gen. R. s. 6, a. e., v. לוּלָבָא. Ber. 16ᵃ, v. גְּנוּנָא. Bekh. 31ᵃ דאתו קטיר, v. תַּכְתַּקָּא. Koh. R. to IX, 10 אייתון … וקַטְרוּ ברגלי get a rope and tie it to my feet. Y. Erub. X, 26ᶜ top קטיר בגמי (not קטר) tied with reed-grass. Y. Gitt. IV, 46ᵃ (we must not help captives to escape) מפני … דלא יהוון קַטְרִינוֹן this law is made for the benefit of the (remaining) captives, that they (the captors) may not chain them; a. fr.—2) (v. קָשַׁר) to gather, be covered. Ber. 59ᵃ, v. עֵיבָא a. עֲנָנָא. Pa. קַטֵּר same. Part. pass. מְקַטַּר, מְקַטְּרָא &c. Targ. Ez. XLVI, 22 מְקַטְּרָן fenced in (v. preced.).—Y. Ned. VI, 39ᵈ top חלבא מקטרא bound (curdled) milk, v. קוֹם. ↗ expanded

קִטְרָא , v. קִיטְרָא ↗ expanded

קַטְרֵב a cross-piece in front of yoked animals; [oth. opin., v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v.: the pin fastening the ropes of the yokes to the pole]. Kel. XIV, 4. Ib. XXI, 2. ↗ expanded

קְטַרְבָּא Targ. Y. Num. XIX, 2. ↗ expanded

קִטְרֵג (a transposed denom. of קָטֵיגוֹר) to denounce, bring charges; to incite anger against. Y. Sabb. II, 5ᵇ top אין השטן מְקַטְרֵג וכ׳ Satan brings charges against man only in the hour of danger. Ib. בשלשה … מצוי לקַטְרֵג on three occasions Satan is ready to bring charges; Koh. R. to III, 2 (not למקטרוג). Y. Snh. II, 20ᶜ bot. קִיטְרְגוֹ, v. יו"ד; Cant. R. to V, 11; Lev. R. s. 19. Gen. R. s. 49, end עמד הדיין … והמְקַטְרֵג הולך וכ׳ when the judge rises, the advocate is silenced, and the accuser goes to carry out his mission (of punishment). Esth. R. to III, 8 כל מה שהיה המן מקטרג וכ׳ against every charge that Haman preferred against Israel here below, Michael spoke in their defence above. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXIV (ref. to Is. LXVI, 6) ההיכל מקטרג (ed. Bub.) the destroyed Temple is the accuser; ומהו מק׳ וכ׳ and what does it say in the way of accusation? Hear the voice of the Lord &c.; Yalk. ib. 809; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַטְרֵג to be denounced. Esth. R. l. c. אין בניך מִתְקַטְרְגִין וכ׳ thy children are denounced (by Haman) not for worshipping idols, nor for unchastity or bloodshed, but they are denounced only because they observe thy laws. ↗ expanded

קַטְרֵג Targ. Job XXXVII, 20 (h. text יְבֻלָּע). Targ. Y. Num. XXIX, 1. ↗ expanded

קִטְרוֹן (b. h.) pr. n. pl. Kitron (Jud. I, 30). Gen. R. s. 87 end שמעון איש ק׳ Simon of K.; Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Naso 34. Meg. 6ᵃ ק׳ זו ציפורי K. is the modern Sepphoris; וק׳ … והא ק׳ וכ׳ can K. be Sepphoris? was not K. in Zebulun &c.? ↗ expanded

קִטְרוֹן ² (a contraction of centurio, κεντυρίων, v. קיּנְטְרִינִים) commander of a century. Sifré Deut. 309 אם היה ק׳ שגדול וכ׳ if it were a centurio who is more powerful than he (the buleutes) &c.; Yalk. ib. 942 קרטון (corr. acc.). Tosef. Sot. XV, 7 (two versions confounded, one having בעל זמורה, and the other קי׳), v. זְמוֹרָה. Yalk. Jer. 321 קרטון (corr. acc.). Tosef. Dem. VI, 3 שוקל לאוצר שוקל לק׳ וכ׳ he that pays taxes to the (Roman) treasurer or to the Centurio, gives first the tithes and pays his taxes (on the remainder). Sifré Num. 131, v. פְּלוֹמוֹפִּילוֹן; Yalk. Lev. 631; Yalk. Ex. 178 (not קיטרין).—Pl. קִטְרוֹנִים. Pesik. R. add. s. 2 (ed. Fr. p. 197ᵃ) הקנטורים (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִטְּרוֹנִים (cmp. קִנְטֵר) a species of hard nuts. Pesik. R. s. 11; Cant. R. to VI, 11 קַנְטְרָנִים; Yalk. ib. 992 קטורנים (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קְטַרְזְיָא Ḳ’ṭarzia (?). Meg. 21ᵇ (Ms. M. קטרזא a. קטריא; Rashi Ms. קַטְרִיזְיָא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). ↗ expanded

קִטְרָטוֹן , v. קִיטְרָטוֹן ↗ expanded

קטריגון , Midr. Till. to Ps. XVII, 3, ed. Bub. קטיריקי, read: קָטָדִיקִי. [The entire passage is corrupted, v. ed. Bub.] ↗ expanded

קַטְרִיזְיָא , v. קְטַרְזְיָא ↗ expanded

קטריטון Lev. R. s. 15 Ar., ed. Koh. קטרקון, v. קְטִיקְטוֹן. ↗ expanded

קָטָרִיקִי Ḳaṭariḳi (?), surname of R. Yitsḥaḳ. Pesik. R. s. 14; Pesik. Parah, p. 39ᵃ (prob. to be read קרטגיני, v. Bub. note 168). ↗ expanded

קטריקי , v. קָטָאדִיקִי ↗ expanded

קטרקון , v. קטריטון ↗ expanded

קָטָרַקְטִין (not טון …) m. (καταράκτης, S.) a kind of sluice or trap-door. Gen. R. s. 31 כמין ק׳ היה לו וכ׳ he (Noah in the ark) had a sort of trap-door, through which he shovelled &c., v. פָּסַס; Yalk. ib. 54 טרקלין (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קְטֹרֶת incense. Ker. 6ᵃ, v. פִּיטּוּם. Ib. 6ᵇ מה לשון ק׳, v. קָטַר I. Shek. IV, 5 מותר הק׳ the remaining supply of incense (in the Temple, not used during the year); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְטָרְתָּא Targ. Ez. VIII, 11 (ed. Wil. קְטַרְ׳). Targ. Ex. XXX, 1 קְטֹרַת, קְטוֹרַת constr. (not רֶת …); a. fr.—V. אַקְטַרְתָּא ↗ expanded

קִיא , v. קוּא ↗ expanded

קיאות , Tosef. Ter. X, 2 Var., v. קָאָת ↗ expanded

קִיאַטְרוֹן , pl. קִיאַטְרוֹנִין (caconomy for תִּיאַטְרוֹן) theatres. Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 19. ↗ expanded

קֵיבָה , v. קֵבָה ↗ expanded

קִיבּוּל (קָבַל I) taking, catching. Sifré Num. 129 (ref. to Num. XIX, 18) אשר היו שם בשעת ק׳ טומאה ‘which had been there’ at the time of catching the uncleanness. receiving. Zeb. V, 1 ק׳ דמן וכ׳ their blood must be received in a consecrated vessel (v. שָׁרֵת). Ib. I, 4 (13ᵃ) הזבח נפסל … בק׳ וכ׳ the sacrifice becomes unfit through wrong intentions in one of four acts, in slaughtering, receiving (the blood) &c.; a. fr.—כלי ק׳, בית ק׳ (or sub. כלי) a receptacle, opp. פָּשׁוּט. Bets. II, 9 משום כלי ק׳ is susceptible of uncleanness, because it is a receptacle. Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. VI, 1, v. פָּשׁוּט. Kel. XVII, 16. Sabb. 84ᵃ; a. fr. acceptance. Sifré Num. 115; Yalk. Num. 750 פרשה שיש בה ק׳ מלכות שמים a Biblical section in which is expressed the acceptance of the divine kingdom. ↗ expanded

קִיבּוּלָא Targ. Y. Num. XIX, 18 בעדן קבול סובתא (to be placed after דהוו תמן), v. Sifré Num. 129, quot. in preced. ↗ expanded

קִיבּוֹלֶת (קָבַל I) contract-labor, job. M. Kat. 11ᵇ היתה מלאכת אחרים בידו אע"פ שבק׳ וכ׳ if the mourner has work for others on hand, even if it be contract-labor, he must not work; (emended) בין ק׳ בין שאינה ק׳ whether it be contract-labor or not (whether he is paid for the job or by the day. Ib. 12ᵃ מקבלי ק׳ בתוך וכ׳ if gentiles take labor on contract within the Sabbath limits (of the Jewish employer), it is forbidden to let them work on the Sabbath. Ib.; Tosef. ib. II, 5 מקבלין ק׳ במועד וכ׳ you may contract during the festive week for work to be done after the festival. Y. Sabb. I, 4ᵃ bot. בין בשכיר בין בק׳ whether he is hired by the day or by the piece; Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵇ bot.; Tosef. ib. I, 3 אם היה שְׂכִיר קַבָּלוּת (not שכר) if he was hired by the piece. ↗ expanded

קִיבּוּץ (קָבַץ) gathering, reunion. Pes. 88ᵃ, v. גָּלוּת. Keth. 8ᵃ בק׳ בניה וכ׳ when her children shall be reunited in her midst (in Palestine); a. e. ↗ expanded

קִיבּוּרָא (קְבַר) [something arched,] coil. B. Mets. 24ᵇ, v. אֲזַל II. Ḥull. 95ᵇ ק׳ בתכלתא a skein of blue wool.—Pl. קִיבּוּרֵי. Ab. Zar. 17ᵇ אייתו ליה תרי ק׳ וכ׳ they brought two coils before him and said to him, which is warp, and which is woof? cluster of fruit. Sabb. 156ᵇ פסקיה לק׳ בשיניה he severed a cluster of dates with his teeth. Ib. 67ᵃ; Ḥull. 78ᵃ כמאן תלינן ק׳ Ar. a. Ms. H. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20; ed. כובסא), v. כְּבָסָא. Snh. 26ᵇ ק׳ דאהיני a cluster of inferior dates. ↗ expanded

קיבוריא , Keth. 112ᵃ, v. קִיבָר ↗ expanded

קִיבּוֹרִית , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קִיבּוֹרֶת (v. קִיבּוּרָא) the elevation on the arm, biceps muscle. Men. 37ᵃ על ידך זו ק׳ ‘upon thy hand’ (Deut. VI, 8) that means on the biceps muscle; Erub. 95ᵇ; Arakh. 19ᵇ קִיבּוֹרִית; Men. 37ᵇ (v. גּוֹבַהּ); a. e. ↗ expanded

קִיבֵּילְתָּא , v. קְבֵלְתָּא ↗ expanded

קִיבְלָא , v. קִבְלָא.—[קִיבְלָאוֹת, v. next w.] ↗ expanded

קִיבְלַי a species of quails (שְׂלָו), partridge. Yoma 75ᵇ; Yalk. Ex. 260, v. כִּיכְלֵי. Sifra M’tsorʿa, Par. 1, ch. I הברורה שבמינה זו קיבלי R. S. to Neg. XIV, 1 (some ed. קובלי; ed. Sifra קיפל, read קיפלי; Rabad to Sifra שכלי וקבלי) the chosen of its kind, that means the quail; [Yalk. Lev. 559 ולקח זו קבלה?]—Pl. קִיבְלָאוֹת. Tosef. Neg. VIII, 3 (Var. ed. Zuck. מקובלאות, corr. acc.; v. R. S. to Neg. l. c.). ↗ expanded

קִיבְלְתָא , v. קְבֵלְתָּא ↗ expanded

קִיבְעָא , v. קִבְעָא ↗ expanded

קִיבָר (cibarium) the coarser meal which remains after the fine wheat flour, shorts. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵃ bot. סאה ארבלית … סולת … קמח סאה וכ׳ one Arbelian S’ah of wheat yielded one S’ah pollen, one first flour, one cibarium &c. (v. Sm. Ant.³ I, 66ᵇ); Y. Sot. I, 17ᵇ; ib. IX, 24ᵇ bot. (insert סאה סולת); Tanḥ. T’tsavveh 13; Keth. 112ᵃ קיבוריא (read: קִיבָרְיָא cibaria); a. e.—פת ק׳ (panis cibarius) black bread. Makhsh. II, 8 אוכלי פת ק׳ the class of eaters of black bread (slaves, poor men &c.). Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵇ bot. פת ק׳, opp. פת נקייה. Y. Ḥall. IV, beg. 59ᵈ נקי וק׳ (sub. פת) two women baking together, one white bread, and the other black bread. Cant. R. to I, 6 (ref. to Jer. XXXVII, 21 מחוץ האפים, changed to לאפים) מחוץ לאופים … זו פת ק׳ שנמכרת חוץ לפלטיר וכ׳ (not לפלטיא) ‘outside of the bakers’, … that is, common bread which is sold outside of the bakershops, and which is darker than the seconds of barley flour; Yalk. ib. 982.—Trnsf. (v. Lat. Dict. s. v. cibarius) common. Gen. R. s. 48 (ref. to חמאה וחלב, Gen. XVIII, 8) המעולה … הבינוני … והק׳ אחד ועשרים the uppermost (cream) is one sixtieth portion of a given quantity of milk, the middle (milk) is one fortieth, and the common (remainder) contains 5 percent. milk substance. ↗ expanded

קִיבְרָא , v. קִבְרָא ↗ expanded

קֵיבְתָא , v. קֵבְתָא ↗ expanded

קיד , Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 11, v. קוֹד ↗ expanded

קֵידָא , v. יְקֵידָא ↗ expanded

קִידָּה , v. קִדָּה ↗ expanded

קִידָה (קָדַד or קָדָה) bowing to the ground. Succ. 53ᵃ נועץ שני … והיא ק׳ he pressed both his big toes against the floor and bowed and kissed the pavement …, and this is ḳidah. Meg. 22ᵇ a. e. ק׳ על אפים ḳidah means falling on the face (ref. to I Kings I, 31). Ib. אחוי ק׳ וכ׳ showed the way of ḳidah …, and became lame; (Y. Ber. I, 3ᶜ bot. הראה כריעה); a. e. ↗ expanded

קִידּוּם (קְדַם) early morning. Targ. Prov. XXVII, 14. east. Targ. Gen. XXV, 6. Targ. O. Num. XXXIV, 3; a. fr. (with רוח, or sub. רוח) east-wind(h. . Targ. Gen. XLI, 6. Targ. Hab. I, 9 (some ed. כרוח קדים ק׳, strike out קדים); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קידור , v. קֵירוּד ↗ expanded

קִידּוּשׁ (קָדַשׁ) sanctification, esp. ק׳ השם the sanctification of the Name (of the Lord, v. קְדוּשָּׁה), loyalty to the Jewish faith, martyrdom. Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵃ bot. Pesik. B’shall., p. 87ᵃ. Deut. R. s. 2 (ref. to Prov. XXIV, 21) אמר לו דבר של ק׳ שמי וכ׳ (not קידש שמא) the Lord said to Solomon, a thing which concerns the sanctification of my name (the unity of God) dost thou express by a brief allusion? Y. Kidd. IV, 65ᶜ bot. גדול הוא ק׳ השם מחילול השם a positive act of sanctification of the Name is superior to (supersedes) a law which is to prevent profanation of the Name; בחילול השם כתיב … ובק׳ השם מתחלת וכ׳ concerning the profanation of the Name it is written (Deut. XXI, 23), ‘thou shalt not suffer his body to remain (even) over night &c.’, but when the Name was to be sanctified (by an act of retributive justice), it is written (II Sam. XXI, 10), ‘from the beginning of the harvest &c.’; Y. Snh. VI, 23ᵈ (corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pl. קִידּוּשִׁין laws of sanctity. Y. Yeb. II, 3ᵈ top למה סמך … לפרשת ק׳ why does the Biblical text join the chapter on sanctity (Lev. XIX) to that on incest (Lev. XVIII)?; (Lev. R. s. 24 לפרשת קְדוֹשִׁים, v. קָדוֹשׁ). proclamation of sanctity; a) of the New Moon, seasons &c. (by the authorities). Tosef. Snh. II, 1 ק׳ החדש ועיבור וכ׳ the proclamation of the New Moon and the intercalation of a month require a court of three. Y. ib. I, 18ᶜ top חבירים … לק׳ הח׳ dare untitled scholars (v. חָבֵר) be admitted to sit on the proclamation of the New Moon?; a. fr.—B. Bath. 121ᵃ מועדי יי׳ צריכין ק׳ בית דין וכ׳ the festivals of the Lord require to be regulated by the proclamation of the court, but the weekly Sabbath does not. Y. R. Hash. III, 58ᵈ bot. ק׳ ב"ד the official proclamation of the jubilee; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ex. R. s. 15 קִדּוּשֵׁי החדשים the proceedings at the proclamation of the New Moon.—b) proclamation of the sanctity of the day by special prayer, Ḳiddush. Pes. 100ᵃ מפסיקין לק׳ when the Sabbath or Holy Day begins, we must interrupt a meal to recite Ḳiddush. Ib.ᵇ ידי ק׳ יצאו they (that heard the Ḳiddush at synagogue) have complied with the duty of ushering the Sabbath in with Ḳiddush. Ib. 105ᵃ sq. אם אין לו … ק׳ היום מפני שק׳ היום וכ׳ he who has only one cup of wine, recites over it the Ḳiddush of the day, because the sanctification of the day takes precedence of honoring the day (by grace after meal with wine). Meg. 27ᵇ מכרה … והביאה לי ק׳ היום sold the bonnet on her head and procured for me the wine for the Ḳiddush of the day; a. fr. washing hands and feet prior to a priestly function. Zeb. 19ᵇ כיצד מצות ק׳ how is the act of washing done? Ib. לינה מועלת ק׳ וכ׳ the intervention of the night has an effect on the sanctification of hands and feet, makes a renewed washing of hands and feet necessary. Ib. ק׳ שני the second sanctification (immediately before approaching the altar); Yoma 32ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib. III, 3. Ib. 32ᵇ; a. e. (of mixed seeds) condemnation (v. קָדַשׁPi. 7). Yeb. 83ᵃ putting ashes in the water of lustration; the ashes put in. Ib. 42ᵃ bot. אסיפת אפרה … וק׳ (not לק׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50) the collecting of its ashes, the drawing of water and the putting in of the ashes; ib.ᵇ Par. VI, 1 ונפל הק׳ וכ׳ and ashes fell on his hand. Ib. 2. Tosef. ib. VI (V), 1 עוסק עם הק׳ is engaged in the act of ḳiddush. Ib. 3 צריך ק׳ שני requires an additional putting in of ashes; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib. 5; a. e. betrothal. Mekh. Mishp. s. 3 ק׳ אחר ק׳ וכ׳ the father of a minor has the authority to give her away in marriage a second time &c., v. אַמְהוּת; אבל לא אמהות אחר ק׳ but he cannot hire her out after having once given her away. Y. Kidd. II, 62ᶜ top נכללין בק׳ … בשלשה קידושין they (the three objects he gave her, when he said, ‘be betrothed with this, and this and this’) are combined to form one act of betrothal (which is valid, if the three objects combined have the legally prescribed value), and are separated (if he said, ‘be betrothed with this, with this, with this’) to form three acts of betrothal (and one of the objects at least must have the legal value); a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib.—Esp. ḳiddushin, the act of betrothal, legal and legitimate marriage (connubium). Kidd. IV, 9 קִידּוּשֶׁיהָ ק׳ her acceptance of the betrothal is a valid marriage; קִדּוּשָׁיו ק׳ his (the authorized messenger’s) acceptance is valid. Ib. III, 12 כל מקום שיש ק׳ ואין עברה וכ׳ wherever a betrothal is valid (where there is connubium), and no sin is connected with it, the issue follows the legal status of the male parent; וכל מקום שיש ק׳ ויש עברה וכ׳ but where the betrothal, if performed, is valid but sin is connected therewith, the issue has the status of the inferior parent, e. g. a widow married to a high priest. Ib. כל מי שאין לה עליו ק׳ אבל יש לה על אחרים ק׳ וכ׳ in a case where a marriage cannot take place with that special person (on account of consanguinity &c.), but may take place with others, the issue is a bastard (מַמְזֵר); וכל מי שאין לה לא עליו … ק׳ וכ׳ where a marriage cannot take place either with that special person or with other Israelites (she having no right of connubium), the issue follows the status of the mother. Yeb. 10ᵇ, a. fr. אין ק׳ תופסין וכ׳ betrothal takes no effect in the case of &c. Kidd. 60ᵇ, a. fr. קִידּוּשֵׁי ודאי an undisputed betrothal; קידושי ספק a legally doubtful betrothal; a. fr.—Trnsf. קִידּוּשִׁים, קִידּוּשִׁין, קִדּ׳ betrothal festivities, contrad. to wedding festivities. Num. R. s. 12 ועשה לה ק׳ גדולים and arranged for her sake large festivities; ib. (ref. to Ex. XX, 18) ולא היו אלא ק׳ and these were merely the solemnities of (Israel’s) betrothal (ref. to וקדשתם, ib. XIX, 10); Pesik. R. s. 5; Tanḥ. Naso 17.—Ḳiddushin, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli and Y’rushalmi, of the Order of Nashim. B. Bath. 52ᵇ (a reference to Tosef. Kidd. I, 5) תני רב … בק׳ דבי לוי Rab … taught from the treatise of Ḳiddushin of the school of Levi (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1). ↗ expanded

קִידּוּשָׁא the washing of hands and feet. Targ. II Chr. IV, 6.—Yoma 32ᵃ ק׳ בתרא the last ablution of the high priest (after putting off the priestly garments); a. e. the prayer of Ḳiddush (v. preced.). Pes. 101ᵃ בק׳ דהכא וכ׳ with the Ḳiddush that you hear here with me you will not have complied with the duty of &c. Ib. 106ᵃ ק׳ רבה the large Ḳiddush (jestingly for ‘small’), i.e. the mere blessing over wine preceding the meal on the festive day, contrad. to the Ḳiddush on the festive eve. Meg. 27ᵇ לא הוה לי ק׳ וכ׳ I had no wine for Ḳiddush, so I pawned &c.; a. fr. (v. קְדוּשָּׁה) doxology, Ḳ’dushshah. Sot. 49ᵃ ק׳ דסדרא the Ḳ. recited after the lesson of the day (v. Rashi a. l.).— token of betrothal, betrothal-gift. Y. B. Kam. IX, end, 7ᵃ מידמכא … אהן קי׳ דברתי when she was dying, she said, this is my daughter’s betrothal-gift (belongs to her); [prob. to be read: קַדִּישָׁא or קָדָשָׁא ring]. ↗ expanded

קִידְרָא , v. קִדְרָא ↗ expanded

קֵיהֶה , v. קהֶה ↗ expanded

קִיהוֹת , v. קִיחָה 2. ↗ expanded

קֵיוָא , pl. קֵיוָן, v. קַוָּא. ↗ expanded

קִיוָּאֵי (denom. of preced.) weavers. Sabb. 113ᵃ כלי ק׳ וכ׳ (Ar. קַוָּו׳) weavers’ implements as the upper beam &c. Ib. 140ᵇ כְּלִי ק׳ a reed which the weavers use. ↗ expanded

קִיּוּהָא (קְהֵי) [that which blunts or loosens the teeth,] acid, acrid taste. Pes. 74ᵇ sq. התם איתא לק׳ … ליתיה לק׳ וכ׳ there (in the case of stale vinegar) the acid of the fruit is present (in its natural condition), here (in vinegar which has once been used for drawing the blood from meat) the acid is no longer pure. Keth. 61ᵃ כל … ואית ליה ק׳ any food that has a penetrating savor or an acrid taste (is injurious to him in whose presence it is partaken of without his being permitted a taste of it). Ib. 75ᵃ ק׳ דחמרא (Ar. s. v. משק: מקוה) wine that has turned sour. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXV, 9 יכול ק׳ lest you think, sour (stale) wine is meant; (Yalk. ib. 813 דוחה, v. דָּהָה). ↗ expanded

קִיוּוּי (קָוָה) hope, faith. Gen. R. s. 98 הכל בק׳ יסורין בק׳ וכ׳ in every condition of life faith is a potent factor, sufferings are borne by faith, sanctification of the Name (martyrdom) rests on faith &c. Yalk. Ps. 736 (ref. to Ps. XL, 2) אם אין ביד ישראל אלא הק׳ כדאי הן לגאולה בשכר הק׳ if Israel possess no merit except faith, it is worthy of redemption as a reward for its faith; Midr. Till. to Ps. l. c. (corr. acc.). Yalk. Ex. 241 (ref. to Ps. l. c.) מתוך הק׳ ויט אלי וכ׳ out of this hope it came to pass that he inclined to me &c.; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., B’shall. 12; ib. (ref. to Ps. XXVII, 14) אם בא קִוּוּיְךָ יפה וכ׳ (not קויך) if what thou hast hoped for, comes to pass, it is well; if not, hope again; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִיוּוּיָה (קָוָה Hif.) addition to the capacity of a bath, increase. Y. Ter. IV, 43ᵃ bot. שני מקוות … רצה להוציא ק׳ פסולה וכ׳ if there are two connected baths each containing twenty S’ah, and three Log of water (in vessels) fell into one of them, and it is unknown into which, you may take the illegitimate addition out of the one or the other, as you may desire &c. Ib.ᵇ top אמר מה שלמטן ק׳ כשירה וכ׳ one may say, what is in the lower tank is a legitimate increase, and what is in the upper, is illegitimate &c. (v. Tosef. Mikv. III, 6). ↗ expanded

קִיוֵּוץ (קָוַץ) one with curled hair, opp. קרח bald-headed. Gen. R. s. 65. Y. Shek. III, 47ᶜ ק׳ לא יתרום וכ׳ a curly-headed person must not handle the Temple treasure on account of suspicion (that he may hide coins in his hair), v. פִּסְפֵּס I.—Pl. קִיוְּוצִים, קִוְּו׳. Yalk. Ps. 796 מלך … כמה ק׳ כיוצא בו when a human king marches to the camp, how many are there, handsome like him, curly-haired like him!—[Sifré Deut. 343, v. קָווּץ.] ↗ expanded

קִיּוּם (קוּם) preservation; storage. Peah I, 4 ומכניסו לק׳ and what one brings in for storage (not for immediate use); Y. ib. I, 16ᶜ top. Ib. bot. דבר שאינו לק׳ a thing which is not intended or fit for storage. Y. Sabb. VII, 9ᵃ top; Bab. Sabb. 68ᵃ. Ab. Zar. 74ᵇ זה מכניסו לק׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. בק׳) the one (vessel) one brings in for storage (to leave the wine there for some time) &c., v. מוּכְנָס. Y. Kil. II, 27ᵈ bot. מקומו … שאינו רוצה בקִיּוּמוֹ the place where it grows is evidence that he does not want its preservation (to cultivate it). Yoma 45ᵃ אחת של ק׳ האש one pile for the purpose of keeping up the fire; Tosef. ib. III (II), 23 אחת לק׳ האש (ed. Zuck. לקיים, corr. acc.); Y. ib. IV, 41ᵈ bot. מערכת קִיּוּמֵי אש (pl.); a. e. basis, foundation. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) אילין פליגין על דרב ולית להון ק׳ (not דבר) these opinions conflict with Rab’s, and have no foundation; Y. Ḥag. II, end, 78ᶜ (law) substantiation, attestation, identification. Gitt. 3ᵃ ק׳ שטרות the identification of signatures on documents (certification before court). Y. ib. II, beg. 44ᵃ כלום קִיּוּמוֹ של גט וכ׳ is there any other way of authenticating a letter of divorce than through the declarations of its signers? Gen. R. s. 78 (ref. to Esau’s declaration, Gen. XXXIII, 9) אין ק׳ חגט וכ׳ there is no better attestation to the legality of a document than through its signers. B. Mets. 21ᵃ עדי ק׳ signature of witnesses to the authentication before court. B. Bath. X, 6 ועושין לו ק׳ איש וכ׳ and the court makes out a certificate, This man’s document was effaced &c.; Tosef. ib. XI, 8, sq.; Y. ib. X, 17ᶜ bot.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִיּוּם ² preservation, maintenance. Targ. Y. Deut. XII, 23. existence, being, duration. Y. Snh. II, 20ᵇ top (expl. לחי, I Sam. XXV, 61) לק׳ (so may it be) for life; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIII לקיומו (corr. acc.). Koh. R. to VI, 3, v. יְקוּם; Gen. R. s. 32 קִיּוּמַיָּה (pl.) living beings; Yalk. ib. 56. substantiation, confirmation. Y. Ḥag. III, 79ᵇ top מתניתא מינה קִיּוּמָהּ וכ׳ from the Mishnah we can derive the confirmation of this opinion and also its refutation. M. Mets. 20ᵇ לא משהי אינש קִיּוּמֵיה וכ׳ no man leaves a certified document of his with the scribe; (Ms. M. a. oth. קִיּוּמֵי pl.). oath. Targ. O. Num. XXX, 11 בקיום, Y. בקיומא; h. text בשבעה); a. e.—V. next w. ↗ expanded

קִיּוּמְתָּא (preced.) oath. Targ. O. Num. XXX, 14 קִיּוּמַת constr. (Y. קִיּוּם); a. e. ↗ expanded

קִייֵּץ , v. קִיוֵּוץ—[קיוצין, Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. II, 11, v. קַיָּיץ.] ↗ expanded

קִיזַּאי (קְזַז) calculator, accountant. Y. Sot. V, 20ᶜ bot.; Y. Ber. IX, 14ᵇ bot. פרוש ק׳ a book-keeping Pharisee, v. קְזַז. (v. נְקַז) bleeder. Sot. 22ᵇ פרוש ק׳, expl. הּמקיז דם לכתלים, v. נָקַז. ↗ expanded

קִיחָה (לָקַה) = לְקִיחָה, taking, acquiring. Yeb. 97ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XX, 11-14) בכולן נאמר שכיבה וכאן נאמר ק׳ וכ׳ with reference to all of them the word ‘sleeping’ is used, but here (v. 14) ‘taking’ is used, to intimate that the law punishes the marriage only (and not the sexual connection out of wedlock). Ib. הכי נמי הנך ק׳ הוא וכ׳ do you really say with reference to these (v. 17) that the law forbids only marriage? (Answer) ליקוחין … הראוי לק׳ ק׳ וכ׳ the verb laḳaḥ is used as a general term: where a regular marriage might have taken place (under other circumstances), the text prohibits marriage; where only sexual connection can be meant, the verb laḳaḥ has the meaning of shakhab. Kidd. 2ᵃ, a. e. גמר ק׳ ק׳ וכ׳ we learn the mode of acquiring (לקח in Deut. XXII, 13) from the acquisition of the field of Ephron (Gen. XXIII, 13 קח); Ḥull. 82ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. קִיחוֹת. Yoma 3ᵇ בק׳ דעלמא וכ׳ in general cases where the text uses קח, …, but here (Ex. XXX, 23) it says expressly קח לך (take unto thee, at thy own expense). [handle,] leather thong, loop. — Pl. as ab. Kel. XVI, 4 התורמל … קִיחוֹתָיו (Ar. קיה׳, Var. קיח׳) the shepherd’s bag is susceptible of uncleanness, when one has made the rim, trimmed it, and attached the thongs with which to tie it up. Ib. קִיחוֹתֶיהָ the thongs of the leather spread. ↗ expanded

קַיְטָא (קוּט to shrink, be hot) = h. קַיִץ, heat, summer, ripening. Targ. O. Gen. VIII, 22 (ed. Berl. a. Y. קִיְטָא). Targ. Is. XXVIII, 4. Targ. Am. III, 15; a. fr.—Yoma 29ᵃ שילהי דק׳ וכ׳ the expiration of the summer is more trying than the summer itself. Ib. אישתא … מדק׳ a fever in winter is severer than in summer. Y. Taan. II, 65ᵇ top, v. סִתְוָא. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joh. 1), v. טִיהֲרָא. Y. Maasr. I, 49ᵃ top, v. צַמְיָיא; a. fr. sun-dried fruit, esp. figs. Targ. Am. VIII, 1, sq. Targ. Mic. VII, 1 (usu. דבילתא). ↗ expanded

קִיטָא (נְקַט) object held in the hand while making oath. Tosef. Snh. V, 1 בק׳ ובמקטייא, (not בקייטא); Y. ib. III, beg. 21ᵃ קִיטָה; v. מִקְטַיָּא. ↗ expanded

קִיטָּאוֹת , v. קִיטָּי ↗ expanded

קיטבלאות , v. קָטָבוֹלְיָא ↗ expanded

קִיטָה , v. קִיטָא ↗ expanded

קִיטּוּל (קְטַל) slaughter, massacre. Targ. Is. XXII, 5 (ed. Wil. קְטוֹל). Ib. XXX, 25 (ed. Wil. קְטוֹל). ↗ expanded

קִיטּוּם , v. קִירְטוּם ↗ expanded

קִיטוֹן (κοιτών) bed-chamber. Y. Snh. XI, end, 30ᶜ, a. e., v. טְרִיקְלִין. Y. B. Bath. IX, 16ᵈ bot. היתה חופתו בק׳ וכ׳ if his bridal chamber was in the bedroom (of his father’s house), and he (the father) made the wedding meal for him in the dining room. Gen. R. s. 87. Ex. R. s. 33 כל מקום … ק׳ אחד וכ׳ wherever you go, have a bedroom ready for me that I may dwell with you; a. fr.—Pl. קִיטוֹנוֹת. Midd. I, 6 four cells כק׳ פתוחות וכ׳ like bedrooms communicating with the dining room; Yoma 15ᵇ כקטוניות (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִיטוֹן ² Targ. Y. Gen. XLIII, 30. Targ. Esth. I, 9; a. e.—Y. Snh. VII, end, 25ᵈ ↗ expanded

קִיטוֹנִית (an adapt. of preced., as if fr. קָטֹן) small room, recess. Succ. 3ᵃ ואיהי יתבה בק׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ניות …, corr. acc.) she (the queen) sat in the recess (of the Succah) as a matter of decency.—Pl. קִיטוֹנִיּוֹת. Ib. סוכה עשוייה ק׳ ק׳ a festive booth consisting of a group of small compartments.—[Yoma 15ᵇ, v. קִיטוֹן h.] ↗ expanded

קִיטּוּנְתָּא Ben-Ḳiṭṭunta, surname of one José (v. קִטּוּנִית). Sot. IX, 15 (Y. ed. 17; Sot. 49ᵃ) יוסי בן ק׳ Y. ed. (Bab. ed. בן קטנתא, Mish. ed. יוסי קטנותא); Y. ib. IX, end, 24ᶜ יוסי קטו׳; Tosef. ib. XV, 5 אַבָּה יוסי … בן קיטנית (Var. איש קטנתא). Y. B. Kam. III, 3ᵈ הוא יוסי הבבלי … הוא יוסי קטונתה José the Babylonian, J. b. Judah, and José Ḳiṭṭunta are one and the same person (cmp. Pes. 113ᵇ). ↗ expanded

קִיטּוּעַ (קָטַצ) section. —Pl. קִיטּוּעִין. Y. Meg. II, beg. 73ᵃ, v. סֵירוּג. ↗ expanded

קִיטּוּף (קָטַף) plucking ears, opp. to קציר cutting. Sifra K’dosh. Par. 1, ch. II; Y. Peah III, 17ᶜ לקט קצירך לא לקט ק׳ ‘the gleanings of thy harvest’ (Lev. XIX, 19), but not the gleanings of plucking. Pes. 11ᵃ; Men. 68ᵃ מתוך … אלא ע"י ק׳ וכ׳ because you allow him to take of the new crop only by plucking (forbidding regular harvesting before the ‘Omer is cut), he will be mindful (that he dare not eat of the produce before the second day of Passover); a. e. forming and smoothing the surface of dough. Y. Pes. III, 30ᵇ top גמרה … זה קִיטּוּפָהּ וכ׳ with the one woman her finishing means her kneading, with the next, her forming the cakes, with the third, her baking. ↗ expanded

קִיטּוּפָא (preced.) plucking, sudden death. Targ. Cant. II, 12 קִטּוּף בוכריא death of the firstborn (h. text הזמיר). ↗ expanded

קִיטוֹר 1 smoke. Men. 26ᵇ אין … מעלה ק׳ וכ׳ a kiln raises no smoke until the fire has seized the larger portion of the fuel. ↗ expanded

קִיטוֹר 2 Ḳiṭor, capital of Sheba. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 (3). ↗ expanded

קִיטּוּר (קָטַר I) offering incense. Snh. 65ᵃ זיבוח וק׳ וכ׳ sacrificing (to the idol), offering incense &c. ↗ expanded

קִיטּוּרָא (קְטַר II) wreathing, ק׳ בידי (= בי ידי) plaiting the sleeves of garments; (קְטַר I) perfuming. Bets. 23ᵃ קי׳ שרי Ms. M. (ed. קט׳) ḳiṭṭura on the Holy Day is allowed; מאי ק׳ אי ק׳ בידי (Ms. M. קִיטּוּרֵי, pl. constr.) what ḳiṭṭura is meant? If plaiting be meant, (how can it be permitted,) is it not an artisan’s work? and if perfuming be meant, &c. M. Kat. 10ᵇ קִיטּוֵּרי בידי וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. בירי; Ms. Alf. בי ידי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) plaiting sleeves during the festive week is forbidden. ↗ expanded

קִיטָּי (קָטָה) a curtain or sheet consisting of patches pieced together, rug. Tosef. Neg. V, 10 (Var. ed. Zuck. חיטי), v. פְּסִיפָּס; Neg. XI, 7 קיְיטָא (fr. קוּט; Ar. קִטָּה).—Pl. קִיטָּאוֹת, קִיטָּיוֹת, קִטָּ׳. Y. Erub. VIII, end, 25ᵇ שלטון … ותלו לו קט׳ a governor came to Sepphoris, and they suspended rugs in his honor (connecting the columns of a colonnade; cmp. Bab. Erub. 86ᵇ). Y. Succ. I, 52ᵇ bot. תלה בה קי׳ (not תולה) if one suspends rugs in the Succah (corresp. to סדין, Mish. ib. I, 3). Pesik. Shor, p. 74ᵃ עמודים … מכורכין בק׳ marble columns (statuary) wrapped in sheets; Tanḥ. Emor, ed. Bub. 8; Tanḥ. ed. 6 בקניות (corr. acc.); v. טַפִּיטָּא. Y’lamd. to Num. XV, 37, quot. in Ar. ק׳ של בוץ וכ׳ byssus curtains, purple curtains. Ib. פרט לפרסין ולק׳ excepting (from show fringes) curtains and sheets. Lev. R. s. 5 (ref. to Am. VI, 4) אלו ק׳ משופעות וכ׳ that means the overhanging rugs which each of them had (on their couches). ↗ expanded

קִיטַיָּא m. pl. = לְקִיטַיָּא, v. לָקִיט I. Lam. R. to II, 2 quot. in Ar. s. v. גרב (missing in ed.); Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵃ קייטא (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִיטִּין , Tosef. Maasr. III, 14, v. קוּטְנִית.—Tosef. Ter. III, 6, v. קִיטֵּעַ. ↗ expanded

קיטליאקי , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קִיטְלִיזְקֵי (a corrupt. of κοιτωνίσκοι) small bed-chambers. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VIII, 3, v. גָּשִׁישׁ. ↗ expanded

קִיטְמָא , v. sub קִטְמָ׳. ↗ expanded

קִיטְנֵי (v. next art.) pulse. Targ. Y. Num. XV, 19. ↗ expanded

קִיטְנְיָיתָא , Keth. 61ᵇ, v. קִיסְנְיָיתָא ↗ expanded

קִיטְנִית (קָטֹן) small fruit, pulse, beans, peas &c. Bets. I, 8 הבורר ק׳ וכ׳ he that picks out (green) peas on the Holy Day. B. Mets. IX, 8 תבואה … ק׳ ק׳ וכ׳ if a person rents a field for the purpose of planting grain (תבואה), he has no right to plant pulse, if for pulse, he may plant grain (Var: the reverse); a. e.—Pl. קִיטְנִיּוֹת, קִטְ׳. Bets. I, 9. Tosef. Ter. X, 15; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קִיטְנִית ² , בן ק׳ pr. n. m., v. קִיטּוּנְתָּא ↗ expanded

קִיטֵּעַ (קָטַע) broken, crippled, stumped, paralyzed. Taan. 21ᵃ ק׳ בשתי וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. משתי) crippled on both legs. Yeb. 102ᵇ; Sabb. VI, 8, v. קַב 2. Y. Keth. VII, end, 31ᵈ ק׳ באחת מידיו mutilated on one hand; a. fr.—Pl. קִיטְּעִים, קִיטְּעִין, קִטְּ׳. Gen. R. s. 32 פרט למורטים ולק׳ excluding bald or mutilated birds. Y. B. Kam. VIII, end, 6ᶜ מצווין … עבדים ק׳ וכ׳ Israelites are more earnestly commanded to sustain (from the public charity fund) crippled slaves than sound (Jews); Y. Keth. V, 30ᵃ מצווין … ק׳ אפי׳ וכ׳ (not מצויין, not קוט׳) Israelites are bound to sustain cripples, even if they be slaves.—Esp. (sub. שיבלים) קִיטְּעִים, קִיטְּעִין, contracted קִיטִּין tiny ears which escape the threshing sledge. Maasr. I, 6 נוטל מן הק׳ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. הקוּטָּעִים = המְקוּטָּ׳) he may take (without tithing) of the tiny ears and from the sides of the pile. Y. Ter. V, 51ᵈ התורם בלבו על הק׳ וכ׳ he that gives T’rumah, has in his mind also the unthreshed ears and those on the sides (as the quantity from which to separate the gift); Tosef. Ter. III, 6 על מה שבקיטין ed. Zuck. (Var. שבקוטין) the grain in the unthreshed ears.—Fem. קִיטַּעַת. B. Kam. 78ᵇ; Tosef. ib. VII, 15 הגונב את הק׳ וכ׳ if one steals a stump-legged animal or a lame &c. ↗ expanded

קִיטְעָא , v. קִטְעָא ↗ expanded

קִיטְפָא , v. קְטַף II, III. ↗ expanded

קִיטְרָא (קְטַר I) knot, band. — Pl. קִיטְרִין, קִיטְרֵי, קִטְ׳, קוּטְ׳. Targ. II Esth. VI, 10 קִ׳ חרציה וכ׳ (some ed. קַ׳, v. Dan. V, 6) the knots of (the belt of) his loins were loosed, v. קְטוֹר.—Ḥull. 51ᵇ, v. אִיזְלָא. Ib. 51ᵃ אי אית ביה ק׳ if the stick is knotty (has hard protuberances). Pes. 74ᵃ שיעי ק׳ (Ms. O. קיטריה, Rashi קוטריה) the knots on the branch of a pomegranate tree are smooth. Y. Shek. VII, beg. 50ᶜ יחכמון … קִיטְרֵיהוֹן let the wine sellers identify their knots (made as seals, v. חוֹתָם). Keth. 93ᵃ, a. e. חייתא דק׳, v. חַיְיתָא IV; a. fr.—Trnsf. a) bands, alliances. Targ. Is. VII, 18 (?).—b) restrictions. Yeb. 107ᵇ תרי ק׳ עבדו ביה they put him under two disadvantages. ↗ expanded

קִיטְרוֹן , v. קִטְרוֹן ↗ expanded

קִיטְרָטוֹן (citratus, κιτρᾶτον, S.) a beverage flavored with citron. Y. Shebi. VII, beg. 37ᵇ ק׳ שרי wine flavored with citron is permitted in the Sabbatical year. ↗ expanded

קָיָיא , v. קָאיָא ↗ expanded

קִיּיוּם , v. קִיּוּם, קִיּוּמָא. ↗ expanded

קַיָּיט (denom. of קַיְטָא) one that gathers and dries figs. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᶜ bot. חמתיה חד ק׳ וכ׳ a fig-cutter saw a serpent run after him. ↗ expanded

קַיְיטָא 1 summer; fruits, v. קַיְטָא. ↗ expanded

קַיְיטָא 2 (קוּט to cut) pieced sheet, v. קִיטָּי. ↗ expanded

קייטא , Tosef. Snh. V, 1, v. קִיטָא.—Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵃ לק׳, v. קִיטַיָּא a. לָקִיט I. ↗ expanded

קַיְיטִינָאֵי (v. קַיְטָא) summer onions, v. קַטִּינָאֵי. ↗ expanded

קָיִים , part. of קוּם ch. ↗ expanded

קְיֵים (imperat. of קוּם, formed fr. קַיָּים) live! Targ. Prov. VII, 2 Ms. (ed. חיה). ↗ expanded

קַיָּים (קוּם) existing, enduring, lasting; valid. Ber. 32ᵃ מה … חי וק׳ … אף שבועתך ק׳ וכ׳ as thy great name lives and endures for ever and ever, so thy oath holds good for ever and ever; opp. בָּטֵל. Ned. 62ᵃ. Y. Snh. II, 20ᵇ bot., a. e., v. מוֹנִיטָא. Ned. 69ᵃ ק׳ ליכי ק׳ ליכי if the husband said twice, thy vow is valid (confirmed by me), opp. מופר. Gitt. 88ᵃ ועדיין … ק׳ while those exiled under Jeconiah are yet alive; a. fr.—Pl. קַיָּימִים, קַיָּימִין; קַיָּימוֹת; קַיָּמ׳. B. Bath. VIII, 5, a. fr. דבריו ק׳ his words (testamentary dispositions) are valid, opp. לא אמר כלום. Sabb. 30ᵃ משה רבינו … וק׳ הם וכ׳ Moses, our teacher, has issued many decrees and introduced many institutions, and they endure for ever and ever; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַיָּים ² Targ. Jud. VIII, 19. Targ. Y. I Gen. III, 22. Targ. Josh. III, 10. Targ. O. Gen. XXIV, 62. Targ. I Sam. II, 35 (ed. Wil. קְיָ׳, corr. acc.); a. fr.—B. Bath. 160ᵇ; Y. Gitt. IX, 50ᶜ bot., v. שָׁרִיר; a. e.—B. Bath. 91ᵃ, v. מָנוֹבַיְיתָא.—Pl. קַיָּימִין, קַיְּי׳, קַיָּימַיָּא, קַיָּמ׳. Targ. Gen. XVIII, 14. Targ. Deut. IV, 4; a. fr.—Y. Ber. II, 2ᶜ top (expl. קאמיא, Dan. VII, 16) קיימיא the standing (that do not sit down); Gen. R. s. 65; Yalk. ib. 115 קיָּימַיָּה; Yalk. Ez. 340; Ruth R. introd. (not קיימא); a. e.—V. קַיָּימָא. ↗ expanded

קְיָים (preced.) [that which is established,] law, statute; covenant; oath, vow. Targ. Ps. XCIX, 7. Targ. Gen. IX, 9; 11. Targ. Num. XXX, 3 (ed. Amst. קְיַם; Y. ed. Vien. קַיָּם, corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pl. קְיָמַיָּיא, קְיָימִין, קְיָמ׳. Targ. Ex. XVIII, 16. Targ. Y. Deut. XXVII, 26; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַיָּימָא (v. קיָּים) existence, duration, permanence (used in Hebr. dict.). Y. Yeb. IV, 5ᶜ בן ק׳ a viable child. Ḥull. XII, 3 (ref. to Deut. XXII, 6) מה אפרוחים בני ק׳ אף בצים בני ק׳ as ‘the young’ means having vitality, so ‘the eggs’ must have vitality (by hatching). Gitt. II, 3 (19ᵃ) דבר שהוא של ק׳ (Var. רושם) any ink which lasts (v. קוּם h.); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַיֶּימֶת , v. קַיָּים h. ↗ expanded

קַיָּין (denom. of קָאָה, with ref. to the effusion of semen) one having abnormally large testicles. Bekh. 44ᵇ משובן זה הק׳ (Ar. קיק) m’shubban is the ḳayyan. Ib. ק׳ בבצים (Ar. בעל קיק) ḳ. refers to the testicles; v. גְּרַבְתָּן. ↗ expanded

קַיְינָאֵי , v. קֵינַי ↗ expanded

קייסטור , v. קְוִיסְטוֹר ↗ expanded

קַיָּיף , v. קַיָּף ↗ expanded

קַיִיץ , v. קַיִץ ↗ expanded

קַיָּיץ (denom. of קַיִץ; v. קַיָּיט) attendant of summer fruits, watchman, fruit-picker &c. Kidd. 82ᵇ מימי … צבי ק׳ וכ׳ I have never seen a deer engaged in gathering fruits, a lion carrying loads &c.; Y. ib. IV, end, 66ᵈ ארי ק׳ (corr. acc.); Tosef. ib. V, 15 Var. ed. Zuck.—Pl. קַיָּיצִים, קַיָּיצִין. Y. Ber. IV, end, 8ᶜ ברועים ובק׳ in the case of shepherds and field-watchers (who are separated from communities assembling for prayer). Kel. XXIV, 15 של ק׳ leggings (or gloves) of fruit-pickers (v. פְּרַקְלִימִין); Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. II, 11 קיוצין (corr. acc.). Kel. XXVI, 3. Mikv. IX, 7 מטפחת … של ק׳ the apron … of the fruit-pickers.—[ (denom. of קוֹץ) thorn-picker.—Pl. as ab. Kel. XXIV, 15; XXVI, 3; Mikv. l. c. (according to R. S.).] ↗ expanded

קייצאי , Targ. Esth. V, 14, v. קֵינַי ↗ expanded

קַיְיצוּתָא , v. קִיצוּתָא ↗ expanded

קיכלי , v. קִיבְלַי ↗ expanded

קִיל 1 (cmp. קוֹלָא I, a. כִּילָה) enclosure, compartment. Gen. R. s. 31 הקילא עשר אמות וכ׳ Ar. (ed. only עשר וכ׳) each compartment (in Noah’s ark) was ten by ten cubits; Yalk. ib. 53 כל קיל וק׳ וכ׳. Ib. ק׳ מכאן וק׳ מכאן one room on this, and one on the other side (of the aisle).—Pl. קִילִין. Ib. ↗ expanded

קִיל 2 (v. קְלַל) to be light.—Part. קִיל; pl. קִילֵי. Snh. 46ᵇ, v. קַלִּיל II. Gitt. 35ᵃ בשני דרב ק׳ נדרי in Rab’s days vows were lightly treated. to be lenient. Y. Sabb. XII, 13ᵈ top קָלַת וחמרת (perh. קַלַּת fr. קְלַל) thou art more lenient in one respect and more strict in another. Ib. קלת על דרבנן thou art more lenient than the Rabbis. Af. אָקֵיל to make light of, treat with contempt. Targ. Y. Deut. XXI, 23.—to insult, curse. Targ. O. Ex. XXII, 27 תַקִּיל ed. Berl. (oth. ed. תְקִיל; Y. תְקִילוּן).—Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ top מאן דידע בנפשיה דלא א׳ לבר וכ׳ he who is sure of himself that he never insulted a man, may cross &c.—3) to be lenient, lax. Y. Shek. VII, 50ᶜ bot. חמתון מְקִילִין (not מקילון), v. חֲמַר I.—V. קְלַל. ↗ expanded

קִילָא 1 , v. קִיל I ↗ expanded

קִילָא 2 (cmp. קִיל I, a. קוֹלִית) hollow stick, esp. the stem of a withered young palm (cabbage-tree). Lev. R. s. 15; Yalk. Esth. 1056 (not קילה), v. קוֹרָא II; Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII קולתא, read: קִילְתָא. ↗ expanded

קִילָּארִין , v. קִילָּרִין ↗ expanded

קילבון , Bekh. 50ᵃ, v. קוֹלְבּוֹן ↗ expanded

קִילְבָן , v. קוֹלְבָן ↗ expanded

קִילְוָון , v. קִלְוָואן ↗ expanded

קילווני׳ , v. קְלִוְוסִין ↗ expanded

קִילּוּחַ (קָלַח) spouting forth, continuous flow, jet. Ḥull. 36ᵃ דם ק׳ the blood which comes forth in a jet (in blood-letting); Ker. 22ᵃ. Y. Maasr. I, end, 49ᵇ להערות עם הק׳ to pour (boiling water) from vessel to vessel in a jet (instead of in short spurts); Y. Sabb. III, 6ᵇ לערות מן הק׳. T’bul Yom. II, 7. Y. B. Bath. III, end, 14ᵇ מקום קִילּוּחוֹ בחצר the place where the water gushes forth (from the spout) in the neighbor’s court; Tosef. ib. II, 13. Y. Ab. Zar. IV, 44ᵃ bot., v. נָסַךְ; a. e.—V. קֶלַח. ↗ expanded

קִילּוּחָא —Pl. קִילּוּחַיָּא, קִלּ׳. Targ. Job XXIV, 8 (Ms. sing.; h. text זרם). ↗ expanded

קִילּוּיָא , v. קוּלְיָא I ↗ expanded

קילוילוסיו , v. קְלִוְוסִין ↗ expanded

קילולות , v. קָלָל ↗ expanded

קִילוֹן (κήλων) swipe and bucket for drawing water. M. Kat. I, 1 אין משקין … ולא ממי ק׳ during the festive week you must not water a field with rain water or with water drawn with the swipe; Tosef. ib. I, 1 ואין ממלין הימנו בק׳ you must not draw water from it (the well) with the swipe; אפי׳ … בק׳ not even from a pond which has been filled with buckets. Makhsh. IV, 9 הממלא בק׳ עד וכ׳ if one draws water with the swipe, up to three days the water remaining in the bucket makes things susceptible of uncleanness, Maim. (differently expl. in Ar. a. R. S.); Tosef. ib. II, 9. B. Bath. 99ᵇ בית הק׳ Ms. M. (ed. הקלון, corr. acc.; Var. in comment. הסילון) a field irrigated by swipe and bucket; v. סִילּוֹן II. ↗ expanded

קִילּוּס 1 (v. next w.) Ḳillus (Praise), name of a general under Vespasian. Lam. R. to I, 5, v. פַּנְגַּר. ↗ expanded

קִילּוּס 2 (קָלַס) praise. Gen. R. s. 78 הגיע זמן קִילּוּסִי לקלס וכ׳ my turn has come to give praise &c. Y. Succ. V, 55ᵇ bot. ולקִילּוּסָן הוא צריך is he in need of their praise? Ib. חביב קילוסן של ישראל וכ׳ (not קילוסין) Israel’s praise (of the Lord) is preferred to &c. Lev. R. s. 5, end (ref. to Ps. XIX) בתחלה משורר בק׳ he begins by singing praise. Ex. R. s. 15 הכל נותנין לי ק׳ all will do me homage; a. fr.—Pl. קִילּוּסִין, קִלּ׳. Y. Succ. l. c. אע"פ שיש לפניו כמה ק׳ וכ׳ although there are before him many praises (Dan. VII, 10), yet Israel’s praise &c., v. supra. Y. Pes. VIII, 36ᵇ; Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᵈ top מהו דברים … ק׳ what words?… praises (of the departed whose bones are collected). Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᶜ bot. כל הק׳ שישראל מקלסין וכ׳ all the praises which Israel offers to the Lord (the psalms) correspond in number to the years of Jacob’s life; Treat. Sof’rim XVI, 11. Y. R. Hash. IV, 59ᶜ עשרה ק׳ וכ׳ ten praises (Halleluiahs) which David spoke (Bab. ib. 32ᵃ הילולים); a. fr.—[Gen. R. s. 5 נעשה ק׳ להקב"ה, v. קְלִוְוסִין.—Yalk. Deut. 885 בקלוסין, read: בקולסין, v. קוֹלָס.] making noise, tramping, clapping. M. Kat. 27ᵇ ק׳ ברגל ḳillus is done with the foot; Tosef. ib. II, 17 ק׳ זה פישוט וכ׳ (not קילום) ḳillus is stretching out the arms (and clapping), contrad to טיפוח. Gen. R. s. 84; Yalk. ib. 142 בק׳ היה בא he (Joseph) came with noise (cheer). ↗ expanded

קִילּוּסָא —Pl. קִילּוּסַיָּא, קִלּ׳. Y. Kil. VI, 31ᵇ בתר כל אילין ק׳ וכ׳ after all these praises (bestowed on R. Johanan), I may explain it &c.; Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵇ top; Y. Yeb. I, 2ᶜ bot.; Y. Sot. II, 18ᵇ ↗ expanded

קילוסין , Lev. R. s. 7 Ar., v. קְלִוְוסִין. ↗ expanded

קִילּוּפָא (קְלַף) peeling, decortication. Targ. O. Gen. XXX, 37 קִילּוּף constr. (h. text מחשף).—B. Bath. 4ᵇ, v. קִיפּוּלָא.—Pl. קִילּוּפֵי, קִלּוּ׳, קִלּוֹ׳ scab. Targ. Y. I Lev. XIII, 2 (Y. II קַלְפָא); 6; 7; a. e.—[Pes. 119ᵃ קִלּוּפֵי Rashi, v. קַלְפָא.] ↗ expanded

קִילּוּפָה (preced.) rind, name of an ingredient of frankincense. Ker. 6ᵃ; Y. Yoma IV, 41ᵈ ↗ expanded

קִילּוּר (κολλύριον, collyrium) a (red) eye-salve. Tosef. Sabb. I, 23 נותנין ק׳ לעין וכ׳ you may put collyrium on the eye on the eve of the Sabbath &c.; Sabb. 18ᵃ; Y. ib. I, 3ᵈ bot. קילורית. Ib. VII, 10ᵇ bot. ההן דגבל … עפר קילורין וכ׳ he who kneads … powder for collyrium (on the Sabbath) &c. Lev. R. s. 16, beg. (ref. to Is. III, 16) they painted their eyes בקולרית אדומה Ar. (ed. בקולריא, some ed. בקוֹלִּירָא) with red collyrium; Pesik. Vattom., p. 132ᵃ בקולרית; Lam. R. to IV, 15 בקִלּוּרִית. Deut. R. s. 8 ק׳ לעינים וכ׳ the Law is a salve for the eyes, for it is written (Ps. XIX, 9) &c.; Midr. Till. to Ps. l. c.; Yalk. ib. 675; Lev. R. s. 12. Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ top מים … את הקולורית water as much as is required for rubbing collyrium; a. fr.—Pl. קִילּוּרִין. Bab. Sabb. 108ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) לישדר … מהנך ק׳ וכ׳ (Ms. M. קִילּוּרֵי) please send me some of Mar Samuel’s eye-salves. Ib. טובה … מכל ק׳ שבעולם better than all eye-salves in the world is a drop of cold water (on the eye) in the morning and bathing hands and feet in the evening. ↗ expanded

קִילּוּרִין 2 provision, pantry, v. קִילָּרִין. ↗ expanded

קִילּוּרִית , v. קִילּוּר.—[Lev. R. s. 20 קילורית Ar., v. קִילָּרִין.] ↗ expanded

קִילּוּרִיתָא f. = h. קִילּוּרִית. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 40ᵈ top. Y. Bets. IV, 62ᶜ bot. קִלּוּרִיתָה. ↗ expanded

קִילוּתָא (קִיל II) disregard, disgrace. Targ. Y. Deut. XXI, 23 (h. text קללת). Targ. Job XXVIII, 18, v. זִילוּתָא. ↗ expanded

קִילְחָא , v. קֶלַח, קֻלְחָא. ↗ expanded

קִילְטָא , v. קִלְטָא ↗ expanded

קֵילֵיטֵיס (κηλήτης) one who is ruptured. Tosef. Bekh. V, 4 (expl. מרוח אשך, Lev. XXI, 20) זהו הקולוטוס ed. Zuck. (Var. הקליטיס; corr. acc.) that is one suffering from scrotal hernia. ↗ expanded

קיליקה , read: ↗ expanded

קִילִיקְיָא Cilicia, a district in the south-east of Asia Minor, bordering on the east on Syria. Y. Ḥall. IV, 60ᵇ זה הובא מק׳ this wine has been imported from Cilicia; Tosef. Shebi. V, 2 זה בא לידי מקלקיליאה ed. Zuck. (Var. מקילקיליא, מקלקיא; corr. acc.).—V. קִילְקִי. ↗ expanded

קילנית , v. קוֹלָנִית ↗ expanded

קִילְעָא , v. קִלְעָא.—[Yalk. Lev. 539 קילעין, v. קִילְקִי.] ↗ expanded

קִילְפָא , v. קַלְפָא.—[Y. Ter. V, end, 43ᵈ קילפי איסור, v. קְלִיפָה.] ↗ expanded

קִילְקָאֵי (v. קִילִיקְיָא) Cilicians. Targ. Y. Num. XXXIV, 8, v. אַבְלַס. ↗ expanded

קִילְקוּל (קִלְקֵל) deterioration, disorder.—Pl. קִילְקוּלִים, קִילְקוּלִין, קִלְ׳. M. Kat. I, 2 (2ᵃ) ומתקנין את קִילְקוּלֵי המים וכ׳ and you may cure the spoiled waters (clean the pools) during the festive week. disarrangement. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᶜ ק׳ חשבונות יש כאן there is a disarrangement of dates here (a new era was started with the destruction of the Temple), v. קִלְקֵל. Y. Ned. VI, end, 40ᵃ; Y. Snh. I, 19ᵃ top הן דלא … בק׳ where he (R. Judah) did not get (to announce the decision of the Palestinian court on the intercalation), they were guided by the disarrangement (the calendar established by Hananiah). moral corruption, degeneracy. Ab. Zar. 64ᵃ שמא יחזור לקִלְקוּלוֹ lest he (the proselyte) may go back to his corruption (idolatry); (Kidd. 17ᵇ לסורו, v. סוֹר). Num. R. s. 9 תחלת קלקולו בעזה וכ׳ the beginning of his degeneration took place at Gaza, therefore he was punished at Gaza; Tosef. Sot. III, 15; Mekh. B’shall, Shir., s. 2 קִלְקָלוֹ; Tanḥ. B’shall. 12 קַלְקָלָתוֹ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִילְקוּלָא disarrangement, faulty action. Targ. Y. Lev. XVII, 15 קִילְקוּל נכסתא faulty slaughtering. disgrace, degradation. Targ. Y. Num. VI, 2. dunghill, v. קִיקְלָא.—[Pes. 114ᵃ דאכיל קילקולא Ms. M., v. קָקוּלָא.] ↗ expanded

קִילְקִי (v. קִילִיקְיָא) Cilician. Neg. VI, 1; Kel. XVII, 12, v. גָּרִיס; a. fr.—Pl. קִילְקִים, קִילְקִין, קִלְ׳. Maasr. V, 8, a. fr., v. גָּרִיס. (cmp. κιλίκιον, cilicium, v. Sm. Ant. s. v.) cloth made of Cilician goat’s hair, coarse and shaggy cloth, horse-cover &c. Sifra Sh’mini, Par. 6, ch. VIII (ref. to Lev. XI, 32) אין לי … לרבות את הק׳ Rabad (ed. הקלקלים) this would mean only sackcloth, whence do we learn to include cilicium?; Sabb. 64ᵃ Ms. O. (ed. הקילקלי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3); Yalk. Lev. 539 (not הקילעין). Ib. והא אפיקתיה לק׳ but you have once excepted cilicium. B. Bath. 78ᵃ חמור וכליו … ואת הק׳ Ms. M. (ed. הקילקלי) if a man says, I sell thee the ass and its outfit, he has sold the saddle …, the cover and the saddle band (or the housing); Tosef. ib. IV, 2; a. e.—Pl. as ab. Kel. XXIX, 1 קלקין ed. Dehr. (Mish. ed. קולקין; Bab. ed. קולקלין, corr. acc.).—3) entangled and matted hair.—Pl. as ab. Sifra M’tsorʿa, Zabim, Par. 2, ch. III ‘the flesh’ (Lev. XV, 7) ולא בק׳ שעליו but not when touching entangled hair on his body; Yalk. Lev. 568. Mikv. IX, 2 קִלְקי הלב וכ׳ matted hair on the chest &c. Y. Naz. VI, 55ᵇ top קילקין (not קליק׳); Y. Bets. IV, 62ᶜ קִלְקִים (not ס …); Y. Shek. III, 47ᶜ, v. פִּסְפֵס I. ↗ expanded

קִילְקֵי , Ker. 6ᵃ, v. קִיקְלָא ↗ expanded

קילקיליא , v. קִילִיקְיָיא ↗ expanded

קִילְקִילִּין , v. קִילְקִלִּין ↗ expanded

קילקלי , v. קִילְקִי ↗ expanded

קִילְקִלִּין (an adaptation of cancelli; reduplic. of קִיל I; cmp. קוֹלְיָינִין) curtained enclosures, compartments. Pesik. Vayḥi, p. 8ᵃ, v. קוֹלְיָינִין.—Esp. the curtained enclosures of an idolatrous temple. Ab. Zar. 51ᵇ כל שהוא לפנים מן הק׳ וכ׳ (Ar. קלוקלון, קולקלון, corr. acc.) whatever is found within the enclosures is forbidden, even if it be water or salt; whatever is outside &c. Ib. אין ק׳ לא לפעור וכ׳ no difference is made between things within and without the enclosures as regards the idol Peor &c.—Cmp. קַנְקָל. ↗ expanded

קִילְקֶילְתָּא , v. קִלְקֶלְתָּא, קִיקֶלְתָּא. ↗ expanded

קִילָּרִין c. (cellarium) receptacle for food, pantry; provisions. Lev. R. s. 20 (ref. to Ex. XXIV, 11) וכי קילורין עלת וכ׳ (Ar. קילורית, corr. acc.) were provisions taken with them up to Sinai?; Tanḥ. Aḥăré 6 קלו׳; ed. Bub. 7 קלורין עלו (pl.); Yalk. Ex. 362 קלר׳. Gen. R. s. 11 וכי יש ק׳ … חסר כלום does the King’s pantry lack anything?; Yalk. ib. 16. Gen. R. 54; a. e.—Tanḥ. Ḳ’doshim 12 פרדס … היה כל קִלָּארִין וכ׳ (not היו) one garden out of which all his provisions came; א"י שהיא ק׳ וכ׳ Palestine which is the pantry of the Lord; from it the sacrifices, the show-bread &c.; ed. Bub. קלאדין (corr. acc.; Ms. R. קִילָּארִ׳); Yalk. Lev. 615 קלר׳; Yalk. Jer. 270 קילר׳. ↗ expanded

קִילְשׁוֹנָא , v. קִלְשׁוֹנָא ↗ expanded

קִילְתָּא (v. קִיל II) a light case (cmp. קוּלָּא). Naz. 20ᵇ השתא … ק׳ לא אמר would you say, in a heavier case (when two sets of witnesses differ as to numbers) Rab said (that this is not contradictory evidence), but in a lighter case (one witness against one), he did not say the same? ↗ expanded

קִילְתָא , v. קִילָא II.—[Yalk. Gen. 57, v. קִיקֶלְתָּא.—Pesik. Par., p. 35ᵇ sq., v. קִלְטָא.] ↗ expanded

קִים (קוּם) standing; (it is) established, certain; ק׳ ל־ to be certain, to know. Sabb. 136ᵃ ק׳ לי ביה וכ׳ I am certain that its (the infant’s) months were complete (that it was no abortion). Ab. Zar. 76ᵇ מר ק׳ לי בגוויה וכ׳ I am sure about this gentleman (that he is a strict observer); about you I am not. Kidd. 66ᵃ אי לאו דק׳ ליה בנפשיה וכ׳ unless he was sure of himself that &c.; a. fr.—ק׳ ליה בדרבה מיניה (also קָם) he is sure of the larger portion of it, a proverbial expression for the rule, that he who has committed two offences simultaneously, must be held answerable for the severer only. Gitt. 52ᵇ מנסך קם ליה בדר׳ מ׳ he who uses his neighbor’s wine for idolatrous libation (and makes the remainder unavailabe), is exempt from making restitution for the wine, because he has to suffer the severer penalty, which is death. Ib. 53ᵃ משום דלא ק׳ ל׳ בדר׳ מ׳ because this is no case of a severer penalty (when he makes his neighbor’s wine unclean). Ḥull. 81ᵇ קם ל׳ בדר׳ מ׳ (Ms. M. קָאִים) he suffers the severer penalty (for slaughtering for idolatrous purposes, and is exempt from the penalty of stripes for slaughtering the dam and her child in one day); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַיָּם , v. sub קיי׳. ↗ expanded

קִימְאָה , v. קִמְעָה ↗ expanded

קִימָה standing up, rising. Ber. 11ᵃ (expl. ובקומך, Deut. VI, 7) בשעת ק׳ ק׳ ממש at the time of rising, whereby rising in its proper sense is meant (rising from bed, and not in the sense of standing erect at recital). Kidd. 32ᵇ (ref. to Lev. XIX, 32) לא אמרתי ק׳ אלא וכ׳ the text means only the rising that is a token of respect, v. הִידּוּר. Ib. מה ק׳ שאין בה וכ׳ as rising is something with which no material sacrifice is connected &c. Ib. 33ᵃ, v. בִּיטּוּל; a. fr.—2) erection, putting up. Y. Ab. Zar. IV, 44ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XXVI, 1) לא היא עשייה לא היא ק׳ are ‘making’ and ‘erecting’ not the same? Answ. עשייה בתחילה ק׳ וכ׳, v. עֲשִׂיָּה; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִימוֹלְיָא (Κιμωλία, sub. γῆ) Cimolian earth, a clay used in cleaning clothes and also in medicine (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Cimolia). Nidd. IX, 6 (62ᵃ) קימול׳ Ar. (ed. קמוניא); Tosef. ib. VIII, 10 קימילייא (corr. acc.). Sabb. IX, 5 (89ᵇ) קמול׳ (Y. ed. קימונ׳, Var. in Bab. ed. קמונ׳; Ms. M. קמומא; Ms. O. קמונ׳). Ib. 90ᵃ קימוליא (some ed. incorr. קמולי); Y. ib. IX, end 12ᵇ ק׳ קליא (not קימון) cimolia is ḳalia (an alkaline earth). ↗ expanded

קימון , v. preced.—[Ab. Zar. 10ᵇ קימוניא Ar., v. קָמוּנְיָא.] ↗ expanded

קִימּוֹס , v. קִימּוֹשׁ, a. קוּמּוֹס. ↗ expanded

קימוץ , Tosef. Mikv. VI (VII), 16 Var., v. קוּמּוֹס. ↗ expanded

קִימּוֹשׁ a species of thorns, nettles. B. Kam. 16ᵃ ערפד … נעשה ק׳ וכ׳ (Ar. a. Ms. H. קימוס, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9) the ʿarpad, after seven years, changes into ḳimmosh, the ḳ., into a thorn. ↗ expanded

קִימּוֹשָׁא Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵇ קמקמה (corr. acc.), v. חוֹחָא ↗ expanded

קִימְחָא , v. sub קִמְח׳. ↗ expanded

קימיליא , v. קִימוֹלְיָא ↗ expanded

קימליא , Gen. R. s. 79, end, Ar., read: ק׳ מיליא, v. טריון ↗ expanded

קִימְעָא , v. קִמְעָא ↗ expanded

קימפון , v. קמְפּוֹן ↗ expanded

קַיִן (b. h.) Cain, son of Adam. Snh. IV, 5 שכן מצינו בק׳ וכ׳ for so we find with reference to Cain when he had killed his brother &c. Ib. 37ᵇ מלמד שעשה ק׳ וכ׳ this use of the plural (דמי, Gen. IV, 10) shows that C. inflicted many wounds and bruises on his brother &c. Gen. R. s. 2 ובהו זה ק׳ וכ׳ ‘and void’ (Gen. I, 2), this refers to Cain who intended to reduce the world to waste and voidness; a. v. fr. ↗ expanded

*קִין , Pa. קַיֵּין (v. קוּן) to arrange, shape. Gen. R. s. 23 קַיְּנָן קנתורין Ar., v. קִינְטוֹר. ↗ expanded

קִינּ־ , v. קֵן, קִנָּא. ↗ expanded

קִינָא = h. קִינָה, rhythmic song. —Pl. קִינִין. Targ. Y. Gen. IV, 22 מרת ק׳ וכ׳ the originator of songs and music. ↗ expanded

קֵינָאָה , v. קֵינַי ↗ expanded

קִינְאָה , v. קִנְאָה ch. ↗ expanded

קִינְבָּא , v. קְנִיבָה ↗ expanded

קינבי , v. קוּטְבִּי ↗ expanded

קינגאי , v. קְנִיגִיזְיָא ↗ expanded

קינדים , v. קִינָרָס ↗ expanded

קִינָה [rhythmic song (v. P. Sm. 3603 s. v. קינא),] lamentation, dirge. M. Kat. III, 9 ק׳ שאחת מדברת וכ׳ a lamentation is called ḳinah, when one speaks &c., v. עִינּוּי I. Ber. 7ᵇ (ref. to Ps. III, 1) מזמור … ק׳ וכ׳ ‘a song of David’? it ought to read, ‘a lamentation of David.’ Lam. R. to IV, 11 (ref. to Ps. LXXIX, 1) לא הוה קרא … בכי … נהי … ק׳ לאסף the text ought to read, ‘a weeping of Asaf’, ‘an elegy of Asaf’, ‘a lamentation of Asaf’. Ib. introd., end (ref. to Jer. IX, 9) על נאותיו … שנהפכו לק׳ over the beauties (pleasures) of Jacob which have been changed into mourning; a. fr.—[Gitt. 58ᵃ ועליהן קינה, v. קוּן.]—Pl. קִינוֹת, esp. ספר ק׳, מגילת ק׳, or ק׳ the Book of Lamentations. B. Bath. 14ᵇ סדרן … ק׳ וכ׳ the order of the books of Hagiographa is: Ruth … and Lamentations &c. Ib. 15ᵃ ירמיה … וקנות (corr. acc.) Jeremiah composed the book that bears his name, the Book of Kings, and Lamentations. Ḥag. 5ᵇ רבי … ספר ק׳ Rabbi took up the Book of Lamentations and read &c. Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᶜ top היו … במגילת ק׳ were sitting and explaining the scroll of Lamentations; Lam. R. to IV, 20; Lev. R. s. 15; a. e.—Y. Pes. VIII, end, 36ᵇ; Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᵈ top קִינִים ונהי lamentations and elegies. ↗ expanded

קִינָּה , v. קִנָּה ↗ expanded

קִינּוּחַ (קָנַח) wiping. Ḥull. 105ᵃ אין ק׳ הפה אלא בפת wiping the mouth (to remove particles of cheese before eating meat) must be done with bread. Ib. בכל מילי הוי ק׳ וכ׳ anything (eaten) will serve the purpose of wiping the mouth, except &c.; a. e.—ק׳ סעודה desert. Pes. 57ᵃ; Snh. 94ᵇ; Yalk. Prov. 935; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִינּוּי (קָנָא) manifestation of jealousy, warning given to the suspected wife. Sot. 2ᵇ (ref. to Mish. ib. I, 1, ‘he must warn her in the presence of two witnesses’) אמר קרא בה ולא בק׳ the text (Num. V, 13) says, bah (there is no witness to it) that is to say, to it (her defilement) one witness would suffice, but not to her warning. Ib. ק׳ על פי עצמו the act may be certified by the husband’s own testimony; ק׳ על פי שנים two witnesses must testify to &c. Ib. 3ᵃ אין ק׳ … התראה ḳinnuy means warning (in the presence of two witnesses). Y. ib. I, beg. 16ᵇ הק׳ … חובה וכ׳ to warn is the husband’s duty; R. J. says, it is optional. Ib. קִינּוּיוֹ ק׳ a warning (under such conditions) is legally valid; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קִינוּמָא (קנם to establish, cmp. קנן; v. P. Sm. 3667 s. v. קנום) covenant, oath. Targ. II Chr. XXIII, 1 (ed. Wil. קִיּוּמָא). Ib. XV, 15 (ed. Lag. קוֹנָּמָא); a. e.—Pl. קִינוּמִין, constr. קִינוּמֵי. Ib. XXXIV, 24. ↗ expanded

קִינוֹנְיָא (κοινωνία) partnership; (used in an evil sense) conspiracy to defraud and divide the profits. B. Bath. X, 7 (173ᵇ) הערב … שמא יעשו קינ׳ וכ׳ Y. ed. a. Bab. (Mish. ed. קנ׳) if one has become surety to a woman for her jointure, and her husband divorces her, the husband must vow that he will never accept any benefit from her (so that he cannot remarry her), lest they form a conspiracy against the guarantor’s property and (after collecting the jointure) he take his wife back. Y. B. Mets. I, end, 8ᵃ a note of indebtedness found must not he returned מפני ק׳ because a conspiracy may be formed (between the creditor and the debtor to collect the debt, already cancelled, from the purchaser of the debtor’s land, v. לְקוּחוֹת); Bab. B. Mets. 13ᵃ חייש לפרעון ולק׳ (Abayi forbids the restoration of the note, because) he apprehends that it may have been paid, and a conspiracy may be formed; לא חיישינן … וק׳ we do not apprehend &c. Tosef. Kidd. III, 5 על מנת … שמא עשו ק׳ if one says to a woman, be betrothed unto me on the condition that …: she is betrothed, because we apprehend a conspiracy (between them to annul the betrothal without a formal Geṭ); a. e. ↗ expanded

קִינוֹף (קנף, sec. r. of קף, cmp. צִינוֹק, צִנּוֹר &c.; an adaptation of κωνωπεῖον) the framework of a baldachin or canopy, consisting of four columns over which a flat cover is spread, contrad. to נַקְלִיטִין. Succ. I, 3 (10ᵃ) או שפירס ע"ג ק׳ (not שפירסה) or if he spread a sheet over a frame (so as to form a tent within the Succah); ib. 10ᵇ Ms. M. (ed. קינופות). Snh. 68ᵃ הוא יושב בק׳ שלו he was seated on his curtained couch.—Pl. קִינוֹפוֹת, קִינּ׳. Succ. l. c. וק׳ ארבעה, v. נַקְלִיטִין. Ib. שאני ק׳ דקביעי it is different with baldachin frames, for they are stationary, opp. to כִּילָה. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 8.—[Κωνωπεῖον means the net, our w. refers to the frame.] ↗ expanded

קִינוֹפִין (κωνωπεῖον, v. preced.) curtained couch. Targ. II Sam. XVI, 22 (h. text האהל). ↗ expanded

קינוקוס , Y. Gitt. VII, beg. 48ᶜ, v. כּוֹלִיקוֹס ↗ expanded

קִינוֹקְנוֹת , v. קְנוֹקְנוֹת ↗ expanded

קִינְטוֹר , pl. קִינְטוֹרִין (Κενταυροί) Centaurs, savages represented as half-horses and half-men. Gen. R. s. 23 ע"כ בצלם … ונבראו ק׳ up to that time (of Enosh) men were created in the (divine) image and likeness, thenceforward the generations degenerated, and centaurs were created (Ar. וקַיְּנָן קנתורין and he shaped them as centaurs); Yalk. Chr. 1072 קנטרין (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִינְטוּר (קִנְטֵר) opposition, remonstrance; reproach. Yalk. Ex. 241 קִינְטוּרוֹ באז his (Moses’) remonstrance is introduced with אָז (Ex. V, 23).—Pl. קִינְטוּרִין, קִנְ׳. Pesik. Shimʿu, p. 117ᵇ שמעו דברי תוכחות … דברי ק׳ listen to the words of rebuke, that you may not have to hear words of reproach. Ib. דברים ק׳ (insert של or read: דברי) reproachful words, opp. נִחוּמִים; (Ar. a. Yalk. Jer. 265 קִנְתּוּרִין). Koh. R. beg. ע"י שהיה נבואתן דברי קַנְתְּרִין because their prophecy contained reproaches; a. e.—[Pesik. R., addit. s. 2 (ed. Fr. p. 197ᵃ) הקנטורים, v. קִטְרוֹן II.] ↗ expanded

קִינְטֵינָר , v. קִנְטֵינָר ↗ expanded

קינטיסין , v. קוֹנְטוֹס ↗ expanded

קִינְטֵירָא , v. קִנְטֵינָר ↗ expanded

קִינְטְרָה , v. קוּנְטְרָא ↗ expanded

קֵינַי (v. קוּן; cmp. תובל קין Gen. IV, 2 artist, esp. metal-worker, silversmith. Targ. Jer. X, 9 (h. text צורף). Targ. Ps. LXVI, 10 קינאה (ed. Wil. קֵנָ׳). Targ. Jud. XVII, 4; a. fr.—Y. B. Bath. II, beg. 13ᵇ אין הוה כגון ק׳ וכ׳ if a workshop has been there before, e. g. that of a silversmith or a smith &c.—Pl. קֵינָאֵי. Targ. Esth. V, 14 ית נגרייא וית ק׳ the carpenters and the forgers of arms. Ib. קַיְינָאֵי דמתקנין וכ׳ ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קייצ׳, corr. acc.) the smiths, that they may make a knife. Ib. ולקיינ׳ ed. Lag. (oth. ed. ולקיצ׳, corr. acc.). Targ. II Esth. I, 2 וכל קינאי ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קניגייא, corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קֵינִי Ḳeni (v. Neub. Géogr., p. 276). Ohol. XVIII, 9. ↗ expanded

קינִיגִי , v. sub קְנִי׳. ↗ expanded

קִינְיָין , v. sub קִנְ׳. ↗ expanded

קִינִים , pl. of קִינָה. ↗ expanded

קִינִּין , v. קַן ↗ expanded

קִינְיָן , v. sub קִנְ׳. ↗ expanded

קִינָּמוֹן (קנם, cmp. קִינּוּמָא) (b. h.) cinnamon-tree, cinnamon. Sabb. 63ᵃ עצי … של ק׳ היו the kindling wood in Jerusalem was of the cinnamon tree. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵃ bot. ק׳ … היה והיו וכ׳ (not היו) the foliage of the cinnamon tree was food for goats, and the Israelites cultivated it. Gen. R. s. 33. Ker. 5ᵃ; a. fr. (cmp. קִינּוּמָא) [something enduring,] principle. Gen. R. s. 46 אמר הקב"ה ק׳ אני מעמיד בעולם מה ק׳ וכ׳ (not ריש לקיש) the Lord said, (by delaying the conception of Isaac until Abraham was ninety-nine years old,) I will establish a ḳinnamon (an everlasting principle), as the ḳinnamon (the cinnamon tree, no matter how old) will grow fruit when you manure and hoe around it, so shall Abraham (bear fruit) after his blood is tied up (runs slowly), and his desire is gone &c.; Yalk. ib. 80; Yalk. Koh. 968 (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִינְסָא (קנס; v. קֵיסָא) piece of wood, chip. Sabb. 22ᵇ בק׳ kindling a light from another light by means of a chip. Ḥull. 105ᵃ איכא בינייהו ק׳ the difference between them comes in, when you wash your hands over chips. Ab. Zar. 33ᵇ ק׳ וכ׳ as to causing the pitch in a wine cask to melt off by holding a burning chip in it &c.—[Bets. 22ᵃ קינס Ms. M., v. קְנִיבָה.]—Pl. קִינְסֵי. Erub. 100ᵇ נתרי ק׳ (Ar. קנסי, ed. Sonc. קסמי) dry twigs will break off (by his being on the tree); [Ar. s. v. קסן, reads קוּסְנֵי, cmp. קִיסְנְיָיתָא]. ↗ expanded

קינסון , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קינקילון , v. sub קַנְק׳. ↗ expanded

קִינָרָא , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קִינָרָס (κινάρα, acc. pl.) artichokes (used as singular, collective noun). Kil. V, 8 והק׳ כלאים בכרם (Mish. ed. ם …, corr. acc.; Ms. M. והקנדס, ed. Ven. קינדס, corr. acc.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) artichokes in a vineyard are kilayim; Tosef. ib. III, 12 הכינריס (Var. קִנָרָא, קינרס). Gen. R. s. 20 (expl. דרדר or קוץ) ק׳ (eds. vary between קנדים, קינרים &c.); Yalk. ib. 32 קונדס (corr. acc.). Ukts. I, 6; Tosef. ib. I, 6 קינרוס (Var. קתרוס, corr. acc.). Bets. 34ᵃ קונדס (Rashi Ms. קינרס; cmp. קוּנְדָּסָא).—Esth. R. to I, 4 they found themselves short of one plate מאן דאמר קנדס ומאן דאמר כַּפְנָאֵי one says, it was artichokes, another says, it was a dish of the efflorescence of palms (v. כָּפְנִית, and קוֹר I).—Pl. קִינָרִים. Y. Shebi. IX, 38ᵈ top (ed. Krot. קינריס). Gen. R. l. c. (v. supra). ↗ expanded

קִינְרָסָא (Erub. 83ᵃ, v. קוּנְדָּסָא).—Pl. קִינְרָסַיָּא, קִינְרָסַיָּה. Y. Bets. I, 60ᵈ bot. (Var. קינסיה, corrupt.). Y. Shebi. IX, end, 39ᵃ קונדס׳ (v. קוּנְדָּסָא). ↗ expanded

קִיס (v. קוֹס) rough-edged.—Pl. קִיסִּין. Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. VII, 10 הכוסות הק׳ הצידנים וכ׳ (ed. Zuck. הקִיצִּין הסודניים, Var. הכיסין; R. S. to Kel. XXX, 3 omits our w.) the rough-edged Sidonian cut-glass cups. ↗ expanded

קֵיסָא (preced.) rough edge. Y. Ḥag. II, 78ᵃ bot., v. כַּסָּא I. twig, chip, wood; tree (cmp. גַּיָּוזָא I). Targ. Y. Lev. XIV, 4. Targ. Y. Num. XXXV, 18. Targ. Prov. XXV, 20. Targ. Y. Deut. XXI, 22 (gallows). Targ. Job XIX, 10 ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. קֵסָא; oth. ed. קְסָא, corr. acc.); a. fr.—Y. Bets. II, 61ᶜ top, a. e., v. סָסָא.—Pl. קֵיסִין, קֵיסַיָּא, קֵיסֵי, קִי׳. Targ. Y. Num. XV, 32. Targ. Y. Gen. XXII, 3. Targ. Ps. LXXIV, 5. Targ. Prov. XXVI, 20; a. fr.—Snh. 93ᵃ תרי ק׳ Ar. (ed. אודי), v. אוּדָא. Koh. R. to VII, 6; Yalk. ib. 973 (not קוס׳), v. סִירְתָּא. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵇ top הבון … ק׳ בסופא take care in eating that you leave the chips (woodlike, bad beans) for the end. ↗ expanded

קִיסְוָוא , v. קִסְוָה ↗ expanded

קיסום , Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 11, read: קוֹסִים, v. קוֹס.—Kil. V, 8, a. e., read: קִיסוֹס. ↗ expanded

קִיסּוּמָא (קְסַם) divination.—Pl. קִיסּוּמִין, קִסּ׳. Targ. Ez. XXI, 28.—[Targ. Y. I Deut. XVIII, 14 קיסומי, read: קָסוֹמֵי.] ↗ expanded

קִיסּוּמָא ² (v. קֵיסֶם) rakings. Targ. Hab. III, 17 לא יגבון ק׳ וכ׳ they shall not gather rakings from (shall not enjoy the destruction of) Jerusalem (h. text אין בקר ברפתים!). ↗ expanded

קִיסוֹס (κισσός) ivy. Kil. V, 8 (not קיסום, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20); Tosef. ib. III, 13. Succ. I, 4 (11ᵃ) הדלה … ואת הק׳ (Mish. ed. קיסום) if he trained, over the Succah, a vine, gourd, or ivy. Ohol. VIII, 1 (Mish. ed., a. ed. Dehr. ם …). Tosef. Erub. I, 7; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קִיסוֹסָא Y. Kil. V, end, 30ᵃ (expl. קיסוס).—Y. Sabb. II, beg., 4ᶜ (expl. שמן קיק) ק׳ oil of ivy-seeds(?), v. קָאזָא ↗ expanded

קיסופורון , v. קַסִּיטְרוֹן ↗ expanded

קִיסְטְ (a corrupt. of ξέστης) ḳisṭ, ḳisṭa (Sixtarius), v. כְּסִיסְטָא. Gen. R. s. 49 חד ק׳ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קסיט) one xestes of wine (which you had) makes ten follera. Pes. 109ᵃ ק׳ דמורייסא וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קסתא, Ms. M. קיסתא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the xestes for muries (kept as a standard) in Sepphoris was about the same as the Temple Log. Pesik. Ekhah, p. 122ᵇ ק׳ דחמר Ar. (ed. קסיט) a. x. of wine; a. e.—Pl. קִיסְטִין. Lev. R. s. 12 שתי שיכרא חמשא ק׳ (not קיסטון) he (the drunkard) drinks five xestes of beer, they tell him, thou hadst ten. Ib. הוה אליף … ק׳ וכ׳ was accustomed to drink twelve x. of wine a day &c.; a. e.—[V. Fr. Aram. Fremdw. p. 205]. ↗ expanded

קִיסְטָא 2 (cista) chest, box. Y. Snh. IX, end, 27ᵇ (expl. קִסְוָה, Mish. ib. IX, 6) ק׳ a chest (containing sacred objects, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Cista).—Pl. קִיסְטוֹת. Kel. XV, 1 קוסטות המלכים (ed. Dehr. קוסטַת sing.; R. S. קסתות, קנתות, corr. acc.) the provision boxes of kings. ↗ expanded

קיסטור , v. קוּסְטִינָר ↗ expanded

קיסטרא , v. קַסִּיטְרָא ↗ expanded

קיסים , Gen. R. s. 99, לובשי ק׳, v. קוֹלָס ↗ expanded

קיסיניתא , v. קִיסְנְיָיתָא ↗ expanded

קיסלוון , Yalk. Gen. 27 ציצלין דק׳, v. קוֹלָס ↗ expanded

קִיסָּם (קָסַם) chip, fragment. Snh. 64ᵃ כל … אפי׳ ק׳ whatever people make their ruler (worship), be it a stone, or a piece of wood, v. מוֹלֶךְ; Y. ib. VII, 25ᶜ top. Tosef. Bets. III, 18 ק׳ לחצות וכ׳ a chip with which to pick his teeth. B. Bath. 15ᵇ ‘a generation which judges its judges’, אומר לו טול ק׳ מבין עיניך וכ׳ (Ms. O. קוצא thorn; Ms. H. ק׳ מבין שיניך) when he says to a person, take the chip out of thy eye (teeth), he answers, take the beam &c.; Arakh. 16ᵇ (Var. שיניך); a. fr.—Pl. קִיסְּמִים, קִיסְּמִין. Sabb. VI, 6 (65ᵃ) בק׳ שבאזניהם (Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70 cites קוס׳; in Rashi a. Bart. קִסְּמִ׳) with chips in their ears (to prevent the growing up of the perforations); Y. ib. VI, 8ᶜ אבל לא בק׳ וכ׳ but they must not (go out on the Sabbath) with chips &c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קֵיסֶם [Targ. Prov. XIV, 30 ed. Lag., read with ed. Wil. קיסא.] Targ. Y. I Num. XXV, 3; a. e.—Sabb. 54ᵇ, v. רִתְמָא. ↗ expanded

קֵיסַם Ḳesam. Targ. Y. I Num. XXXIV, 4, sq. (Y. II קְסַם; h. text עצמון). ↗ expanded

קִיסְמָא 1 chip, v. קֵיסֶם. ↗ expanded

קִיסְמָא 2 Ḳisma. Snh. 98ᵃ יוסי בן ק׳; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קִיסְמָא 3 charm, divination, v. קְסַם II. ↗ expanded

קִיסְמִית (v. קִיסָּם) a mass of chips. Ber. 15ᵃ ↗ expanded

קִיסְנְיָיתָא (קסן, v. קְסַם) carved. Keth. 61ᵇ דמיטללא בגורייתא ק׳ Ar. (Var. בקְסִינְיָי׳ זוטרתי, בקִיסִינְ׳; ed. קִיטְנְיָיתָא little) she plays with carved (little) cubs. ↗ expanded

קיספורון , v. קַסִּיטְרוֹן ↗ expanded

קֵיסַר (Cæsar, Καῖσαρ) Cæsar, Roman emperor. Y. Ber. IX, 12ᵈ bot.; Gen. R. s. 8, v. אָגוּסְטוֹס. Ab. Zar. 10ᵇ קטיעא חד מחשיבי דמלכותא דק׳ הוה וק׳ הוה סני וכ׳ Ms. M. Ḳ’ṭiʿa was one of the nobles of the imperial government, and the emperor hated the Jews (ed. ההוא קֵיסָרָא דהוה סני וכ׳). Snh. 98ᵇ, v. פַּלְגּוּ; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קֵיסָרָא v. preced. ↗ expanded

קִיסְרָאנָא (preced.) Cæsarean. Ab. Zar. 6ᵇ (some ed. קִיסְרְנָאָה, Rashi קִסְ׳; Ms. M. דקיסר), v. דִּינָרָא. ↗ expanded

קֵיסַרְוָון (preced.) the district of Cæsarea (Philippi), in the north of Palestine (Paneas). Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXIV, 1 דן דק׳ Dan in the district of &c.; Targ. Y. II, Gen. XIV, 14 (ed. Vien. רִיּוֹן …). ↗ expanded

קִיסְרִי Cæsarean, v. קִיסְרִין. ↗ expanded

קִיסְרֵי Cæsarea, v. קִיסְרִין. ↗ expanded

קִיסְרָיָא = h. קִיסְרִי, Cæsarean. Y. Taan. II, beg. 65ᵃ; Y. Sot. V, end, 20ᵈ תחליפא ק׳; Gen. R. s. 50 חלפתא ק׳; a. e.—Pl. f. קִיסְרָיָיתָא. Y. Ned. VII, end, 40ᶜ; Y. M. Kat. III, 83ᵃ top; Y. Ber. III, 6ᵃ top, v. עַרְסָא. ↗ expanded

קֵיסַרִיּוֹן , v. קֵיסַרְוָון, a. קִיסְרִין. ↗ expanded

קִיסַּרְיִי belonging to the plant cissarios; אגבין ק׳, v. אַגְבִּין. ↗ expanded

קִיסְרָיָיא , v. קִיסְרָיָא ↗ expanded

קִיסְרִין Cæsarea, name of several cities, esp. Cæsarea (Palestina), a maritime city founded by Herod the Great on the site of Straton’s Tower. Meg. 6ᵃ (ref. to עקרון, Zeph. II, 4) זו ק׳ בת אדום וכ׳ this means (symbolically) C., the daughter of Edom (seat of the Roman government) &c., v. חוֹל I. Ib. מלכי ק׳ וירושלים the governors of C. and of Jerusalem. Lam. R. to IV, 21 ‘daughter of Edom’ זו ק׳ this means C.—Tosef. Ohol. XVIII, 16 ק׳ שהחזיקו בה וכ׳ C. which was always considered unclean (v. מָדוֹר). Ib. 13 מזרח ק׳ the eastside of C.; Ohol. XVIII, 9 (ed. Dehr. קסרון, corr. acc.; some ed. קֵיסַרִיּוֹן). Y. Pes. III, end, 30ᵇ רבנן דק׳ the Rabbis of C.; a. fr.—Y. Yeb. II, end, 4ᵇ, a. e. ק׳ שבקפודקיא Cæsarea in Cappadocia, v. מְגִיזָה. Mekh. B’shall., Amal., s. 2 קסריון, v. מְחִלָּה.—Denom. קִיסְרִי, קִסְ׳ Cæsarean. Tosef. Dem. IV, 23 הניח ק׳ ומצא אגרי (Var. ומצא עִגְּרוֹן) if he left Cæsarean wheat (bought for immediate use) and found storage wheat in its place (v. אֵגוֹרִי). ↗ expanded

קִיסְרְנָאָה , v. קִיסְרָאנָא ↗ expanded

קיסרקיסון , Yalk. Is. 302, v. קְסִרְקִיטוֹן ↗ expanded

קַיָּף הַקַּ׳ Haḳḳayaf. Par. III, 5 הקיף (Mish. ed. הקוף; Ar. a. ed. Dehr. הקייף). ↗ expanded

קֵיפֶא (קָפָא, קָפָה) coagulation, jelly, sediments of boiled meat. Ḥull. IX, 1 (expl. ib. 120ᵃ פִּירְמָא, q. v.; another explan. ib. תבלין the settled spices in the meat pot). Ib. 112ᵇ (Ar. קופה, some ed. קיפא). Ned. VI, 6; ib. 52ᵇ (some ed. קו׳); Tosef. ib. III, 2. T’bul Yom II, 5 בשר הקדש שקרם עליו הקי׳ (ed. Dehr. הקו׳; Ar. שקרש … הקו׳) sacred flesh on the top of which a layer of jelly was formed. Mekh. B’shall., Shir., s. 6 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. XV, 8) עשאן כמין ק׳ וכ׳ he made them like a congealed mass in the heart of the sea; (Tanḥ. B’shall. 17 כִּפָּה). Sifra Sh’mini, ch. IV, Par. 3 הקפֶה. ↗ expanded

קִיפּוֹד , v. קִיפּוֹף ↗ expanded

קִיפּוּי (preced. art.) formation of a coagulated substance, froth, spume. Ab. Zar. 56ᵃ (expl. משיקפה, v. קָפָה) ק׳ דבור do you mean the formation of froth (fermentation) in the pit, or ק׳ דחבית the fermentation in the cask?—Trnsf. the skimming of the surface, the quantity taken from the top of a pile. Ter. IV, 11; Y. ib. 43ᵃ bot. ↗ expanded

קִיפּוּל (קָפל I) folding up, creasing. Sabb. 28ᵇ ק׳ אינו מועיל the mere creasing (of an old garment with the purpose of making wicks of it) does not affect it as regards the laws of uncleanness. Y. ib. II, 4ᵈ bot. שכן … רוצים בקִיפּוּלָהּ for professional attendants (dressers) like a garment to be creased. Ib. XV, beg. 15ᵃ ק׳ בשנים וכ׳ folding a garment (on the Sabbath) by two persons is treated as forbidden work. ↗ expanded

קִיפּוּלָא (קְפַל II) scraping off. B. Bath. 4ᵇ ק׳ מידע ידיע Ms. M. (ed. קִילּוּפָא; Rashi קופלא) the scraping off of the plaster is noticeable. Ib. קיפולי Ms. M. read: קיפולא. ↗ expanded

קִיפוֹנוֹס Ḳifonos, name of a Temple gate (prob. genitive of Καιπίων = Cæpio). Midd. I, 3. ↗ expanded

קִיפוֹנוֹת (cmp. קוֹפִינָא) ḳifonoth, name of a fish, sword-fish (cmp. ξίφιος, gladius) (?). Sifra Sh’mini, ch. IV, Par. 3 (Rabad כפונית שבים); Yalk. Lev. 537. ↗ expanded

קִיפּוֹף (cmp. קוֹף II) long-tailed ape (cercopithacus). Bekh. 8ᵃ, v. קוֹף II. Ber. 57ᵇ Ms. M. (ed. קִיפּוֹד, קִפּוֹד). Ib. 58ᵇ (Rashi: a species of owls). a species of owls. Ḥull. 63ᵃ באות שבעופות ק׳ the bâvath among the birds is the ḳippof (v. next w.). ↗ expanded

קִיפּוּפָא , owl. Targ. Lev. XI, 17 (O. ed. Berl. קִיפּ׳, oth. ed. O. a. Y. קִיפ׳, קִפ׳; h. text ינשוף); Targ. O. Deut. XIV, 16 (h. text ינשוף); Y. ed. Amst. קְפוּ׳ (ed. Vien. כְּפוּפָא; h. text כוס).—Nidd. 23ᵃ קפ׳ (Rashi קיפ׳). Ber. 57ᵇ קפ׳. ↗ expanded

קִיפּוּץ (קָפַץ) leaping, jumping. Y. Bets. V, 63ᵃ bot. ק׳ עוקר וכ׳ (not קיפיץ) jumping means lifting both feet simultaneously, opp. ריקוד. ↗ expanded

קִיפֵּחַ , v. כִּיפֵּחַ ↗ expanded

קיפל , v. קִיבְלַי ↗ expanded

קִיפְלָאוֹת , v. קִפְלָיוֹת ↗ expanded

קיפלוס , v. קִיפָלִיס ↗ expanded

קִיפְלוּרְיָא , v. קִפְלוּרְיָא ↗ expanded

קִיפְלַי , v. קִיבְלַי ↗ expanded

קִיפָלִין , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קִיפָלִיס (not קיפלוס) m. (κεφαλίς) capital of a column. Lev. R. s. 25, v. קוּפְלָיוֹת.—Pl. (formed from genitive κεφαλίδος) קִיפָלִידוֹסִים. Cant. R. to V, 15 (not קיִפלירוסים). Y’lamd. to Deut. VII, 12 quot. in Ar. קיפלרין של עמודים (read: קִיפִילָדִין; some ed. קִיפָלִין). ↗ expanded

קיפלירוסים , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קִיפְרוֹס (Κύπρος) Cyprus, an island lying off the coast of Phœnicia and Syria. Y. Succ. V, 55ᵇ והלך הדם בים עד ק׳ and the blood (of those slain by Trajanus) went (could be traced) in the sea as far as Cyprus; Lam. R. to I, 16; IV, 19 (strike out נהר); v. Graetz Hist. of the Jews, (Jew. Publ. Soc. of A.) II, p. 398. ↗ expanded

קִיץ , Hif. הֵקִיץ (b. h.) [to stir,] (neut. verb.) to wake up. Gen. R. s. 21 (ref. to Ps. XVII, 15) לכשיָקִיץ אותו וכ׳ when he whom thou hast created in thine image shall wake up (arise from the dead); Yalk. Ps. 671 לכשיָקוּץ; a. e. to awaken. Num. R. s. 10 היו מתיראים לַהֲקִיצוֹ they were afraid to wake him (Solomon) up; והלכה היא והֱקִיצַתּוֹ וכ׳ but she (Bethsheba) went and waked him up and rebuked him. Yalk. Ps. l. c. (ref. to Ps. l. c.) אלו … שמְקִיצִין שינה וכ׳ that means the scholars that chase the sleep from their eyes &c.; B. Bath. 10ᵃ Ms. M. (ed. שמנדדין); a. e. ↗ expanded

קַיִץ heat, midsummer, harvest time for figs, grapes &c., contrad. to קציר harvest time for grains. B. Mets. 106ᵇ (ref. to Gen. VIII, 22 חצי ניסן … אב ק׳ וכ׳ half of Nisan, the whole of Iyar, and half of Sivan is ḳatsir (cutting season), half of Sivan to half of Ab is ḳayits (midsummer) &c.; Gen. R. s. 34. Ex. R. s. 15 עשיר … בשעת הק׳ a rich man who went out at harvest time (when grapes were cut). Ned. VIII, 4 עד הק׳ עד שיהא הק׳ וכ׳ if one vows abstinence ‘until harvest time’, it means until harvest begins, until people begin to bring fruits home in baskets (v. כַּלְכָּלָה); עד שיעבור הק׳ וכ׳ ‘until harvest is past’, it means &c., v. מַקְצוּעָה; a. fr. summer fruits, figs, grapes &c. B. Bath. III, 1 (28ᵃ) כנס (קֵיצוֹ) את קַיְיצוֹ after storing up his fruits. Tosef. Ned. IV, 1 הנודר מן הק׳ אין אסור וכ׳ if one vows abstinence from ḳayits, he is forbidden figs only; ib. 2 (anoth. opin.) ענבים בכלל ק׳ grapes are included in ḳayits; Ned. 61ᵇ מפירות הק׳ from the fruits of midsummer; (ib. ענבים בכלל תאנים). Y. ib. VIII, 41ᵃ top ביכר ק׳ בעמקים if the first summer fruits are ripe in the valleys; (Bab. ib. 62ᵇ; Tosef. ib. IV, 7 הגיע הק׳ the harvest has begun). Naz. 8ᵇ כהילקטי ק׳, v. הֶילְקֵט; Tosef. ib. I, 3; Y. ib. I, 51ᵇ bot. (not כמלקטי); a. e.—Trnsf. ק׳ המזבח the altar’s summer time, a time when the altar was unemployed for private offerings, and free-will burnt-offerings had to be supplied from the Temple fund. Shek. IV, 4 מותר הפירות לק׳ המ׳ the net income from the sale of fruits (of the Sabbatical year) was applied to the purchase of sacrifices for the altar’s summer time; Y. ib. 48ᵇ top (not למזבח). Succ. 56ᵃ. Tosef. Men. X, 8, v. קוּץ II. ↗ expanded

קַיָּץ , v. קַיָּיץ ↗ expanded

קִיץ ² (קָצַץ) a clearly defined subject.—Pl. קִיצִין. Cant. R. to V, 11 אפי׳ דברִים … שהן ק׳ וכ׳ even things in the Law which you would consider clearly defined are piles upon piles (contain material for much discussion). ↗ expanded

קִיץ ³ (preced.) term, stipulation; (adj.) defined. Ned. 86ᵃ, v. קִיצוּתָא. Gitt. 30ᵇ כיון דק׳ the quantity being defined. Keth. 43ᵃ לא שביק אינש מידי דק׳ … דלא ק׳ a man will not forego the claim of a definite quantity, and demand something undefined (requiring appraisement); a. e.—Pl. קִיצֵי. B. Bath. 88ᵃ דק׳ דמיה (Rashb. דקָיְיצֵי) when its price is fixed; דק׳ דמיהו when their prices are fixed. ↗ expanded

קִיצּ־ , v. קֵץ, קִצָּא. ↗ expanded

קִיצָא , Tosef. Keth. IV, 7 ed. Zuck., v. קִיצָה I ↗ expanded

קַיְצָא , v. קַיְצָה ↗ expanded

קִיצְבָה , v. קִצְבָה ↗ expanded

קַיְצָה (v. קַיִץ), שדה ק׳ a field of summer fruits. Tosef. B. Mets. IX, 5 הלוקח שדה ק׳ … והיו בה וכ׳ (ed. Zuck. קַיצא, Var. קיצה, קוצה) if a man buys … the crop of the summer fruits of a field, and there are in it apples …; whatever is not included in ḳayits (v. קַיִץ) belongs to the seller. ↗ expanded

קִיצָה 1 (= קציצה; קָצַץ) cutting, felling. Tosef. Shebi. III, 14 שתהא קִיצָתָהּ שוה (ed. Zuck. שיהא קִיצָתוֹ) that the felling be even (the stumps all alike, v. דָּרַג); Y. ib. IV, 35ᵇ bot. קיצצתן (corr. acc., or קְצִיצָתָן). (cmp. פָּסַק) stipulation, agreement. Tosef. Keth. IV, 7 אין כלום לאחר הק׳ (ed. Zuck. הקיצא) after this agreement (that she would support herself and her husband) there can be no claim; Y. ib. V, 29ᵈ קניין (corr. acc.).—Y. ib. IV, 29ᵃ bot.; Y. B. Bath. IX, 17ᵃ top מכה שיש לה ק׳ a disease on the treatment of which there is a definite agreement (with the physician as to his charge), v. קִצְבָה. Tosef. Keth. VI, 6 אם עשתה קִיצָתָהּ if she made her own stipulation, v. קִיצוּתָא.—B. Bath. 8ᵇ על קִיצָתָן, v. נָסַע. ↗ expanded

קִיצָה 2 (קִיץ or קוּץ, Hif.) awakening. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXIV קִיצַת הבקר וכ׳ the awakening in the morning is like the world to come; ib. שינת הבקר (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִיצוֹנָא , v. קִיצוֹצָא ↗ expanded

קִיצוֹנִים (קצץ) slender, dwarfed; בצלים הק׳ onions with minute heads and slender stems. Shebi. V, 4, v. קַטִּינַאי; [comment. קַיְ׳ (denom. of קַיִץ) summer-onions, v. קַיְיטִינָאֵי]. ↗ expanded

קִיצּוּעַ (קָצַע) trimming the ends of a skin. B. Kam. 66ᵇ, v. עוּצְבָּה. ↗ expanded

קִיצוֹצָא (cmp. קִיצוֹנִים) [slender,] name of a lizard. Targ. Y. Lev. XI, 30 (ed. Amst. קִיצוֹנָא; h. text חמט). ↗ expanded

קִיצוּצְוָתָא , v. קְצוּצְתָּא ↗ expanded

קִיצוּתָא (= קְצִיצוּתָא) = h. קִיצָה, definite term, stipulation. Ned. 4ᵇ משום דלא אית ליה ק׳ because there is no definite term for it (a vow of abstinence, unless explicitly limited, is for ever); אבל … דאית ליה ק׳ וכ׳ but as to a Nazarite’s vow where there is a definite term (a Nazarite’s vow, unless qualified, being for thirty days) &c. Ib. 86ᵃ התם קיץ אשה … ק׳ there (in the case of the transfer of a field for ten years) there is a definite end stipulated, but can a woman (dedicating her handiwork to the sanctuary after she shall be divorced) define the time? B. Mets. 67ᵇ בק׳ by definite stipulation of the time up to which the mortgagee may have the privilege of usufruct. Ib. קצו׳ (corr. acc.). Keth. 54ᵇ מהו דתימא קַיְיצוּתָא עבדו וכ׳ you may have thought that the Rabbis instituted a definite sum as the wife’s jointure in order not to put the poor to shame. Y. ib. VI, 30ᵈ top (in Hebr. dict.) אם עשת ק׳ if she had a stipulation to that effect made (in her marriage contract); Tosef. ib. VI, 6 קִיצָתָהּ, v. קִיצָה. Shebu. 42ᵃ קי׳ דתרעא וכ׳ Ms. F. (ed. קצ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) stipulations of prices one is likely to remember well.—V. קְצִיצָה. ↗ expanded

קִיצְחָא , v. קִצְחָא ↗ expanded

קיציון , v. קְרַצְיוֹן ↗ expanded

קיצצה , Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵇ bot. קיצצתן, v. קִיצָה ↗ expanded

קיצרה , Y. Sabb. XVI, end, 15ᵈ, v. קַצְרָה II ↗ expanded

קִיק 1 (reduplic. of קא; cmp. קָאַת) name of a bird, pelican. Ḥull. 63ᵃ קאת זה הק׳ Ms. M. (ed. הקוק, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note), the Biblical ḳaath is the modern ḳiḳ, v. קָאַת; Yalk. Lev. 537 הקוק; Y. Sabb. II, beg. 4ᶜ. Ib. (ref. to שמן קיק Mish. ib. II, 1) עוף הוא ושמו ק׳ it is a bird whose name is ḳiḳ. [For other opinions on the meaning of שמן ק׳, v. קָאוָא, קִיסוֹסָא, קִיקָיוֹן.] ↗ expanded

קִיק 2 abnormally large membrum virile; [Ar.: abnormally large testicles]. Bekh. 44ᵇ, v. גְּרַבְתָּן, a. קַיָּין. ↗ expanded

קיקאני , v. קוּקְיָאנֵי ↗ expanded

קִיקוּלִים (= קלקיל׳, cmp. קִיקָלוֹן) disgrace, prostitution. Yalk. Ps. 662 העמיד בתי קוצים ובתי ק׳ וכ׳ he put up houses of idolatry (v. קוֹץ I) and houses of prostitution &c.; Midr. Till. to Ps. XIV קִלְקְלִין (ed. Bub. קִיקְלִין). ↗ expanded

קִיקָיוֹן (b. h.) ricinus-tree, or the shrub bearing the castor-berry (Greek κίκι, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Cici, a. Löw, Pfl., p. 353 sq.). Sabb. 21ᵃ (expl. שמן קיק, Mish. ib. II, 1) ר"ל אמר ק׳ דיונה Resh Laḳish says, it means oil from Jonah’s Ḳiḳayon. Ib. לדידי … ק׳ דיונה וכ׳ I was shown Jonah’s Ḳ., it resembled &c., v. צְלוּלִיבָא ↗ expanded

קִיקֶילְתָּא , v. קִיקֶלְתָּא ↗ expanded

קִיקְלָא c. (= קלקל׳; קלקל) [refuse,] dunghill. Pesik. Shimʿu, p. 117ᵃ sq. כד הימוט … וכד תרום ק׳ ק׳ שמה when a palace sinks, its name remains palace, and when a dunghill rises, its name remains dunghill. Lam. R. to IV, 5, v. טְרַף I; a. e.—Pl. קִיקְלַיָּא, קִיקְלֵי, קוּ׳, קִקְ׳. Ker. 6ᵃ על קיקלי דמתא וכ׳ Ar. (ed. אקִילְקֵי, Rashi קִלְקֵי) rather dwell on the dunghills of Matha Meḥasia, than in the palaces of Pumb’ditha. Gitt. 69ᵃ בקיקליא דמתא Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. בקלקולי) on the dunghills of the town. Pes. 114ᵃ, v. קָקוּלָא; a. e.—V. קִיקֶלְתָּא. ↗ expanded

קִיקָלוֹן , v. preced.) disgrace. Esth. R. introd. to Par. 3, v. קוּא. ↗ expanded

קִיקְלִין , v. קִיקוּלִים ↗ expanded

קִיקְלִיתָא , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קִיקֶלְתָּא (v. קִיקְלָא) dunghill, ruins. Targ. Ps. CXIII, 7 (ed. Wil. קַלְקַלְ׳). Targ. Jer. XIX, 2 Ar. (ed. Koh. קיקליתא; Targ. ed. קלקל׳, ed. Lag. קִילְקילְ׳).—Cant. R. to IV, 4 לא תצלי בההיא ק׳ pray not on this dunghill (the Temple ruins), opp. בריכא; Gen. R. s. 81 קלקל׳; ib. s. 32 ביתא קלקל׳ (omit ביתא); Yalk. ib. 57 קילתא (corr. acc.). Lev. R. s. 25 עדור בקוֹקֶלְתָּךְ (some ed. בקולקל׳), v. עֲדַר I; Yalk. Job 925 בקלקליתיך (read בקִלקֶילְתָּיךְ). Ab. Zar. 28ᵃ קיקילתא Ar. (Ms. M. קילקל׳; ed. קִילְקְתָא); a. e.—Pl. קִילְקְלָתָן. Targ. Lam. IV, 5 Ar. (ed. קִקְלָאתָן; h. text אשפתות). ↗ expanded

קִיר 1 c. (b. h.; [surrounding, enclosure,] wall, recess, chamber. R. Hash. 16ᵇ; Snh. 109ᵃ, v. נָטָה. Y. Ber. IV, 8ᵇ bot. (ref. to Is. XXXVIII, 2) באיזה ק׳ נשא עיניו to what wall did he direct his eyes? בקִירָהּ של רחב to the wall of Rahab’s house (ref. to Josh. II, 15); ib. בקירה של שונמית to the ḳir (chamber) of the Shunamite; השונמית ק׳ אחת וכ׳ the Shunamite made one chamber for Elisha &c.; Bab. Ber. 10ᵇ. Zeb. 65ᵃ ק׳ העליון the upper portion of the side of the altar; ק׳ הכבש the masonry of the ascent to the altar; a. fr.—Pl. קִירוֹת. Y. Ber. l. c. בק׳ בה"מ וכ׳ he directed his eyes to the walls of the Temple; בק׳ לבו וכ׳ to the recesses of his own heart he directed his eyes; Bab. ib. l. c. התפלל מק׳ לבו he prayed out of the recesses &c.—2) rim, border of mats, (v. גְּדָנְפָא). Succ. 20ᵇ ↗ expanded

קִיר 2 (or קוּר), Pa. קַיֵּיר (sec. verb of קרר) to cool. Ab. Zar. 38ᵇ וקַיְּירֵי מבינתא וכ׳ (Ms. M. וקרירי) and they cool (the body) from the hair of the head to &c. ↗ expanded

קיר , Targ. II Esth. III, 8 some ed., v. קִירָא ↗ expanded

קִירָא (cera, κηρός) wax. Targ. II Esth. III, 8 (not קיר).—Sabb. 110ᵇ (Ms. M. קו׳), v. נִישְׂתְּרוּפֵי. Ib. 133ᵇ, v. קַלְבָּא. B. Mets. 40ᵃ באתריה … בק׳ וכ׳ in the place of one of the differing teachers they line the barrels with wax, which does not absorb much &c. Snh. 95ᵃ (proverbial phrase) בר ברך ק׳ וכ׳ let thy grandson sell wax (be a poor man), so that thou be spared suffering (do not sacrifice the present for the sake of the future); a. e.—Pl. קִירֵי. Pes. 8ᵃ בי ק׳ wax-store. ↗ expanded

קִירָאָה (preced.) dealer in wax. B. Mets. 63ᵇ.—Pl. קִירָאֵי. Ib. 69ᵇ.—[Ab. Zar. 40ᵃ קיראי Ar., v. קַרָא.] ↗ expanded

קירבי , Y. Kil. I, 27ᵃ bot. ק׳ לבנין, quot. in R. S. to Kil. I, 4, v. כְּרִיסוֹלָכַנוֹן ↗ expanded

קירדו , v. פִּרְסְקָא ↗ expanded

קִירְדֵּס , v. קִרְדֵּס ↗ expanded

קִירְוָא , v. קִרְוָא ↗ expanded

קֵירוּב (קָרַב) nearness, contact. Keth. 48ᵃ שארה זו ק׳ בשר וכ׳ her sh’er (Ex. XXI, 10), this means the immediate contact of bodies, that he must not treat her in the manner of the Persians &c. Sabb. 13ᵇ ישן עמי בק׳ בשר he slept by my side (under one cover) undressed; Y. Kidd. IV, 66ᶜ וישן עמהן בק׳ בשר and he may sleep with them &c.—B. Bath. 7ᵇ לפי ק׳ בתים הן גובין fortification taxes are raised in proportion to the propinquity of the houses to the city wall. Y. Maas. Sh. I, end, 53ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XIV, 24) בק׳ מקום when the place is near Jerusalem, opp. בריחוק.—Y. Kidd. IV, beg. 65ᵇ ק׳ פנים bringing the face near, i.e. welcome reception (of proselytes). Sot. 49ᵃ; Yalk. Hab. 563 (ref. to Hab. III, 2) א"ת בקרב שנים בק׳ שְׁנַיִם read not b’ḳereb shanim (in the midst of years), but b’ḳerub sh’nayim, in the contact of two (poor scholars wrapped in one cloak); a. e. ↗ expanded

קֵירוּד (קָרַד) scraping, currying. Tosef. Bets. II, 17 איזוהי ק׳ אילו קטנים וכ׳ (ed. Zuck. קירור) ḳerud is currying with strigils with small teeth which wound the skin; Y. ib. II, end, 61ᵈ; Bab. ib. 23ᵃ; v. קִירְצוּף; Pes. 11ᵇ קידור, קדור (corr. acc., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). ↗ expanded

קִירְוָוא , v. קִרְוָא ↗ expanded

קִירְוָוחִין , v. קְרוּחַ ↗ expanded

קֵירוּי 1 (קָרָה II) arched ceiling. Y. Ned. V, beg. 39ᵃ ק׳ שמועיל לתנור an arched cap which is of use to the oven. ↗ expanded

קֵירוּי 2 (קָרָה I) accident; בק׳ (cmp. עַרְאַי) temporary. Y. Shek. VI, beg. 49ᶜ; Y. Sot. VII, 22ᶜ top (ref. to בסכות, II Sam. XI, 11) סכך שהיה בק׳ וכ׳ it means a shelter (like booths) which was temporary, since the Temple was not yet built; Yalk. Sam. 101 ספר שהוא קרוי (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִירְוָיָא , v. קִרְוָיָא ↗ expanded

קֵירוָּיה , v. קֵרוּיָה ↗ expanded

קירום , Esth. R. to I, 13, v. קֵירָס ↗ expanded

קֵירוֹמָא (κήρωμα) wrestling ground. Sabb. XXII, 6 (147ᵃ) אין יורדין לק׳ Rashi Ms. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30; ed. קורדימא, Ms. M. a. Y. ed. לפִילוֹמָא, q. v.) you must not go down (on the Sabbath) to a wrestling ground (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Ceroma). ↗ expanded

קֵירוֹמָה (καίρωμα) arrangement of slips or thrums. Y. Sabb. XIII, 14ᵃ; v. קֵירוֹס I. ↗ expanded

קֵירוּן (denom. of קֶרֶן) providing with horns; trnsf. horned animal. Tosef. Men. XIII, 6 הרי עלי ק׳ והביא גמום וכ׳ (not הביא נימוס) if one says, I vow a sacrifice of a horned animal, and brings one whose horns are levelled, or I vow a hornless animal, and brings a horned one (v. גָּמַם).—[קירונין, Lam. R. to IV, 15 some ed., v. קָרוֹן, a. קָרוּכִין.] ↗ expanded

קֵירוֹס 1 (καῖρος) the row of slips or thrums in the loom to which the threads of the warp are attached. Sabb. XIII, 2 (105ᵃ), v. נִיר IV; expl. Y. ib. 14ᵃ בק׳ קירומה (not בקיריס) ḳeros is (καίρωμα) the arrangement of slips &c. ↗ expanded

קֵירוֹס 2 opportunity, v. קֵירָס. ↗ expanded

קירוס , Yalk. Dan. 1064, v. מַקְרִין I ↗ expanded

קִירוּתָא (denom. of קִירָא) a mass of wax into which a wick is stuck. Sabb. 20ᵇ (expl. שעוה, Mish. ib. II, 1). ↗ expanded

קִירְטוּם (קִרְטַם) nipping, destroying the top of plants. Y. B. Kam. II, 3ᵃ top; Tosef. ib. II, 1 קִיטּוּם. ↗ expanded

קירטון , Tosef. Bets. IV, 10, v. גְּרֵתִיקוֹן.—Yalk. Is. 332, v. קָרְטוֹן. ↗ expanded

קִירְטֵם , v. sub קִרְטֵ׳. ↗ expanded

קִירִי (vocat. of κύρις, S.) O, master! Ḥull. 139ᵇ, v. כִּירִי I. Gen. R. s. 89, v. כֵּירִי. Y. Shebu. III, 34ᵈ bot.; Y. Ned. III, 38ᵃ top (not קורי); Pesik. R. s. 22 קרי (corr. acc.), v. בריכסון.—Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ (supposed to stand for κυρίου, genit.), v. פְּלַסְטֵיר. ↗ expanded

*קֵירִי (v. קֵירָס; cmp. καίριον) in due time. Sifré Deut. 323 משל … עבד ק׳ אני מוכר לך אבל וכ׳ like one saying to a neighbor, I sell thee a slave to be delivered at a certain time; but I (the Lord) do not do so, but I sell at once and deliver at once; Yalk. ib. 946 עבד קרי. ↗ expanded

קִירְיָאָה , v. קוּרְיָיאָה, a. קִרְיָה II. ↗ expanded

קִירְיוֹסִים (curiosi) detectives, spies. Pesik. R. s. 3 קריוסי הושיב וכ׳ (corr. acc.) Joseph placed agents in the palace. Pesik. R. s. 8 כשם שלמלכי בו"ד ק׳ … כך יש לפני הקב"ה ק׳ וכ׳ as human kings have agents who report …, so are agents before the Lord &c.; ואלו הן הק׳ … זו הנפש וכ׳ and these are the Lord’s agents, the soul that reports to the angel &c.—Denom. קִרְיוֹסוּת report of agents. Lev. R. s. 32 יש קול קריאסות לטובה … ויש קול קריאסות לרעה וכ׳ Ar. (corr. acc., a. omit קול; ed. יש קול יוצא וכ׳) there is a report of agents for good (Deut. V, 25) …, and a report of agents for evil (ib. I, 34); Koh. R. to X, 20 יש קרסיות וכ׳ (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִירְיוּתָא , v. קִרְיוּתָא ↗ expanded

קִירַיָּיא , v. קָרָא I ↗ expanded

קִירְיָינָא Ḳiryana, Ḳyrene (corresp. to b. h. קִיר). Targ. II Kings XVI, 9. Targ. Am. II, 5; IX, 7 קיריני ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קִירְנֵי, קְרִינֵי; v. Vulg.). ↗ expanded

קיריס , Y. Sabb. XIII, 14ᵃ בק׳, v. קֵירוֹס I ↗ expanded

קִירִיס (not קֵי׳) (κύρις = κύριος, S.) lord, as a title, master. Targ. Job III, 18 (19). Ib. V, 2.—Esp. the Lord. Targ. Ps. LIII, 1. Ib. XCVII, 10. Targ. Y. I Num. XI, 26; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִירִיס ² (cmp. b. h. קֵירֹס) Ḳeris, an Amora. Y. Bets. II, end, 61ᵈ ק׳ דאירמא; Y. Sabb. V, end, 7ᶜ ק׳ דידמא (v. Fr. M’bo, p. 122ᵃ). ↗ expanded

קִירְמָא , v. קִרְמָא, a. קוּרָמי. ↗ expanded

קִירְמוֹלִין , v. קַרְמוּלִין ↗ expanded

קִירַמְיוֹן , v. קִרַמְיוֹן ↗ expanded

קִירְנֵי , v. קִירְיָינָא ↗ expanded

קֵירָס (καιρός) opportunity, season. Koh. R. to XI, 3 אם הגיע קִירְסוֹ של תלמיד וכ׳ when the proper time comes for the scholar to teach &c. Ib. אם הגיע קִירְסָן וכ׳ when the turn of the prophets comes to prophesy &c. Esth. R. to I, 13 (ref. to לעתים, I Chr. XII, 23) שהיו יודעין לרפאות את הקֵירוֹס (not הקירום) they knew how to mend the time (destiny); [a gloss: קליפה העולה מחמת מכה, from misreading קֵירוּם, v. קָרַם]; Cant. R. to VI, 4 לרצוא את הקורם (ed. Wil. לרפות את הקורס; corr. acc.).—Pl. קִירְסִים, קִירְסִין (קִרְ׳). Pesik. Vayḥi, p. 9ᵃ (ref. to לעתים, v. supra) לק׳ understanding of the seasons (v. LXX, I Chr. l. c.); Esth. R. l. c.; Cant. R. l. c. (not לקו׳); Num. R. s. 13; Gen. R. s. 72 לקורניסין (corr. acc., or לקֵירוֹסִין); [Var. in Ar. לקִירְטִין].—[Gen. R. s. 58 בקרסין, v. קְלִירוֹס.—Y. Shebi. II, 33ᵈ קירסים, v. next w.] ↗ expanded

קִירְסוּם (קִרְסֵם) plucking the tops off. Y. Shebi. II, 33ᵈ [read:] דר"ש כר׳ יהושע בק׳ that R. S. agrees with R. J. concerning the plucking of ears in the Sabbatical year. ↗ expanded

קִירְסוּף , v. קִירְצוּף ↗ expanded

קִירְסֵי , v. קִרְסֵי ↗ expanded

קִירְפָּיוֹת , v. קוּרְפָּיוֹת ↗ expanded

קירצוד , v. קורצד ↗ expanded

קִירְצוּף (קִרְצֵף) scratching, currying with a strigil. Tosef. Bets. II, 17 איזהו ק׳ גדולים וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. קִרְסוּף) what kind of currying is called ḳirtsuf? That which is done with large-toothed combs, which do not wound, opp. קֵירוּד; Y. ib. II, end, 61ᵈ; Bab. ib. 23ᵃ. Ib. בין ק׳ בין קרוד שרי currying is permitted (on the Holy Day) whether with large or with small strigils; v. קירוּד. ↗ expanded

קִירְצֵף , v. קִרְצֵף ↗ expanded

קירקוס , Yalk. Dan. 1064, v. מַקְרִין I ↗ expanded

קִירְקוּר (קִרְקֵר III) croaking (of frogs). Tanḥ. Bo 4 קִרְקוּרָן היה קשה וכ׳ their croaking was harder to bear than their ruining; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 66ᵇ quot. in Ar. ↗ expanded

קִירְקָנוֹת (= קירקרנ׳, v. preced.) clappers, a sort of castanets, used at wedding processions. Pesik. R. s. 43 טוענים קי׳ וכ׳ (ed. Fr. קו׳) carrying castanets and marching before her. ↗ expanded

קִירְקָנֵי (v. preced. wds.) croaking. Ned. 51ᵃ שתינא … ובק׳ דאימן I shall drink wine to thy father’s dancing and thy mother’s croaking (singing); [Rashi: handing the cup]. ↗ expanded

קירקוסיי , Yalk. Kings 222, v. קוּרְקְסָא ↗ expanded

קִישׁ 1 (b. h.) Kish, the father of king Saul. Meg. 12ᵇ בן קׄישׄ הקׄישׄ וכ׳, v. נָקַשׁ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִישׁ 2 (נָקַשׁ) clapping, the sound ḳish-ḳish. B. Mets. 85ᵇ, v. כִּישׁ. ↗ expanded

קִישׁ 3 , part. of קְשַׁשׁ II. ↗ expanded

קִישְׁבָּא , v. קִשְׁבָּא ↗ expanded

קִישּׁוּאִים , v. קִשּׁוּאִים ↗ expanded

קִישּׁוּט (קָשַׁט) dress, toilet, ornament. — Pl. קִישּׁוּטִים, קִישּׁוּטִין, קִשּׁ׳. Lam. R. to II, 13 (play on אעידך, ib.; cmp. עֲדִי II) כמה ק׳ קשטתי אתכם with how many ornaments did I adorn you!; Pesik. Naḥ., p. 124ᵇ. Keth. 71ᵇ נהנית מריח קִשּׁוּטֶיהָ וכ׳ is benefited by the perfume of her toilet for thirty days (can be thirty days without perfumery). Ib. (in Chald. diction) דתלנהו לקשוטיה וכ׳ (read: דתלתנהו) when she attached her vow of abstinence from perfuming herself to marital intercourse &c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִישּׁוּטָא Targ. Is. XLIX, 18 קִישּׁוּט constr. (ed. Wil. קָשׁוּט, corr. acc.).—Pl. קִישּׁוּטַיָּא, קִשּׁ׳. Targ. Jer. II, 32 קִישּׁוּטָהָא (h. text קִשְּׁרֶיהָ). ↗ expanded

קִישּׁוּי (קָשָׁה) protracted travailing, laws of cleanness concerning discharges during protracted travailing. Nidd. IV, 5 (36ᵇ) כמה הוא קִשּׁוּיָהּ (Bab. ed. היא קִישּׁ׳) how long may her travailing last (in order to apply to her the laws concerning &c.)?; Yeb. 83ᵃ; Y. ib. IV, 6ᵃ; Y. Nidd. I, 49ᵇ top קִישּׁוּיָיהּ; ib. אין ק׳ יותר וכ׳ the laws apply only during two weeks. Bab. Nidd. 66ᵃ אין ק׳ לנפלים the law of ḳishshuy does not apply to cases of abortion; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִישּׁוּיָא (קְשֵׁי) objection, argument.—Pl. קִישּׁוּיֵי. Y. Pes. VII, 35ᵇ top לית ליה כאילין ק׳ (not קישויא) does not agree with those arguments (does not consider them convincing). ↗ expanded

קִישּׁוּר (קָשַׁר) binding, contraction. Sabb. 16ᵇ בשעת ק׳ עבים when the clouds were gathering, opp. פיזור. Ib. XV, 1 כשם שהוא חייב על קִישּׁוּרָן וכ׳ as well as he is guilty (of violating the Sabbath laws), when he ties them (the knots) &c., opp. התיר. Y. ib. IV, 7ᵃ top; a. e.—Pl. קִישּׁוּרִים, קִשּׁ׳ (b. h. קִשֻּׁרִים) beads, decorations. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXII, end ככלה בקִשּׁוּרֶיהָ like a bride in her attire; Yalk. Gen. 114. Sabb. 66ᵇ (expl. קשרים, Mish. ib. VI, 9), קִשּׁוּרֵי פואה (Ms. M. קישור פיאה), v. פּוּאָה; Y. ib. VI, 8ᶜ בקושרי פיאה (corr. acc.); a. e. ↗ expanded

קִישּׁוּרָא Y. Sabb. IV, 7ᵃ top קִישּׁוּרֵיה דרב וכ׳ the tying of which Rab speaks, referring to tying twigs for the purposes of a tent; קישוריה דר׳ אבא the tying of which R. Abba speaks, referring to tying twigs for the purpose of making an implement (seats); a. e.—Pl. קִישּׁוּרֵי. Bab. Sabb. 66ᵇ ק׳ Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. קשירי) a sort of stilts, tied to the legs; v. אָנְקִטְמִין. ↗ expanded

קִישׁוֹשׁוֹת (קָשַׁשׁ I) rakings, chips. Tosef. Shebi. II, 14. Tosef. Erub. XI (VIII), 10 (Ar. ed. Koh. קִישׁוֹשִׁיּוֹת; oth. ed. קַשְׁקַשִּׁיּוֹת), v. קַשְׁקַשִּׁים. splints put on a fracture, v. קְשִׁישִׁין. ↗ expanded

קִישׁוּת 1 (cmp. כָּשׁוּת) [tufted fruit,] cucumber (sing, a. pl.). Tosef. Dem. V, 10 ניטל מכל ק׳ וק׳ he takes tithe from each bunch of cucumbers. Ter. III, 1 התורם ק׳ ונמצאת וכ׳ if one separates a cucumber for T’rumah, and it is found to be bitter. Tosef. ib. IV, 5 אין לך מר בק׳ וכ׳ there is nothing bitter in the cucumber except the central part (the central cucumber in the bunch (?)); a. e.—Pl. (v. supra). Ib. V, 14. Sabb. 109ᵃ Ar. s. v. טרז; v. כָּשׁוּת.—V. קִשּׁוּאִים. ↗ expanded

קִישׁוּת 2 (נָקַשׁ) comparison, likeness. Gen. R. s. 35 (play on קַשְׁתִּי, Gen. IX, 13) קִישׁוּתִי וכ׳ my likeness, that which comes near to me (the halo of glory); Yalk. ib. 61 קָשׁוּתִי; v. קַשָּׁא I. ↗ expanded

קִישָׁן (נָקַשׁ) one whose legs knock against each other, bandy-legged. Bekh. 45ᵃ; Tosef. ib. V, 9 היַקְשָׁן (ed. Vien. העַקְשָׁן, cmp. עָקַשׁ). ↗ expanded

קִישְׁקוּשׁ (קִשְׁקֵשׁ I) hoeing the ground (around olive trees). M. Kat. 3ᵃ מנין לעידור וק׳ וכ׳ whence is it learned that hoeing of vines, and hoeing of olive trees, and clearing are forbidden in the Sabbatical year? Ib. וק׳ … שרי is hoeing in the Sabbatical year permitted?; Succ. 44ᵇ Ms. M. (ed. קַשְׁקוּשֵׁי). ↗ expanded

קִישְׁקוּשָׁא —Pl. קִישְׁקוּשֵׁי, קִשְׁ׳. M. Kat. 3ᵃ; Succ. 44ᵇ; Yalk. Ex. 354 תרי ק׳ הוו וכ׳ there are two kinds of hoeing, one intended to make the tree stronger &c., v. פִּילָא III. ↗ expanded

קִישְׁקוּשָׁא ² (קשש; cmp. Zeph. II, 1) gathering place (in war times); tower, fort.—Pl. קִישְׁקוּשֵׁי, קִשְׁ׳. Sabb. 11ᵃ אבל בק׳ וכ׳ but as to towers and turrets, we care not (they may be higher than the synagogue). ↗ expanded

קִישְׁר־ , v. קֶשֶׁר ↗ expanded

קִישַׁרְתָּא , v. קוֹשַׁרְתָּא ↗ expanded

קישת , Tosef. Nidd. V, 8, v. קָשָׁהPi. ↗ expanded

קִיתוֹן (κώθων, confounded with κύαθος) ladle for drawing wine out of the mixing bowl into the cup; also for washing hands. Tosef. Bets. II, 9; Tosef. Sabb. XVI (XVII), 13 ממלא הוא … או ק׳ לשתות וכ׳ he may (dip in and) fill a cup, bucket or ladle for drinking purposes, and intend to immerse them (for ritual purposes). Ib. XIV (XV), 3. Succ. II, 9 לעבד … ק׳ וכ׳ like the case of a servant that comes in to mix the cup for his master, and he pours the ladle in his face; ib. 29ᵃ שפך לו רבו ק׳ וכ׳ his master poured &c. Snh. 52ᵇ בתחלה דומה לק׳ וכ׳ at first acquaintance he (the scholar) appears to him (the ignorant man) like a golden kithon; if he holds conversation with him, he appears like a silver kithon; if he accepts a benefit of him, he appears like an earthen kithon, which once broken cannot be mended. Yoma IV, 5 מקדש … מן הק׳ וכ׳ he sanctifies his hands and feet with a golden ladle; a. fr.—Yalk. Sam. 124 נטל קטן השמן וכ׳ (corr. acc.) he took the pitcher of oil and poured &c.—Pl. קִיתוֹנִים, קִיתוֹנוֹת. Sifré Num. 158. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. IV, 1 הלבס כדי לקבל ק׳ וכ׳ a defective caldron remains susceptible of levitical uncleanness so long as there is enough left to receive ladles, ladles, so long as they can contain small coins. Gen. R. s. 74 קִיתוֹנִיּוֹת; Yalk. ib. 130 קיתונות; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִיתוֹן ² Esth. R. to II, 1 (introd.) the drunkard says, מה דהדין ק׳ דנחשא וכ׳ what this copper ladle serves for, an earthen ladle will do &c. Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ הב לי ק׳ דאית וכ׳ give me the cyathus which I have with thee; הב לי קותונה וכ׳ (read: קִיתוֹנִי) give me my cyathus, and get the Denar (which I owe thee). Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᵈ הוה ליה קווקין וכ׳ (corr. acc.) had a ladle on which was the figure of a Roman deity; אהן ק׳ מכיון וכ׳ a ladle, since it is dipped in water, is considered a common vessel (ornamentations of which have no idolatrous character); a. e.—Pl. קַיתוֹנַיָּא. Targ. Y. Num. XXXI, 23 (ed. Amst. קַתּוּנְיָא, corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִיתְרֹס , v. קַתְרוֹס III ↗ expanded

קַל 1 to be light, v. קָלַל. ↗ expanded

קַל 2 preced.) light; unimportant, of minor value; easy to achieve.—קל וחומר, v. חוֹמֶר I. Ḥull. XII, 5 מצוה ק׳ שהיא כאיסר a slight religious act which is performed at a sacrifice of one Isar. Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵇ bot. השוה הכתוב מצוה ק׳ שבקַלּוֹת וכ׳ the Bible put the lightest of the light acts (Deut. XXII, 7) on the same level with the most serious (Ex. XX, 12). Tosef. Yoma V (IV), 4 מאכילין אותו הקל הקל you must give him to eat (of forbidden things on hand) that which is of comparatively minor import; a. fr.—Pl. קַלִּים, קַלִּין; קַלּוֹת.—קלים וחמורים, v. חוֹמֶר I.—Dem. I, 1 הק׳ שבדמאי those fruits with which, in cases of doubt as to tithes (v. דְּמַאי), the law deals most leniently. Yoma VIII, 8 על עבירות ק׳ for minor transgressions (to which the lowest penalty is attached); ib. 85ᵇ אלו הן ק׳ וכ׳ these are the minor transgressions: omission of a positive command &c. (v. עָשָׂה); Tosef. ib. V (IV), 5. R. Hash. 25ᵇ, a. e. שלשה קַלֵּי עולם the three worthless (chiefs) in Israel’s history, opp. חמורי עולם. Ib. אפי׳ קל שבק׳ וכ׳ (not קלין) even the most worthless of worthless men, if once appointed a leader, should be respected like the strongest &c.; a. fr. lowly, poor.—Pl. as ab. Arakh. 24ᵃ שלא ישהא מרגלית לק׳ one must not delay the valuation of a jewel dedicated for its value by poor men (for the sake of taking it to a large town where a higher price can be obtained, but it must go by its local value); ib. 18ᵃ מרגלית לק׳ as to local valuation. quick. Ab. III, 12, v. נוֹחַ II. Ib. V, 20 הוי … קל כנשר וכ׳ be … swift as an eagle, and run like a deer to do the will of thy Father in heaven. Sabb. VIII, 5 ביצה ק׳ שבבצים the lightest of eggs; expl. ib. 80ᵇ ק׳ לבשל quick to boil; Y. ib. VIII, 11ᵇ top. Gen. R. s. 16, v. חַד I. Keth. 112ᵃ (ref. to Jer. III, 19 נחלת צבי) מה צבי זה קל … ק׳ לבשל וכ׳ as the deer is the swiftest of beasts, so the land of Israel is the swiftest of all lands to ripen its fruits. Ex. R. s. 19, a. fr. לשעה קלה after a short time; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Gen. R. l. c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַל 3 c. = h. קוֹל, voice, sound; rumor. Targ. Ez. XI, 13. Targ. Gen. XXVII, 22. Targ. Ps. XCII, 12; a. fr.—M. Kat. 18ᵇ ק׳ דלא פסיק, v. פְּסַק. B. Bath. 5ᵃ רמא ביה ק׳ raised his voice against him (rebuked him). Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ top [read:] ואזל ק׳ דקרעין לגופפתה and the sound of (the lamentations at) the rending of garments went as far as Gof’fatha; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ ואזיל קָלָה לקרעין וכ׳ (corr. acc.); a. fr.—בת ק׳, ברת ק׳ = h. בת קול (v. בַּת I) divine voice. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXVIII, 26; a. e.—Snh. 96ᵇ נפקת בת ק׳ (not נפקא ק׳) a divine voice came forth; a. fr.—Pl. קָלַיָּא, קָלִין, קָלֵי. Targ. Ex. IX, 23. Ib. 29; a. fr.—Targ. Ps. XCIII, 4 קָלָן.—B. Mets. 85ᵃ מעבר ליה קָלֵיה לקָלַיְהוּ the sound of his cry (in pain) drowned their (the beasts’) voices. R. Hash. 27ᵃ תרי ק׳ two simultaneous (or immediately consecutive) sounds; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָל 2 (preced.) Ḳal (Voice), name of the genius of Nebuchadnezzar. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Dan. IV, 28). ↗ expanded

קָלָא voice, v. קל III.—[Yalk. Ps. 662 קלא באטין, read: אַקּוּבִיטוֹן.] ↗ expanded

קֹלָא , v. קוֹלָא I ↗ expanded

קְלָא 1 (cmp. קוֹלָא I, II) [something round,] clod, stone. Ab. Zar. 18ᵇ שקל ק׳ וכ׳ he took up a clod and threw it at them; Pes. 62ᵇ, a. e. B. Kam. 92ᵇ, v. כֵּיר. Taan. 4ᵃ, v. פַּרְצִידָא; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְלָא 2 to burn, v. קְלֵי. ↗ expanded

קְלָא 3 , v. קְלָאִילָּן ↗ expanded

קלא , v. קְלָאפַנְדָּר ↗ expanded

קלאונא , Deut. R. s. 10, v. קְלָנְיָא ↗ expanded

קְלָאִילָּן (קְלָא II a. אִילָּן) [ashes of a tree,] a vegetable blue dye, an imitation of the genuine purple-blue (תְּכֵלֶת); [Ar.: indigo, an adaptation of καλλάΐνον, callainum, Sachs, Beitr. I, p. 132]; woolen threads dyed with ḳ’la-illan. Tosef. Ab. Zar. VI (VII), 1 ק׳ שדשו בעצי וכ׳ ḳ’la-illan wool which has been stamped with wood of an ăsherah (אֲשֵׁרָה) must be burnt; others say, it is under the restriction of the law until it resumes its natural color (by washing &c.). Meïl. 13ᵃ הדש קלעילון בשדה וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קלעילין) he that stamps ḳ’laillan wool in a field belonging to the Temple. B. Kam. 93ᵇ בק׳ א׳ דלא עבר a ḳ. dye which cannot be removed with soap (v. צָפוֹן I). B. Mets. 61ᵇ מי שתולה ק׳ א׳ בבגדו וכ׳ he that attaches ḳ. threads to his garment and says, it is t’kheleth. Men. 41ᵇ טלית שכולה … מן ק׳ א׳ if a cloak is entirely of purple wool, any threads of a different color may be used as show-fringes, except ḳ. (because it may be mistaken for t’kheleth). Tosef. Kil. V, 26 ק׳ א׳ וכ׳ (Var. קלע אילן) threads of ḳ. (used in place of t’kheleth) … are not subject to the laws of mixed materials (כִּלְאַיִם). ↗ expanded

קְלָאִים , v. קָלִי ↗ expanded

קלאמין , v. כְּלָמוּס ↗ expanded

קְלָאפַנְדָּר (a comp. of κλεπ- and ανδρ-) ḳ’lafandar (Man-Stealer), fictitious name of one of the judges of Sodom. Gen. R. s. 50 Ar. (ed. קלא פ׳, combine); Yalk. ib. 84 קלפ׳. ↗ expanded

קִלָּארִון , v. קִילָּרִין ↗ expanded

קָלְבּוֹן , v. קוֹלְבּוֹן ↗ expanded

קלבוס , Sabb. 120ᵃ, v. קוֹלְבִין ↗ expanded

*קְלִיבִּינִטִירִין (a corrupt. of κλινο-βατήριον = βάθριον, corresp. to Lat. scamnum) step placed before the bed. Y. Ber. III, 5ᵈ bot. שומט קלבינטרין וכ׳ (ed. Lehm. קרביטין, corr. acc.; Mus. in Ar. ed. Koh. קלבינטירין, oth. ed. קלבינטר׳; Ar. קליבנטירין) he detaches the footstool from the state-bed (דרגש), and that is enough (as a sign of mourning); Y. Ned. VII, end, 40ᶜ קלונטרון ed. Krot. (Mus. l. c. קלינטרין, corr. acc.); Y. M. Kat. III, 83ᵃ top קלמנטרין (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קלבסים , v. קְלִוְוסִין ↗ expanded

קְלַבְרִיאָה Calabria, the peninsula in the south-east of Italy. Y. Shek. VI, 50ᵃ; Gen. R. s. 23, end בראשונה עלה עד ק׳ וכ׳ the first time the flood rose as far as Calabria, the second time as far as the rocks &c., v. בַּרְבַּרְיָא. ↗ expanded

קַלְגָּס (caliga, accus. pl.) soldier’s nail-studded shoe.—Pl. קַלְגָּסִים, קַלְגָּסִין. Sot. VIII, 1 שפעת הק׳ the noise of the trampling shoes; Sifré Deut. 192 עקלגסים (corr. acc.; Var. גַּלְגָּסִין, v. גַּלִּיגָאס). ↗ expanded

קלגריפון , v. קלִּיגְרָפוֹן ↗ expanded

קְלַד , Af. אַקְלֵיד (denom. of אַקֶלִידָא) to lock up, insert the key Ithpe. אִיקְּלִיד to be inserted like a key; to be swallowed up, disappear. Ḥull. 93ᵇ אִיקְּלוּדֵי מִיקְּלִיד (or אַקְלוּדֵי; Ms. R. אַקְלִידֵי; Ms. R. 2 קַלּוּדֵי מִקְּלַד, or מְקַלַּד; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) the sinew disappears in the flesh. ↗ expanded

קלדה , v. קַלְרָהִי ↗ expanded

קַלָּה 1 , fem. of קַל. ↗ expanded

קַלָּה 2 Ḳallah, name of a servant of R. Judah the Nasi. Y. Bets. I, 60ᵈ ק׳ דרומא. ↗ expanded

קָלָה 1 voice, v. קָלָא. ↗ expanded

קָלָה 2 , v. קלי ↗ expanded

קְלוּבְקרִין , v. גְּלוּפְקְרִין ↗ expanded

קַלּוּדַיָּא (calida) hot drink of wine and water, kept in a large bowl (v. Sm. Ant. s. v.); [the spelling קלור׳ induced by Latin calor]. Lev. R. s. 5 קלוד׳ ed. Wil. (oth. eds. קלור׳); Num. R. s. 10 קלור׳; Yalk. Am. 545 קלור׳. ↗ expanded

קִלְוָואן (κελεύων) commanding. Gen. R. s. 63 אנא ק׳ אנא וכ׳ I do order that &c.—[Ib. יהיב קילוון, v. next art.]—Pl. קִלְוָואנִין, קִלְוָונִ׳, קִילְ׳. Lev. R. s. 25 ק׳ אנא וכ׳ (not קלווניא) we do order that &c.; Koh. R. to II, 20.—[Lam. R. to I, 5 קלוונין דידי, v. next art.] ↗ expanded

קלוויא , v. קוּלְיָא I ↗ expanded

קִלְוָון , v. קִלְוָואן ↗ expanded

קלווסים , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קְלִוְוסִין (κέλευσις) command. Y. Ned. IX, end, 41ᶜ נפקת ק׳ וכ׳ (not סים …) an order was issued by the king &c. Pesik. R. s. 10 כבר הוצאתי קלווני׳ עליו וכ׳ (corr. acc.) I have once issued a decree concerning him that they should ‘lift up’ his head &c. Ib. יכולה קילוילוסיו שלך קיימת וכ׳ (read: קילווסין) thy decree may stand, and yet thy son may remain in his place (rank) uninjured. Ib. ונמצא ק׳ שלך קיימת וכ׳ (not סים …) and thus thy decree will be upheld, and high rank will be thy son’s. Gen. R. s. 5 נלך ונעשה ק׳ של הקב"ה Ar. (ed. קילוסין להקב"ה, corr. acc.) let us go and carry out the Lord’s command. Lam. R. to V, 5 אדריינוס … אפיק ק׳ Ar. (v. Matt. K. a. l.; differ. in ed.) Hadrian … issued a decree. Ib. to I, 5 בגין דעברת על קלוונין דידי (corr. acc.) whereas thou hast disobeyed my order. Gen. R. s. 63 אנא יהיב קילוון וכ׳ (corr. acc.) I give out an order &c. Lev. R. s. 7 נימוס וקלוסים הוא וכ׳ (corr. acc.; some ed. נ׳ ק׳ corr. acc.; Ar. נ׳ הוא וקילוסין הוא) it is a custom and a decree that he &c.—[Lam. R. introd. (R. Abbahu 2) קלבסים Ar. (ed. קלסים); Yalk. Ez. 363 קלווסי׳, v. קְלִירוֹס.] ↗ expanded

קִלּוּחַ , v. sub קִילּ׳. ↗ expanded

קלולי , Tosef. Par. III (II), 4 Var., v. קָלָל ↗ expanded

קלומית , v. קְרוֹמִית ↗ expanded

קָלוֹן 1 degradation, disgrace, opp. כָּבוֹד. Gen. R. s. 1, a. e. בקְלוֹן חבירו, v. כָּבֵד I. Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXIX המכבד … שנפטר ממנו בק׳ he that honors his fellow-man for the sake of wealth, will finally part with him in disgrace. Snh. 55ᵃ (of an animal that has been carnally abused) תקלה וק׳ בעינן (to condemn it to death) is it necessary that it must have been both a stumbling-block (cause of a scandal) and a disgrace (to the criminal and his survivors)? Ib. זה קָלוֹנוֹ … קלונו מועט in this case (of a Jew being the criminal) his disgrace is great, and in the other (that of a gentile) his disgrace is little (it being not unusual). Ib. והרי אילנות דאין קָלוֹנָן וכ׳ but in the case of trees (that have been worshipped and must be destroyed) the disgrace through them is not great, and yet &c. Esth. R. introd. to Par. 3, v. קוּא; a. fr.—Esp. prostitution, house of prostitution; sodomy. Lam. R. to I, 16 אספסיאנוס … להושיבן בק׳ של רומי Vespasian filled three ships with the nobles of Jerusalem to place them in the Roman houses of prostitution. Ib. to IV, 2 תינוק אחד … בק׳ a Jewish boy is in prison doomed to prostitution; Y. Hor. III, 48ᵇ. Ib. שניהם עומדין בק׳ וכ׳ if a man and a woman are (in prison) threatened with exposure to prostitution, the redemption of the man has the precedence &c.; a. fr.—Trnsf. idolatrous statue or temple. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ top (in Chald. dict.) כד דמך … נפל ק׳ דטיבריא when R. H. died, the idol (or temple) of Tiberias fell in (cmp. טִימִי I). ↗ expanded

קָלוֹן 2 (קָלָה II) combustion. Num. R. s. 11 (play on קלין, Prov. III, 35). ירימו בחלקם ק׳ … לאש they shall carry off combustion as their share, because finally they will go into fire; ואין ק׳ אלא שריפה וכ׳ ḳalon means burning (ref. to Jer. XXIX, 22).—[B. Bath. 99ᵇ בית הק׳, v. קִילוֹן.] ↗ expanded

קַלּוֹן (calo) I proclaim. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᶜ top, v. דיאו. ↗ expanded

קלונטרון , v. קְלִיבִּינְטִירִין ↗ expanded

קָלוֹנְיָא , v. קָלָנְיָא ↗ expanded

קלונינפי , v. נִינְפֵי ↗ expanded

קָלוֹנִית (קָלוֹן I) brothel-keeper. Y’lamd. to Gen. XLIII, 14 אמרו זה לזה נלך אצל הק׳ וכ׳ (not חקול׳, הקיל׳) they (Joseph’s brothers) said to one another, let us go to the brothel-keeper’s, perhaps he has been sold thither. ↗ expanded

קלוניתא , v. קְלִנְתְּיָא ↗ expanded

קִלּוּס , v. sub קִילּ׳. ↗ expanded

קלוסטור , v. קְלַסְטֵיר I ↗ expanded

קְלוֹסְטְרָא , v. גְּלוֹסְטְרָא ↗ expanded

קְלוֹסְטְרִין , v. קְלוּסַנְטְרִין ↗ expanded

קלוסים , Lev. R. s. 7, v. קְלִוְוסִיס. ↗ expanded

קלוסיתה , v. קוּלְסִיתָא ↗ expanded

קְלוּסְקָא , v. גְּלוּסְקָא ↗ expanded

קְלוּסְקוֹם = גְּלוּסְקוֹם. Ohol. IX, 15 Ar. (ed. ג׳, not גלוסקוס). ↗ expanded

קְלוּסְקִין , v. גְּלוּסְקָא ↗ expanded

קלוע , Targ. I Kings XIV, 3 some ed., read: זְלוּעַ. ↗ expanded

קִלּוּפָא , v. sub קִילּ׳. ↗ expanded

קְלוֹפָא , pl. קְלוֹפִין (קְלַף) peel, husks. Targ. Y. Num. VI, 4 [read:] מִקְּ׳, v. מקלופין. ↗ expanded

קְלוּפַטְרָא , v. קְלִיאוֹפַטְרָא ↗ expanded

קְלוּפִיתָא (קְלַף) peel, husk; thin skin (gut for sausages).—Pl. קְלוּפְיָיתָא, קְלוּפְיָיתָה. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵃ bot. כד מבחר בק׳ when he makes a selection from among the guts; ib. בקלופיתיה (corr. acc.). [Levy, Neuhebr. Wört. quotes קְלִיפַיָּיא.] ↗ expanded

קְלוּפְסִין , v. כְּלוּפְסִין ↗ expanded

קלוקלון , v. קִילְקִלִּין ↗ expanded

קְלוּקַסְיָה , v. קוֹלְקַסְיָיא ↗ expanded

קלורוס , Yoma 84ᵃ, v. קלירוס ↗ expanded

קלוריא , v. קַלּוּדַיָּא ↗ expanded

קִלּוּרִין , v. קִילּוּר, a. קִילָּרִין. ↗ expanded

קִלּוּרִית , v. sub קילּ׳. ↗ expanded

קַלּוּת (קַל II) lightness, swiftness. Tanḥ. Vayḥi 16; Yalk. Gen. 161 קַלּוּתוֹ של איל the swiftness of the hart; a. e.—ק׳ ראש (or sub. ראש) light-mindedness, irreverence, disregard of custom. Keth. 8ᵇ ונהג ק׳ בעצמו וכ׳ and set the example of disregard of custom through himself (inaugurated simplicity at burial), when (according to his request) they buried him in linen garments; M. Kat. 27ᵇ ק׳ ראש; Tosef. Nidd. IX, 17 הנהיג … ק׳ ר׳ וכ׳. Succ. 51ᵇ והיו באים לידי ק׳ ר׳ and they were led into irreverence (through the presence of women); Tosef. ib. IV, 1. Ab. III, 13 שחוק וק׳ ר׳ מרגילין וכ׳ laughter and frivolity make man familiar with unchastity. Tanḥ. Miḳḳ. 9 שלא ינהוג ק׳ ר׳ בגבורה lest man become irreverent towards the Almighty. ↗ expanded

קלותא , Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵈ top, v. קוּלְתָא ↗ expanded

קָלַח (denom. of קֶלַח) to rise in a column. B. Kam. 61ᵃ בקוֹלַחַת, v. קָדַח. Pi. קִילֵּחַ to bring forth an uninterrupted jet, cause an uninterrupted flow; to splash. Ab. Zar. 12ᵃ פרצופות המְקַלְּחִין, v. פַּרְצוֹף. Tosef. Erub. IX (VI), 23 המְקַלֵּחַ, v. צִנּוֹר. Ker. 22ᵃ כל זמן שמקלח as long as the blood gushes forth, v. תַּמְצִית; a. fr. to cause gushing forth by interposing an object, to dam in and cause an overflow. Eduy. VII, 4; Zeb. 25ᵇ זוחלין שקִילְּחָן וכ׳ dripping liquids caused to overflow in a continuous current by a dam of burs of nuts. (of locusts) to come in dense columns. Tosef. Sabb. XII (XIII), 5; Y. ib. XIV, beg. 14ᵇ; Bab. ib. 106ᵇ אם היו מְקַלְּחוֹת ובאות if they come on in dense columns. to collect (coins in a tube). Tosef. Shek. III, 2; 4, sq. כהנים מקלחין אזתן (Var. מקבלין) the priests collect these moneys (put them in a horn, v. שׁוֹפָר). ↗ expanded

קְלַח , Pa. קַלַּח ch. same, to cast with force, (of trees) to shed fruit prematurely. Targ. Y. Lev. XXVI, 20. ↗ expanded

קֶלַח (cmp. קִילָא II, a. קוּלִית) tube, stem, stalk. Keth. 111ᵇ, a. fr. ק׳ של כרוב a cabbage stalk; Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ top ק׳ אחד של חרדל a mustard stalk. Pes. 39ᵇ אק׳ referring to the stalk (of the herbs mentioned); a. fr.—Pl. קְלָחִים, constr. קִלְחֵי, קִילְ׳; קוֹלְחוֹת, קִילְחוֹת. Y. Kil. III, 28ᵈ bot. בעושה ק׳ יחידים when planting single stalks, opp. רצף. Par. XI, 9. Peah III, 2. Ib. 5 המוכר קלחי אילן וכ׳ if a man sells the stems of plants in his field (without selling the soil); a. e.—Men. X, 4 (66ᵃ) בקנים ובקליחות וכ׳ (read: ובקיל׳; Bab. ed. ובקולחות; Mish. Cambr. ובקִלְחוֹת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) they threshed it with reeds and stalks of plants (instead of using flails); Lev. R. s. 28; Pesik. R. s. 18 ובקולח׳; Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 69ᵃ ובקלקת (corr. acc.); Yalk. Lev. 643 ובקו׳. Erub. 16ᵃ קו׳ (ed. Sonc. קי׳); a. e. (of liquids) column, jet. Toh. II, 1 ספק שהק׳ וכ׳ if there is a doubt whether the jet touched her hand. Tosef. T’bul Yom II, 9; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִלְחָא , stalk, stem. Ḥull. 119ᵃ בקל׳ Ar. (ed. בקו׳) the stem (of the plants) is meant.—Pl. קִלְחִין, קִי׳. Targ. Y. Num. XIX, 18. ↗ expanded

קַלַּחַת preced. wds.) flesh-pot. B. Bath. 74ᵃ כבשר בק׳ as flesh is turned in the pot. ↗ expanded

קָלַט (b. h.) [to surround,] to close, press.—Part. pass. קָלוּט; f. קְלוּטָה; pl. קְלוּטִים; קְלוּטיֹת. Sifra Emor, Par. 7, ch. VII (expl. קלוט, Lev. XXII, 23) פרסוֹת וכ׳ an animal whose hoofs resemble those of a horse &c.; Bekh. VI, 7 (40ᵃ) שרגליו ק׳ וכ׳. Bekh. 6ᵃ פרסותיה ק׳ its hoofs are closed, opp. סדוקות cloven. Ib. VII, 6 אצבעותיו … או ק׳ וכ׳ if his fingers lie one above the other or are grown together up to the root (פֶּרֶק). Y. Sot. IX, 23ᵈ; a. e.—In gen. קָלוּט an animal with uncloven hoofs (having the sign of uncleanness) born of a clean animal, monster or hybrid. Bekh. 7ᵃ ק׳ בן פרה a ḳaluṭ born of a cow; Ḥull. 68ᵇ. Ib. ק׳ במעי פרה a ḳaluṭ found in a cow (after ritual slaughtering); ib. 69ᵃ. Sabb. 67ᵃ זרעיך כק׳ וכפרדה וכ׳ thy seed be like a ḳ. and like a mule &c. (Rashi: ‘like one whose semen is locked up’); a. e. to clutch, intercept, receive; to conceive, retain, absorb. Ḥull. 65ᵃ כל עוף הקוֹלֵט מן האויר וכ׳ any bird that snatches in the air (for things thrown to it) is unclean. Gen. R. s. 41 אינה קוֹלֶטֶת, v. פֶּרֶד II. Ker. 5ᵃ וק׳ את הריח and the oil retained (absorbed) the scent. Gen. R. s. 5 קְלָטָן הים the sea absorbed them (the waters of the rivers); Yalk. Ps. 848 קְלָטָם. Ab. V, 15 שמוציאה את היין וקולטת וכ׳ which passes the wine and retains the lees; שמוציאה … וק׳ את הסולת which passes the common flour and retains the fine flour (v. צוּף). Snh. 108ᵇ כל שהתיבה קוֹלַטְתּוֹ whatever animal the ark received. Sabb. I, 6 כדי שיִקְלוֹט העין when there is time enough before the Sabbath for the wool to assume the color of the dye. Lev. R. s. 14 אין האשה קולטת וכ׳ a woman conceives only shortly after menstruation. Shebi. II, 6 כל הרכבה שאינה קולטת וכ׳ a grafting which does not take root within three days, will never do so; a. v. fr.—Ex. R. s. 1 ק׳ דרך וכ׳ he (Moses) adopted the manner of his ancestors (finding wives at the well); Tanḥ. Sh’moth 10 לקח.—Esp. (v. מִקְלָט) to protect, give the shelter of an asylum. Macc. 12ᵃ אינו קולט אלא גגו only the top of the altar protects him that flees to it; אינו קולט … עולמים only the altar of the permanent sanctuary (in Jerusalem) offers protection; אינו קולט אלא כהן וכ׳ protects only the priest while at service &c. Ib. אינה קולטת אלא בצר only Bezer is an asylum (but not Bozrah). Ib.ᵇ פלכו קוֹלְטוֹ his (the Levite’s) district protects him. Ib. עיר שקְלָטַתּוּ כבר a town which has received him once before. Sifré Num. 160 אין לי אלא שקוֹלְטוֹת בארץ this would indicate only that they (these cities) offer asylum for manslaughter committed in Palestine. Ib. לא קָלְטָה אחת מהם עד וכ׳ none of those cities had the right of asylum until all of them had been designated; a. fr.—Macc. 10ᵃ מנין … קוֹלְטִין whence do you learn that the words of the Law offer protection (to its students)?; ib. קולטין ממלאך וכ׳ they protect from the angel of death. (of sacred precincts) to retain; to make export illegal. Ib. 19ᵇ קְלָטוּהוּ מחיצות the sacred precincts have retained it (and it cannot be redeemed and taken out of Jerusalem again); ib. 20ᵃ. Ib. מחיצה לִקְלוֹט דרבנן that the precincts have retaining power is merely a rabbinical enactment; Snh. 113ᵃ; B. Mets. 53ᵇ.—Part. pass. as ab. Sabb. 4ᵃ, a. fr. קלוטה כמי שהונחה דמיא, v. נוּחַ. ↗ expanded

קְלַט to close.—Part. pass. קָלִיט, pl. קְלִיטִין. Targ. Y. Lev. XXI, 20. to clutch, intercept, receive; to absorb. Ḥull. 65ᵃ ציפרתי נמי מִקְלַט קָלְטָא the tsipparti, too, snaps at things in the air (and yet it is a clean bird). Y. Pes. III, beg. 29ᵈ דיִקְלוֹט, v. צִבְעָא I; a. fr.—Meïl. 11ᵇ, v. infra. to offer an asylum, protect. Targ. Y. Num. XXXV, 6; a. e. (of sacred precincts) to retain. Pes. 52ᵃ אטו גבא דחמרא קַלְטִינְהוּ (not אגבא) does the back of the ass (on which the fruit was brought to the place) form a sacred precinct (so that it cannot be exported again)? Ithpe. אִיקְּלַט, אִיקְּלִיט to be received, intercepted. Succ. 49ᵇ בדא׳ when the remnant of the libation poured into the depth was intercepted in a vessel; Meïl. 11ᵇ דאי קְלַט (קתני) it refers to a case when one intercepted the libation (v. Rashi a. Tosaf. for Var. Lect.). ↗ expanded

קַלְטָא (preced.) reception, asylum. Targ. Y. Num. XXXV, 25, sq. קַלְטֵיה (h. text מקלטו). ↗ expanded

קָלְטָא (preced.) receiving, protecting. — Pl. קָלְטַן. Targ. Y. Num. XXXV, 11; 13, sq. ↗ expanded

קִלְטָא (preced. wds.; cmp. סָפַג, בְּלַע) [absorbing,] receiving punishment. Y. Yeb. II, 4ᵃ top חבוט … דהוא טבא בק׳ go on beating, for there is a benefit in taking it (it will teach me a lesson); Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵈ bot. בקִלְטָה; Gen. R. s. 7; Tanḥ. Huḳḳ. 6; Koh. R. to VII, 23; Pesik. R. s. 14 בקליטי, read: בקִילְטִי; ib. בקליטה (corr. acc.); Pesik. Par., p. 35ᵇ, sq. בקילתא (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קָלָטוֹר (calator) an officer arranging the royal receptions. Lev. R. s. 28; Koh. R. to IX, 11, a. e., v. קוֹמֵיס. ↗ expanded

קלטיקה , read: לֶקְטִיקָה or קְלֶקְטִיקָה m. (v. גְּלוּגְדְּקָא) (the teacher’s) litter in college or synagogue. Y. Meg. III, 73ᵈ bot. ↗ expanded

קַלֵּי (καλή) handsome. Ex. R. s. 52, end, a. e., v. נִינְפֵי. ↗ expanded

קַלִּי adv. (apocop. of קליל), ק׳ ק׳ little by little, slowly. Erub. 51ᵃ כי מסגי ק׳ ק׳ when he walks step by step, opp. רהט. Sabb. 153ᵇ דוקא רץ אבל ק׳ ק׳ לא only when one runs (is it permitted), but when one walks leisurely is it not? ↗ expanded

קלי (b. h.) to be light, disregarded. Pi. קִלָּה, קִילָּה (by ref. to ונקלה, Deut. XXV, 3) to disgrace (one’s self), to have loose bowels; to collapse under the lashes. Macc. 23ᵃ ק׳ בין בראשונה וכ׳ if he collapses either at the first or at the second lash, he must be released. Tosef. ib. V (IV), 14 אם קי׳ באחד מהן if he collapsed at one of them. Ib. ק׳ עד שלא לקה if he collapsed (from fear) before receiving lashes. Ib. אמדוהו שאם ילקה וקי׳ (Var. יקלקל) if the experts opine that he will collapse, when he is lashed; שאם יוצא מב"ד קי׳ (Var. וקלקל) that he will collapse on leaving the court; Macc. l. c. יְקַלֶּה Ms. M. (or יִקָּלֶה; ed. קלה). Ib. והכהו … ולא שיקלה כבר וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שלקה, corr. acc.; Var. שנִקְלָה) we read, ‘lest if he should exceed …, thy brother be disgraced’, but he must not be beaten at all, if he has collapsed in court ere this; Yalk. Deut. 937 שנקלה וכ׳; a. e. Nif. נִקְלָה to be disgraced. Ib. כפתוהו … מ"ט ונקלה והא נ׳ if he runs away from court after they have tied him, he is released; why? The text says, v’niḳlah, and he has been disgraced; Macc. l. c. Ms. M. (not in ed.), v. supra; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְלֵי , to be disgraced. Targ. O. Deut. XXV, 3 ויִקְלֵי Ms. III (ed. Berl. ויִקַּל, oth. ed. ויֵקַל, fr. קְלַל). Pa. . קַלֵּי, Af. אַקְלֵי to hold in light esteem, revile. Targ. O. Deut. XXVII, 16 דִּיקַלֵּי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. דיַקְלֵי; ed. Vien. דיִקְלֵי, corr. acc.; Regia דיֵקַל fr. קְלל; v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 57). ↗ expanded

קלי ² to consume, burn; to roast, parch. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. XIV, Par. 13 אפשר יִקְלֶנּוּ גרש the text might have meant that one must parch it as grit; יקלנו אביב one must parch it in the ear. Pes. 75ᵃ ונִקְלֶהָ, v. next w.—Part. pass. קָלוּי. Sifra l. c., v. קָלִי. Men. 66ᵇ אם אביב ק׳ אם גרש ק׳ whether parched in the ear or as grit; a. e. *. הִתְקַלֶּה to consume one’s self in longing. Cant. R. to III, 11 מִתְקַלְהָא, v. קָהָה. ↗ expanded

קְלֵי ² Targ. Jer. XXIX, 22. Targ. O. Num. XXI, 6 חיוין קָלָן (h. text הנחשים השרפים); a. fr.—[Targ. Hos. IX, 16 דקלא, read as ed. Lag. דילְקָא.]—Part. pass. קְלֵי, קָלִי; קַלְיָא. Targ. Lev. II, 14. Targ. I Sam. XXX, 3; a. e.—Pes. 75ᵃ נקיף … ונִיקַלְיָיהּ Ms. M. (ed. ונקלה) (may we not understand the text so) that we put bundles of twigs around her and burn her to death? B. Mets. 74ᵃ הא מחוסר מִקְלֵי ואפוקי וכ׳ (some ed. מִקְלֵה) but it (the lime) lacks burning and taking out of the kiln and crushing! Snh. 31ᵃ, sq. אי בעיא קלְתֵיה if she wanted, she might have burned it (the document). Ḥull. 52ᵇ לא קָלֵי זיהריה, v. זִיהֲרָא II. Ab. Zar. 28ᵃ קְלַנְהִי אמרא וכ׳ roast them on a new shovel. Snh. 96ᵇ היכלא קליא קְלִית a burnt temple thou didst burn (v. טְחַן); a. fr.—Trnsf. to expose to the evil eye or to the covetousness of thieves. B. Mets. 30ᵃ דמִקְלָא קָלֵי לה וכ׳ (by exhibiting the found object) he exposes it to loss through the evil eye or through thieves. Ithpe. אִיקְּלֵי to be burnt. Snh. l. c. מטא … היכלא מִיקְּלֵי the time has arrived for the sanctuary to be destroyed and the Temple to be burnt. ↗ expanded

קָלִי preced.) parched ears. Men. X, 4 (66ᵃ) כדי לקיים בו מצות ק׳ in order to comply with the law requiring it to be parched (Lev. II, 14); Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. XIV, Par. 13 קָלוּי (v. קָלָה II). Men. 66ᵇ אין לשון ק׳ אלא דבר אחר Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note, a. Yalk. Lev. 456) by ḳoli (parched) we understand the intercession of something else between the fire and the object to be affected by it; קליל וכ׳ (דבר) ל"א אין לשון ק׳ אלא another version reads: by ḳoli we understand, parched in a vessel (in something hollow); how is this? A tube for parching grain was there &c. Sifra Emor ch. XI, Par. 10 קמח ק׳ flour made of parched grain; Men. X, 5 קמח וק׳ (Bab. ed. 67ᵇ קמח ק׳); Pes. 10ᵇ bot. קמח וק׳ (corr. acc.). Ib. 11ᵃ מק׳ ואילך from the time the grain is parched and onward (when the soft grain is unfit for immediate consumption); עד ק׳ up to the time when grain can be parched; Men. 68ᵃ. Sabb. 155ᵇ אין גובלין את הק׳ you must not mix flour of parched grains (with oil &c., on the Sabbath). Tosef. Pes. II (III), 4 ק׳ שירד לתוכו דלף (not לתוכה) parched grain on which drippings have fallen; a. fr.—Pl. קְלָיוֹת, קְלָאִים, קְלָאִין. Men. 66ᵇ אבוב של ק׳ (not אביב); Kel. II, 3; Sifra Vayikra, l. c.; Yalk. Lev. 456, v. אַבּוּב. Keth. II, 1 חלוק ק׳, v. חִילּוּק. Y. ib. 28ᵇ top בתולה … אין לה חילוק ק׳ at the wedding of a virgin that had been married before, no distribution of roasted ears takes place; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָלִי ² Targ. Lev. XXIII, 14 (Y. ed. Amst. קְלִי). Targ. Ruth II, 14. Targ. I Sam. XVII, 17 (some ed. קָלְיָא). Ib. XXV, 18 (ed. Wil. קָלַיָּא pl.).—V. קוּלְיָא I. ↗ expanded

קַלְיָא 2 (preced. wds.) fiery (poisonous) serpent. Targ. O. Num. XXI, 8. ashes of an alkaline plant, v. קוּלְיָא II. ↗ expanded

קְלִיאוֹפַטְרָא Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. Nidd. 30ᵇ ק׳ מלכה אלכסנדרוס (read: מ׳ אלכסנדרית or מלכת אלכסנדריא) C. the queen of Alexandria; ib. קלפטרא מלכת יוונית (corr. acc.); Tosef. ib. IV, 17 גלפטרה מלכת אלכנדריס ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. גלופטרא … אלכסנדרית, קלופטרא). ↗ expanded

קְלִיבוֹסֶת (cmp. כַּלְבּוּס) the lowest end of the vertebrae, coccyx. Sabb. 152ᵃ (expl. השקד, Koh. XII, 5) זו ק׳ that means the coccyx (v. לוּז II). ↗ expanded

קְלִיבוּסְתָּא Ḥull. 93ᵃ תרבא דאַקְּ׳ Ar. (ed. דק׳) the fat on the coccyx. ↗ expanded

קליבסים , v. קְלִוְוסִין ↗ expanded

קַלִּיגְרָפוֹן (καλλιγραφῶν) [fine writer,] name of a baker’s tool resembling the stylus, with one pointed end to pick up the bread, called ‘the tooth’, and one flat and broad end to scrape the ashes out (v. גָּרַף), called ‘the palm.’ Kel. XIII, 2 ק׳ שניטלה כפה וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קוליגריפון; ed. Dehr. קלגריפון) a ḳ. that has lost its palm, is susceptible to uncleanness on account of its tooth &c. (v. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 7, quot. s. v. צִנּוֹרָא III). ↗ expanded

קַלִּיד , v. כַּלִּיד ↗ expanded

קְלִידָא , v. אַקְלִידָא ↗ expanded

קָלִיט (קָלַט) suction, (with יַם or יַמָּא) gorge. Y. B. Mets. V, 10ᶜ bot. קָלִיטוֹ של ים (not שלים) the gorge (resorbing the rivers flowing into the sea); trnsf. a certain form of usury (τόκος ναυτικός, fenus nauticum, v. Sm. Ant. 3ʳᵈ ed. London 1890, s. v. Fenus, a. Lübker Reallex. s. v. Ἔμπορος, a. Zinsen), the creditor advancing money on a ship load at his own risk in case of shipwreck, expl. ib. בר נש דיהיב לחבריה מהו דינרין כגון אילין דיהבין וכ׳ if one advances a certain number of Denars to his neighbor in the same manner as those who give goods &c., v. קסוסטבן.—Pl. (ch.) קְלִיטִין. Gen. R. s. 5 (expl. עד נבכי ים, Job XXXVIII, 16) עד ק׳ דימא (some ed. קְלוּטִין) to the gorges of the sea; Yalk. Ps. 848 קטלא (read: קָלִיטָא or קָלְטָא). ↗ expanded

קְלִיטָה (קָלַט) receiving, offering an asylum. Macc. 13ᵃ מר סבר לכם לק׳ וכ׳ one scholar is of the opinion, ‘unto you’ (Num. XXXV, 12) means yours merely as an asylum (מקלט, where the refugees have to support themselves), the other is of the opinion, ‘yours’ for all your needs.—2) (of a graft) taking root. R. Hash. 10ᵇ ↗ expanded

קליטה , Pesik. R. s. 14, v. קִלְטָא ↗ expanded

קָלִיל (v. קוֹלָא) [something hollow,] receptacle. Men. 66ᵇ, v. קָלִי.—Pl. (of קְלִילִית) קְלִילִיּוֹת. Tosef. Par. III (II), 4, v. קָלָל. ↗ expanded

קַלִּיל 1 (v. next w.) a little, a short while. Targ. Y. Gen. XXIV, 17 (ed. Amst. קַלֵּיל). Targ. Prov. VI, 10. Ib. XV, 16 (ed. Wil. קָ׳). Ib. XVI, 8 (ed. Wil. קָלֵיל). Ib. V, 14 (not כ׳). Targ. Y. Ex. XVII, 4; a. fr.—Koh. R. to III, 9 עביד עימיה אויר ק׳ he spent with him a short moment of rest. ↗ expanded

קַלִּיל 2 c. = h. קַל, light of weight; quick. Targ. II Sam. II, 18. Targ. Prov. XIX, 2 (ed. Wil. קָלֵיל). Targ. Jer. II, 23; a. fr.—Gitt. 56ᵃ חייא ק׳ ממיתא a live body is lighter than a dead one. Ḥull. 16ᵇ בעופא דק׳ in the case of a bird, which is of light weight. Snh. 46ᵇ כמאן דאמר ק׳ לי עלמא Ms. M. (ed. קִיל) as one says, the world is light to me (meaning to say, I feel heavy); Y. ib. VI, 23ᵈ bot., v. קָלַל; a. e. slight, of little esteem; little, small (in numbers); easy. Targ. Y. Ex. XVIII, 22 (ed. Amst. קָלִ׳). Targ. Lam. III, 28. Targ. Jer. III, 9 (h. text קֹל!). Targ. II Kings III, 18. Targ. Y. Gen. XXIV, 15; a. fr.—B. Kam. 6ᵇ, v. לִישָׁן. Y. Nidd. I, 49ᶜ top הדא … ק׳ וכ׳ the opinion of R. M. is more lenient than that of R. J.; a. e.—Pl. קַלִּילִין, קַלִּילַיָּא; קַלִּילָן, קְ׳. Targ. Is. XVIII, 2. Targ. Lam. IV, 19. Targ. II Chr. XXIX, 34. Targ. Y. Lev. XIV, 32; a. fr.—Koh. R. to I, 18 אכל מלין ק׳ he ate light things (easy to digest), opp. בורין coarse things. ↗ expanded

קַלִּילוּ (preced.) lightness, rapidity. Targ. Zech. V, 7; 9. Targ. Y. Gen. XXIX, 1. a little. Ib. XLIII, 2, v. קַלִּיל I. ↗ expanded

קלינטרין , v. קְלִבִּינְטִירִין ↗ expanded

קְלִיסְטַנְרִ־ (corrupt. of questionarius) executioner. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ Ms. M., v. קָלַסְטוֹר. ↗ expanded

קליסטרא , Sabb. 123ᵇ Ar., v. קְלוֹסְטְרָא ↗ expanded

קְלִיסְטְרִין , v. קְלוּסַנְטְרִין ↗ expanded

קְלִיסְיָיא Ḳ’lisia (?). Y. Gitt. IV, 46ᵃ ↗ expanded

קְלִיעָא , v. קְלִיעֲתָא.—[Erub. 63ᵇ ed. Cost., v. קִלְעָא I.] ↗ expanded

קְלִיעָה (קָלַע II) twist, network; screen. Y. Shek. VIII, 51ᵇ top אילו אמר חוט … ק׳ שלשה וכ׳ if the text (Ex. XXVI, 31) had the word ḥuṭ, it would mean a double thread, if ḳ’liʿah, a triple thread &c. Y. Succ. III, 53ᶜ bot.; Sifra Emor Par. 12, ch. XVI, v. עָבוֹת. Yoma 67ᵇ (expl. קלען במקלעות, Mish. ib. VI, 7) כמין ק׳ he intertwined the limbs of the animals so as to form a network. Y. Taan. II, 65ᵇ top (in Chald. dict.), v. עַבְיָא.—Trnsf. band, league. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to עבתים, Ez. XXXI, 3) משעה … ק׳ אחת להכעיס וכ׳ as soon as the whole world became one league to provoke the Lord, he (Ashur) left their council &c.—Pl. קְלִיעוֹת. Eduy. III, 4 כל הק׳ וכ׳ all networks (woven sheets) are clean &c. Yalk. Num. 713, v. קוֹלְיָינִין. ↗ expanded

קְלִיעֲתָא , network, plait; also carved relief work. Targ. Y. Ex. XXVIII, 14; 22 (h. text עֲבֹת).—Y. Sot. IX, end, 24ᶜ, v. מַקְלִיעֲתָא. Y. Snh. VII, end, 25ᵈ בקַלְעִיתָא דשערה by the plait of her hair; a. e.—Pl. קְלִיעָן, קְלִיעָתָא, קַלְעֲיָתָא. Targ. Y. Ex. XXVIII, 24, sq. Targ. I Kings VI, 29; 32. Ib. VII, 31 קְלִיעִין.—Sabb. 95ᵃ; Ber. 61ᵃ, a. e., v. בִּנְיָיתָא; Gen. R. s. 18, beg. קִלְעָתָא; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְלֵיף , v. קְלַף ↗ expanded

קְלִיפָא , v. קלְפָא, קְלוּפִיתָא, a. next w. ↗ expanded

קְלִיפָה (קָלַף) peeling, scaling. Pes. 76ᵃ סגי ליה בק׳ it is sufficiently remedied by paring the surface. Ib. ק׳ מיהא ניבעי let it at least be pared; a. e. scale, husk, skin. Snh. 95ᵇ שריון ק׳ (= ש׳ קשקשים, I Sam. XVII, 5) a scaly coat of mail. Nidd. III, 2; Tosef. ib. IV, 2 המפלת מין ק׳ an abortion that has the appearance of a mass of membranes. Ohol. VI, 5, sq. כקְלִיפַת השום as thin as the husk of garlic. Ab. Zar. 76ᵃ עד שתשיר קְלִיפָתָן until the crusty accretion of the vessels falls off (by exposure to heat); a. fr.—Bekh. 58ᵃ כל … כק׳ השום וכ׳ all Jewish scholars appear to me (as paltry) as the husk of garlic, except &c.—[Gen. R. s. 82 קליפת בצלים, v. קְלַף.]—Pl. קְלִיפוֹת, קְלִיפִים, קְלִיפין. Tosef. Nidd. IV, 3 כמין קליפין אדומין (masc.); כמין קליפות אדומות the appearance of red membranes. Cant. R. to VI, 11 מה אגוז … שתי ק׳ וכ׳ as the nut has two shells &c. Sabb. IX, 5 קְלִיפֵי רמונים shells of pomegranates. Y. Ter. V, end, 43ᵈ קילפי איסור (read: קליפי) shells of forbidden fruits. Num. R. s. 12, v. קֶטֶב; a. e.—Pes. 112ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) מאן דמדרך אקליפים (some ed. אקְלִיפַיָּא; Ms. M. אקליפי דבצים) he that treads on egg-shells.—[In later mystic literature קליפה, pronounced קְלִיפָּה, a certain class of demons, cmp. Num. R. l. c.] ↗ expanded

קליקין , Y. Naz. VI, 55ᵇ top, v. קִילְקִי ↗ expanded

*קְלִירוֹס (κλῆρος) lot, destiny. Midr. Till. to Ps. X, 10 אין הרשע מפיל בק׳ שלו וכ׳ Rashi to Ps. l. c. (ed. בקולרים, ed. Bub. בקילורין, corr. acc.) the wicked man involves in his own evil destiny none but wicked strong men like himself (ref. to Dan. III, 20).—Pl. קְלִירוֹסִין, קְלִירְסִין. Gen. R. s. 58 (ref. to חברון and קרית ארבע) שהוא עולה בקרסין של וכ׳ (some ed. a. Matt. K. בקרנסין, Ar. בקורנס׳, ‘Rashi’ בקינסרין; corr. acc.) for Hebron came up in the lot of (was in turn assigned to) four owners, first to Judah &c. Lam. R. introd. (R. Abbahu 2) בשעה שהפלתי קלבסים וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קלסים, read קלירסים) when I cast lots upon the nations to exile them &c. (ref. to Ez. XXIV, 6 גורל); Yalk. Ez. 363 קלווסי׳ (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קלירוס , a word in an incantation. Yoma 84ᵃ, v. כנתי ↗ expanded

קָלִישׁ , v. קְלַשׁ ↗ expanded

קָלָל (v. קָלִיל) a vessel, esp. the pitcher containing the ashes of the red cow. Par. III, 3; X, 3 ק׳ של חטאת the vessel containing the ashes for lustration; Tosef. ib. IX (X), 5; a. e.—Pl. קְלָלוֹת. Par. X, 4. Tosef. ib. III (II), 4 קְלִילִיּוֹת (Var. קלולי; R. S. to Par. III, 3 קילולות, corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קָלָל ² Targ. Y. Num. XIX, 9. ↗ expanded

קָלַל (b. h.) [to swing] to be light, slender, unimportant.—Part. קַל. Snh. VI, 5 (ref. to קללת, Deut. XXI, 23) בזמן … קַלַּנִי מראשי וכ׳ when man suffers punishment, what does the Shekhinah say? ‘I am lighter than my head, than my arm’ (euphem. for, I feel my head heavy &c.); Y. ib. 23ᵈ bot. אנן תנינן קַלֵּינִי (= קל איני) we read ḳalleni, I am not lighter; אית תניי תני קל אני some Tannai reads ḳal ăni; מאן דאמר קליני לית הוא אלא קליל according to him that reads ḳalleni, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘light’ (i.e. my head is light, I feel giddy; my arm is light, I feel weak); מאן דאמר קלני … נטיל according to the version ḳallani, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘heavy’ (i.e. my head, my arm is heavy); Bab. ib. 46ᵇ Abbayi says כמאן דאמר קל לית (read ḳalleni) as one says, ‘light (I am) not’ (i.e. I feel heavy, without euphemism)—(which is refuted by Raba, who explains the word in question) קליל לי עלמא, v. קַלִּיל II. Hif. הֵיקַל, הֵקַל, , הֵקיל I) to lighten. M. Kat. 17ᵇ הכביד … מֵיקַל וכ׳ if the mourner’s hair is too heavy, he may make it lighter with a razor; Y. ib. III, 82ᵃ top. Erub. IV, 9 להָקֵל על העשיר to make it easy for the rich man; a. fr.—Trnsf. ה׳ ראשו to be irreverent, talk frivolously (v. קַלּוּת). Ber. IX, 5 לא יָקֵל אדם את ראשו כנגד וכ׳ man (a pilgrim coming to Jerusalem) must not behave irreverently in sight of the eastern gate &c. Yalk. Gen. 24 מֵיקֶלֶת ראשה she is frivolous (light-minded); Yalk. Is. 265 מֵקֶילֶת ראש; (Gen. R. s. 18 מיקרת, v. יָקַר).—2) to be lenient; to incline towards the less restrictive practice, opp. החמיר, v. חָמַר I. Y. M. Kat. l. c. הלכה כדברי מי שהוא מיקל the adopted practice follows the opinion of him who is more lenient; Erub. 46ᵃ, a. fr. כדברי המיקל וכ׳. Yeb. 88ᵃ הֵיקַלְתָּ עליה, v. חָמַר I. Pes. 52ᵇ, v. מַגִּיד. Erub. l. c. wherever you find יחיד מיקל ורבים וכ׳ an individual scholar favoring the more lenient practice against several in favor of restriction. Sabb. 129ᵃ, a. fr. ספק נפשות להָקל where there is a doubt involving the endangering of human life, the more lenient rule is applied; a. fr.—3) to be sparing, beggarly. Ib. כל המיקל … מְקִילִין לו מזוניתיו וכ׳ he that stints himself at the meal taken after blood-letting, to him they in heaven will give his sustenance stintingly; a. e. Pi. קִלֵּל [to diminish,] to curse. Keth. VII, 6 מְקַלֶּלֶת, v. יִוֹלֵד. Sabb. 62ᵇ שאשתו מְקַלַּלְתּוֹ בפניו whom his wife curses in his presence. Pes. 87ᵇ (ref. to Prov. XXX, 10 sq.) אפו׳ דור שאביו יְקַלֵּל וכ׳ even if it be a generation of men that curse their father …, do not denounce &c. Yoma 75ᵃ ק׳ את הנחש וכ׳ God cursed the serpent, yet it climbs up the roof and finds its food. Sot. 11ᵃ (expl. ועלה, Ex. I, 10, as euphem. for ועלינו) כאדם שמְקַלֵּל את עצמו וכ׳ like a man that wants to curse himself (express an ill omen about himself), and hangs his curse on others. B. Bath. 88ᵇ הקב"ה בירך … וקִלְּלָן וכ׳ the Lord blessed Israel with the twenty-two letters of the alphabet (from א of אם, Lev. XXVI, 3, to ת of קוממיות, ib. 13), and cursed them with eight letters (from ו of ואם, ib. 14, to ם of נפשם, ib. 43). Snh. 70ᵃ מתוך שקלקלו … קִלְּלוֹ ברביעי because Ham injured him by (preventing his begetting) a fourth son, he (Noah) cursed him by his fourth son (Canaan). Ib. 91ᵇ כל המונע … שבמעי אמן מְקַלְּלִין אותו (not אמו) he that withholds a tradition from his pupil, even the embryos in their mother’s womb will curse him; Yalk. Prov. 947; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּל to be cursed. Ber. 61ᵃ בתחלה נ׳ … נִתְקַלְּלָה וכ׳ the serpent was cursed first, and then Eve &c.; Gen. R. s. 20; Erub. 18ᵃ. Ib. 18ᵇ נתקללה בבל נִתְקַלְּלוּ וכ׳ when Babylon was cursed, her neighbors were cursed. Bekh. 8ᵃ אם מבהמה נתקללה וכ׳ if she (Eve) was cursed (with prolonged pregnancy) more than cattle &c. Ib. נ׳ הוא … אחת לשבע it (the serpent) was cursed seven times more than certain cattle. Ib. נ׳ הוא מחיה (not נתקלקל); a. fr.—[Tosef. Sot. II, 3 ניקללה ניוולה, Var. ניקל, read: ניקתה בניוולה, v. נָקָה Nif.] ↗ expanded

קְלַל to be light; to be of light esteem. Targ. O. Gen. XVI, 4, sq. to be reduced. Ib. VIII, 8; 11 קַלּוּ ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. קַלִּיאוּ). Ithpol. אִתְקוֹלָל to be reduced. Targ. Y. ib. Pa. קַלֵּיל (denom. of (denom. of קַלִּיל) to be quick, to pass swiftly. Targ. Job VII, 6; IX, 25. to make light; trnsf. to ease, relieve. Pesik. B’shall., p. 93ᵃ קַלֵּיל גרמך וכ׳ make thyself light of weight, or I will throw thee off.—Y. Kidd. II, 62ᵈ bot. הוון מחמרין וק׳ עליהון they were strict in their practice, and he lightened their burden (allowed them what they considered forbidden). Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵃ הן דהוינן סברין דו מְקַלְּלָה חמר he whom we thought to be lenient made it stricter; a. e.—[Yalk. Gen. 133 ומקללה בשוק, v. קְלַק.] Af. אַקֵּיל, אָקֵיל to disregard, dishonor; also to curse. Targ. Ex. XXII, 27 (v. קִיל II). Targ. Ps. LV, 13 (h. text חרף); a. e.—Y. Bicc. III, 65ᵈ top ר׳ מני מֵיקיל לאילין וכ׳ R. M. spoke with disrespect of those that get appointments to office for money; Midr. Sam. ch. VII ר׳ אמי הוה מֵקֵיל (or מַקֵּיל). Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ top, v. קִיל II. Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ אַקְלוּנָךְ they cursed thee; a. e. to relieve, to favor the more lenient rule. Targ. Ex. XVIII, 22 (some ed. O. וְיִקְלוּן, read וְיַ׳). Targ. I Kings XII, 4; 9.—Erub. 46ᵃ באבילות הוא דאַקִּילוּ וכ׳ (or דַּאֲקִילוּ) only as to mourning ceremonies the Rabbis adopt the more lenient rules. Yeb. 88ᵃ ולא לֵיקֵיל, or חֲמַר I; a. fr.—V. קַלְקֵל. ↗ expanded

קְלָלָה preced.) dishonor; curse. B. Mets. 75ᵇ גורם ק׳ לעצמו brings dishonor upon himself (people believing him to be dishonest). Meg. 15ᵃ, a. e. אל תהי קִלְלַת הדיוט וכ׳ let not the curse of a common man be a slight thing in thy eyes. Ib. 28ᵃ לא עלתה … קללת חבירי the thought of my neighbor’s curse never went to bed with me (v. צְעַר). Sot. 11ᵃ תולה קִלְלָתוֹ וכ׳, v. קָלַל. Yoma 54ᵇ חללו … וקִלְלָתָן ק׳ וכ׳ those whose blessing is blessing, and whose curse is curse (whose blessings and curses are efficacious) are engaged in such things!—Y. Snh. VII, 25ᵃ bot. קיללת השם (usu. ברכת) blasphemy. Ib. מהו לקרוע על קיללת הגוי how about rending one’s garments on hearing blasphemy by a gentile?; a. fr.—Pl. קְלָלוֹת. Meg. 31ᵇ ק׳ שבתורת כהנים the curses in Leviticus (XXVI, 14-43); שבמשנה תורה the curses in Deuteronomy (XXVIII, 15-68). Ib. שתכלה השנה וקִלְלוֹתֶיהָ that the year and its curses my end together. Erub. 100ᵇ עשר ק׳ וכ׳ Eve was cursed with ten curses; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַלְמָא , pl. קַלְמִין, קַלְמֵי, v. כַּלְמְתָא. ↗ expanded

קלמא , Targ. Ez. XXVII, 17, quot. in Rashi a. l., misreading for קלווא, v. קוּלְיָא I ↗ expanded

קָלָמוֹס (κάλαμος) reed, pen. Sabb. 80ᵃ Ms. O., v. קוֹלְמוֹס.—Pl. קָלָמִין. Gen. R. s. 1; Y’lamd. to Num. XXIII, 9, v. מִילָן.—קַלְמוֹסִים, v. קוֹלְמוֹס. ↗ expanded

קלמז , v. מַזְיָא ↗ expanded

קָלָמִין , v. קָלָמוֹס ↗ expanded

קלמסמסיא , v. קלמז ↗ expanded

קלמרים , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַלְמָרִין (καλαμάριον) pen-case. Yalk. Num. 766, v. מִילָן. inkstand. Mikv. X, 1 ק׳ הדיוטות וכ׳ (read: הדיוטית or של הדיוטות) the inkstand of ordinary men (with a rim bent inside to prevent spilling) does not become clean by immersion until you make a hole in its side; וק׳ של יוסף הכהן וכ׳ and the inkstand of Joseph the priest (Josephus Flavius?) had a hole in its side (through which it could be emptied and cleaned). Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ bot. הנייר … ק׳ צריכה paper and pen are considered ornamental objects (with regard to idolatrous decorations on them); as to the inkstand, it is doubtful. Sabb. 80ᵃ בק׳ (Ms. M. בקומרין, ed. Sonc. בקלרין, corr. acc.) forming a letter by dropping ink out of the inkstand.—Pl. קַלְמָרִים, קַלְמָרִין. Kel. II, 7 ק׳ המותאמות ed. Dehr. (oth. ed. המתואמות; Ar. המתאמת sing.) a double inkstand (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Atramentum). ↗ expanded

קַלְמְתָא , v. כַּלְמְתָא ↗ expanded

קַלָּן or קָלָן, pl. קַלָּנִים, קַלָּנִין, קָלָ׳, v. קוֹלָן II. ↗ expanded

קָלָן = h. קָלוֹן, shame, disgrace, disgraceful deed; nakedness. Targ. Is. XXII, 18. Targ. Deut. XXII, 21. Targ. O. Lev. XX, 18; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַלְנְבוֹ Ḳaln’bo in Babylonia. Snh. 63ᵇ (Ms. F. a. K. קל נבו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50). Zeb. 96ᵃ שמעיה מק׳ (רב) (not בק׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40) (Rab) Sh’maya of Ḳ.; Yoma 21ᵃ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9); Yalk. Lev. 490 (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קלנדא , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קָלִנְדַּס c. (calendæ, accus.) kalends, the first day of the Roman month, (applied only to the kalendæ Januariæ) the Roman New Year. Ab. Zar. I, 3 (8ᵃ) קלנדס Y. ed. (Mish. a. Bab. קלנדא). Y. ib. 39ᶜ top ק׳ אדם וכ׳ Adam instituted the kalends; כיון דחמא … ק׳ קלון וכ׳ when he observed that the days were growing longer, he exclaimed, kalendas &c., v. דיאו. Ib. ק׳ יינובריס, v. יָינוּבְרִיס. Ib. ק׳ אסורה לכל on the Roman New Year it is forbidden to deal with all gentiles; [oth. opin.] אין אסורה אלא לפלחין בה it is forbidden to deal with those only who worship on it; Bab. ib. 8ᵃ; Tosef. ib. I, 4 קלנדא ed. Zuck. (Var. ה …, ס …). Ab. Zar. l. c. ק׳ שמנה ימים אחר וכ׳ the New Year takes place eight days after the solstice, the Saturnalia eight days before the solstice; Y. ib. l. c. (corr. acc.). Bab. ib. l. c. רומי שעשתה ק׳ וכ׳ (Alf. עיר) if a Roman city (as Cæsaræa) introduced the Roman New Year, and all the townships near her are subject to her rule, are these townships forbidden or not?; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָלָנְיָא (colonia) a Roman colony (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Colonia). Ab. Zar. 10ᵃ ותתעביד טבריא ק׳ and that Tiberias be declared a Roman colony. Succ. 45ᵃ, v. מוֹצָא II; Y. ib. IV, beg. 54ᵇ קָלוֹנְיָיא. Deut. R. s. 10 לאיסטרטיגין ששימש … פרס וקלאונה (read רומי for פרס, a corr. acc.) a general that held offices in two provinces, one a Roman province, the other a colony; (Yalk. ib. 942 פרס וק׳, omitted). B. Bath. 4ᵃ את הורודוס עבדא בישא מתעביד ק׳ Ms. R. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70) thou, Herod, being a bad servant (of Rome), (thy country) be declared a colony (an anachronistic allusion to the reduction of Judæa to a Roman province on the banishment of Archelaus).—Yeb. 115ᵇ בצד קלוניא מתא by the side of the town of Colonia (?). ↗ expanded

קַלָּנִיתָא (קְלַל) name of a very lean bird, ḳallanitha. Ḥull. 102ᵇ בק׳ such is the case with the ḳ.; והא ק׳ עוף טמא הוא but the ḳ. is an unclean bird?; כעין ק׳ a clean bird similar in build to the ḳ.—B. Bath. 20ᵃ ק׳ לא מסרטא but the ḳ. does not scratch (and a child may play with it)!; כעין ק׳ (a bird that does scratch, but is) similar &c. ↗ expanded

קלניתא , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קְלִנְתְּיָא c. (Κορίνθιος) Corinthian. Tosef. Yoma II, 4; Yoma 38ᵃ קלוניתא (Ms. M. קלניתא), v. נְחוּשְׁתָּן I. ↗ expanded

קָלַס 1 , Pi. קִלֵּס (denom. of קוֹלָס) to put a helmet on; part. pass. מְקוּלָּס an animal roasted in its entirety with the entrails and legs on the head. Pes. 74ᵃ R. Ṭarfon called it גדי מ׳ a kid with a helmet on. Tosef. Bets. II, 15 איזוהי גדי מ׳ … וקרבו (not בקרבו) what is a g’di m’ḳullas? Entirely roasted, with head, legs, and entrails. Ib. עגל מ׳ a calf roasted with the head &c. Ib. Todos taught the Roman Jews to take lambs ועושין אותו מְקוּלָּסִין וכ׳ and prepare them ‘helmeted’ on Passover nights.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII מקולסין, v. נִיקְלְוָוס.] ↗ expanded

קָלַס 2 , Pi. קִלֵּס, קִי׳ (denom. of קוֹל, Pales) [to shout, make noise,] to praise; [b. h. to decry, deride]. B. Bath. 176ᵃ אע"פ שק׳ ר"י וכ׳ although R. Yishm. praised Ben N. (commended his argument) the practice follows his (R. Yishmael’s) opinion; Y. ib. X, end, 17ᵈ על מדרשו קִילְּסוֹ he commended him for his mode of argumentation. Lev. R. s. 30 ניקח … ונְקַלֵּס להקב"ה let us take up the Lulab and Ethrog and offer praise to the Lord. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXIV (expl. סֹלּוּ, Ps. LXVIII, 5) קַלְּסוּ (not קילסו) praise him. Ib. Ps. CIV; a. v. fr. to tramp or clap (in wailing ceremonies or on joyous occasions), v. קִילּוּס II, 2; M. Kat. 27ᵇ המְקַלֵּס לא יְקַלֵּס וכ׳ the tramper (at mourning ceremonies) must not tramp with a sandal on his foot, but with a shoe, to avoid accident. Hithpa. הִתְקַלֵּס to be praised; to be done honor to by song, clapping &c. Y. Ḥag. I, 76ᶜ כשהיה רואה … מִתְקַלְּסִין (not סון …) whenever he saw a deceased person or a bride honored. ↗ expanded

קְלַס , Pa. קַלֵּס ch. same, to call out; to praise; to tramp. Targ. Esth. VI, 9; 11 (h. text קרא). Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXII, 43. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XXXII, 18; a. fr.—Keth. 21ᵇ משום דקַלְּסָהּ … את נמי מְקַלְּסַת לה because thy mother’s father commended it, thou commendest it likewise. Y. Kil. VIII, 31ᵇ, a. e. והוה … מְקַלֵּס ליה הזלים וכ׳ R. J. praised him by applying the verse (Is. XLVI, 6) &c. Y. Maas. Sh. I, end, 53ᵃ אמרה … וקַלְּסֵיה he said it before R. Abina, and he applauded him, opp. קנתריה; a. e.—Y. Peah I, 15d; Y. Ab. Zar. I, 42ᶜ top מקלס קומי וכ׳ did honor to bridal couples (singing, dancing &c.); (Keth. 17ᵃ מרקד). ↗ expanded

קֹלָס , v. קוֹלָס, קוּלְסָא. ↗ expanded

*קַלָּסָא , v. קָלַס) shouting, derision. Targ. Ps. XLIV, 14 Ms. (ed. קלנא). ↗ expanded

קָלַסְטוֹר (better קוֹלַסְטֵיר) m. (κολαστήρ) torturer, executioner. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ ר׳ חנינא … וּקְלַסְטוֹרוֹ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. וקלצטוניריה; Ms. M. וקלסטינריה, arisen from confusing our w. with questionarius, v. קוּסְטִינָר, קְלוּסִינְטְרִין) R. Ḥanina … and his executioner are destined to enjoy the happiness of the hereafter. Ib. אמר לו קלצטונירי (Ms. M. קליסטנרי, En Yaʿăk. קליסטנירוֹ, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60) the (his) executioner said to him. ↗ expanded

קְלַסְטוֹרָא , v. קְלַסְטֵירָא ↗ expanded

קְלַסְטֵיר (a transpos. of κάρταλλος, v. טְרַסְקָל a. קְרַסְטָל)basket, esp. fodder-basket used instead of a muzzle. Kel. XX, 1 קלסטר ed. Dehr. a. Ar. (ed. קלוסטור, קלוסטר; R. H. G. קרסטל); Sifra, M’tsorʿa, Zab., Par. 1, ch. II קְלַסְתָּר.—Pl. קְלַסְטֵירִין. Y. Sabb. V, beg. 7ᵇ ↗ expanded

קְלַסְטֵיר ² (κρύσταλλος, crystallum) crystal; trnsf. brightness, (with, or sub. פנים; cmp. זִיו) beauty of features, countenance. Ber. 7ᵃ בשכר … זכה לק׳ פנים as a reward for hiding his face (Ex. III, 6) he was granted the shining face (Ex. XXXIV, 29 sq.). Nidd. 31ᵃ והקב"ה נותן … וק׳ פנים וכ׳ and God gives it (the embryo) spirit and soul, and beauty of features, and power of sight &c. B. Mets. 87ᵃ נהפך ק׳ פנים וכ׳ Isaac’s features were changed and made to resemble Abraham’s. Lev. R. s. 18, beg. (ref. to Koh. XII, 2) השמש זו ק׳ פ׳ ‘the sun (is darkened)’, that means the bright countenance; a. fr.—Pl. (used as sing.) קְלַסְטֵירִין. Ex. R. s. 28, beg. עשה (בו) הקב"ה ק׳ של פניו … דומה וכ׳ the Lord made Moses’ features resemble those of Abraham.—[Snh. 104ᵇ קלסתר Rashi, v. קְלַסְתָּא.] ↗ expanded

קְלַסְטֵירָא Targ. Job XIV, 20 קְלַסְתְּרֵיה (ed. Lag. קְלַסְתֵּיר׳; Regia קלסטור׳; h. text פניו). Ib. XXIX, 24 קְלַסְטֵר אַפַּי Ar. (ed. תּוֹר …; Ms. תַּר …); a. e.—[Snh. 104ᵇ, v. קְלַסְתָּא.]—Pl. קְלַסְטֵירִין, קְלַסְתּוֹרִין. Targ. Job XVII, 7 קְלַסְטֵירַי Ms. (ed. קלסתורַי, not רֵי …; h. text יְצֻרַי). ↗ expanded

קְלַסְתָּא (adapt. of γελοιαστής, as if a redupl. of קְלַס) jester, dancer, buffoon; ק׳ של מלך King’s fool. Snh. 104ᵇ Ms. M. (in a passage omitted in ed.; Ar. s. v. קלסטר: קלסתרא; Rashi קלסתר; Rev. des Ét. Juives XI, p. 215 קלסטר γελοιαστήρ; Yalk. Lam. 1000 רקד שהיה זמר dancer and musician).—V. קְלוּסַנְטְרִין. ↗ expanded

קְלַסְתּוֹרָא , v. sub קלסט׳. ↗ expanded

קָלַע 1 (b. h.) [to swing,] to cast, sling. Pi. קִילֵּעַ same. Sabb. 152ᵇ ומְקַלְּעִין נִשְׁמָתָן זה לזה and they (the angels) cast their (the sinners’) souls to one another (like washers) (with ref. to I Sam. XXV, 29, v. זוּם); Yalk. Sam. 134. ↗ expanded

קְלַע Af. אַקְלַע same. Targ. I Sam. XVII, 49. Targ. Y. Ex. X, 19 אקלע Ar. (ed. טלק). Ithpe. אִיקְּלַע to be thrown; to happen to come, happen to fall (on a certain day). Ḥull. 110ᵃ א׳ לסורא וכ׳ happened to come to Sura on the eve of &c. Ib. אִיקְלְעוּ לבי וכ׳ happened to come to the house (were the guests) of &c. Pes. 46ᵇ הואיל ומִיקְלְעֵי וכ׳ since guests may happen to come to him. Ned. 8ᵃ עד דמִקְלְעֵי ליה וכ׳ until ten persons … pass by him. R. Hash. 20ᵃ דא׳ יום שלשים וכ׳ if the thirtieth day happens to fall on a Sabbath. Ber. 53ᵇ אי מִקְּלַע לי ממילא if I happen to get it. Sabb. 117ᵇ כי מיקלע להו וכ׳ if they by chance had bread that had been used for an ʿErub (עֵירוּב); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָלַע 2 to twist, plait; [b. h. to form a raised figure, cmp. גָּדַל II]. Yoma VI, 7 קְלָעָן, v. מַקֵּל. Sabb. 64ᵃ עני קוֹלֵעַ שלש וכ׳ a poor man twists three threads and hangs the cord around his daughter’s neck. Y. ib. X, 12ᶜ bot. הקולע שלש וכ׳ he that plaits three strings of hair on a person’s head. Tosef. Maasr. I, 6 היה עתיד לִקְלוֹעַ בשום ולאגוד וכ׳ (ed. Zuck. ליקָּלֵעַ … וליאגד, Nif.) if the intention was about the garlic crop to plait, and about the onions to tie them in bunches, אינו חייב עד שיִקְלַע ויאגד he is not bound to give the tithes until he plaits or ties (or עד שיִקָּלֵעַ ויֵאָגֵד until the things are plaited or bunched); a. e.—Trnsf. [to weave a wreath,] to adorn, praise. Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII, end; Yalk. Ps. 846 הוא קוֹלֵעַ על יריאיו … קוֹלְעִים לו וכ׳ he (God) praises those who fear him, and those who fear him praise him; you say (Ps. XCII, 16) &c., and I say, (Zeph. III, 13) &c. Pi. קִילֵּעַ same. Num. R. s. 9 היא קִילְּעָה לו וכ׳ (not קולעה) she plaited her hair to please him (her paramour), therefore the priest loosens her hair; Tosef. Sot. III, 3 ed. Zuck. note קלעה; a. e. קִילְּעֶה or קִלְּעֶה (cmp. נתעלפה, s. v. עָלַף II) to plait a person’s hair, dress, adorn (v. supra). Ber. 61ᵃ; Koh. R. to VII, 2; Sabb. 95ᵃ; Erub. 18ᵃ; Nidd. 45ᵇ; Koh. R. to VII, 2 (ref. to ויבן, Gen. II, 22) מלמד שקילעה הקב"ה לחוה וכ׳ this intimates that the Lord dressed Eve &c., v. בִּנְיָיתָא. Y. Snh. II, 20ᵃ bot. (ref. to II Sam. XX, 3 ויכלכל, v. כִּלְכֵּל) מלמד שהיה דוד מְקַלַּעֲתָן וכ׳ this teaches that David had them dressed and adorned and made them come before him every day, and said to his evil inclination &c. Nif. נִקְלַע to be plaited, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְלַע ² , to plait. Targ. Y. Num. V, 18 (v. Num. R. s. 9, quot. in preced.). ↗ expanded

קֶלַע 1 sling. Sifra Sh’mini, Par. 6, ch. VIII כל כלי לרבות הק׳ וכ׳ ‘any receptacle’ (Lev. XI, 32), to include the sling &c. Eduy. III, 5 הק׳ שבית וכ׳ a sling the receptacle of which is of woven material. Sabb. 67ᵃ ק׳ נטושה (fem.), v. נָטַשׁ I. ↗ expanded

קֶלַע 2 c. (קָלַע II) twisted cord, rope; plait. Gen. R. s. 22 (ref. to Is. V, 18) כק׳ הזו של ספינה (prob. to be read עגלה) as the rope of a ship (a wagon), v. עֲבוֹת.—Pl. קְלָעִים. Yoma 47ᵃ מימי … קִלְעֵי שערי never did the beams of my house see the plaits of my hair (I always wear a cap in the house). ↗ expanded

קֶלַע 3 pl.; preced.) curtain, sail. Tosef. B. Kam. VIII, 17 ובלבד שלא יפרוס את הק׳ וכ׳ provided one does not spread the sail and detain the boat (when fishing in the waters of a neighboring tribe).—Pl. קְלָעִים, קְלָעִין. Eduy. VIII, 6; Zeb. 107ᵇ; Meg. 10ᵃ, a. e. כשהיו … ק׳ להיכל וק׳ לעזרות when they were rebuilding the Temple, they made curtains for the Temple and curtains for the courts.—Esp. the curtains of the Tabernacle; trnsf. the partitions of the Temple corresponding to those of the Tabernacle. Zeb. V, 3 לפנים מן הק׳ inside of the enclosures (in the Temple court); a. e. (pl.) tents at fairs, shops. Snh. 106ᵃ עֲשֵׂה להן ק׳ וכ׳ put up shops for them and place therein prostitutes &c.; עָשָׂה להן ק׳ וכ׳ (Ar. קעילין) he put up shops for them &c.; Sifré Num. 131 ק׳ Var. (ed. מקולין; Yalk. ib. 771 קעילין; Y. Snh. X, 28ᵈ top קנקלין). ↗ expanded

קְלַע ³ sail, curtain. Targ. Is. XXXIII, 23.—Pl. קִלְעִין, קִי׳, קְלָעַיָּיא. Ib. XVIII, 1. Ib. LX, 9.—Y. Sabb. XX, beg. 17ᶜ הוון פרסין קִילְעַיָּה וכ׳ they spread the curtains a day before to the length of four cubits. curtained enclosure. Erub. 63ᵇ (in Hebr. dict.) הישן בק׳ וכ׳ (Ms. M. a. Yalk. Mic. 551 הלן בכילה; Ar. a. En Yaăḳ. ed. pr. בקעילה; ed. Cost. בקליעא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he that sleeps in a compartment in which husband and wife are. Ned. 22ᵇ זיל לקִילְעָךְ go to thy room (I cannot help thee).—Esp. ante-room, hall. Ber. 22ᵇ top בק׳ דרב וכ׳ in the anteroom of Rab O. M. Kat. 24ᵇ; a. e.—[Pl. קִלְעָתָא, v. קְלִיעֲתָא.] ↗ expanded

קִלְעָא = h. קֶלַע I. Targ. Jud. XX, 16. Targ. Prov. XXVI, 8. Targ. Job XLI, 18 קַ׳. Ib. 20 (Ms. קַ׳). ↗ expanded

קַלָּעָא (preced.) slinger.—Pl. קַלָּעַיָּא, קַלְעַיָּא. Targ. II Kings III, 25 (not קִ׳). Targ. I Kings I, 38; 44 (h. text פלתי); a. e. ↗ expanded

קְלָעִילּוֹן m. = קְלָאִילָּן q. v. ↗ expanded

קַלְעִיתָא , v. קְלִיעֲתָא ↗ expanded

קָלַף (cmp. גָּלַף) to scrape, peel, pare. Pes. VII, 2 (75ᵇ) יִקְלוֹף את מקומו (Bab. ed. יְקַלֵּף) let him pare off the place where it touched the wall of the stove. Ib. 3 יקלוף את החיצון let him pare off the surface. Tosef. Neg. VI, 8 היה קוֹלֵף וכ׳ he scraped off the sand (cement) between one stone and another; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָלוּף; f. קְלוּפָה &c. Nidd. 17ᵃ שום ק׳ … וביצה ק׳ וכ׳ peeled garlic, peeled onions or peeled eggs … which were let lie over night. Bicc. III, 8 ערבה ק׳ peeled willow twigs; a. e. Pi. קִילֵּף same. Maasr. IV, 5 שעורים מקלף וכ׳(ב) המְקלֵּף (Mish. ed. המקליף, corr. acc.) he who husks barley-corns (to eat them before tithes are given), must husk each singly and eat; Bets. 13ᵇ. Y. Maasr. II, 50ᵃ bot.; Y. B. Mets. VII, beg. 11ᵇ שלא יְקַלֵּף, v. מִצְמֵץ. Lam. R. introd. (R. Yoḥ. 1); Cant. R. to VIII, 4 מלאך היה יורד ומְקַלְּפוֹ an angel came down and scraped the Divine Name off. Sot. 35ᵇ וקִילְּפוּ את הסיד they scraped the lime off (which covered the inscription); a. e. Nif. נֵקְלָף, Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּף to be peeled off. Lam. R. l. c.; Cant. R. l. c. מאליו היה נ׳ it (the Divine Name) was erased of itself. Ḥull. III, 5, v. קוֹיְקְבָן. Ib. 49ᵇ מה חלב … קרום ונ׳ וכ׳ as ‘the fat that covers the inwards’ has a skin which can be peeled off, so all fat with a skin that can be peeled off (is forbidden), v. תּוֹתָב; a. e.—Kel. X, 5 חבית שנִתְקַלְּפָה וכ׳ an earthen jug which is peeled off (crumbled away), the pitch lining standing by itself; Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. VII, 8 [read:] נתקלפה והזפת וכ׳. ↗ expanded

קְלַף Targ. Joel I, 7; a. e.—Part. pass. קָלִיף. Targ. Y. Deut. XIV, 11.—Gen. R. s. 82 (ref. to Jer. XLIX, 10) קַלְפִית בצלייה Ar. (ed. קליפת בצלים, ref. to Ob. I, 6, corr. acc.) I stripped the onions (laid bare Esau’s corruption); Yalk. Jer. 332 קְלִיפִית (not קליפות); Yalk. Chr. 1073 (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 95, end, v. בּוּצְלָא. Cant. R. to III, 4 (expl. חשפי שבל, Is. XLVII, 2) קְלוֹפִי סובלתא דנהרא (v. שׁוּבַּלְתָּא) lay bare (the bed of) the current of the river (dig channels to divert the river from its course). Bets. 14ᵇ קָלִיף וכ׳, v. צִיהֲרָא; a. e.—B. Bath. 4ᵇ, v. קְפַל II. Pa. קַלֵּף same. Targ. O. Gen. XXX, 37 (Y. קְלֵף Pe.). Ib. 38. Targ. II Kings XVIII, 16; a. e.—Part. pass. מְקַלַּף peeling, flaky. Targ. O. Ex. XVI, 14 (h. text מחספס).—Bets. 13ᵇ מְקַלְּפָא ליה וכ׳ his wife husked (barley) for him by the cupfuls. Ḥull. 62ᵇ לא … מְקַלַּף וכ׳ its craw could not be peeled. Ithpa. אִתְקַלַּף, אִיקַּלַּף, Ithpe. אִיקְּלִיף to be peeled, stripped, scraped off. Targ. Y. Lev. XI, 13 מִקְּלִיף (not מַקְ׳).—Ḥull. l. c. לא מִקְּלִיף וכ׳ could be peeled with a knife only. Y. Snh. IV, 22ᵇ top, v. מַרְקוֹעַ II. M. Kat. 13ᵇ כגון דמִיקַּלְּפָּן when the grains are husked; אי לאו … מִיקַּלְּפָא if they had not steeped them in water, the husking could not have been done (differ. in Ms. M., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.); a. e. ↗ expanded

קֶלֶף ) m. (preced.) split parchment (of superior quality than דּוּכְסוּסְטוֹס). Men. 32ᵃ, a. e. ק׳ במקום בשר on ḳ. your writing must be done on the flesh side (inside). Ib. (in Chald. dict.) כתבינהו אק׳ במקום וכ׳ he wrote them on ḳ., on the skin side (outside); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַלְפָא same. Men. 35ᵃ קי׳ דתפלין (Ar. the parchment of the T’fillin.) the parchment of the T’fillin. scaly surface, scab. Targ. Y. II, Lev. XIII, 2, v. קִילּוּפָא. streak made by peeling.—Pl. קִלְפִין, קִי׳. Targ. O. Gen. XXX, 37 (some ed. קַ׳; Y. קְלִיפִין, קַלִּיפִ׳). (pl.) scales; scaly shield. Targ. O. Lev. XI, 9; Deut. XIV, 9, sq. (ed. Berl. ק׳). Targ. Job XLI, 7 קְלִפוֹהִי Ms. (missing in ed.; h. text מגנים).—Snh. 110ᵃ קִילְפֵי (Ms. M. קוּלְפֵי) the scaly (metal) rims of bags; Pes. 119ᵃ קליפא (Rashi קִלּוּפֵי), v. קוּפְלָא I. Keth. 65ᵃ מחתא לה בקולפי דשידא she struck her with the metal straps of a chest (v. קוּלְפָא).—[Yalk. Ez. 362 קילפא, v. קוּלְפָא.—Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵃ bot. קְלִיפַיָּיא, v. קְלוּפִיתָא.] ↗ expanded

קַלְפּוֹנִין (καλλίφωνοι) (young men) with fine voices. Targ. I Chr. XV, 20 (ed. Beck. קִ׳; h. text עלמות, cmp. עֶלֶם). ↗ expanded

קַלְפִּי (κάλπη) urn for drawing lots. Targ. Y. Lev. XVI, 8 (not קְלַפֵּי).—Tosef. Yoma III (II), 1; Yoma IV, 1 טרף בק׳ he shook the urn. Ib. III, 9 וק׳ היתה וכ׳ an urn was there (in the Temple) containing two lots. Y. ib. IV, beg. 41ᵇ לא סוף דבר ק׳ וכ׳ it was not at all necessary to use an urn, a basket might have served the purpose; but why did they say, ‘an urn’?, v. פּוֹמְפִּי. B. Bath. 122ᵃ ק׳ של שבטים an urn containing the names of the tribes; ק׳ של תחומין an urn containing the names of the districts (to be allotted); Num. R. s. 21; a. fr.—Pl. קַלְפִּיּוֹת. Y. Yoma l. c. בשתי ק׳ וכ׳ by means of two urns the land of Israel was divided, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְלַצְטוֹנִירִי (corrupt. of questionarius) executioner. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ, v. קָלַסְטוֹר. ↗ expanded

קלק , Y. Shek. VII, 50ᶜ נתקלקה, v. קִלְקֵל ↗ expanded

קְלַק (apocop. of קלקל) to throw, cast. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XV, 25 (ed. Vien. טלק).—Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵃ גוויה(ב) וק׳ גרמיה and it (the serpent) threw itself into it. Pa. קַלֵּק same. Pesik. B’shall., p. 93ᵃ אנא מְקַלֵּק לך, v. קְלַל. Koh. R. to XI, 1 בכל יום … ומקלק לימא וכ׳ every day he took a loaf of bread and threw it into the great sea. Gen. R. s. 79 ומקלק בשוק and scattered them in the open place; Yalk. ib. 133 ומקללה (corr. acc.).—Part. pass. מְקַלַּק thrown away, decaying. Lev. R. s. 22 מית ומק׳ באורחא dead and decaying on the road; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִלְקָאֵי , v. sub. קִילְ׳. ↗ expanded

קלקיא , v. קִילִיקְיָא ↗ expanded

קלקיס , Y. Bets. IV, 62ᶜ, v. קִילְקִי ↗ expanded

קִלְקֶילְתָּא , v. קִלְקֶלְתָּא ↗ expanded

קִלְקֵל (קָלַל, cmp. קְלַק) to upset, disarrange, damage, ruin, opp. תקן. Gen. R. s. 98 ק׳ את היצועין upset the couches. Ḥull. 8ᵃ מותר … מְקַלְקֵל הוא it is permitted to slaughter with a knife belonging to idolatrous service, because slaughtering is doing damage (a living animal being more useful than a dead one). Sabb. XIII, 3 כל המְקַלְקְלִין פטורין all those who perform an act (on the Sabbath) by which they do ruin, are exempt (from sin-offering); והמקלקל ע"מ לתקן וכ׳ but he that undoes a thing for the purpose of reconstructing it is guilty. Keth. 5ᵇ; a. fr. (with or sub. מעשה = b. h. הִשְׁחִית) to be corrupt, to disgrace one’s self by immorality. Y. Taan. I, end, 64ᵈ חם … קִילְקְלוּ מעשיהן Ham, the dog, and the raven acted mischievously (by sexual connection in the ark, v. Snh. 108ᵇ; Gen. R. s. 36). R. Hash. 12ᵃ ברותחין קלקלו וכ׳ with heat (of passion) they sinned, and with hot waters they were punished; Snh. 108ᵇ. Tosef. Sot. II, 2 אפי׳ תְקַלְקֵל וכ׳, v. עָרַר; a. fr.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. VII, ed. Bub. note 69 קלקלתי, v. כִּלְכֵּל.]—Part. pass. מְקוּלְקָל; f. מְקוּלְקֶלֶת; pl. מְקוּלְקָלִים, מְקוּלְקָלִין; מְקוּלְקָלוֹת. M. Kat. I, 2 (2ᵃ) ומתקנין את המקולקלת Y. a. Bab. ed. (Mish. המקולקלות, incorr.) and you may mend a channel that is out of order during the festive week. Snh. 39ᵇ (ref. to Ez. V, 7) כמתוקנין … כמק׳ שבהם עשיתן you did not do according to the good usages among them, but according to their corrupt usages. B. Bath. 109ᵇ, v. קַלְקָלָה; a. fr. (b. h.) to sharpen; trnsf. (cmp. חָדַד, שָׁנַן) to repeat, study. Koh. R. to X, 10 אם נקהה … קַלְקֵל עליו בחילך if thy lesson is as tough to thee as iron (v. קָהָה), and … none is on hand to explain it to thee, go over it studying with thy own strength. Hithpa. הִתְקַלְקֵל, Nithpa. נִתְקַלְקֵל to be disarranged, ruined, spoiled. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᶜ bot. נִתְקַלְקְלוּ חשבונותיו וכ׳ his dates were disarranged, and he said, let this begin a new era; נתקלקלו לשעבר the dates were disarranged (confused) with regard to the events of the past, v. קִילְקוּל. Dem. III, 6, v. חָלַף. Y. Shek. VII, 50ᶜ נִתְקַלְקְלָה צורתן (not נתקלקה), v. צוּרָה; a. e. (v. קָלָה I) to commit a nuisance, to collapse under the influence of corporal punishment. Sifré Deut. 286; Macc. III, 14; a. e.—[Bekh. 8ᵃ נתקלקל, v. קָלַל.] ↗ expanded

קַלְקֵל to ruin &c. Targ. Is. III, 12 (h. text בלע). Targ. Jer. II, 36 (h. text שנה). Targ. II Sam. XV, 31 (h. text סכל). Targ. II Chr. XXVII, 2 (h. text השחית).—Part. pass. מְקַלְקַל; f. מְקַלְקְלָא; pl. מְקַלְקְלִין, מְקַלְקְלַיָּא; מְקַלְקְלָתָא. Targ. Esth. V, 1 הוות מק׳ was soiled. Targ. Job XXIX, 17 Ms. (ed. מְקַלְקִל; h. text עַוָּל). Targ. Koh. IV, 12. Targ. Zech. I, 4. Targ. Jud. II, 19; a. e.—Yeb. 119ᵇ, sq. היא לא מְקַלְקְלָא נפשה she is not likely to injure her own case (by a false statement). Ib. לקַלְקָלָא לצרה היא וכ׳ she has the intention of injuring the case of her rival. Lev. R. s. 37 מְקַלְקְלֵי they ruin (play with), v. מְיַנּוֹק. Ithpalp. אִתְקַלְקֵל, אִיקַּ׳ to be disarranged, corrupted, ruined. Targ. Jer. XLIX, 7. Targ. Y. Lev. XVII, 13 מִתְקַלְקְלָא ניכסתיה its slaughtering was ruined (illegal through faulty manipulation). Targ. Y. Deut. XIV, 21 מִיקּ׳ בניכסא made unfit through faulty slaughtering; a. e.—Erub. 49ᵃ bot. אתי עירוב לאִיקַּלְקוּלֶי the practice of ʿErub (v. עֵירוּב) may come to harm (get into disuse); a. e. ↗ expanded

קִלְקָל , v. קִילְקוּל ↗ expanded

קַלְקַל , Targ. Y. II, Ex. XXVII, 4, v. קנְקַל ↗ expanded

קַלְקָלָה (קִלְקֵל) degradation, disgrace. Ab. IV, 18 אל … בשעת קַלְקָלָתוֹ do not strive to see thy neighbor at the moment of his disgrace. Hor. III, 7 (13ᵃ) בזמן ששניהם עומדים לק׳ (Bab. ed. בק׳) when both (a man and a woman) are exposed to disgrace (prostitution, v. קָלוֹן). Gen. R. s. 20 בק׳ מתחילים וכ׳ in degradation (punishment) the beginning is made with the lowest, opp. גדולה elevation; Sifra Sh’mini, Milluim; Ber. 61ᵃ Ms. M. (ed. בקללה); Taan. 15ᵇ; a. fr. corruption, degeneration, sin, mischief. Tanḥ. B’shall. 12, v. קִילְקוּל. Snh. 102ᵇ הוא היה תחלה לק׳ he (Jeroboam) initiated corruption (idolatry). B. Bath. 109ᵇ תולין את הק׳ במקולקל every corruption is fastened to the corrupt (is named after him who started it). Ber. 60ᵃ ואל … דבר ק׳ ועון that no mischief or sin may occur through me; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קִלְקַלְתָּא = קִיקֶלְתָּא, dunghill, ruins. Targ. Jer. XIX, 2; a. fr.—Sabb. 156ᵇ כי יתיב אקִילְקְלִיתָא (Ms. O. אקִיקְלִיתָא דמתא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80) while sitting near the place where the refuse of the town is collected, v. קִיקְלָא. B. Kam. 21ᵃ בנה … אק׳ דיתמי built a villa on the ruins belonging to minors. Ab. Zar. 28ᵃ קילקלתא Ms. M. (ed. קיקלתא), v. נִקְרָא; a. fr.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXV כהדא קלקילתא שהיא וכ׳ (ed. Bub. איך חדא קילקלתא) (a cup of punishment) shaped like a vessel for refuse, wide below and narrow above (?)]—Pl. קִלְקְלָתָא, קִי׳. Targ. Ps. LXVIII, 14 (h. text שפתים). ↗ expanded

קלקת , Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 69ᵃ, v. קֶלַח ↗ expanded

קַלְרָה , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַלְרָהִי (Καλλιῤῥόη) Callirrhoe, warm springs on the eastern side of the Jordan, near the Dead Sea. Targ. Y. Gen. X, 19 (not קלד׳; h. text לשע). Targ. Y. Deut. I, 7 קלדוהי (read: קלְרוֹהִי).—Gen. R. s. 37 קלרה (some ed. קלדה, corr. acc.); Y. Meg. I, 71ᵇ bot. קלרה; Yalk. Deut. 801 קדלהי (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קִלָּרִין , v. קִילָּרִין ↗ expanded

קְלַשׁ (cmp. קלף) to plane, make thin, weaken. Erub. 3ᵃ אמרינן קְלוֹשׁ we say, plane it, i.e. consider it reduced to a fine film. Ib. אי קַלְשַׁה if thou makest it very thin. Ned. 68ᵃ מִיקְלַשׁ קָלֵישׁ does he plane (weaken) it?, v. גּוּז ch.—Part. pass. קָלִישׁ, קְלִישָׁא; f. קְלִישָׁא, קְלִישְׁתָּא thin, weak. Targ. Y. Num. VII, 13 (ed. Vien. קַלִּישָׁא); ib. 19 (opp. סמיך); a. e.—Taan. 9ᵇ עיבא ק׳ a light cloud, opp. סמיכתא. Sot. 34ᵇ איידי דק׳ ארעא because the layer of earth (over the rocky soil) is very light. Yeb. 113ᵃ bot. דעתא ק׳ וכ׳ his reason is weak, but it is doubtful whether it is equally clear &c., v. צִילָא; ib. 113ᵇ. Succ. 48ᵇ חמרא סמיך מיא ק׳ wine is thick (does nor run out quickly), water is thin. Af. אַקְלֵישׁ to make thin, cover with a thin layer. M. Kat. 13ᵇ מחפין אַקְלוּשֵׁי m’ḥappin (Mish. ib. II, 5) means covering lightly, opp. אסמוכי. Ithpe. אִתְקְלִישׁ to become thin, lean. Targ. Y. Gen. XXI, 15. to become smooth of surface. Targ. Job XXXIII, 25 Regia (ed. אתחליש). ↗ expanded

קִלְשׁוֹנָא pointed tool, wedge(?).—Pl. קִלְשׁוֹנִין. Targ. Koh. XII, 11 (h. text משמרות). ↗ expanded

קִלַּת constr. of קִלָּה = קְלָלָה, disgrace of. Snh. 46ᵇ א"כ נימא קרא ק׳ מאי קללת if this were so, the text (Deut. XXI, 23) might have read ḳillath, why does it read ḳil’lath? [missing in Ms. M.] ↗ expanded

קֶלֶת (cmp. קוּלִית, קִיל I) the framework under the millstone to receive the flour-dust; [Rashi = אפרכסת hopper]. Tosef. B. Bath. I, 3; B. Bath. 20ᵇ. Ib. IV, 3. Zab. IV, 3; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַלָּת (κάλαθος, prob. of Semitic origin, v. preced.; v. Lewy, Sem. Fremdw. p. 109) vase-shaped basket, esp. woman’s work-basket. Gitt. VIII, 1 זרקו … לתוך קַלָּתָהּ if he throws the letter of divorce into her lap or into her basket. Ib. 78ᵃ כל דבר שהוא כקלתה any receptacle that is designated for her specific use like her basket. B. Mets. 9ᵇ ק׳ מינח נייחא וכ׳ (if he throws the document into her basket on her head,) her basket is at rest, but she moves under it. Keth. 72ᵇ top ק׳ שפיר דמי if she goes out with her basket on her head, it is right (she cannot be legally sued for indecent conduct); דת יהודית אפי׳ ק׳ וכ׳ but so far as Jewish custom is concerned, it is improper to go out uncovered even with the basket on the head. Y. Gitt. VIII, beg. 49ᵇ היתה ק׳ של זהב if the basket (into which he threw the letter of divorce) was of gold; a. fr.—Pl. קַלָּתוֹת. Bicc. III, 8 העשירים … בק׳ של וכ׳ the rich brought the first-fruits in baskets of silver or of gold. Gitt. l. c. מוכר ק׳ a dealer in baskets. Kel. XVI, 3; a. e. ↗ expanded

קֹלְתָא (or קִלְתָא) f. (v. קוֹלָא I a. קִיל I) curtained couch. Keth. 17ᵇ ק׳ דמנמנמא Rashb. to B. Bath. 92ᵇ (ed. קריתא), v. הֵינוּמָא. ↗ expanded

קַלָּתָה , v. קַלָּת ↗ expanded

קַלָּתוּת (cmp. קֶלֶת) masonry under a stationary stove, fire place under a portable stove. Kel. VII, 1; Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. V, 5.—*Pl. קַלְתּוֹתִים. Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ top ברחו לתוך ק׳ של בה"מ וכ׳ they fled into the fire places (stoves) of the Temple, and they were all burned &c. (comment.: chambers). ↗ expanded

קָם one standing up against, adversary. — Pl. קָמִים. Y. Ber. II, 4ᵈ bot. הכנע קָמֵינוּ humble thou our adversaries. ↗ expanded

קַמּ־ , v. קַמֵּי ↗ expanded

קָמ־ (v. קַמָּא a. קוֹמֵי)before, in the presence of. Targ. Y. Gen. XLIII, 9 קָמָךְ. Ib. XXXIII, 3 לקָמֵיהוֹן; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָמָא 1 (= קָא אֲמָא) he says. Pes. 3ᵇ מאי דק׳ Ar. what is it he says? (ed. מאי האי דקמן; Ms. M. מאי דקמן what is this before us?). B. Bath. 140ᵇ מאי דק׳ (Var. דקאמא) Ar. (ed. מאי קאמר). Keth. 67ᵇ אמר מאי דקאמא Ar. (ed. דקמא) he (the beggar) said what he said (as mentioned before); [Rashi: אמר רבא מאי דקַמָּא Raba said, what is this before me?, i.e. what does this mean?]. [Sot. 2ᵇ bot., read as Rashi מאי דקמָּא.] ↗ expanded

קָמָא 2 = h. קָמָה standing grain. Targ. Hos. VIII, 7 (ed. Lag. a. oth. קמה). Targ. O. Ex. XXII, 5 קמא ed. Berl. (oth. ed. קָמְתָא, קַ׳).—Pl. קָמָתָא, constr. קָמַת. Targ. Jud. XV, 5. pillar, statue. Targ. Gen. XXVIII, 18 (h. text מצבה). Targ. O. ib. XIX, 26 (h. text נציב). Targ. Y. Num. XXII, 24. Targ. Jud. IX, 6 (ed. Wil. קָמָתָא pl.; h. text מצב). Targ. II Kings X, 27 קָמַת constr.; a. fr.—Pl. קָמָן, קָמָתָא, קָמָאתָא. Ib. XVII, 10. Ib. XVIII, 4. Targ. II Chr. XXXI, 1; a. e.—Targ. Y. Ex. XXIII, 24 קָמָתֵי constr. ↗ expanded

קַמָּא (= קדמא) first, former, previous. Targ. Y. Ex. XL, 2. Targ. Y. Lev. XXIII, 11; a. fr.—Ber. 13ᵇ בפסוקא ק׳ at the recitation of the first verse of the Sh’mʿa; a. fr.—תנא ק׳ (abbrev. ת"ק) the first of the quoted authorities. Ib. 48ᵇ; a. fr.—בבא ק׳, v. בָּב I.—Pl. קַמָּאֵי. Naz. 56ᵇ Rashi (ed. קדמאי). Gen. R. s. 38 לא הוה להון למילף מן ק׳ ought they not to have taken a lesson from (the fate of) their predecessors? Ber. 20ᵃ ק׳ … מסרי וכ׳ the former generations gave up their lives &c. B. Bath. 46ᵇ ק׳ דקמך those who have long preceded thee; a. fr.—Fem קַמַּיְיתָא. Targ. Prov. XXIV, 14 (ed. Lag. a. oth. קדמיתא).—Kidd. 66ᵃ הך ק׳ that first clause. B. Bath. 89ᵃ bot. הך ק׳ דמאי that first described balance, what is it used for?; a. fr.—Pl. קַמְּיָיתָא. Targ. Y. Gen. XLI, 20. before, in presence of, v. קמֵּי. ↗ expanded

קִמְאָה , v. קִמְעָה ↗ expanded

קמאיות , Yalk. Gen. 148, v. קִטְמִית ↗ expanded

קָמָה standing corn. Peah VI, 8 הק׳ מצלת וכ׳ standing corn saves the sheaf (in the field from being considered a forgotten sheaf belonging to the poor); איזוהי ק׳ שהיא וכ׳ how much standing corn must there be to save the sheaf? Y. ib. VI, 19ᵈ top עומר שסביבותיו ק׳ a sheaf surrounded by standing corn. B. Kam. 60ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XXII, 5) ק׳ למה לי כל בעלי קימה what is ḳamah to intimate? It is to include all things of erect stature (as trees, living beings &c., Rashi). Y. ib. VI, beg. 5ᵇ; a. fr.—Pesik. R. s. 43 (play on מלל, Gen. XXI, 7) קָמָתוֹ … ונעשה מלילות the standing crop of Abraham was dried up, but it became again full of ears (his virile strength was restored); Gen. R. s. 53 קומתו (corr. acc.).—Pl. constr. קָמֵי halms, stalks; ק׳ שפה the stiff cords in the border (around the neck) of a garment. M. Kat. 22ᵇ מבדיל ק׳ ש׳ (in rending a garment in mourning) one must (may) sever the stiff border around the neck; (Y. ib. III, 83ᵈ top קנה שפה). Hor. 12ᵇ למטה מק׳ ש׳ beneath the border (leaving the border uncut); למעלה מק׳ ש׳ he rends from over the border (all through); (Y. M. Kat. l. c. קנה ש׳). ↗ expanded

קָמָה ² ch., v. קָמָא II ↗ expanded

קְמוּאֵל pr. n. (b. h.) pr. n. m. Kemuel, name of an angel. Pesik. R. s. 20. ↗ expanded

קמולא , Gen. R. s. 79, end; Yalk. ib. 133 קמיליא, read ק׳ מיליא, v. טריון ↗ expanded

קִמוֹלְיָא , v. קִימוֹלְיָא ↗ expanded

קמון , v. קָמִין ↗ expanded

קִמוֹנְיָא , v. קִימוֹלְיָא ↗ expanded

קַמּוּנְיָא (καμίνιον) furnace. Ab. Zar. 10ᵇ שדו ליה לק׳ חלילא (Ar. לקי׳) they threw him into a circular furnace (pottery kiln; Rashi: a room full of ashes). ↗ expanded

קִמּוֹס , v. קִימּוֹשׂ ↗ expanded

קִמּוֹץ , v. קוּמּוֹס ↗ expanded

קָמוֹר (קְמַר) belt. Targ. Ps. XVIII, 33 (ed. Wil. קָמוּר); ib. 40. Ib. CIX, 19. Targ. Y. Lev. XVI, 4 (ed. Amst. קַמּוּרָא); a. e.—Sabb. 59ᵇ ק׳ שרי a woman is permitted to go out on the Sabbath with a (gold) belt. Ib. ק׳ עילוי וכ׳ how about wearing a ḳamra over a hemyan (v. הֶמְיָין). Hor. 13ᵇ נהי דאהני לך ק׳ וכ׳ (En Yaaḳ. קוּמְרָא) because thy father’s (official) belt helped thee to be president of the court, must we make thee Nasi? ↗ expanded

קָמַז (cmp. קמץ, קָוַץ) to squeeze, contract. Nif. נִקְמַז to be squeezed in. Tosef. Erub. XI (VIII), 18 נגר … נ׳ if the bolt is sqeezed into a hole in the ground, opp. נשמט detached and lying about without a special place assigned to it; Erub. 102ᵃ; Y. Sabb. XVII, end, 16ᵇ. Y. Kil. VI, end, 30ᶜ עד מקים שהוא נ׳ (not נקמן) as far as the projecting limb is fast (not shaken by the wind). to contract, curl. Y. Erub. V, 22ᵈ top ולא יתר שהוא נ׳ ומפסיד nor must the measuring rope be longer (than fifty cubits), because then it curls and causes loss of distance in measuring (Bab. ib. 58ᵃ שממעט). ↗ expanded

קְמַח (denom. of קִמְחָא) to dress hides with flour. Part. pass. קָמִיחַ. Meg. 19ᵃ, v. דִּיפְתְּרָא; Gitt. 22ᵃ; Sabb. 79ᵃ, v. מַצָּה; a. e. Af. אַקְמַח to pulverize. Naz. 53ᵇ דאַקְמַח אַקְמוּחֵי he pulverized (the bones). ↗ expanded

קֶמַח c. (b. h.; Assyr. Wœrterb. p. 586²) flour, first flour, contrad. fr. סֹלֶת. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵃ bot.; Keth. 112ᵃ, a. e., v. קִיבָר. Ḥall. I, 6, v. חֲלִיטָה II; a. fr.—Ab. III, 17 אם אין ק׳ אין … אין ק׳ without flour (sustenance) no learning, without learning no flour (enjoyment of life).—Pl. קְמָחִים, קְמָחִין. Kidd. 53ᵃ; Men. 73ᵃ הללו … והללו מיני ק׳ these (the animal sacrifices) are blood offerings, those (the cakes &c.) are flour offerings. Y. Ḥall. I, 57ᵇ תבואה ק׳ ובציקות grains, flours, and doughs; a. e. (from its color) mould gathered on wine. — Pl. as ab. Men. VIII, 7 אינו … מפני הק׳ one must not take for libation from the top of the cask on account of the mould. Ib. יין … ק׳ פסול wine on which mould is gathered is unfit for the altar. ↗ expanded

קֶמַח ² , flour. Targ. O. Gen. XVIII, 6. Targ. Num. V, 15; a. e.—Keth. 62ᵇ קא נהלא ק׳ sifting flour. Bets. 29ᵇ, v. נְהַל; a. fr.—Pes. 84ᵃ; Yoma 46ᵃ, a. e. לקִימְחֵיה, v. חוּשׁ ch.; [Ar. quotes Var. לא חש לקַמֵּיה cares not what comes before him; v. Rabb. D. S. to Yoma l. c., note 3].—Pl. קִמְחִין, קִמְחַיָּא, קִי׳. Y. Yoma I, 38ᵈ top, a. e., v. קִמְחִית. ↗ expanded

קִמְחוּנְיָא Ḳimḥunia, in Babylonia. Keth. 67ᵃ הנהו אשלי דק׳ וכ׳ as to the ropes of Ḳ. (where they are staple goods), a woman may levy them for her jointure (כתובה). Kidd. 25ᵇ ↗ expanded

קמחיה , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קִמְחִית Ḳimḥith, the mother of seven sons who served as highpriests in turn. Y. Meg. I, 72ᵃ bot.; Y. Yoma I, 38ᵈ top כל קימחיא קמח וקימחא דק׳ וכ׳ (not דקימחיה) all flours are flour, but the flour of Ḳimḥith is fine flour; Lev. R. s. 20. Y. Yoma V, 42ᵇ בן ק׳ a son of Ḳ.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָמַט (b. h.) to compress; (neut. verb) to contract, curl. Yalk. Gen. 151 מעי קוֹמְטִין עלי וכ׳ (Ar. קמתין, corr. acc.) my bowels curl themselves within me like a rope (cmp. קָמַז).—Part. pass. קָמוּט folded, creased. Tosef. Neg. I, 8 כק׳ שנפשט like a folded sheet that has been straightened out. Pi. קִימֵּט to fold, wrinkle. Ḥag. 14ᵃ (ref. to Job XXII, 16 קמטו) אלו … שמְקַמְּטִין עצמן וכ׳ that means the students that wrinkle themselves (cause wrinkles on their foreheads) over the words of the Law; Yalk. Job 908.—Part. pass. מְקוּמָּט. Tosef. Neg. l. c. סדין המק׳ a creased sheet, v. פָּשַׁט. to press, crowd. Ḥag. 13ᵇ sq. (ref. to Job l. c.) שקִימְּטוּ עצמן להיבראות וכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) who pressed themselves (rushed) forward to be created before the world was created, v. infra. Pu. קוּמָּט to be crowded, rushed. Ib. על אשר קוּמְּטוּ בלא עת Ms. M. because they rushed (to be created) before their time; Yalk. Jer. 304.—Part. מְקוּמָּט, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְמַט , ch. same, to seize, hold fast; to tie. Targ. Prov. IV, 4 (ed. Wil. יְקַמֵּט Pa.; h. text תמך). Ib. V, 22 (h. text לכד).—Sabb. 110ᵃ קָמֵיט ליה, v. infra.—Part. pass. קָמִיט bound, constipated. Yeb. 64ᵇ איכא … דק׳ דמא there are families in which the blood is tied up (whose members bleed little when wounded), opp. דרפי דמא who bleed profusely. Pes. 42ᵇ דק׳ מרפא ליה ודרפא מַקְמִיט ליה on him who is constipated it acts as a laxative, and him who is loose it constipates; Sabb. l. c. דק׳ … קָמֵיט ליה. Pa. קַמֵּיט, Af. אַקְמֵיט to press down, double; to tie. Targ. Prov. IV, 4, v. supra.—Snh. 95ᵃ תפשיה וקַמְּטֵיח Ar. he seized and tied him (ed. כפתיה קמטיה he tied him, he pressed him down); Yalk. Sam. 155 נקטיה וק׳. Gitt. 47ᵃ בעינא מְקַמְּטִינְכוּ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. אַקְמְטִינְכוּ, Rashi אִיקַמְּטִי׳) I want to tie you; קַמְּטִינְהוּ he did tie them. to cause constipation. Pes. l. c.; Sabb. l. c., v. supra. ↗ expanded

*קָמֵט (preced.; cmp. קוּץ I) [shrinking,] feeling aversion. Yalk. Lev. 626, v. קיּץ I. ↗ expanded

קֶמֶט (preced. wds.) fold, crease, wrinkle, crumple. Neg. VII, 1 בק׳ ונגלה when the white spot was covered up by a wrinkle, and then became visible; Tosef. ib. II, 13 והק׳ שנפשט. Nidd. V, 8 משיעלה הק׳ וכ׳ when wrinkles are formed under the breast; expl. ib. 47ᵃ כדי שתחזיר ידיה … הק׳ וכ׳ when she turns her arm backwards, and it has the appearance as if there were wrinkles; a. e.—Pl. קְמָטִים, קְמָטִין. Neg. VI, 8 הק׳ והק׳ שבצואר וכ׳ the folds on the body (armpit &c., v. קוּמָּט), and the folds on the neck &c. Mikv. VIII, 5 בית הק׳ parts of the body which have folds, contrad. to בית הסתרים, v. סֵתֶר; Nidd. 66ᵇ. Ib. בית קְמָטֶיהָ. B. Bath. 120ᵃ, v. עָדַן; a. e. ↗ expanded

קמטון , Sabb. 145ᵇ, v. קוֹמֵיס ↗ expanded

קַמְטְרָא (κάμπτρα = κάψα) box, chest (for clothes, books &c.). Kel. XVI, 7, contrad. to קופסא. Ohol. IX, 15. Ber. 25ᵇ sq. גלימא אק׳ a cloak spread over a box (containing sacred books); a. e.—Pl. (ch.) קוּמְטְרַיָּא, קוּמְטְרִין, קַמְטְרֵי. Targ. II Kings X, 22 (Regia קֻמְ׳). Targ. Ez. XXVII, 24 (Regia קוּמְטַרְוָן; ed. Lag. קַמְטַרְוָון).—Meg. 26ᵇ ק׳ דספרי book chests. ↗ expanded

קַמְטְרָיָא (preced.; cmp. Lat. capsarius) Ḳamṭraya (Superintendent of Clothes, v. Targ. II Kings X, 22), surname of one Simon. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ top. ↗ expanded

קָמֵי , v. קָמָה ↗ expanded

קַמֵּי constr. = קוֹמֵי before, in the presence of. Ber. 3ᵃ; Gitt. 6ᵇ ק׳ שמיא, v. סְפֵקָא. Lam. R. introd. (R. Abbahu 2) (ref. to Ez. XXIV, 6) אוי מן ק׳ דקרתא וכ׳ woe on account (cmp. h. מִפְּנֵי) of the town in which they shed blood! Bets. 27ᵃ שדריה לקַמֵּיה דר׳ וכ׳ he sent it before R. A. (for his decision). Ber. 6ᵇ [read:] ק׳ מרך or קַמֵּיה דמרך, v. בְּדוּבַר. Ib. 16ᵃ קתני קמיה דר׳ וכ׳ reported in the presence (under the presidency) of R. J. Ib. 24ᵃ הוה קאימנא קמיה דרבא I was standing before (attending) Raba. Ib. 42ᵃ אייתו לקַמַּיְּיהוּ וכ׳ they placed before them bread &c. Ib. לבתר … מקמייהו after the tray was removed from before them; a. v. fr.—Sot. 2ᵇ מאי דקַמָּא what is this before (us)?, i.e. what does this mean? Keth. 67ᵇ, v. קָמָא I. Pes. 3ᵇ דקַמָּן, v. קָמָא I. Ib. 84ᵃ; Yoma 46ᵃ לא חש לקמיה Ar., v. קִמְחָא.—2) before, ere. Ḥull. 39ᵃ מק׳ דשמעה וכ׳ before he had heard it from R. &c.; ib. 139ᵃ (not מקמיה); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קמיליא , v. קמולא ↗ expanded

קָמִין (κάμινος) furnace, kiln. Tosef. Sot. XV, 7 והטילוהו בק׳ they threw him into a furnace; Y. ib. IX, 24ᵇ top והחזירו לק׳ (read: והטילו).—Esp. the furnace room of the bath-house. Lev. R. s. 14 אם המתין אדם בק׳ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. אם ישהא … בחמין) if a person stays in the furnace room any length of time; Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Thazriʿa 4 נתין בקמון (corr. acc.; Tanḥ. ib. 3 בחמין). Tosef. Mikv. V, 7 המת במרחץ ק׳ טמא וכ׳ if a corpse lies in the bath-house, the furnace room is unclean &c. Y. Sabb. III, 6ᵃ top היו סותמין את הק׳ וכ׳ they used to stop off the furnace on Friday, and people went in and bathed &c. Tosef. B. Bath. III, 3 Var. (v. יֶקֶם); Y. ib. IV, 14ᶜ bot. ↗ expanded

קָמֵיעַ (קָמַע) [suspended,] amulet. Kel. XXIII, 1 הק׳ the (parchment) amulet. Sabb. VI, 2, v. מוּמְחֶה. Ib. 61ᵃ ק׳ של כתב a written amulet; ק׳ של עיקרין an amulet containing roots; Y. ib. VI, 8ᵇ top ק׳ … בעשבים. Ib. נאמן … ק׳ זה וכ׳ a physician may be relied upon when he says, this amulet is approved, I cured with it &c. Gen. R. s. 45 ק׳ היא צריכה she (Sarah) needs an amulet (for sterility). Num. R. s. 12 יהא הק׳ הזה עליך וכ׳ wear this amulet that the evil eye may no longer have power over thee; Tanḥ. Naso 17; Pesik. R. s. 5; a. fr.—[Tanḥ. l. c. נתן לה קמיעה, corr. acc.]—Pl. קְמֵיעִים, קְמֵיעִין. Gen. R. s. 77 הוא בא אליך וחמשה ק׳ וכ׳ (not וחמש) he (Jacob) comes to thee provided with five amulets: his own merit, his father’s merit &c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְמֵיעָא Kidd. 73ᵇ תלי … ק׳ a child found with a tablet or an amulet suspended from its neck. Pes. 111ᵇ לק׳ in order to know how to write the amulet; a. e. ↗ expanded

קמיעה , v. קְמֵיעַ ↗ expanded

קְמִיצָה (קָמַץ) taking a fistful of the meal-offering. Men. 9ᵃ מק׳ ואילך מצות כהונה all the manipulations from the taking of the fistful and onward are priestly functions. Meg. 16ᵃ הלכות ק׳ the rules concerning ḳ’mitsah; a. fr.—Men. 11ᵃ; Keth. 5ᵇ זו ק׳ this (the third finger) is used for ḳ.— Pl. קְמִיצוֹת. Men. 18ᵇ; Tosef. Dem. II, 7; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קמירות , v. קָמַר ↗ expanded

קמלפי , Yalk. Ps. 841 סיב ק׳, v. סִיבַק ↗ expanded

קמן , Y. Kil. VI, end, 30ᶜ נקמן, v. קָמַז ↗ expanded

קַמָּן , v. קַמֵּי ↗ expanded

קמסקלתור , Yalk. Koh. 989, v. קוֹמֵיס ↗ expanded

קָמַע (cmp. קָמַט) to press, squeeze; to pass and knot straps. Bekh. 30ᵇ מעשה באשה … והיתה קוֹמַעַת וכ׳ a woman was married to a ḥaber (חָבר), and she fastened the straps of the T’fillin for him, and when afterwards married to a publican, she knotted the custom seals for him; Ab. Zar. 39ᵃ Ar. (ed. קושרת); Tosef. Dem. II, 17. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VI, 1 הסנדל משיִקְמַע the sandal is susceptible of uncleanness when the straps are attached. ↗ expanded

קִמְעָא c. (preced.; cmp. קוֹמֶץ) a little, somewhat. Pes. 113ᵇ אוכל … ק׳ eats much and passes little. Y. Yoma III, beg. 40ᵇ בתחלה ק׳ ק׳ וכ׳ first the redemption comes little by little, and then &c.; Y. Ber. I, 2ᶜ קִימְאָה; Cant. R. to VI, 10. Ib. to IV, 4, v. זוּעַ h.; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַמְפּוֹן (campus, κάμπος, accus.) plain for exercise and amusement. Kel. XXIII, 2 מפני שעומדין עליו בקמ׳ Ar. (ed. בקומ׳; Ar. s. v. קנפון: בקנפון) because soldiers at sports stand on it. Pesik. B’shall. 82ᵇ כל עמא יפקון לק׳ let all people go out to the campus (for public court); Cant. R. to II, 14; Lev. R. s. 6. Lev. R. s. 31 יהו מחזירין אותו בק׳ they shall make him go around in the campus (for public disgrace); Yalk. Deut. 810; Deut. R. s. 2 Ar. Var. קנ׳, v. עֲקִיפִים. Pesik. R. s. 21 מלך … בקימ׳ (corr. acc.) a king going out to the plain for sport, opp. יוצא למלחמה. Kel. XXIV, 1 שמשחקין בו בקוּנְפּוֹן (Ar. בקנ׳; Hai G. בקופ׳, corr. acc.) with which they play in the field; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָמַץ (b. h.) to compress, close the hand, grasp. Pes. VII, 2 יִקְמוֹץ את מקומו he must grab (take a handful of the flour from) its place (where the juice has dripped on it).—Esp. to take a fistful (קוֹמֶץ) of the meal-offering (by bending three fingers over to the wrist and striking the flour off with the thumb on top and with the little finger below). Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. X, Par. 9 יכול יקמוץ וכ׳ you may think he may grab with the tips of his fingers. Ib. יכול מצוה שיִקְמְצֶנָּה … קְמָצָהּ וכ׳ you may think the proper thing is for the priest to take off the fistful, but if a layman did it, it is legal. Men. II, 1 הקוֹמֵץ את וכ׳ if the priest takes a grab of the meal-offering with the intention of eating &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָמוּץ closed. Cant. R. to VIII, 14 צבי … ועינו אחת קְמוּצָה the deer when sleeping has one eye open and one closed. to leap. Yalk. Ps. 685 קומץ כאיל, v. קָפַץ. Hif. הִקְמִיץ to perform the קְמִיצָה. Lev. R. s. 3 ה׳ ואכל וכ׳ he took the handful for the altar, and ate the rest. Nif. נִקְמָץ to be grabbed from. Men. III, 3 שתי … שלא נִקְמְצוּ וכ׳ two meal-offerings which were mixed up before the altar’s share had been taken off. Ib. 18ᵇ בנִקְמָצוֹת concerning such offerings as are subject to קְמִיצָה; a. fr. Pi. קִימֵּץ to scrape off (with bent fingers). Ḥull. 50ᵃ מְקַמְּצִין you must take off a little from the surface.—Trnsf. to take off a share. B. Bath. 106ᵇ שני אחין שחלקו … מקמצין if two brothers divide an estate, and then a third brother comes from abroad …, they have to give him each a share from their portion, opp. בטלה מחלוקת the division is null and void (and a new division by lot has to be made); ib. 107ᵃ; a. e. to scrape together, collect. Pesik. R. s. 20 מְקַמֵּץ (not מקמיץ), v. סַרְֹטָן. Keth. VII, 10 אלו … והמקמץ the following are those whom the court forces to release their wives, … and the scraper; expl. ib. 77ᵃ המקבץ צואת כלבים he that collects excrements of dogs; (another interpret.) המק׳ זה בורסי ‘the scraper’ (of excrements) means the tanner; Tosef. ib. VII, 11 המקמץ את הצואה (not הצועה) who collects excrements; Y. ib. VII, end, 31ᵈ. Ḥag. 4ᵃ; 7ᵇ to be parsimonious. Ḥull. 46ᵃ וסימניך עשירין מקמצין and as a mnemonical sign (to remember which of the two it was that threw the liver away, and which used it) it may serve thee: ‘the rich are parsimonious’ (R. Simon who was rich used it); Men. 86ᵃ ↗ expanded

קְמַץ to grab, take a fistful. Targ. Lev. II, 2; V, 12.—Men. 11ᵃ כדקַמְצֵי אינשי as people ordinarily grab (putting the hand in and taking a handful of flower out). Gen. R. s. 5, v. חֲפַן; a. fr. to press, close (the eye). Y. Sabb. XIV, beg. 14ᵇ דו קָמֵיץ חדא וכ׳ for it (the deer in sleep) closes one eye &c., v. preced.—Part. pass. קְמִיץ. Targ. Cant. VIII, 14. to scrape off. Ḥull. 50ᵃ קְמוֹץ הב וכ׳ scrape the surface off and give me (the fat) to eat. Ib. קַמְצוּ וכ׳ they scraped the surface off and &c. to leap. Ber. 63ᵃ קְמֹץ Ms. M. (ed. קבוץ; Ms. F. קפוץ), v. זוּל I ch. ↗ expanded

קֹמֶץ , v. קוֹמֶץ ↗ expanded

קָמְצָא , v. קוּמְצָא I, II. ↗ expanded

קַמְצָא 1 c. (קְמַץ 4) [hopper,] locust. Targ. Nah. III, 15 (h. text ילק).—Eduy. VIII, 4, a. e. איל ק׳, v. אַיִל. Sabb. 77ᵇ מ"ט קרנא דק׳ וכ׳ why is the proboscis of the locust soft (flexible)?; [Rashi: = נמלה, v. infra; early ed. Rashi: שבלול]. Ib. האי מאן … לק׳ וכ׳ if you want to make a locust blind, break off its proboscis. Yeb. 121ᵇ ודילמא ק׳ בעלמא וכ׳ perhaps it was merely a dead locust (or ant) to which playing children gave a man’s name?; a. fr.—Pl. קַמְצִין, קַמְצֵי. Targ. Num. XIII, 33 (h. text חגבים). Targ. Prov. XXX, 27 (h. text ארבה); a. e.—Taan. 21ᵇ אמרו … אתו ק׳ וכ׳ when they told R. J. that the locusts were coming, he ordered a fast; a. fr.—[Y. Ab. Zar. V, 44ᵈ bot. אכל קמצין, prob. to be read: חמיצן, v. חָמֵץ II.] (קְמַץ 1) [scraper, collector,] ant. Sabb. l. c.; Yeb. l. c., v. supra.—Pl. as ab. Ber. 54ᵇ אייתי … ק׳ וכ׳ the Lord sent ants which made holes in the mountain &c.— snail. Gen. R. s. 21 כהדין ק׳ דלבושיה וכ׳ (‘Rashi’ קומצא) like the snail whose garment is part of its body. [The entire phrase is a gloss, v. Yalk. Gen. 34, and קמצא is perhaps a clerical error for לימצ"א q. v.] ↗ expanded

קַמְצָא 2 Ḳamtsa; בר ק׳ Bar Ḳamtsa. Gitt. 55ᵇ אק׳ ובר ק׳ חריב וכ׳ through an affair concerning Ḳ. and Bar Ḳ. Jerusalem was destroyed; Lam. R. to IV, 2 בין ק׳ ובין בן ק׳ חרב מקדשא. ↗ expanded

קמצון , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַמְצוּץ (קָמַץ) compressed condition, bent up, doubled. Y. Naz. IX, 57ᵈ אם מצאו ק׳ וכ׳ if one finds a corpse, in the ground, doubled, we say, debris fell upon him, opp. פשוט. Ib. [read:] סברין מימר ראשיהם בצד מרגלותיהם זהו ק׳ they thought ‘their head beside their feet’ (of corpses found in the ground) meant ḳamtsuts (that each body’s head was lying by its feet). Y. Pes. VII, 34ᵈ קַמְצִיץ. Y. Maas. Sh. V, beg. 55ᵈ מת ק׳ היה נתון וכ׳ (not קמצון) a doubled (mangled) body is under it (i.e. a mangled body was found there, and a mark was put over it); Y. Sot. IX, 23ᶜ top קמציץ. ↗ expanded

קַמְצָן (קָמַץ) grasping, greedy; בן ק׳ a greedy person. Tosef. Sot. XIII, 8 ed. Zuck. (Var. חַמְסָן), v. חַמְצָן. ↗ expanded

קַמְצָר Ben Ḳamtsar (denom. of קֹמֶץ, writing four letters simultaneously with four pens between his fingers). Yoma III, 11. Ib. 38ᵇ; Y. ib. III, end, 41ᵇ; Cant. R. to III, 6 של בית ק׳ those of the house of Ḳ. ↗ expanded

קמקמה , Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵇ, v. קִימֹּושָׁא ↗ expanded

קָמַר (cmp. כָּמַר) to bend, arch over, cover. Erub. VIII, 9 שמבחוץ צריך לִקְמוֹר the pit (עוּקָה) outside of his private ground he must arch over; a. e.—Part. pass. קָמוּר; f. קְמוּרָה &c. Ib. 10 ביב שהוא ק׳ וכ׳ a gutter covered up four cubits on public ground; Tosef. ib. IX (VI), 18; Y. ib. VIII, end, 25ᵇ. Ohol. III, 7. Ib. V, 1 תנור … ועינו ק׳ לחוץ an oven which stands in the house, but the arch over its ‘eye’ (fire-place) is outside the house; (R. Hai G. expl. כָּמוּר וסדור; v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. קמר). Num. R. s. 12 אין צב אלא קְמוּרוֹת (not קמי׳) tsab (Num. VII, 3) means wagons with vaulted covers; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְמַר , to bend; (cmp. כפת, כפף) to tie.—Denom. קָמוֹר. Pa. קַמֵּר to girdle. Targ. Lam. II, 10 קַמָּארוּ ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קְמַרוּ Pe.). Targ. Ps. LXV, 13.—[Zend ḳamara, arch, girdle, Greek καμάρα, of Semitic origin.] ↗ expanded

קַמְרָא girdle, v. קָמוֹר. ↗ expanded

קַמְרוֹטָא , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַמְרוֹטוֹן (καμάρωτον, sub. ὄχημα, S.) vaulted, arch-covered carriage. — Pl. קַמְרוֹטִין, קַמְרוֹטָא (= καμάρωτα). Cant. R. to VI, 4 (expl. צב, Num. VII, 3, v. קָמַר) כמין ק׳ היו וכ׳ (not קמרי׳) the wagons were like the tilted carts, in order that the sacred vessels might not be split (through close packing), v. אִסְקְפַסְטִי; Num. R. s. 12 כמין כמרוסא היו כיפין עשויות (read קמרוטא, and strike out כיפין as a gloss expl. our w.); Y. Sabb. I, 2ᵈ קמרסטא; Y. Succ. I, 52ᵃ top קמרסטה; Yalk. Num. 713 קמרסטא (obviously καμαραστα, fr. a verb καμαράζω). Gen. R. s. 31 כמין קומרוטין וכ׳ (some ed. קומרוטון, Ar. קמרוטין) Noah’s ark was shaped like the tilted wagons, and it was so curved that the top was one cubit broad; Yalk. ib. 54 קמרוטין. ↗ expanded

קִמְרוֹן (קָמַר) arched lid. Kel. XVI, 7. Ib. XVIII, 2. ↗ expanded

קמריטון , v. קַמְרוֹטוֹן ↗ expanded

קַמְרַסְטָא , v. קַמְרוֹטוֹן ↗ expanded

קָמְתָא , v. קָמָא II ↗ expanded

קמתין , Yalk. Gen. 151 Ar., v. קָמַט ↗ expanded

*קַן (v. קוּן) preparation, arrangement. Gitt. 6ᵃ top קן קולמוסא וקן מגילתא (שמע) אפי׳ even if the husband ordering a letter of divorce to be written heard only the sound produced by the cutting of the pen and the unfolding of the parchment; [Rashi: קן onomatopoetic: crackling, crepitation; Var. קַל sound]. ↗ expanded

קֵן c. (b. h.; nest; birds in a nest. Ḥull. XII, 1, a. fr. שילוח הקן the duty of letting the mother bird go when a nest is taken out (Deut. XXII, 6 sq.). Gen. R. s. 19 אש יוצאה מקִינֹּו fire goes forth from its nest and burns it (the phœnix, v. חוֹל II); Midr. Sam. ch. XII; Yalk. Job 917 מקִנֹּו. Ex. R. s. 20 מצאו להם קן they (the Israelites) found a nest for themselves (with ref. to Ps. LXXXIV, 4); a. fr. (fem.) the couple of sacrificial birds (Lev. XII, 8; XIV, 30; a. e.). Ḳinnim II, 1 קן סתומה a couple of birds concerning which it has not yet been decided which is to be the burnt offering, and which the sin offering; ib. 4 קן מפורשת which has been decided upon; a. fr.—Pl. קִנִּים, קִנִּין, קִי׳. Ker. 28ᵃ אין הק׳ מתפרשות וכ׳ the special designation of the couples is made either by the owner or by the priest’s action. Ned. IV, 3 קִינֵּי זבין the bird sacrifices of those cured from gonorrhœa; ק׳ יולדות those of women after confinement; a. fr.—Ḳinnim, Ḳinnin, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the Order of Ḳodashim. cavity, chamber. — Pl. as ab. Lev. R. s. 14, v. כִּינָּה, a. כֹּונָנִית. Koh. R. to I, 9 שלא נבראו בי ק׳ וכ׳ because no chambers (for the reception of prophecy) were created within me until now &c.; (Ex. R. s. 28 לא נתנה לו רשות להתנבאות no permission to prophesy had been given him). ↗ expanded

קֵן ² nest, swarm. Targ. O. Deut. XXII, 6 (ed. Berl. קִינָא). Targ. Is. X, 14 (ed. Wil. קִנָה, corr. acc.). Targ. Jud. XIV, 8. Targ. I Sam. XIV, 27 (h. text יערת); a. fr.—Ḥull. 141ᵇ זיל טרוף אקן וכ׳ go and knock at the nest, that the birds be moved, and thus take possession of them. Gitt. 68ᵇ ק׳ דתרנגולא ברא the nest of a woodcock; חפיוה לקִינֵּיה וכ׳ they covered his nest with white glass; a. fr.—Snh. 102ᵇ (prov.) דפרע קִנְאֵיה מחריב קִינֵּיה Ar. he that wreaks his vengeance destroys his own nest (ed. דפרע קיניה מחריב ביתיה, read with Ms. F. קנאיה).—Pl. קִנֵּי, קִי׳. Erub. 3ᵃ (expl. אמלתרא) ק׳ nest-shaped cornices.—קַן נִשְׁרַיָּיא pr. n. pl. Eagles’ Nest, Ḳan-Nishraya (v. P. Sm. 3673), Kennesrin on the Euphrates. R. Hash. 26ᵃ (Ms. M. קנשרייא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). close place. B. Kam. 58ᵇ תלתא … בק׳ וכ׳ three date-trees stood in one place (close together). Ib. 92ᵇ, v. שְׂרָכָא. Succ. 32ᵇ תלתא תלתא טרפי בק׳ three leaves close together (Rashi: on one stem, = קַן, קָנֶה). ↗ expanded

קָנָא , Pi. קִנֵּא, v. קני I. ↗ expanded

קְנָא , Pa. קַנֵּי, v. קְנֵי I. ↗ expanded

קְנֵא to buy, v. קְנֵי II. ↗ expanded

קַנָּא , v. קַנַּאי ↗ expanded

קִנְאָה jealousy, envy, passion; emulation, zeal. Ab. IV, 21 הק׳ והתאוה וכ׳ jealousy, lust, and ambition carry man out of the world (v. יָצָא). B. Bath. 21ᵃ; 22ᵃ קִנְאַת סופרים וכ׳ emulation among scholars increases wisdom. Meg. 7ᵃ ק׳ את מעוררת עלינו וכ׳ thou wilt arouse the envy of the nations against us. Gitt. 7ᵃ (play on קינה וכ׳, Josh. XV, 22) כל מי שיש לו קׄ' … ודׄומׄס שוכן עׄדׄי עׄדׄ וכ׳ if a man has cause for anger against a fellowman and keeps silence, he who is enthroned for evermore will do justice to him. Sot. 2ᵇ (expl. קִינּוּי) דבר המטיל ק׳ וכ׳ something which causes ill feeling between her and others (the witnesses that tell); המטיל ק׳ בינו לבינה which causes ill feeling between himself (the husband) and her. Ber. 33ᵇ מטיל ק׳ במעשה וכ׳ he causes jealousy among the works of creation (intimating that God’s love of his creatures is partial). Sabb. 89ᵃ ק׳ יש ביניכם is there envy among you (the angels, that you must be warned not to commit murder &c.)? B. Kam. 82ᵃ מכניס … את הק׳ causes love to enter (into man’s heart) and ill-will to escape; a. fr.—Pl. קְנָאוֹת. Num. R. s. 9; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִנְאָה ² Targ. Num. V, 14, sq.; ib. 18 (Y. ed. Vien. קִנְאֵיתִי, corr. acc.). Targ. Y. Deut. V, 9. Targ. Prov. XXVII, 4; a. fr.—Sot. 2ᵇ אתו למיעבד ק׳ בהדה they will be the cause of rancor (towards her husband) in her heart; איהו … ק׳ בהדה he will be the cause of her rancor.—Snh. 102ᵇ קִנְאֵיה (fr. קנא), v. קִנָּא. ↗ expanded

קַנַּאי zealous. Snh. 82ᵇ ק׳ בן ק׳ הוא he (Eleazar) is a zealous man, son of a zealous man; Lev. R. s. 33 ק׳ בר ק׳. revengeful. Yalk. Gen. 72, v. קוּנְיוֹן.—Pl. קַנָּאִים, קַנָּאִין. Snh. IX, 6 (81ᵇ) הק׳ פיגעין בו (בשעת מעשה) Ms. M. (ed. ק׳ פוגעין בו; Y. ed. פיגעין בהן, omitting ק׳) zealous people (like Phineas) have a right to strike him (them) when caught in the act; Y. ib. IX, end, 27ᵇ; Num. R. s. 20 end.—Esp. the zealots, the terrorists during the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans. Ab. d’R. N. ch. VI, end בקשו ק׳ לשרוף וכ׳ the zealots wanted to burn all this wealth (v. סִיקָרִין).—Fem. קַנָּאִית; v. קִנְאָנִית. ↗ expanded

קַנַּאי ² Targ. Ex. XX, 5; Deut. V, 9. Targ. Ex. XXXIV, 14; a. e—Pl. קַנָּאִין. Targ. Y. II, Deut. IV, 24. ↗ expanded

קַנָּאִית , v. קִנְאָנִית ↗ expanded

קִנְאֵיתָא , v. קִנְאָה ch. ↗ expanded

קִנְאָנִית (preced. wds.) inclined to jealousy. Gen. R. s. 18 ולא מן הלב שלא תהא קנאת׳ (some ed. קִנָּתָנִית) nor will I create her from Adam’s heart, lest she be of a jealous disposition; Yalk. ib. 24; Yalk. Is. 265 קנאנית.—Pl. קִנְאָנִיּוֹת. Gen. R. s. 45; Deut. R. s. 6 (some ed. קַנָּאִיּוֹת, fr. קַנָּאִית). ↗ expanded

קִנְאֲתָא , v. קִנְאָה ch. ↗ expanded

קִנְאֲתָנית , v. קִנְאָנִית ↗ expanded

קָנב , Pi. קִינֵּב to strip, trim, make even, clean (vegetable). Kel. XVI, 2 משיחסום וִיקַנֵּב when he has peeled them (the wicker baskets) and trimmed them (pinched off the projecting pricks); ib. 3. Ib. 4 (of leather implements). Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VII, 11 (not וינקב); 12. Tosef. Dem. IV, 5 לְקַנֵּב, v. אִיסְפַּרְגּוֹס. Y. Pes. IV, 31ᵃ bot. מְקַנֵּב he may clean (vegetable); a. e.—Part. pass. מְקוּנָּב. Tosef. Kel. l. c. חתוכין ומְקוּנָּבִין cut and cleansed. ↗ expanded

קְנַב , Pa. קַנֵּיב ch. same. Sabb. 73ᵇ האי מאן דקַנֵּיב סלקא (or דקָנֵיב) he who trims beets (in the ground). Ib. 115ᵃ מְקַנְּבֵי כרבא cleaned cabbage (on the Day of Atonement towards evening).—V. קוּנְבִּיתָא. ↗ expanded

קִנְבָּא , v. קְנִיבָה ↗ expanded

קַנְבּוֹס (κάνναβος, κάνναβις) hemp. Kil. II, 5 (Ar. קנביס). Ib. V, 8 הק׳ hemp planted in a vineyard; a. fr.—[Sabb. 120ᵃ הקנבוס Ms. M., v. קוֹלְבִין.] ↗ expanded

קנביטון , Yalk. Lev. 479, v. אַקּוּבִּיטוֹן. ↗ expanded

קַנְבִּיס , v. קַנְבּוֹס ↗ expanded

קנגי , words in an incantation. Yoma 84ᵃ, v. כנתי ↗ expanded

קְנִגְיוֹן , v. קְנִיגְיוֹן ↗ expanded

קנדי , v. קנגי ↗ expanded

קַנְדִּילָא (candela) candle, in gen. lamp, light. Cant. R. to III, 11, a. e., v. עֲשָׁשִׁיתָא. Gen. R. s. 4 כהדין ק׳ (sub. דעששיתא) like the oil floating on the water in a lamp; Yalk. ib. 5 קנדליא (corr. acc.). Esth. R. to I, 3 קַנְדֵּלָה, v. פַּטִּים; a. e.—Pl. (h. form) קַנְדִּילִים; קַנְדִּילִין, קַנְדִּילַיָּא. Ib., v. פִּקְטִים. Lam. R. to III, 7 הוה מסדר קנדילי־ה (not מסדרא) prepared his Sabbath lights; Y. Maas. Sh. V, 56ᵃ top עביד קַנְדִּילוֹי. ↗ expanded

קַנְדֵּלָה , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קנדס , v. קִינָרָס ↗ expanded

קנדקי , Targ. II Esth. I, 14, some ed., read: הִנְדִּיקִי. ↗ expanded

קָנָה , v. קני II ↗ expanded

קִנָּה = = קֵן nest; (קָנַן) affirmation, oath, vow. ק׳ מאי ק׳ של תרנגולין … לשון דקונם מיבעי if a person used the word ḳinnah to introduce a vow, how is it? did he mean a nest of chickens (in which case there would be no vow), or has it the meaning of confirmation like ḳonam? It remains doubtful. ↗ expanded

קָנֶה calamus, reed; anything resembling a reed, branch of a candlestick; windpipe &c. Cant. R. to I, 6 (legend about the origin of Rome) ירד … ק׳ גדול וכ׳ Michael the archangel came down and planted a large reed in the sea &c. Taan. 20ᵃ לעולם … רך כק׳ וכ׳ man must at all times be yielding like a reed and not unbending like a cedar, v. קוֹלְמוֹס. Tosef. Sabb. XII (XIII), 14 ק׳ של מנורה the branch of a candlestick; Sabb. 47ᵃ קְנֵה מנורה; Y. ib. XII, 13ᶜ קְנֵי. Ib. ק׳ של ציידין a part of the composite pole which the hunters use (to reach the nests); Bab. l. c. קְ׳ סיידין of the whitewashers; Tosef. l. c. ציידין (Var. ס׳). Ker. 5ᵃ קְנֵה בשם sweet calamus. Kel. XVII, 16 קְ׳ מאזניים the beam of the balance. Ib. ק׳ של עני וכ׳ the poor man’s cane which has a receptacle for water.—דחה בק׳, v. דָּחָה.—Ber. 61ᵃ bot. ק׳ מוציא קול the windpipe produces sound. Ḥull. 21ᵇ; Zeb. 65ᵇ עד שמגיע … לק׳ until he reaches (with his nail) the gullet or the windpipe. Ḥull. 28ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) נבדקיה לק׳ וכ׳ let him examine the windpipe and cut it &c. Men. XI, 6 עשרים … כחצי ק׳ חלול twenty-eight staves shaped like a segment of a hollow reed; a. fr.—Ohol. I, 8 ק׳ = קְנֵה זרוע forearm.—קְנֵה שפה, v. קָמָה.—הושיט בק׳ [to hold forth on a cane,] to treat lightly, consider unimportant. Num. R. s. 8 end דבר … והושיטו לו בק׳ (not והושיטה) something for which that ancestor prostrated himself in prayer (Gen. XXVIII, 20) …, and now comes this man (Aquila) and holds it up to contempt!; Yalk. Gen. 123; Gen. R. s. 70. Ib. את מושיטו לזה בק׳ dost thou make it appear contemptible to this man?; Koh. R. to VII, 8.—Pl. קָנִים, קָנִין. Men. l. c. Ib. סידור ק׳ the arrangement of the staves between the cakes of the show-bread. Kel. XVII, 17, a. fr. מחצלת ק׳ a reed mat. Ex. R. s. 35 (ref. to Ps. LXVIII, 31) חיה הדרה בין הק׳ the beast that dwells among the reeds (Rome, v. Cant. R. to I, 6, quoted above). Gen. R. s. 1 עשיר … לק׳ he is a rich man and needs no reeds (for his house); הרי הוא צריך לקְנֵי המדה he still needs the measuring rods; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָנֶה ² ch., v. קָנֵי ↗ expanded

קְנוּבְקָאוֹת cakes made of flour of parched grain, kneaded with oil, and intended to be reduced again to flour by rubbing between one’s hands; brittle cakes. Ḥall. I, 5 וכן הק׳ חייבות and so are brittle cakes subject to Ḥallah; Y. ib. 57ᵈ sq. [read:] וכן הק׳ חייבות … שלא תאמר וכ׳ and so are the brittle cakes subject &c., that you may not think, because they are to be reduced to flour, they ought to be exempt. ↗ expanded

קְנוֹבֶת , v. קְנִיבָה ↗ expanded

קְנוּבְתָּא , v. קְנִיבְתָּא ↗ expanded

קִנּוּחַ , v. קִינּוּחַ ↗ expanded

קנוטרוכוס , v. גַּנְדְּרוֹפּוֹס ↗ expanded

קִנּוּי , v. קִינּוּי ↗ expanded

קָנוֹן (denom. of קָנֶה) a reed basket, contrad. to סַל, a common wicker basket. M. Kat. III, 7. Bets. I, 8 (14ᵇ) (missing in Ms. M.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Tosef. ib. I, 20; Y. Maasr. IV, 51ᵇ bot.; a. e.—Pl. קְנוֹנִים, קְנוֹנִין. Kel. XVI, 3; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. V, 13 (not קני׳). ↗ expanded

קְנוֹנְיָא , v. קִינוֹנְיָא ↗ expanded

קִנּוֹף , v. sub קִינּ׳. ↗ expanded

קְנוֹקְנוֹת (reduplic. of קָנֶה) [little reeds, tubes.] branch sinews of the nervus ischiadicus; thin branches of the grape vine. Ḥull. 92ᵇ. Ib. 92ᵃ ק׳ שבה וכ׳ the rods on the grape vine are typical of the empty (meritless) in Israel.—[Ab. d’R. N. ch. XL קינוקנות (Var. כִּידוֹן) chastising rods.] ↗ expanded

קִנוֹת , v. קִינָה ↗ expanded

קנח , Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ, v. קְנָת ↗ expanded

קָנַח , Pi. קִינֵּחַ to wipe off, cleanse. Tosef. B. Bath. V, 4 קוֹנֵחַ מן האגן (ed. Zuck. קודח מן האגד, corr. acc.) he may wipe off (the wine or oil which is left after measuring) on the rim of the measure. Ber. VIII, 3 מְקַנֵּחַ ידיו וכ׳ a person may wipe his hands with the napkin and let it lie on the table. Sabb. XXI, 3 מְקַנְּחִין בו you may wipe the table with it. Ib. 81ᵇ לקַנֵּחַ וכ׳ to wipe off (the posteriors) with &c. B. Bath. V, 10 הסיטון מקנח וכ׳ the wholesaler must cleanse (by rubbing) his measures once in thirty days; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַנֵּחַ to be wiped off. Ḥull. 36ᵃ בנ׳ הדם וכ׳ when the blood was wiped off between the cutting of one organ (סִימָן) and the other. ↗ expanded

קְנַח , Pa. קַנַּח ch. same. Lev. R. s. 28, end וקַנְּחֵיה, v. אֲזָא; a. e.—Ned. 10ᵇ מְקַנַּחְנָא, v. קְנַם.—[Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵃ מתקנחא, read as Y. Orl. I, end, 61ᶜ מתקנתה, v. תְּקַן.] ↗ expanded

קָנַט (sec. r. of קוּט or קָטַט) [to cut; to shrink], v. קָנִיט. Hif. הִקְנִיט [ [to cut,] to vex, annoy, make angry. Midr. Till. to Ps. III בוכה אני שהִקְנַטְתִּי את אבא (ed. Bub. שהכעסתי) I weep because I provoked my father. Pesik. Shubah, p. 165ᵃ לא … לא הִקְנַטְנוּ אותו have we not provoked him to anger? have we not annoyed him? Ḥull. 122ᵇ; 55ᵇ, a. e. אל תַּקְנִיטֵנִי שבלשון יחיד וכ׳ do not weary me (with thy arguments), for I am teaching this as an individual opinion (not as an adopted rule); a. fr. to shrink, fail. Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Thazriʿa 4 נפשו מַקְנֶטֶת עליו (Ms. R. קניטה) his soul within him would faint (ed. Tanḥ. 3 מצירה).—V. קָנִיט. ↗ expanded

קְנַט , to loathe. Targ. Y. Num. XXI, 4 (h. text קצר); ib. 5 (h. text קוּץ). Pa. קַנֵּט to vex. Targ. Y. Ex. XXII, 20. Targ. Job XIX, 2 Ms. (ed. תנקט׳, corr. acc.). Af. אַקְנֵיט same. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 6 מַקְנִיטַי (some ed. מקטיני, corr. acc.). Targ. Ruth I, 15 (h. text פגע). ↗ expanded

קִנְטוֹר , v. sub קִינְ׳. ↗ expanded

קנטורים , Pesik. R. addit. s. 2 (ed. Fr. p. 197ᵃ), v. קִטְרוֹן II ↗ expanded

קִנְטִין , Tosef. Maasr. III, 14 Var., v. קוּטְנִין ↗ expanded

קִנְטִינָר (centenarium) (= centuria) [a number of acres of ground,] large court. Tosef. B. Bath. VI, 24 ק׳ אני מוכר וכ׳ if a man says, I sell thee a centenar, he must deliver to him an area of twelve (cubits) by twelve; B. Bath. 98ᵇ קנתיר (Ms. M. קנתור; Ms. H. קנתינר; Ms. R. קנטינר); expl. ib. תרבץ אפדני court for a villa. a hundred thousand sesterces, a weight corresp. to h. כִּכָּר; (abbrev.) קִנְטֵיר, קִנְטֵר, קִנְטְרָא, קִי׳. Targ. Y. Ex. XXV, 39 קנטנר. Ib. XXXVII, 24 קנטינר (Ar. קנטר). Targ. I Chr. XX, 2 קנטר, קנטינר ed. Lag. (ed. Rahmer קנטיניר, Var. קנטר). Targ. II Chr. XXIII, 11; a. e.—Bekh. 50ᵃ איכא … לקינטרא תיקלא there is a place where the centenarium is called tikla; B. Mets. 87ᵃ לקנטירא.—Pl. קִנְטִינָרִין, קִנְטֵירִין, קִינְטְרִין, קִנְטְרֵי, קִנְטְרַיָּא, קַ׳, קִי׳. Targ. Y. Ex. XXXVIII, 24; 25; 27. Targ. I Chr. XIX, 6; a. e.—Bekh. l. c. כל כסף … דכתובין ק׳ וכ׳ wherever ‘silver’ is mentioned in the Pentateuch, it means Sela, in the Prophets, litrae, in the Hagiographa, centenaria, except the silver mentioned in the transaction of Ephron (Gen. XXIII) where it means centenaria; B. Mets. l. c. דלא שקל מיניה אלא ק׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70) he (Ephron) would not accept anything of him (Abraham) but centenaria; Yalk. Gen. 102; Gen. R. s. 58 קונ׳. Ex. R. s. 42, v. מֶסֶךְ. Lev. R. s. 28 עשרת … ק׳ דכספא the ten thousand hundredweights of silver (Esth. III, 9). Ib. בעשרה ק׳ worth ten centenaria; Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 71ᵇ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִנְטֵיר , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קִנְטֵר (cmp. קָנַט) [to sting,] to chide. Pes. 66ᵃ התחיל מְקַנְטְרָן בדברים he began to chide them with words; Y. ib. VI, 33ᵃ מקנתרן. Gen. R. s. 98. Cant. R. to IV, 7 מפני שקִינְטְרָן ולפי וכ׳ because he rebuked them, and as they took their father’s rebuke (in silence), they were allowed to be recorded side by side with Aaron &c.; Num. R. s. 13 שקִינְתְּרָן. Ib. בירך … ומְקַנְתֵּר וכ׳ he blessed the tribes (his sons) and chided Reuben &c.—Y. Sot. I, 16ᵈ bot. מבריחן … ומקנתרן בקלה would he let them escape (unrebuked) from the heavier sin, and rebuke them for the lighter? Y. Snh. VII, 24ᵈ bot. מבריחו … ומְקַנְתְּרוֹ וכ׳ you cannot forego his heavier offence, and rebuke (punish) him for the lighter; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַנְטֵר, הִתְקַנְתֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְקַנְטֵר, נִתְקנְתֵּר to be rebuked. Sifré Deut. 1 נ׳ עלי ר"ע וכ׳ R. Ak. was rebuked on my account before R. G. &c.; Yalk. ib. 789. to make one’s self disagreeable; to vex. Num. R. s. 11 מִתְקַנְטְרִים לפניהם וכ׳ they (the angels of destruction) vex them (the wicked) and say, ‘no peace’ &c.; Yalk. ib. 711. ↗ expanded

קַנְטֵר Y. Yoma I, 38ᵈ top כד … מְקַנְטְרָה וכ׳ when he wanted to rebuke R. L. b. J., he used to say, ‘formerly (the Lord was) was with him’ (allusion to I Chr. IX, 20); Y. Meg. I, 72ᵃ bot. למקנתרה. Y. Maasr. III, end, 51ᵃ מְקַנְתֵּר לאילין וכ׳ chided those teachers of the Agadoth, and called the latter charm-books. Y. Sot. I, 16ᵈ bot. הוי היא דו מקנתר לון (not הרי) it is this for which he chides them (I Sam. II, 29); a. e. ↗ expanded

קַנְטָר (v. preced. wds.) a pronged tool, bit, or auger. Kel. XIV, 3 הק׳ של בנאי the builder’s ḳanṭar; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. IV, 5 קַנְתּוֹר. ↗ expanded

קִנְטֵר ² , v. קִנְטִינָר ↗ expanded

קנטרה , Yalk. Lam. 1037, read: קַסְטְרָה. ↗ expanded

קַנְטְרוֹפּוֹס , v. גַּנְדְּרוֹפּוֹס ↗ expanded

קַנְטְרָן (v. preced. articles) a quarrelsome person, disputatious. Esth. R. to II, 5 וכי קנת׳ היה ועיבר וכ׳ was he (Mordecai) contumacious and one who disregards the king’s decree?—Pl. קַנְטְרָנִים, קַנְטְרָנִין, קַנְתְּ׳. Ned. 48ᵃ אנשי גליל ק׳ היו וכ׳ the Galileans were quarrelsome and wont to forswear enjoying benefits from one another. Naz. 49ᵇ מפני שקנת׳ הן וכ׳ because they are disputatious, and do not come to learn &c.; Kidd. 52ᵇ.—Cant. R. to VI, 11 אגוזים ק׳, v. קִטְּרוֹנִים. ↗ expanded

קני (cmp. Arab. ḳana) to be hot. Pi. קִינֵּא, קִנֵּא (b. h.) to be jealous; to envy. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) לא קִנֵּאתִי בה I was not jealous of her; מפני מה קִנֵּאתָ לע"ז וכ׳ why art thou jealous of an idol in which there is no reality?; a. e.—Esp. ק׳ לאשתו to suspect one’s wife of unbecoming conduct; to accuse of faithlessness; to warn one’s wife. Sot. I, 1 המְקַנֵּא … מקנא לה על פי שנים he who suspects his wife … must bring charges against her based on a warning given in the presence of two witnesses. Ib. 2 כיצד מקנא לה אומר לה בפני שנים אל תדברי וכ׳ how must he warn her? If he says before two witnesses, do not speak (associate) with that man, and she does so, she is still permitted to him for marital life &c. Tosef. ib. I, 1 [read:] המקנא לאשתו מקנא על פי עד אחד וכ׳ (ed. Zuck. המְקַנֶּה, Var. מקנה) he who wants to proceed against his wife, must bring charges based on a statement of warning by one witness or on his own statement; Sot. 2ᵇ. Ib. 2ᵃ אסור לקַנְּאוֹת it is forbidden to warn one’s wife (in the presence of witnesses). Ib. 3ᵃ מותר לק׳ it is permitted &c. M. Kat. 18ᵇ (ref. to Ps. CVI, 16) שכל … קי׳ לאשתו ממשה every one of them warned his wife in jealousy of Moses. Num. R. s. 9 ע"י איש הוא מקנה אותה וכ׳ he may bring charges on the ground of suspicious conduct towards a man (human being) but not &c. Ib. בית רין מְקַנְּאִין להם וכ׳ (some ed. מְקַנִּין) the court takes proceedings in their (the husbands’) behalf &c.; a. fr. to arouse jealousy; to provoke. Meg. 15ᵇ קִנְּאַתּוּ במלך וכ׳ she (by inviting Haman) aroused against him the jealousy of the king and the jealousy of the (other) princes. Num. R. l. c. שהיא מְקַנְּאָה להקב"ה וכ׳ for she provokes the Lord and her husband; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְקַנֵּא, Nithpa. נִתְקַנֵּא to be jealous; to be incensed. Men. 109ᵇ נ׳ בו … בשמעי אחיו Onias was jealous of his brother Shimei. Snh. 105ᵇ בכל אדם מִתְקַנֵּא וכ׳ a man is envious of all except his son and his pupil. Meg. 13ᵃ מִתְקַנְּאָה, v. יָרֵךְ. Ab. Zar. 54ᵇ מפני מה מתקנא בעובדיה וכ׳ why is he jealous of (incensed against) those who worship it (the idol), and is not jealous of (takes no revenge on) itself? Meg. 19ᵃ מה … שנ׳ בכל וכ׳ what reason had Haman to take revenge on all the Jews?; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְנֵי ch., v. infra. Pa. קַנֵּי to be zealous for; to be jealous; to suspect of unfaithfulness. Targ. Num. XI, 29. Ib. XXV, 11. Targ. Gen. XXX, 1. Targ. Num. V, 14; a. fr. to make jealous. Targ. II Esth. II, 19 קַנְּאָהּ וכ׳ (ed. קָנְאָה, ed. Vien. קָנְאָתָּהּ) make her jealous by marrying other wives. to warn one’s wife. Sot. 2ᵇ זמנין דלא ק׳ ואמר קַנָּאִי it may happen that he did not warn her and yet he may declare, I did warn her. Ib. וכ"ע ידעי דק׳ לה and all will know that he did warn her; a. fr. Af. אַקְנֵי to make jealous; to provoke. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 58. Targ. I Sam. I, 6, v. אַקְנָיוּתָא. Targ. Deut. XXXII, 16 (Y. I קְנוֹן, read: קַנּוֹן). Ib. 21; a. e. Ithpe. אִיקְּנֵי, אִקְּ׳ to be jealous, incensed. Meg. 16ᵃ אי׳ בה … א׳ בי וכ׳ he (Haman) had a grudge against Vashti and put her to death, and now he has a grudge against me &c. Ib. 13ᵃ דמִיקְּנֵי ביה המן against whom Haman was enraged. Ib. 19ᵃ מה … דאי׳ וכ׳ what reason had Mordecai to be hostile to Haman?; a. e. ↗ expanded

קני ² (b. h.) [to establish,] (cmp. קום, Gen. XXIII, 17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31ᵃ (ref. to Ps. XXIV recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנה וכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd. I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמה וכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce &c. Ib. 20ᵃ כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונה וכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets. 75ᵇ הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיו וכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt. 37ᵇ sq. (ref. to Lev. XXV, 45) אתם קוֹנִים וכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the master’s power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets. 46ᵇ bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונה וכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹת וכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47ᵇ מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd. 22ᵇ הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt. 51ᵃ בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses &c.) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wife’s case), but not with reference to that (his daughter’s case). B. Mets. 47ᵃ במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונה וכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.—Ib. 48ᵇ when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.—Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd. 16ᵃ עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרב וכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28ᵃ; B. Kam. 113ᵇ. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. XXXIX, 1) הקנויין קונין וכל וכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their master’s house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed &c.’ (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.—Tosef. Ned. IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i.e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned. 35ᵃ (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).—[Y. Peah IV, 18ᵇ השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי.] Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd. 20ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XXV, 14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵית וכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6ᵇ אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסף וכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִין וכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money &c., but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22ᵇ תִּקָּנֶה בביאה let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh. 81ᵇ ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth. 82ᵇ אשה הִקְנוּ לו וכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brother’s death without issue); Yeb. 39ᵃ. B. Mets. 47ᵃ בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33ᵇ, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דבר וכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops &c.); a. fr.—Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. XXVIII, 68 sq.) למה ואין קונה … ע"י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלה וכ׳ why ‘no purchaser’?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant’, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה). ↗ expanded

קְנֵי ² Targ. Gen. XXXI, 18. Targ. Y. ib. XLVII, 23; a. fr.—Keth. 82ᵇ דקְנָאִי ודקָנִינָא which I have acquired (own), and which I may acquire in the future. B. Bath. 44ᵇ דאִיקְנֵי קנה וכ׳ if the document reads ‘that which I may obtain’ (shall be seizable for my debt), and be bought and sold again …, it cannot be seized; ib. 157ᵃ. Ib. 168ᵃ אסמכתא קַנְיָא, v. אַסְמַכְתָּא. B. Mets. 66ᵇ וא"ל קְנִי קְנֵי and he said to him, take possession (of the collateral, I shall not redeem it), he has obtained it. Ib. כל דְּאִי לא קָנֵי an obligation with an ‘if’ (conditional forfeiture) gives no title; a. v. fr.—Ḥull. 77ᵃ דקני, דקנא, דקנה, v. רִירָא. Af. אַקְנֵי to make one a bondman. Targ. Zech. XIII, 5. to give possession, sell. Targ. II Chr. XXI, 3.—B. Bath. 44ᵇ אי א׳ … אגב וכ׳ if he gave him possession of movable chattel by dint of immovables jointly sold (v. אַגַּב) &c. B. Mets. 72ᵃ אַקְנְיֵיה לבנו וכ׳ he signed it over to his minor son. Kidd. 7ᵃ מַקְנְיָא נפשה she may give possession of herself (become his wife); a. fr. Ithpe. אִיקְּנֵי to be obtained, acquired. B. Bath. 77ᵃ מִיקְּנִין (Rashb. מִיקְּנוּ), v. מִילָּא II. ↗ expanded

קָנֵי , constr. קְנֵי = h. קָנֶה, reed, stalk, branch, &c. Targ. Ps. LXVIII, 31 (some ed. קָנַיָּא pl.). Targ. Is. XIX, 6 (ed. Lag. קנה). Targ. II Kings XVIII, 21.—Targ. Ex. XXX, 23 (some ed. קנה).—Targ. Ez. XL, 3. Ib. XLI, 8 (not קָנַיָא). Targ. Ex. XXV, 31 (ed. Vien. קְנַה); a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 6 נטל חד קנה וכ׳ he took a cane and made a cavity in it into which he put those Denars; א"ל צור הדין ק׳ בידך וכ׳ he said to him, hold this cane in thy hand while I am being sworn; נסתיה לקָנֵיה וכ׳ he took his cane and knocked it to the ground &c.; Ned. 25ᵃ (the same occurrence before Raba). Ib. לאפוקי מק׳ דרבא to prevent such an occasion as occurred before Raba; Shebu. 29ᵃ. Ḥull. 111ᵃ ק׳ בקופיה, v. קוֹפָא II; a. e.—Pl. קָנִין, קָנַיָּא, קָנֵי. Targ. Ex. XXV, 33. Targ. II Esth. I, 2; a. e.—Ḥull. 53ᵇ על לביני ק׳ went among the reeds. Ib. 45ᵇ תלתא ק׳ הוו there are three branches (of the windpipe), one branches off towards &c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְנִיבָה (קָנַב) cutting, trimming vegetable; snuffing the wick. Bets. 22ᵃ ק׳ שרי Ar. (ed. קִנְבָּא, Rashi Ms. קִינְבָּא; Ms. M. קינסא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) to snuff (or trim) the wick is permitted (on the Holy Days). Sabb. 114ᵇ קְנִיבַת ירק trimming (stripping) vegetable. קניבת ירק (or קְנוֹבֶת) those parts of vegetables which are stripped off, refuse. Eduy. III, 3; Y. Ter. XI, 48ᵃ top. Tosef. Dem. IV, 4 קנו׳ י׳ שבגינה ed. Zuck. (Var. קני׳) the cut off portions of vegetables trimmed in the garden. Tosef. Ter. IX, 10 קְנוֹבוֹת (pl.); Tosef. Shebi. VI, 2; Y. ib. VIII, 38ᵃ top. Y. Pes. III, 30ᵃ. Midr. Till. to Ps. I [read:] לטבלא … וק׳ י׳ בתוכה a plate laid in with precious stones and jewels, and in it lie trimmings of vegetable (ed. Bub. נקיבת ירק, oth. ed. נקובות ידים); a. e. ↗ expanded

קְנִיבָה ² Y. Shebi. VII, 37ᵇ bot. ק׳ דירקא, v. preced. Y. Ḥall. IV, 60ᵃ top אית תמן קניבה אפריש מן קְנוּבְתָּה are the trimmings (of the parsnip) still there? If so, set (the T’rumah) aside from the trimmings. ↗ expanded

קניגון , v. קְנִיגִין ↗ expanded

קְנִיגִי (corresp. to a form κυνηγευς = κυνηγός) hunter. Ḥull. 60ᵇ (Var. in Ar. גְּנִיגִי), v. בַּלִּיסְטָרִי. Gen. R. s. 32 א"ל נח ק׳ אנא said Noah to him, am I a hunter (that I should get these animals into the ark)?; Yalk. ib. 56. ↗ expanded

קְנִיגְיָא (κυνηγία) chase, hunt.—[Targ. II Esth. I, 2 וכל קניגייא, v. קֵינַי.]—B. Bath. 74ᵇ sq. עתיד גבריאל לעשות ק׳ עם וכ׳ in the future Gabriel shall arrange a chase of the Leviathan. ↗ expanded

קְנִיגְיוֹן (κυνήγιον, S.) the contest of wild beasts or of wild beasts with men (ludus bestiarius). Ab. Zar. 18ᵇ (ref. to Ps. I, 1) זה שלא עמד בקיניג׳ Ms. M. (ed. בקנגיון) that is he who does not stand as a spectator at bestial contests (arranged by the Romans). Ib. לא עמדתי בק׳ I do not attend the shows of &c.; Yalk. Ps. 613; a. e. the actors in the fights of the arena. Cant. R. to II, 5, v. בלטוורא.—V. קְנִיגִין. ↗ expanded

קְנִיגִיזְיָא f. (κυνηγεσία) same. Pesik. R. addit. s. 4 (ed. Fr. p. 201ᵃ קניניזא, corr. acc.); Pesik. Hashsh’mini, p. 191ᵇ קינגאי (Ms. O. קנגריא; Ar. s. v. טבריטי: קנוגיא, corr. acc. or קניגיא), v. טברוטי. ↗ expanded

קְנִיגִין (κυνήγιον) same, hunt, chase, beasts of chase. Esth. R. to I, 12 אין הרשע … מראה ק׳ דידיה היאך וכ׳ the wicked man does not leave this world before God shows his chase, (that is,) how he has been caught. Lev. R. s. 13 בהמות … הם ק׳ וכ׳ (not קניגון) Behemoth and Leviathan shall be the beasts of contest (the show) for the righteous in the hereafter, and whosoever abstains from witnessing the beast fights of the nations in this world, shall be admitted to see them &c.; Yalk. Sam. 161 קניגיון. ↗ expanded

קְנִיגְיָיא , v. קְנִיגְיָא ↗ expanded

קניות , Tanḥ. Emor 6, v. קִיטָּי ↗ expanded

קָנִיט (קָנַט) [shrinking,] fainting, sick. Tanḥ. Thazr. 3 ואין נפשו ק׳ עליו and its vitality is not impaired; ed. Bub. 4, v. קָנַט.—[Yalk. Prov. 932; Yalk. Lam. 998, v. נָקִיט.] ↗ expanded

קְנִיטְרוֹפּוֹס , v. גַּנְדְּרוֹפּוֹס ↗ expanded

קָנְיָיא (קְנֵי II) owner, maker. Y. Snh. IX, end, 27ᵇ, v. קַיְינָא. ↗ expanded

קנייא , Sifré Deut. 51, v. קוֹבְעַיָּא ↗ expanded

קַנְיָיה ʿĂlé Ḳanyah. Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵇ bot. [read:] ר׳ יוחנן איקפח בע׳ ק׳ R. Joh. was robbed at A. Ḳ.; [comment.: בבַעֲלֵי ק׳ by the men of Ḳ.] ↗ expanded

קִנְיָין , v. next wds. ↗ expanded

קִנְיָן purchase, ownership, right of possession. Gitt. 47ᵇ יש ק׳ לנכרי בא"י וכ׳ a gentile has the right of possession in Palestine inasmuch as his produces are exempt from tithes. Ib. קִנְיַן פירות כק׳ הגוף דמי the acquisition of usufruct is like the acquisition of the soil itself (and the Jewish owner of the usufruct has to offer the first fruits as if he were the owner of the land). Gitt. I, 6 מפני שהוא קִנְיָנוֹ (Y. ed. קִנְיָינוֹ) because he (the slave) is his property. Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Lev. XXV, 45) אתם יש לכם ק׳ וכ׳ you have the right of possession (of slaves) of the nations, but the nations have no right of possession of you, v. קָנָה; a. fr. property, esp. cattle. Num. R. s. 22 הפרישו … בשביל קִנְיָנָם they separated themselves from their brethren for the sake of their cattle; a. e. affirmation, making sure; symbolical form of making an agreement binding, by handing over an object from one to the other of the contracting parties (v. קָנָה 2). B. Bath. 40ᵃ ק׳ בפני שנים ואינו … כתיבו an agreement by symbol is made in the presence of two (forming a court), nor is it then necessary to say, ‘write’, i.e. a document is made out without special authorization. Ib. סתם ק׳ לכתיבה עומד an agreement by symbol, unless otherwise stipulated, is intended to be written out. Ib. 3ᵃ ק׳ דברים בעלמא חוא it is merely an agreement on words (no transfer of a tangible object being agreed upon); a. fr.—Pl. קִנְיָנִים, קִנְיָנִין, קִנְיָי׳. Pes. 87ᵇ אחד מארבעה ק׳ שקניתי בעולמי one of the four possessions which I own in my world. Sifré Deut. 309 (ref. to Deut. XXXII, 6) ק׳ אתם לי וכ׳ (not זקנים) you are to me an acquired property, and not an inheritance. Ab. ch. VI; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִנְיָן ² possession, esp. cattle. Targ. Gen. XIV, 11, sq. (h. text רכש). Targ. O. ib. 19; a. fr.—Sot. 34ᵇ עבדא רעיא ושמן ק׳ it (the soil) produces pasture, and the cattle grows fat on it.—Pl. קִנְיָנִין, קִנְיָי׳, קִי׳. Targ. Ez. XXXVIII, 12, sq.; a. e. agreement by symbol, the object exchanged to make the agreement binding. Targ. Ruth. IV, 7, sq. ↗ expanded

קנינים , Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. V, 13, v. קָנוֹן ↗ expanded

קְנִישְׁקִין (comp. of קָנֵי, a. שקי) drinking tubes, a cup with tubes for several persons to drink from. Sabb. 62ᵇ (expl. מזרקי, Am. VI, 6) חד אמר ק׳ one authority says, it means ḳ’nishḳanim. Ib. שתה בק׳ וכ׳ he drank from ḳ., and he (Rabbah) did not object to it (as an enjoyment forbidden after the destruction of the Temple). Ab. Zar. 72ᵇ ק׳ שרי it is permitted to drink from ḳ. at the same time with a gentile. ↗ expanded

קַנְכֵּירִי (corresp. to κέγχρη = κέγχρος) a small kind of diamond. Targ. O. Ex. XXVIII, 19 (h. text לשם). ↗ expanded

קַנְכִּירִינוֹן m. (κέγχρινον) same. Targ. Y. I Ex. XXVIII, 19. ↗ expanded

קַנְּכֵּרִי , v. קַנְכֵּירִי ↗ expanded

קְנַם [to make firm, v. קוֹנָם, קִנָּמוֹן, קִינוּמָא.] Pa. קַנֵּם to make a vow of abstinence by using the verb קנם (as a substitute for קוֹנָם, itself a substitute for קָרְבָּן). Ned. 10ᵇ היכי דמי … מְקַנַּמְנָא וכ׳ like what are substitutes of substitutes of vows?… M’ḳannamna, m’ḳannaḥna, m’ḳannasna ↗ expanded

קִנָּמוֹן , v. קִינָּמוֹן ↗ expanded

קנמון , Esth. R. to VI, 10, ק׳ קלטור, read: קוֹמֵיס. ↗ expanded

קנמיא , registered in Ar. as quot. fr. Lam. R. and unexplained, ק׳ דמרי ביתא, prob. a misreading for קומיה, in Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי, where editions have קומיה גברא. ↗ expanded

קנמין , v. קנמון ↗ expanded

קִנָּמֹן , v. קִינָּמוֹן ↗ expanded

קָנַן (b. h.) to put up, build (cmp. כָּנַן).—Denom. קֵן. Pi. קִנֵּן, קִינֵּן (denom. of קֵן) to build a nest, to nest. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ top; Keth. 111ᵇ, v. לֶפֶת. Cant. R. to II, 14 ומצא … מְקַנֵּן and found there a serpent nesting; a. e.—Part. pass. מְקוּנָּן. Yalk. Gen. 62 (Gen. R. s. 37 מְכוּנָּן), v. כָּנַן. ↗ expanded

קְנַן , Pa. קַנֵּין ch. same. Targ. Is. XXXIV, 15. ↗ expanded

קָנַס (sec. r. of קס, v. קסס) [to cut,] (cmp. גזר) to decree; to fine, punish. B. Bath. 75ᵇ top קָנַסְתִּי מיתה על וכ׳ I decreed death over Adam. Num. R. s. 18 אין קוֹנְסִים אלא וכ׳ none are punished below twenty years of age, v. עָנַשׁ. Gen. R. s. 20, beg. למה הייתם קוֹנְסִין את בני why did you fine (confiscate the property of) my children?; Yalk. Ps. 888; a. fr.—Esp. to decree a penalty beyond the strict law. B. Mets. 72ᵃ, a. e. שטר … קונסין אותו וכ׳ if interest is stipulated in a document, we fine him (the creditor) so that he cannot collect either the principal or the interest. B. Kam. 30ᵇ קָנְסוּ גופן משום שבחן they decreed the forfeiture of the objects themselves on account of the illegitimate gain intended. Sabb. 3ᵇ, a. e. קָנְסוּ שוגג אטו וכ׳, v. אָטוּ. B. Kam. 38ᵇ קנס הוא שקנס וכ׳ (not שקניס) R. M. put a penalty on their property (declared their goods eventually unclean). Ib. הכי נמי נִקְנוֹס let us also fine (the Samaritan woman, by disallowing her the fine due for seduction). Yeb. 86ᵇ קנסו לוים במעשר they punished the Levites by depriving them of the tithes (in favor of the priests); a. fr. Nif. נִקְנָס to be decreed (as a punishment). Erub. 18ᵇ כיון שראה שנִקְנְסָה מיתה וכ׳ when he (Adam) perceived that through his fault death was decreed (over the human race), he fasted &c. ↗ expanded

קְנַס , to fine, punish. Y. B. Kam. VIII, end, 6ᶜ וקַנְסֵיה ליטר דדהב he fined him one litra of gold. Bab. B. Kam. 30ᵇ לאלתר קַנְסִינָן וכ׳ do we fine him (decree the forfeiture of the material deposited in the street) at once, or when he derives the intended benefit? Sabb. 3ᵇ מי קַנְסוּהָ רבנן לאהדורי וכ׳ do the Rabbis punish him by forbidding him to withdraw his hand? Ib. בשוגג לא קנסוה וכ׳ if he did it by mistake, the Rabbis do not punish him. Ib. ליקנסוה רבנן let the Rabbis punish him (by forbidding him to withdraw his hand)!; a. fr.—B. Mets. 72ᵃ קנסינן התירא וכ׳ we decree the forfeiture of the legitimate claim (the principal) on account of the illegitimate (the interest; a. e.). Pa. קנֵּס same. Targ. Y. I Ex. XV, 25 דמְקַנְסֵּי (not דמִקְנְסֵי). Ithpa. אִתְקַנַּס, Ithpe. אִתְקְנַס to be punished, fined, condemned. Targ. Y. Num. XXXV, 25. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXII, 50. to be assessed for fine. Targ. Y. Ex. XXI, 22 מתקנסא יתקנס וולדא the lost embryo must be paid for according to assessment (h. text ענוש יענש). ↗ expanded

קְנָס (preced.) fine, penalty, esp. the fine for seducing a girl (Deut. XXII, 29). B. Kam. 38ᵇ, v. קָנס. Keth. 43ᵃ top, a. e. מודה בק׳ פטור he who confesses an act with which a fine is connected, is exempt from the fine; ib. 42ᵃ; Shebu. V, 4 אינו משלם ק׳ על פי עצמו none needs to pay a fine on his own confession (if he cannot be convicted otherwise). Keth. l. c. (in Chald. dict.) ק׳ הוי it is the case of a fine, opp. ממונא the case of a real debt or indemnity. Ib. bot. יצאו אלו שהן ק׳ exclude those cases which concern only a fine, opp. ממון. Ib. III, 1 יש להן ק׳ a fine is due for seducing them. Ib. 29ᵃ יש לה מכר ואין לה ק׳ she can be sold (by her father), and no fine is due for her seduction. Ib. III, 8 כל … מכר אין ק׳ wherever sale can take place, there is no fine for seduction. Ib. 3 קְנָסָהּ לעצמה the fine for her seduction belongs to herself (and not to her father); a. fr.—Pl. קְנָסוֹת. Snh. 8ᵃ דיני ק׳ בכמה how many judges are required for the adjudication of a fine? Keth. 43ᵃ; a. fr.—[קנסות, Zeb. 88ᵇ ed., v. קוֹלָס.] ↗ expanded

קְנָסָא Targ. Y. Ex. XXI, 30 (h. text כפר). Targ. Y. Num. XV, 32 ק׳ דשבתא the penalty for violating the Sabbath laws.—Snh. 3ᵃ; B. Kam. 15ᵃ, v. מָמוֹנָא. Keth. 29ᵇ בני ק׳ persons for whose seduction a fine is due. Pes. 29ᵃ; 30ᵃ ר"ש ק׳ קניס וכ׳ R. S. (in declaring leavened matter kept over Passover forbidden even after Passover) imposes a penalty, because the person has transgressed the law &c. Yeb. 86ᵃ ק׳ לעניים the penalty (the forfeit of the tithes decreed over the Levites) was to benefit the poor; a. fr.—Pl. קְנָסִין, קְנָסַיָּא. Targ. Y. I Ex. XV, 25.—Y. Yeb. XIV, beg. 14ᵇ עוד היא באילין ק׳ she is still subject to those penalties (that she must leave both husbands). ↗ expanded

קנסודס a sort of sandals with heels (prob. named after a place in Babylonia, cmp. קנשרין, v. קֵן, ch., end). Y. Yeb. XII, 12ᶜ bot. תמן אמרין כגון אילין ק׳ there (in Babylonia) they say, like those ḳ. ↗ expanded

קנצן , Targ. Prov. XXIII, 29 ed. Lag., v. יורם. ↗ expanded

קנקולין , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַנְקָל (cancellus, κίγκλις) any reticulated object, a perforated vessel for fumigation. Deut. R. s. 10 (ref. to Is. LV, 3) האזן לגוף כקי׳ לכלים the ear is to the body what the fumigating vessel is to garments; שכן הקי׳ כמה כלים וכ׳ as many garments are put on the ḳ. and all are fumigated, so there are 248 limbs in man, and all live through the ear (by listening to the word of God); Pesik. Shim’ʿu, p. 117ᵃ קנקל; Yalk. Jer. 264, a. Yalk. Is. 341 קנקן.—Kel. XXII, 10 קנקילין שיש בה … כסות f. (Bab. ed. קנקילן … כוסות, corr. acc.) a fumigating vessel with a receptacle for garments. latticed gate or bar. Y. Sabb. V, beg. 7ᵇ קִינְקִילוֹן גורר a latticed gate which drags along on the ground when opened; Y. Erub. X, 26ᵇ bot. קנְקִילוֹן גודר; Tosef. ib. XI (VIII), 13 קַנְקַלִּין הגוררין Var. (ed. Zuck. קנקנין); Erub. 101ᵃ קנקן הנגרר.—Esp. pl. קַנְקַלִּים, קַנְקַלִּין, קַנְקִילִּ׳, קִינְ׳ screens, bars of the court of justice, of idolatrous temples, &c. Gen. R. s. 78 (ref. to Gen. XXXIII, 3) הוי … משבעה קי׳ וכ׳ consider thyself as if placed behind seven bars and sitting as judge &c. Y’land. to Lev. XIX quot. in Ar. המולך … קנקלים וכ׳ how was the Moloch worship arranged? There was an idol behind seven enclosures &c. Y. Orl. I, end, 61ᶜ הכניסה לפנים מן הקנקי׳ when he brought it (the egg) behind the enclosures of the idolatrous temple; Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵃ הקנקל׳. Ib. 42ᵈ bot. כל שהכניסו … הק׳ אסרו whatever one brings within the enclosures one makes forbidden (as an object dedicated to idolatry). Ib. II, 41ᵇ ע"ז שאין לה ק׳ … ידון לשם ק׳ if an idolatrous temple has no bars, the whole building is considered as bars (whatever is brought within the premises, is forbidden). Cant. R. to III, 4, v. צְנִיעוּת. Lev. R. s. 19, end דרך ק׳ שלשלוה לו they let her down to him over the bars; a. e.—Y. Snh. X, 28ᵈ top, v. קֶלַע III. ↗ expanded

קַנְקַל grating, network. Targ. Y. I Ex. XXVII, 4; (Y. II קלקל; h. text מכבר). Ib. 5; a. e.—Pl. קַנְקַלֵּי. Ib. XXXVIII, 30 (with sing. meaning). pl. קַנְקְלִין, קַנְקְלַיָּא, קִי׳ lattice-work, bars, enclosures. Lam. R. to I, 5 יהבוניה לגיו … ק׳ they put him within the seven bars (showed him royal honors). Pesik. B’shall. p. 86ᵇ כאילין קינקילייא the piles of water in the Red Sea between which the Israelites passed were like those latticed bars; Yalk. Sam. 152 קנקיליא; a. e.—Y. Shebi. II, 34ᵃ (expl. תִּרְמֵל) עבדון קנקולין (corr. acc.) when the bean plants begin to form gratings (the stalks being closely interwoven; cmp. קְלִיעָה a. עָבוֹת). ↗ expanded

קנקלטון , read: ↗ expanded

קַנְקְלָטִין (sub. מִלִּין; cancellatus) grating or network (in weaving, moulding &c.). Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᶜ ↗ expanded

קַנְקָן 1 (קָנַן) a cylindrical vessel let into the ground of the cellar (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Dolium), in gen. wine- or oil-vessel. Ab. IV, 20 אל תסתכל בק׳ וכ׳ look not at the vessel but at what it contains; יש ק׳ חדש וכ׳ many a new vessel is full of old wine (many a young man is a fine scholar) &c. Koh. R. to VII, 28 ק׳ … מקַנְקַנּוֹ וכ׳, v. infra. Gen. R. s. 85 נטלו ק׳ אחד וכ׳ they took one cask in the cellar &c.; החזירו את הק׳ למקומה (read: למקומו) put the cask back into its place. Y. Succ. I, 52ᵇ bot. כמשלח … וקַנְקַנָּהּ like one sending to his neighbor a cask of wine and the storage vessel with it (making a present of both); Gen. R. s. 13; Yalk. Ps. 882. Y. Bets. IV, beg. 62ᵇ מביאה על גב קנקנה he brings the load of wine in its original vessel (not bottle-wise); a. fr.—Pl. קַנְקַנִּים, קַנְקַנִּין. Gen. R. s. 32 היוצר … בודק ק׳ מרועעים וכ׳ the potter does not try (knock at) the defective vessels …, but he tries the sound (so God tries not the bad but the good men). Keth. XIII, 4 והודה בק׳ but admits that he owes the (empty) vessels, v. כַּד II. Ib. 108ᵇ יש בלשון הזה לשון ק׳ the expression ‘vessels of oil’ includes vessels, i.e. one who claims vessels of oil claims not only a certain quantity of oil, but also the vessels. Koh. R. to VII, 28 צפה הקב"ה בכל הק׳ ולא מצא וכ׳ the Lord looked at all vessels (fit to receive the Law), and found none better pitched than that of Moses &c.; a. fr. (cmp. קֶנֶת, a. מָנָא) coulter. B. Mets. VI, 4 (80ᵃ).—[Erub. 101ᵃ ק׳ הנגרר a plough used as a bar, Rashi; v. next w.] ↗ expanded

קַנְקָן 2 dial. for קַנְקָל, q. v. ↗ expanded

קַנְקַנָּא I, vessel. B. Bath. 22ᵃ פוק תהי ליה בקַנְקַנֵּיה go and smell at his vessel, i.e. examine his mental capacity; a. e. coulter, plough. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top שרי … קַנְקַנָּיךְ וכ׳ untie thy ox and untie thy plough, for the Temple has been destroyed; קטור … קנקניך וכ׳ tie thy ox and tie thy plough, for king Messiah was born; Lam. R. to I, 16 Ar. (ed. פדנך). ↗ expanded

קַנְקַנְתּוּם , v. קַלְקַנְתּוֹס ↗ expanded

קַנִּשְׁרַיָּא , v. קֵן ch. ↗ expanded

קְנָת (b. h.) pr. n. pl. Kenath, on the east of the Jordan (v. Hildesh. Beitr., p. 49 sq.). Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ (not קנח); Tosef. Shebi. IV, 11 (v. ed. Zuck. note); Sifré Deut. 51; Yalk. ib. 874 יינקת (corr. acc., or קוּנְתְּיָיה). ↗ expanded

קֶנֶת (v. קָנַן; cmp. קַנְקַן I) [that which is inserted,] handle, helve. Macc. II, 1 מקַנְתּוֹ Ar. (or מקַנָּתוֹ fr. קַנָּה; ed. מקַתּוֹ, v. קַתְּ).—Pl. קַנְתּוֹת. Y’lamd. to Lev. XIX quot. in Ar. ק׳ של רמחים וכ׳ handles of spears and knives.—[Kel. XV, 1 R. S. Vers., v. קִיסְטָה.] ↗ expanded

קַנְתָּא Y. Naz. I, 51ᵇ אורהיה … ק׳ דכולבא וכ׳ man is in the habit of saying, ‘the handle of an axe’; does any one say, ‘the axe of the handle’?, i.e. in making a vow one begins with the word שבועה, but does not place it at the end; Y. Ned. II, 36ᵈ top.—V. קַתָּא ↗ expanded

קַנְתּוֹר , v. קַנְטָר ↗ expanded

קִנְתּוּר , v. קִינְטוּר ↗ expanded

(קנתור) , v. קִנְטִינָר ↗ expanded

קַנְתֵּל (κανθήλια, pl.) the pannier on the side of the pack-saddle, large basket. Par. XII, 9 הסלים שבק׳ the baskets in the pannier. ↗ expanded

קַנָּתָנִית , v. קַנְּאָנִית ↗ expanded

קִנְתֵּר , v. קִנְטֵר, קַנְטֵר. ↗ expanded

קַנְתְּרוֹס , v. קַתְרוֹס III ↗ expanded

קַנְתְּרִין , v. קִינְטוּר ↗ expanded

קַנְתְּרָן , v. קַנְטְרָן ↗ expanded

קֵסָא , v. קֵיסָא ↗ expanded

קְסָאוֹת , v. קִסְוָה ↗ expanded

קִסְבָּא , v. קִשְׁבָּא ↗ expanded

קַסְגַּלְגָס Ḳasgalgas, a contraction of Caius Caligula, the Roman emperor. Tosef. Sot. XIII, 6 ed. Zuck. (Var. גס קלגוס, גסקלנוס), v. גַּיּוּס. ↗ expanded

קַסְדָּא (cassis, -idis) casque, helmet. Sabb. VI, 2 (expl. ib. 62ᵃ סַנְוַורְתָּא). Kel. XI, 8 (Ar. ed. Koh. קַסִּידָא). Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 1. Ex. R. s. 15 כדי ללבוש ק׳ ושריון וכ׳ strong enough to wear helmet, mail and (carry) arms.—Pl. קַסִּידִין. Y’lamd. to Gen. III, 22, quot. in Ar. (ref. to כרבלתהון) אלו הק׳ that means the helmets. ↗ expanded

קִסְדּוֹר , v. קוּסְדּוֹר ↗ expanded

קַסְוָא , v. קַסְוָוא ↗ expanded

קִסְוָה marked measure, esp. vessel for libation. Snh. IX, 6 הגונב את הק׳ (Y. ed. הקסווא) if one steals the ḳisvah, expl. ib. 81ᵇ מאי ק׳ כלי שרת (Ms. M. קיסווא) ḳ. means service vessels (ref. to Num. IV, 7); Y. ib. IX, end, 27ᵇ, v. קִיסְטָא II. Bab. ib. 82ᵇ. Tosef. Zeb. I, 12 היין שניסכו בקיסוא וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. בקסווה) if wine for libation was poured into the ḳ. and thence into a hin measure.—Pl. קִסְוָואוֹת, קִשְׂוָו׳. Succ. 48ᵇ שני קס׳ וכ׳ (sub. מיני) ed. Pes. a. oth. (Ms. M. 1 קִשְׂוָא׳; Ms. M. 2 קְסָאוֹת; ed. קשוו׳) two sets of bowls were there, one for water, and one for wine libations. ↗ expanded

קַסְוָוא —Pl. קַסְוָותָא, קַסְוָ׳, קַשְׂ׳. Targ. O. Ex. XXV, 29 (Y. קַשְׂ׳). Ib. XXXVII, 16. Targ. O. Num. IV, 7 קַסְוַת constr. ed. Berl. (oth. ed. a. Yer. קַסְווֹת). Targ. I Chr. XXVIII, 17. ↗ expanded

קָסוֹמָא (קְסַם) charmer, diviner. — Pl. קְסוֹמַיָּא. Targ. Y. Gen. XXII, 21 (not קְסוּ׳). Targ. Y. I Deut. XVIII, 10 (Y. II לאקסומי, read: לא קְסוֹמֵי). Targ. Y. ib. 14 קיסומי (corr. acc.).—V. קַסָּמָא. ↗ expanded

קִסּוּמָא , v. קִיסּוּמָא ↗ expanded

קסוסטבן (pl. of ξεστός or of sextarius, transposed) sextarii (one sextarius = 1/16 of a modius). Y. B. Mets. V, 10ᶜ bot. כגון אילין … מתרתין ק׳ … ק׳ as those who advance the money with which to buy to those who sail to (do business at) the races, at a share in the profits of two or three sextarii for each modius; v. קָלִיט. ↗ expanded

קסוסנון (a corrupt. for קְסוּנְטוֹן, transpos. of סקונטון) Saguntum in Spain. Y. Keth. II, 26ᶜ bot. אפי׳ עידיה בק׳ תמתין even if her witnesses are as far away as Saguntum, she must wait (cmp. B. Bath. III, 2, quot. s. v. אִסְפַּמְיָא). ↗ expanded

קִסְטְ , v. sub קִיסְ׳. ↗ expanded

קסטוריא , v. קוּסְטוֹדְיָא ↗ expanded

קסטיא , Tanḥ. Shof’ṭim 14, read: קַסִּיטְרָא. ↗ expanded

קסטיטיריון , v. קַסִּיטְרוֹן ↗ expanded

קסטינר , v. קוּסְטִינָר ↗ expanded

קסטירא , v. קַסִּיטְרָא ↗ expanded

קסטל , Lev. R. s. 19 ק׳ מלכים Ar., read with ed. טרסקל נקוב. ↗ expanded

קַסְטְלִין (castellum, καστέλλιν S.) fort, castle. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ נפל ק׳ דטיבריא (ed. Krot. קסיטולין, corr. acc.) the castle of Tiberias fell in (burying the idol placed therein). reservoir. Tosef. Mikv. IV, 6 ק׳ המחליק מים וכ׳ a reservoir which distributes water (in pipes) in the cities. ↗ expanded

קַסְטְרָא (castra, pl.) fortification, military camp. B. Kam. 98ᵃ היו לו מעות בק׳ או וכ׳ if one has money deposited in the (Roman) camp or in the (forts of the) king’s Mountain. Num. R. s. 12 (expl. מצודתי, Ps. XCI, 2) ק׳ דירי my fortification; Midr. Till. to Ps. l. c. (not קסטרי). Lam. R. to III, 7 זה ק׳ של פרסיין (read: רומיים) this alludes to the camp of the Romans; Yalk. ib. 1037 קנטרה (corr. acc.). Deut. R. s. 1 (expl. נציבים, II Sam. VIII, 6) ק׳ (not קסטרס); a. e.—Pl. קַסְטְרָאוֹת, קַסְטְרָיוֹת. Tosef. Ohol. XVIII, 12 הק׳ והלגיונות the dwellings in forts and in the (camps of the) legions. Lev. R. s. 1 היו … אהליות וק׳ they would have surrounded it (the Tabernacle) with tents and forts (to protect it); Cant. R. to II, 3; Num. R. s. 1; a. e.—V. גַּסְטְרָא.—2) pr. n. pl. Castra, near Haifa (Castellum peregrinum). Cant. R. to II, 2; Lam. R. to I, 17 as hostile as ק׳ לחיפה Castra to Haifa.—V. קַצְרָא III. ↗ expanded

קַסִּטְרוֹן , v. קַסִּיטִרוֹן ↗ expanded

קסטרס , v. קַסְטְרָא ↗ expanded

קסיא , v. קְסִיָּיה ↗ expanded

קסיוהא , Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXV ed. pr., read: קִיּוּהָא. ↗ expanded

קסיט , v. קִיסְטְ ↗ expanded

קסיטולין , v. קַסְטְלִין ↗ expanded

קַסִּיטְרָא (κασσίτερος, cassiterum) tin. Targ. Y. I Num. XXXI, 22, Targ. Y. II, Num. XXXI, 22 קסטירא, קיסטרא (corr. acc.; h. text בדיל).—Tanḥ. Shof’ṭim 14 כלי זין קסטיא (corr. acc.) tinplated armor (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Stamnum). ↗ expanded

קַסִּיטְרוֹן m. same. Y. Snh. VII, 24ᵇ bot. (expl. בעץ) אבר וקסטיטיריון מעורבין (corr. acc., or קַסִּיטִירוֹן) lead and tin mixed. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. VII, 7 אין מקיפין בק׳ וכ׳ you must not make a rim of tin, because &c., v. פָּתִיל. Ib. III, 4 ועשאה בבעץ ובקנטרין (corr. acc.) and mended it with tin or cassiterum (v. בַּעַץ); ib. B. Mets. I, 8. Tosef. B. Bath. V, 9 של בעץ ושל אבר ושל קסטירון ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. קיספורון, corr. acc.) weights of tin, or of lead, or of cassiterum; B. Bath. 89ᵇ גיסטרין, v. גַּסִּיטְרוֹן. ↗ expanded

קְסִיָּיה (קסי = כָּסָה II) [cover, protection,] a sort of glove for laborers. Kel. XVI, 6 (ed. Dehr. קְסִיָּה). ק׳ של שלחנות table cloth, a sheet spread over the set table to protect it from flies &c. Makhsh. V, 8 קסיה ed. Dehr. (ed. קסיא); [Ar.: vessels, cmp. קִסְוָה,—which, however, does not suit the context]. ↗ expanded

קסילופונוס (comp. of ξύλον a. φάνος, a compound not otherwise recorded) a torch made of wooden staves, esp. of vines. Pesik. Ḳumi, p. 144ᵇ sq. עתידה … לעשות ק׳ וכ׳ (ed. קסילפנוס, Ms. O. כסיל פנים, corr. acc.) in the future Jerusalem shall be a torch for the nations, and they shall walk by its light (ref. to Is. LX, 3); Yalk. Is. 359 only פָּנָס; Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXVI, 10 (missing in ed. Bub.) מטרפולין (corr. acc.). Koh. R. to I, 9 פעם אחת … ק׳ אחד משלכם (ed. קסלפנוס, ניס …) once the (Roman) government sent word to our teachers, ‘send us one of your torches.’—Pl. קְסִילוֹפַנְסִין. Ib. [read:] אמרו כמה ק׳ יש להם והם מבקשין ממנו קסילופנוס אחד כמדומין וכ׳ (strike out כמה מקות פנסין יש להם, as a corrupt Var. Lect., and כמה אבנים טובים ומרגליות יש להם as an erroneous gloss) they said, they have ever so many torches, and they ask us for one torch? It seems to us, they mean one enlightening the countenances of men with his learning. ↗ expanded

קסלפונוס , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קָסַם (b. h.) to cut, carve. Snh. IX, 6 המקלל בקוֹסֵם (Y. ed. בקַסָּם) he that curses (his neighbor) invoking God as ‘a carver’ (instead of creator ex nihilo); expl. ib. 81ᵇ יכה קוֹסֵם את קוֹסָמוֹ (Ms. M. את קוסו, emended קוסמו, Ar. קִסְמוֹ, קִיסְמוֹ) may the carver strike his carving; anoth. explan. יכהו קוסם לו ולקונו ולמקנו may the carver strike him (euphem. for thee), himself (thyself) &c., v. קָנָה; Y. ib. IX, end, 27ᵇ, v. קַיְינָא. to decide (cmp. גָּזַר). Ḥag. 14ᵃ (ref. to Is. III, 2) קוסם זה מלך ḳosem means king (with ref. to Prov. XVI, 10); Yalk. Is. 261. (v. קֶסֶם) to divine. Sifré Deut. 171 איזהו קוסם זה האוחז וכ׳ who is a ḳosem? He that seizes his staff (and measuring it fist-wise says), shall I or shall I not go? (ref. to Hos. IV, 12); Yalk. Deut. 918. Snh. 106ᵃ (ref. to Josh. XIII, 22) קזסם נביא הוא a charmer? is he not a prophet? בתחלה נביא ולבסוף קוסם at first a prophet, and in the end a charmer. Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to Num. XXII, 7) הוליכו … קסמים שהיו קוֹסְמִין בהן they carried with them all kinds of divining implements with which people divine. Koh. R. to XII, 7 לִקְסוֹם קסמים, v. קֶסֶם; a. e. Pi. קִסֵּם to divine. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXIX, beg. עמד לו מְקַסֵּם וכ׳ he stood up and divined to find out whether or not to go up. Nithpa. נִתְקַסֵּם , v. קִרְסֵם ↗ expanded

קְסַם 1 to cut, chip. Y. Shebi. II, 34ᵃ וקַסְמָהּ בידיה וכ׳ he chipped it (their argument) with his hand, i.e. made a motion with his hand to indicate his dissent (and said) &c. to divine. Targ. Ez. XXI, 26. Targ. Deut. XVIII, 10 קָסֵים ed. Berl. (oth. ed. קָסֵם, incorr. קוֹסֵם); a. e.—Gitt. 68ᵇ חזי … קָסֵים אחיך saw a diviner who was divining, and laughed (at him). Ib. לִקְסוֹם … תותיה let him divine what is under him. ↗ expanded

קֶסֶם preced.) chip, carving, v. קָסַם.—Pl. קְסָמִים, קְסָמִין, v. קִיסָּם. decision, esp. decision by lot or sign, divination, augury; means or tools of divination. —Pl. as ab. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) התחיל קוסם ק׳ he began to make divinations (by throwing arrows &c.); Koh. R. to XII, 7 לקסום ק׳. Num. R. s. 20, v. קָסַם. Ib. שידעו בק׳ שלהם וכ׳ they knew that there was no profit in their divining signs; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְסַם 2 decision. Targ. Prov. XVI, 10. divination, divining tools. Targ. Ez. XXI, 26 (ed. Wil. קֶסֶם); 27; a. e.—Pl. קִסְמִין, קִסְמַיָּא, קֻ׳, קוּ׳, קִי׳. Targ. Deut. XVIII, 10 (Y. II קַסְ׳). Targ. Y. Gen. XXX, 27. Targ. Y. I Deut. XVIII, 14 (Y. II, v. קַסָּמָא); a. fr.—Y. Maasr. III, end, 51ᵃ, v. קַנְטֵר. ↗ expanded

קִסָּם chip, v. קִיסָּם, קֵיסֶם. ↗ expanded

קְסַם 3 pr. n. pl., v. קִיסַם ↗ expanded

קַסָּם (קָסַם) carver. Snh. IX, 6 Y. ed., v. קָסַם. Cant. R. to V, 14 כל מי שנעשה ק׳ וכ׳ he that makes himself a carver (skilful worker) in the words of the Law shall finally become a king (leader) through them (with ref. to Prov. XVI, 10). [Ib. שנעשה בהם ק׳ some ed., read: סַפִּיר; v. Matt. K. a. l.] ↗ expanded

קַסָּמָא (קְסַם I) diviner, charmer. Targ. Josh. XIII, 22 (not קִ׳).—Gitt. 68ᵇ, v. קְסַם I.—Pl. קַסָּמַיָּא, קָסָ׳, קָסְ׳, קוֹסְ׳. Targ. O. Deut. XVIII, 14 (Y. II קִסְמֵי, corr. acc.).—Targ. Zech. X, 2. Targ. I Sam. VI, 2; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קִסְמָא , v. קְסַם II ↗ expanded

קִסְמִית , v. קִיסְמִית ↗ expanded

קסנטור , v. קְוִיסְטוֹר ↗ expanded

קָסַס Polel) to cut, v. קְסָסָה.—[Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵇ top הקוֹסֵס את החטים Ar., ed. הכוסס, v. כָּסַס.] (of wine) to bite, have a pungent taste, be sourish. Y. Pes. II, end, 29ᶜ היה לו יין קוֹסֵס וכ׳ had a sourish wine, and he put barley into it that it might become sour (vinegar). Tosef. B. Bath. VI, 6 if one sells a cellar full of wine, מקבל … קוֹסְסוֹת למאה he (the purchaser) must accept ten casks of pungent wine for every hundred. Maas. Sh. IV, 2 היין שקסס Ms. M. (Y. ed. שקִיסֵּס; ed. שקרם, Var. שהִקְסִיס) wine that has turned sourish; a. fr. Pi. קִיסֵּס ; Hif. הִקְסִיס, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְסָסָה , pl. קְסָסוֹת (preced.) lumps, balls (cmp. קְזוֹזוֹת). Naz. 65ᵃ נוטל את הקיסמין ואת הק׳ he takes up the chips (of the coffin) and the lumps of earth (formed by congealed blood and secretions from the decaying body) &c. ↗ expanded

קַסְקַסִּין , v. קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת ↗ expanded

קֵסַר , v. קֵיסַר ↗ expanded

קסרטל , v. קְרַסְטְלִין ↗ expanded

קִסְרִי , v. sub קִיס׳. ↗ expanded

קסרין , Koh. R. to VII, 11 ראש ק׳, a gloss expl. ממונה על האוצרות, prob. meant for קַסְטְרִין; perh. for סִיקָרִין. ↗ expanded

קְסִרְקִיטוֹן (exercitus, ἐξέρκετον, S.) army. Lam. R. introd. (R. Naḥm.) (ref. to Is. XXIX, 1) קריה … דוד לק׳ שלו the city which David built for his army; Yalk. Is. 302 קיסרקיסון (corr. acc.). Cant. R. to VIII, 13 נטל קצרקטין שלו וכ׳ (read: קְצִרְקְטוֹן) he took his entire army and his servants (cabinet) &c. ↗ expanded

קִסְתָּא , v. קִיסְטְ ↗ expanded

קסתות , Kel. XV, 1 R. S., v. קִיסְטָה ↗ expanded

קְעִילָה , Erub. 63ᵇ, v. קִלְעָא I.—Pl. קְעִילִין, Snh. 106ᵃ Ar.; Yalk. Num. 771, v. קֶלַע III. ↗ expanded

קְעִילִית (denom. of קעילה) of Keilah, a town in the lowland district of Judæa. Yoma 76ᵃ, a. e. דבילה ק׳, v. דְּבֵילָה. Y. Bicc. III, beg. 65ᶜ בקש … נאמר אם היתה ק׳ וכ׳ if one wants to bring (as first fruits) pressed figs, shall we say, if they are from Keilah, he may, if from Bozrah, he dare not? ↗ expanded

קִעְקֵעַ 1 (onomatop.) to cackle; to call hens by imitating their cackling. Kidd. 31ᵃ (sarcastically) הטל … וקַעְקֵעַ להן וכ׳ put water in a bowl and call them as you do hens. ↗ expanded

קִעְקֵעַ 2 (transpos. of עקעק, v. עוּק; cmp. גִּעְגֵּעַ) to engrave (cmp. חָקַק); to etch in. Macc. III, 6 כתב ולא ק׳ ק׳ … וִיקַעְקֵעַ if he writes (on his skin) but makes no impression, or makes an impression but does not write, he is not guilty (of trespassing the law, Lev. XIX, 28) until he writes and stamps with ink &c.; Sifra K’doshim, Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e. to stamp out, exterminate. Y. Ab. Zar. IV, 44ᵃ top, a. e., v. בֵּיצָה. Tosef. B. Kam. X, 5; Y. Gitt. V, 47ᵃ bot. יְקַעְקֵעַ כל הבירה וכ׳ he must (if necessary) take down the entire group of buildings in order to restore it (the stolen beam). Ex. R. s. 35 החריבה אותו אלא שלא קִעְקְעָה אותו וכ׳ she (Babylon) laid the Temple in ruins, but she did not stamp it out, whereas of Edom it is written (Ps. CXXXVII, 7), ‘raze it, raze it &c.’ Hithpa. הִתְקַעְקֵעַ, Nithpa. נִתְקַעְקֵעַ to be stamped out, v. בֵּיצָה. Esth. R. to I, 7 מי גרם … שתִּתְקַעְקֵעַ ביצתו וכ׳ what was the cause that Belshazzar’s dynasty was entirely exterminated? Ruth R. to IV, 14 מברכותיהן … לא נִתְקַעְקְעָה ביצתו וכ׳ owing to the blessings of the women, the seed of David was not entirely exterminated in the days of Athaliah. Pesik. R. s. 12 ואימתי שמשו שוקעת וביצתו מִתְקַעְקַעַת וכ׳ and when shall his (Amalek’s) sun go down and his egg be stamped out and his seed uprooted? ↗ expanded

קַעְקַע preced.) impression; כתובת ק׳ etched inscription. Macc. III, 6; Lev. R. s. 19, a. e., v. כְּתוֹבֶת. ↗ expanded

קַעְקָא neck, v. קוֹעָא. ↗ expanded

קְעָרָה קער to be sunk, dish, charger. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ bot. אלכסנדרוס … ואת הים כק׳ when Alexander the Macedonian attempted to ascend to heaven, he rose higher and higher, until he saw the earth beneath him like a ball and the sea like a dish; ויצורינה ק׳ בידיה and why is he not represented with a dish in his hand?; Num. R. s. 13. Ib. הקריב ק׳ … ודומה לק׳ he offered a charger which is typical of the sea that surrounds the whole world and resembles a dish. Ker. 7ᵇ, v. גָּדַף. B. Bath. 16ᵃ בקש איוב להפוך ק׳ על פיה Job attempted to turn the dish upside down, i.e. to challenge Providence; a. fr.—Pl. קְעָרוֹת. Men. 97ᵃ, v. דָפוּס; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָפָא v. קפי ↗ expanded

קַפָּא 1 (κάππα) the letter kappa (k′) as numeral, twenty. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד בר נש), v. דּוֹקְיָיא; Y. Maas. Sh. IV, 55ᵇ bot. [read:] מני עשרין … ק׳ דוקייא count twenty beams in thy house (counting upwards and downwards until you arrive at twenty), and thou shalt find thy father’s savings, kappa dokia (twenty beams; oneirocritical play on Cappadocia; v. Gen. R. s. 68). ↗ expanded

קַפָּא 2 (קפף) trunk, vine, v. קוֹפָא II.— (v. קוֹפָא II, 1) pole, beam. Ber. 56ᵇ, v. דִּיקָא. Ib. זיל חזי ק׳ דריש עשרה וכ׳ go and examine the beam which heads the number ten, and you shall find (in number eleven) &c.; v., however, preced. ↗ expanded

קַפָּא 3 (or קָפָא) name of a worm in herbs which causes disease of the bowels; (oth. opin.) a poisonous substance in vegetables. Pes. 115ᵇ צריך לשקועיה … משום ק׳ you must dip the bitter herb into the ḥăroseth to counteract the effect of the ḳappa. Ib. לא … וק׳ מריחא מיית it is not necessary to dip it, for the ḳ. dies from the smell (of the ḥăroseth). Ib. 116ᵃ, v. חַמָּא.—Tosef. Ter. VII, 11 Ar., v. קַפָּה. ↗ expanded

קפאטיות , v. קוּבְטָאוֹת ↗ expanded

קָפַד (b. h.) to contract, convolve, v. קוּפָּד. Hif. הִקְפִּיד (cmp. קָצַף) to be angry, lose temper. Taan. 20ᵇ מימי לא הִקְפַּדְתִּי וכ׳ never did I lose my temper in my house; Y. ib. III, end, 67ᵃ. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵈ (prayer on entering the schoolhouse) שלא אַקְפִּיד … יַקְפִּידוּ וכ׳ that I may not get excited over my colleagues, and my colleagues may not get excited over me. Sabb. 31ᵃ והלל לא יַקְפִּיד and Hillel (I) shall not get impatient. Ab. d’R. N. ch. I מַקְפִּיד על דבריו, v. מָתַן. Ex. R. s. 6 ואף הוא מקפיד (not מקפידו) and he (Moses) also lost his temper. Ib. ואתה מקפיד על דברי and thou losest thy temper in spite of my word (that declared thee the most patient of men)?; a. fr. to provoke, insult. Y. Keth. IV, 28ᵈ bot. ה׳ את וכ׳ he insulted an elder and struck him. to be strict, particular; to care for, mind. Mikv. IX, 3; 7 כל המקפיד עליו הוצץ whatever one minds (on one’s body) causes a partition for immersion, v. חָצַץ I. B. Mets. 75ᵃ בני חבורה המַקְפִּידִין וכ׳ members of a party that are particular with one another (in lending and borrowing); Sabb. 149ᵃ. Ḥull. 107ᵇ שני אחין ומקפידין וכ׳ two brothers (taking separate meals at the same table) who are particular with each other. Gen. R. s. 65 לא היתה מַקְפֶּדֶת וכ׳ did not mind the pollution through idolatry; a. v. fr. ↗ expanded

קְפַד , to be angry, sensitive; to be particular, care for, mind. Snh. 113ᵇ, v. קַפְדָּן. Ḥull. 107ᵃ קַפְדִּיתוּ אמנא are you particular about the condition of the vessel (used for ablution)? Ib. אמנא ואחזותא קַפְדִּינָן we are particular about the vessel and about the color (of the water), אשיעורא לא קַפְדִּינָן we are not so about the quantity. Sabb. 147ᵃ והוא דקָפֵיד עלייהו provided a person is particular about his garments’ being shaken before he puts them on; אנן לא קפדינן we do not care about it. Pes. 110ᵇ כל דקפיד קָפְדֵּי בהדיה וכ׳ he that minds (such practices) is strictly dealt with (suffers for disregarding them); he that does not care &c. Snh. 67ᵇ דקפיד אמנא שד a magician that is particular about the vessel he uses is a conjurer of demons; a. fr. Pa. קַפֵּיד same. Y. Sabb. I, 4ᵃ top מְקַפְּדִין, v. קוּרְיָיאָה Ithpe. אִתְקְפַד, אִיקְּפַד to be contracted, shortened. Targ. Is. XXXVIII, 12 (ed. Lag. איתקפלו). Ib. L, 2. Targ. Mic. II, 7. to be angry, excited. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵇ top שמע … וא׳ עילוי Samuel heard of it and was angry with him. Kidd. 33ᵃ; a. fr. Af. אַקְפַּד to provoke, insult. Y. B. Kam. VIII, end, 6ᶜ חד בר נש א׳ לר׳ וכ׳ (not איק׳) a man insulted R. Ḥ. ↗ expanded

קַפְדָּן (preced. wds.) hot-tempered, impetuous, opp. עִנְוְתָן. Ab. II, 5 לא הק׳ מלמד (Ar. הקו׳) an impatient man cannot be a teacher. Sabb. 30ᵇ bot., v. עִנְוְתָן; Ab. d’R. N. ch. XV. Snh. 113ᵃ sq. (in Chal. dict.) אבא אליהו ק׳ הוה father Elijah (the prophet) was hot-tempered (dealing with Ahab too severely); א"ל ק׳ קרית לי … דקא קפיד מר said he (Elijah) to him, thou didst call me hot-tempered! Said he, this very case before us proves it, for thou art resentful; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַפְדָּנוּת (preced.) impatience, anger, irritability, opp. עִנְוְתָנוּת. Gen. R. s. 74, a. e. קַפְדָּנוּתָן, v. עִנְוְתָנוּת. Sabb. 31ᵃ קַפְדָּנוּתוֹ של שמאי וכ׳ Shammai’s impatience came near driving us out of the world (of salvation); Ab. d’R. N. II (ed. Schechter) ch. XXIX קִפְדָּנוּתְךָ שמאי וכ׳ thy impatience, O Shammai, &c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָפָה , v. קפי ↗ expanded

קֵפֶה , v. קֵיפֶא ↗ expanded

קַפָּה name of a worm in herbs. Tosef. Ter. VII, 11 (Ar. קפא), v. קַפָּא III. ↗ expanded

קִפּוֹד , v. קִיפּוֹד ↗ expanded

קַפּוּדְקָאָה , v. קַפּוּדְקָיָא ↗ expanded

קַפּוּדְקְיָא Cappadocia, a district of Asia Minor. Targ. O. Deut. II, 23 קַפּוּטְקַ׳; Y. ed. Vien. קְיָאָה …; h. text כפתר). Targ. Am. IX, 7.—Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד בר נש); Y. Maas. Sh. IV, 55ᵇ bot.; Ber. 56ᵇ, v. קַפָּא I, II. Y. Yeb. II, end, 4ᵇ, v. קִיסְרִין; Tosef. ib. IV, 5 קפוט׳. Keth. XIII, 11 קפוט׳; Y. ed. קפוד׳. Sabb. 26ᵃ; Tosef. ib. II, 3, v. נֵפְטְ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַפּוּדְקָיָא (preced.) Cappadocian. Y. Peah I, 16ᶜ top ר׳ יודן ק׳. Koh. R. to VII, 23 ר׳ שמואל ק׳; Pesik. R. s. 14; a. e.—Pl. קַפּוּדְקָאֵי, קַפּוּטְ׳. Targ. Gen. X, 14 (h. text כפתרים). Targ. Ez. XXVII, 11 (h. text גמדים); a. e.—Y. Shebi. IX, 39ᵃ top ק׳ דציפורין the Cappadocian students at Sepphoris. ↗ expanded

קָפוֹז (קְפַז) jumper, runner. Gen. R. s. 86 (expl. איש מצליה, Gen. XXXIX, 2) גבר ק׳ a running (quick) man (with ref. to וצלחו, II Sam. XIX, 18); Yalk. ib. 145 קָפֵיז. ↗ expanded

קפוטורין , v. פִּיטּוּרֵי ↗ expanded

קַפּוּטִיקִי = קַפּוּדְקְיָא (?) Yalk. Gen. 148; v., however, פְּלַסְטִינִי. ↗ expanded

קַפּוּטְקָאָה , v. sub קַפּוּדְקְ׳. ↗ expanded

קִפּוּי , v. sub קִיפּ׳. ↗ expanded

קְפוֹלָאָה (קְפַל II) grave-robber. — Pl. קְפוֹלָאֵי. Sabb. 152ᵇ; Yalk. Ez. 376; Yalk. Gen. 33, v. קְפַל II. ↗ expanded

קפונדרא , v. קָפַּנְדַּרְיָא ↗ expanded

קְפוּסַאי , v. קְבוּסַאי ↗ expanded

קִפּוֹף , v. sub קִיפּ׳. ↗ expanded

קָפוּף (= קוּפָּה) basket; ק׳ ומחוק the peddlar’s basket with the strike which he carries with him. Tosef. Ḥull. VIII, 4 [read:] נותנן בק׳ ובמ׳ ומפשילן וכ׳ he may put them (the fowl and the cheese) into the basket and throw them over his shoulder. ↗ expanded

קִפּוּץ , v. קִיפּוּץ ↗ expanded

קְפוּצַאי , v. קְבוּסַאי ↗ expanded

קָפֵז (cmp. קָפַץ) to leap, dance. Gen. R. s. 68 קוֹפְזִים בו Ar. (ed. קְפֵזִים), v. אָפֵז. Gen. R. s. 87 Ar. (ed. קפץ). ↗ expanded

קְפַז Targ. Cant. II, 8 Ar. (ed. טְפַז, q. v.).—Gen. R. s. 86, end כל דקָפֵיז לה נסיב וכ׳ whoever jumps up on her (the bear), shall get all the ornaments upon her. Ib. [read:] מסתכלין אתון … בניביה של אותה דובה ואתון קְפוֹז קַפְזִין אתמהא (strike out אמר ר׳ ברכיה) you look at what is on her, but I look at the tusks of that bear; and will you jump?; Yalk. ib. 145 ואיתקפז, read: וְאַתְּ קפז and jump thou. ↗ expanded

קָפַח (cmp. (cmp. גבח, כופח) to arch, bend.—Denom. קִיפֵּחַ. to slap (with the palm of the hand); to strike. Yalk. Gen. 79 קְפָחַתָּהּ, v. טָפַח I. Y. Yeb. XV, 14ᵈ אין החמה קוֹפַחַת על וכ׳ the sun strikes the head of man only in the harvesting season. Cant. R. to I, 6 קְפָחַתּוֹ החמה על וכ׳ the sun struck his head, and his face became bronzed. Ib. VI, 10.—Gen. R. s. 67 (ref. to Gen. XXVII, 46) קופחת זו לזו וזו לזו slapping this against that, and that against this’ i.e. (cmp. נָקַשׁ) believing all of them equally bad.—[Y. Sabb. XX, end, 17ᵈ קפוח, v. next. w.—Hor. 11ᵇ, v. infra.] Pi. קִיפֵּחֵ same. Gen. R. s. 23 (ref. to וזה, Gen. XI, 6) ק׳ על ראשו וכ׳ he put his hand upon Nimrod’s head, saying, this man &c.; ib. s. 26. to bend, force, outrage, overwhelm. Pes. 118ᵃ הקב"ה איֹנו מְקַפֵּחַ שכר וכ׳ the Lord does not outrage (by withholding) the reward of any creature, i.e. even the wicked are rewarded for what good they may do; Naz. 23ᵇ אין … מקפח אפי׳ שכר וכ׳ God does not withhold the reward even for a decorous word. Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ איפשר … והוא מְקַפְּחוֹ במים(= מק׳ שכרו) is it possible? he honored his Creator with water, and he should outrage him with water (allow his daughter to be drowned)?; Y. Shek. V, 48ᵈ bot. מקפתו (corr. acc.). Kidd. 52ᵇ לקַפְּחֵנִי בהלכות וכ׳ they come to overwhelm me with citations of traditions (of which they will prove me to be ignorant); Naz. 49ᵇ. Num. R. s. 9 (31) קִיפְּחָה נזירות בראשה she forced the nazarite obligations upon her head (the vow was of her own doing); a. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּפָּח; f. מְקוּפַּחַת forced, perverted, distorted. Y. Sot. III, 18ᵈ bot. נמצאת מידת הדין מק׳ justice would appear perverted; Num. R. l. c. Ohol. XVI, 1 אקפח … שזו הלכה מק׳ may I bury my children (v. infra), if this is not a distorted (misrepresented) hălakhah; Tosef. ib. XV, 12. to overpower, take from one by force. Y. Snh. VIII, 26ᵇ bot. יושב … ומקפח הבריות וכ׳ he will sit at cross-roads and rob the people and kill &c.; (Bab. ib. 72ᵃ ומלסטם); Lev. R. s. 30 ומק׳ לעוברים ושבים. Yoma 83ᵇ קִפַּחְתָּ את הרועה thou hast forced the shepherd (to give thee his bread); אני קִפַּחְתִּי … ואתה קפחת וכ׳ I laid the shepherd under contribution, but thou didst so to the whole town (when they all came to his rescue with refreshments). Pesik. R. s. 3 ראה כמה קי׳ לוט וכ׳ see to what extent Lot deprived Abraham of the divine communication!; a. fr. to cover, bury, survive. Ohol. l. c.; Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᶜ bot. אֲקַפֵּחַ את בניי וכ׳ may I bury my children if &c. (an oath frequently used by R. Ṭarfon). B. Mets. 85ᵃ אותו צדיק שהיה מקפח את בניו that righteous man (Ṭarfon) who used to swear by the life of his children. Pes. 87ᵇ אין לך כל נביא … שלא ק׳ וכ׳ there was not a single prophet that did not survive four kings &c.; a. fr.—Trnsf. a) to ruin. Sabb. 147ᵇ חמרא … קִיפְּתוּ וכ׳ the wine of P’rugitha and the baths of D. (luxurious life) ruined ten tribes of Israel. Kidd. IV, 14 (82ᵃ); Tosef. ib. V, 15 קיפחתי את פרנסתי I have ruined my livelihood (forfeited the privilege of support without toil like dumb animals); Y. ib. IV, end, 66ᵈ (not קופחתי).—b) to cover up, retain. Ker. 5ᵃ bot. קלט את הריח וקִיפְּחוֹ the oil resorbed the scent and retained it; Hor. 11ᵇ קולט … וקפחו (ed. Ven. וקופיחו; corr. acc.); Yalk. Ex. 387 (not וקיפחן). (denom. of קִפֵּחַ) to make high and arched shoulders, to cause or pretend to be humpbacked. Sot. VIII, 6 כל המבקש … לקַפֵּחַ את שוקיו if anybody attempted to go back (desert the army), he (the officer) was empowered to beat him until he was humpbacked; Sifré Deut. 198; Yalk. ib. 923. Tosef. Peah lV, 14 המקפח את שוקיו (a beggar) who simulates a hump; Keth. 68ᵃ; Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵇ top המנפח (read: המְכַפֵּחַ). ↗ expanded

קְפַח , to force, overwhelm; to rob. Targ. Hos. VII, 1 קָפְחִין (not קַפָּחִין).—Y. Sabb. XX, end, 17ᵈ קְפוֹחַ קְפִיחָה rob him that has been robbed (v. צְנִינִים). Pa. קַפֵּחַ same. Yoma 83ᵇ קַפְּחֵיה לרועה וכ׳ he overpowered the shepherd and ate his bread. Gen. R. s. 75, beg. שרי מְקַפֵּחַ ביה began to rob him. Gen. R. s. 87 הא … קום קַפְּחִינָהּ the she-bear is before thee, rise and overpower her, i.e. here is a temptation, conquer it. Lev. R. s. 18 לסטין אתאן למְקַפְּחָא יתי robbers are coming to rob me. Lev. R. s. 30 קַפְּחֵיה ונסב וכ׳ he overpowered him and took all he had. Ib. הב … דקַפַּחְתַּנִי give me back what thou hast robbed me of. Ib. מן כל מה דקַפְּחִית וכ׳ of all I forced (out of thee) and of all I took, this man has (I have) nothing left except this rug. Koh. R. to VII, 26 והוא נפיק ומקפח בליליא and he used to go out by night for robbery; a. fr.—Gitt. 29ᵇ קַפְּחִינְהוּ רב ספרא וכ׳ R. Safra got the better of three ordained rabbis; קפחינהו … בטעותא R. S. got the better of …, by showing them their mistake. Ithpe. אִיקְּפַח to be overpowered, robbed. Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵇ bot. [read:] ר׳ יוחנן א׳ בעלי וכ׳, v. קַנְיָיה. Ib. אִיקַּפְחִית וכ׳ (not איקפחת) I have been robbed &c. ↗ expanded

קִפֵּחַ , v. כִּיפֵּחַ ↗ expanded

קַפָּחוּתָא (preced. art.) overthrow, victory. Gitt. 29ᵇ מאי ק׳ Rashi (ed. במאי קפחינהו) where is his victory?, i.e. his argument is not unanswerable. ↗ expanded

קַפְטָאוֹת , v. קוּבְטָאוֹת ↗ expanded

קפי (b. h.) [to bend, arch, be arched,] to be on top, float on the surface. Part. pass. קָפוּי; f. קְפוּיָה; pl. קְפוּיִים, קְפוּיִין; קְפוּיוֹת light of weight. Pes. 50ᵃ (ref. to יקרות וקפאון, Zech. XIV, 6) אור שיקר בעוה"ז ק׳ הוא וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. וק׳) light which is weighty (precious, rare) in this world shall be light (little esteemed, an ordinary thing) in the world to come; ib. נגעים … וקפויין וכ׳ (Ms. M. קפויות) the treatises Negaim and Oholoth, which are heavy (difficult, obscure) in this world, shall be light (easily understood) &c., ib. אלו בני אדם … (ו)ק׳ הם וכ׳ those who are weighty (important on account of their wealth, though otherwise without merit) in this world, shall be light (disregarded) &c.; Yalk. Zech. 583. to coagulate, be curdled. Gen. R. s. 4 כיון שירד … מיד הוא קוֹפֵא ועומד ed. Wil. (oth. ed. קוֹפֶה) as soon as a drop of m’so (v. מְסוֹ) is put in, the milk curdles and ‘stands’ (v. עָמַד); ib. s. 14 קופה (ed. Wil. קָפוּי); Lev. R. s. 14 נִקְפָּא. Tanḥ. B’shall. 17; Mekh. ib., Shirah, s. 6 קפא עליהם וכ׳ the sea around them was congealed as far as &c.; Yalk. Ex. 248 נִקְפָּה; a. e.—[Tosef. Maasr. I, 7, v. infra.] Pi. קִיפָּה to skim, take off the scum and the substances that gather on wine when it begins to ferment. Maasr. I, 7 היין משיְקַפֶּה אע"פ שקי׳ וכ׳ Y. ed. (Bab. and Mish. ed. שקִפָּה) wine is subject to tithes when the manufacturer begins to skim; but although he has skimmed, he may take &c.; Tosef. ib. I, 7 אע"פ שקופה ed. Zuck. (Var. שקיפה); Ab. Zar. 56ᵃ; Y. B. Mets. VII, beg. 11ᵇ; [Maim. to Maasr. l. c. seems to read משיִקְפֶּה, expl. to form scum]. Tosef. l. c. שולה וקופה ed. Zuck. (Var. שילה וקיפה), v. שָׁלָה. Maasr. IV, 1 המְקַפֵּא לתבשיל he that skims for the purpose of taking wine for a dish; Tosef. ib. I, 9 המְקַפֶּה בעריבה he that skims and takes wine out in a trough; a. fr.—In gen. to take from the top. Ter. IV, 11 סאה … וְקִפְּאָהּ if one S’ah of T’rumah fell on top of a pile, and he took it off. Ib. יְקַפְּאֶנָּה Mish. ed. (Bab. ed. יַקְפִּיאֶנָּה Hif.; Y. ed. Krot. ייקפינה, read: יְקַפֶּינָּה; Ms. M. יקיפנה, corr. acc.) let him take it off. Y. ib. 43ᵃ bot. קפה וחזר וק׳ if he took from the top once and again; a. e. Hif. הִקְפִּיא, הִקְפָּה same, v. supra.—2) to cause to float. Ber. 40ᵃ המַקְפֶּה אכילתו במים he that makes his food float in water (who drinks freely after meals). Sabb. 21ᵃ להַקְפּוֹת to keep the wick floating.—3) to curdle, congeal; to cause coagulation; to become thick. Ḥull. 120ᵃ; Men. 21ᵃ ה׳ את הדם if he made the blood thick (through boiling); ib. הִקְפָּהוּ באור Mss. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) if he made it thick by means of artificial heat; הקפהו בחמה by exposure to the sun. Lev. R. s. 14 (ref. to Job X, 10) הִקְפִיאֲתָנִי אינו אומר וכ׳ it does not read, thou hast curdled me, but thou wilt &c.; Gen. R. s. 14 הִקְפֵּאתַנִי (some ed. הִקְפֵּתַנִי). Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Ex. XV, 8) ה׳ שלישו של ים he made one-third of the sea thick (v. supra); a. e. Nif. נִקְפָּא, נִקְפָּה to be curdled, made thick. Lev. R. l. c.; Yalk. Ex. 248, v. supra.—[Y. Ned. VII, end, 40ᶜ ניקפת, read: נִיכְפֵּית, v. כָּפָה.] ↗ expanded

קְפֵי , to float, be on top. Targ. II Kings VI, 6 (h. text ויצף). Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 8.—Succ. 53ᵃ ק׳ תהומא וכ׳ the waters of the deep came on top and threatened to flood the world; Macc. 11ᵃ. Ḥull. 26ᵇ איידי דמיא … ק׳ מלעיל because water is heavier, it rests below, and the fruit floats on top. Ib. 111ᵇ דמא … דכבדא ק׳ the blood of flesh sinks, that of the liver floats. Erub. 53ᵇ ותִיקְפֵּי עלת וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ותתקפו, Rashi ותתקפי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.), v. עַלַּת; a. e.—2) to coagulate, curdle. Targ. O. Ex. XV, 8.—Ḥull. 93ᵇ מִיקְפָּא קָפֵי the blood coagulates, opp. דייב. Af. אַקְפֵּי to cause to float. Ḥag. 16ᵇ אַקְפּוּ ידייכו let your hands float (rest lightly on the head of the sacrifice). Sabb. 128ᵇ דמַקְפְּיָא נפשה (or דמְקַפְּיָא Pa.) she (the hen) makes herself float (raises her feet and spreads her wings, so that you have to carry her instead of making her walk). to overflow; to be flooded. Kidd. 72ᵃ א׳ פירא דכוורי וכ׳ Ar. (ed. בכוורי) a fish pond overflowed on the Sabbath, and they went and caught fish &c. B. Mets. 12ᵇ דא׳ אגמא בכוורי (Rashi a. Ar. דאַקְפָּאִי; Ms. R. 2 קְפָאִי; Ms. R. 1 אכפאי, corr. acc.) when a meadow was flooded with fish (the flood carrying fish over the meadow). to cause coagulation. Ḥull. 120ᵃ כיון דאַקְפֵּיה וכ׳ since he took pains to make the blood thick (by boiling), he proved that he had his mind on it. Ithpe. אִתְקְפֵי to float, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְפֵידָא (קְפַד) minding, caring for, an intimation that you care for a thing to be exactly as you want it, a legal objection. Keth. 72ᵇ מידי … הוי קְפֵידֵיה ק׳ if the vow concerns a thing which people (husbands) generally mind (e.g. a wife’s abstinence from meat and wine or from ornamenting her body), his objection to it is valid (and if he betrothed her with the condition that she had no vows to bind her, he has a right to dismiss her without her jointure), but &c. B. Bath. 165ᵃ האשה שאמרה … מר סבר ק׳ ומר וכ׳ if a woman said, receive a letter of divorce for me at such and such a place, and they received it at a different place …, one is of the opinion, it was an intimation that she was particular about the place (and the act is invalid); the other says, it was merely an intimation of the place where the messenger was likely to find her husband. Ib. . באתרא דנהיגי פשוט … ועבד ליה מקושר ק׳ where the usage is to make a plain document, and he said, make it plain, and the writer made a rolled up document, the objection is valid; Kidd. 49ᵃ; a. fr.—Sot. 26ᵇ, v. next w.—Pl. קְפֵירִין. Midr. Sam. ch. XXVIII (expl. עיניו, Job XXXVI, 7) עייניהון קְפֵידֵיהוֹן what they have in sight, what they care for (v., however, פֹּורָא). ↗ expanded

קְפִידָה , minding, objection. Num. R. s. 9 מהו דתימא בקְפִידַת הבעל וכ׳ you may have thought that the Scripture makes the case dependent on the husband’s objection, and the husband shows here that he does object (to her conduct); Sot. 26ᵇ בקפידא דבעל (Chald.). ↗ expanded

קְפִידוּתָא (קְפַד) shrinking, shortness. Targ. Is. LIX, 1 קְפִידוּת ידא lack of power. Targ. Y. Ex. VI, 9 ק׳ רוחא (h. text קצר רוח). ↗ expanded

קְפִיזָא ḳ’fiza, name of a small measure (Pers. ḳawij, Greek καπίθη). Men. 24ᵃ ק׳ בקבא if one hollowed out a ḳ. within a kab measure. Pes. 48ᵇ נהוג למיפא ק׳ ק׳ are in the habit of baking only a ḳ. at a time. Ḥull. 25ᵃ חק ק׳ בקבא he hollowed out a ḳ. in a block intended for a kab measure; Sabb. 103ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. קְפִיזֵי. Ib. 110ᵇ. Men. 78ᵃ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְפִיחָה , Y. Sabb. XX, end, 17ᵈ, v. קְפַח ↗ expanded

קפיטורין , v. פִּיטּוּרֵי ↗ expanded

קְפֵילָא (κάπηλος) huckster, dealer in victuals; tavern-keeper. Y. B. Mets. V, 10ᶜ bot. יהב חד דינר לק׳ ונסב מיניה בשער זלילה וכ׳ (not בשעה) advanced one denar to a huckster and received all he bought of him at the lowest prices of the entire year. Lev. R. s. 12 (ref. to Prov. XXIII, 29 sq.) זה שנכנס לבי ק׳ וכ׳ he who is the first to enter the tavern and the last to leave it; Yalk. Prov. 960 קְפֵלָא; a. fr.—Esp. keeper of a cook-shop, professional cook. Ḥull. 97ᵃ ליטעמיה ק׳ ארמאה let a gentile cook taste it. Ib. אמור רבנן בק׳ there are cases when the rabbis make the decision dependent on the taste of a gentile cook; a. fr.—Pl. (h.) קְפֵילָאוֹת, (ch.) קְפֵילַיָּא. Tosef. B. Mets. XI, 30 הנחתומים והק׳ the bakers and the tavern-keepers. Y. Shebu. VII, 38ᵃ top, v. כַּתַּף. ↗ expanded

קַפִּילִיטָא (capillitium) hair, wig; hair-dress. Y. Sabb. VI, beg. 7ᵈ קַפִּילִיטָהּ (Mus. in Ar. קפליטא), v. לִיבְרָה.—V. קַפְלָטִין. ↗ expanded

קְפֵילִין (καπηλεῖον) cook-shop, tavern. Gen. R. s. 19, beg.; Yalk. Koh. 967. Y. Sot. III, 19ᵃ אעלוניה לק׳ וחסרוניה וכ׳ they took him to a tavern and made him one ḳaraṭ poorer; Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ bot. ↗ expanded

קְפִיפָה (קָפַף) = כְּפִיפָה, basket. Kel. XXVI, 1 Ar. a. ed. Dehr. (ed. כ׳); Sabb. XX, 2 (139ᵇ) Y. ed. (Bab. a. Mish. כ׳); Y. ib. VIII, 11ᵇ ק׳ מצרית, v. כְּפִיפָה. pl. קְפִיפִים, קְפִיפִיֹּות (fr. קְפִיפִית) circular enclosures. Tosef. Ohol. VIII, 8; Bekh. 22ᵃ, v. טְפִיפִית. ↗ expanded

קָפִיץ , pl. קְפִיצִין (cmp. קָפַץ; קֶבֶץ, a. Syr. קופסא poples, P. Sm. 3696) joints, hams of the knee. Gen. R. s. 65 (ref. to Ez. I, 7) אין להם ק׳ they have no joints (cannot bend their knees). Lev. R. s. 6; Pesik. R. s. 22 מלאכי … ק׳ the angels of destruction have no joints (cannot sit or lie down); a. e.—Tosef. Par. XI (X), 1 ספק הקְפָצִין a doubtful levitical uncleanness based on contact with one’s legs, opp. to הידים. ↗ expanded

קֻפִּיץ , v. קוּפִּיץ ↗ expanded

קְפִיצָה (קָפַץ) leaping. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII אותה ק׳ ed. Bub. (ed. הקְפָצָה), v. קָפַץ; Yalk. ib. 687.—Pl. קְפִיצוֹת. Y. Succ. V, 55ᶜ top היה … בקְפִיצוֹתָיו prided himself on his leaping performances. miraculous translation from place to place. Erub. 43ᵃ רקאזיל בק׳ he traversed a large distance by miraculous flight; Yeb. 116ᵃ skipping, intermission. Nidd. 11ᵃ בלא ק׳ regularly.—Pl. as ab. Ib.; a. e. [closing of lips,] mimic intimation of, or to a deaf and dumb person.—Pl. as ab. Gitt. 71ᵃ לא הלכו … ואחר קפיצותיו וכ׳ we follow his intimations by hints or motions of the lips or by writing only in the disposal of chattel, but not for letters of divorce. ↗ expanded

קפיקליטור , Cant. R. to VIII, 6, read: סְפִיקָלָטוֹר; v. קוֹזְמוֹקְרָטוֹר ↗ expanded

קָפַל 1 (v. כָּפַל) to double, fold, roll up. Y. Bets. II, 61ᶜ bot. סדיני‌ן … היו קוֹפְלִין אותן they spread sheets on the floor, and, when the guests left, they folded them up. Men. VI, 4 (75ᵇ), v. כָּפַל. Gen. R. s. 52 היה קוֹפֵל את הוילון וכ׳ he had the curtain rolled up and spoke to him; ib. s. 74 מְקַפֵּל. Esth. R. to I, 5. Ex. R. s. 52 שלשה … קְפָלוּהוּ for three months they kept the Tabernacle rolled up (did not put it up); Yalk. ib. 417; (Tanḥ. P’ḳudé 11 היה מונה ומפורק). Ḥull. 91ᵇ קְפָלָהּ הקב"ה לכל וכ׳ (Ms. H. קִיפֵּל) the Lord rolled up the entire land of Israel and placed it under him (Jacob); Gen. R. s. 69 קפלה כפינקס he folded it together like a book of writing tablets; a. fr.—Trnsf. to overlap, combine. Tanḥ. Lekh 11 תשע … הקב"ה וכ׳ the Lord combined 980 generations in order to give the law of circumcision to Abraham (alluding to Ps. CV, 8); ib. תתקע"ד דור וכ׳ the Lord combined 974 generations in order to give the Law to the generation of the wilderness; Cant. R. to IV, 4 (ref. to אלף המגן, ib.) אלף דור קָפַלְתִּי וכ׳ I combined a thousand generations and brought that shield (the Law) which was the desire of your heart. B. Bath. 121ᵇ שבעה קָפְלוּ וכ׳ (Rashb. קִיפְּלוּ) seven persons overlapped an entire world (lived through many generations): Methusalem saw Adam, Shem saw Methuselah &c.—Part. pass. קָפוּל; pl. קְפוּלִים. Ohol. XI, 3 ק׳ זו ע"ג זו folded up (packed) one above the other. Pi. קִיפֵּל same. Gen. R. s. 52 לנביאי או"ה אינו מְקַפֵּל אותו וכ׳ for the gentile prophets the Lord does not lift the curtain, but speaks to them from behind it. Sabb. II, 3 פתילת … שקִיפְּלָהּ וכ׳ a wick made of rags which one has twisted but not yet singed. Ib. XV, 3 מְקַפְּלִין את הכלים וכ׳ you may fold garments &c. Par. II, 3, v. מוֹסֵרָה. Sot. 36ᵃ וקִיפְּלוּ את האבנים and they doubled up (packed) the stones, v. infra; (Tosef. ib. VIII, 8 ונטלו); a. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּפָּל; f. מְקוּפֶּלֶת; pl. מְקוּפָּלִים, מְקוּפָּלִין; מְקוּפָּלוֹת. Sabb. 58ᵃ; 147ᵃ היוצא בטלית מק׳ וכ׳ he that goes out with a cloak rolled up and laid over his shoulder. Ib. סוחרי כסות … מק׳ וכ׳ dealers in clothes who go out with cloaks rolled up and laid &c. Sifré Num. 84 וכשהם חונין … מק׳ ועומד and when they encamped, the pillar of cloud remained rolled up. Taan. 31ᵃ אפי׳ מק׳ וכ׳ even when folded and lying in the chest; a. e.—Ned. VIII, 4, v. infra. Hif. הִקְפִּיל to double up, lay up in layers, pack. Ned. VIII, 4 (61ᵇ) עד שיַקְפִּילוּ המקצועות Bab. ed. (Y. ed. שיכפילו; Mish. שיְקַפְּלוּ), v. מַקְצוּעָה; (ib. 61ᵇ Gemarah שיכפלו, שיכפילו); Tosef. Dem. I, 3 משיקפלו; Y. ib. I, beg. 21ᶜ משיקפלו. Hof. הוּקְפָּל to be laid up in layers, be folded up. Ned. 62ᵃ הוּקְפְּלוּ רוב וכ׳ if most of the figs have been packed (most of the knives have been folded up). ↗ expanded

קְפַל Pa. קַפֵּל same, to fold, roll up. Part. pass. מְקַפַּל. Targ. Y. Num. X, 35 (not מְקַפֵּל; v. Sifré Num. 84, quot. in preced.).—Sabb. 58ᵃ ומְקַפֵּל ליה וכ׳ Rashi (ed. ומיקפל, corr. acc.) he might roll the cloak up and put it over his shoulder; a. e.— to go up and down. Koh. R. to XI, 1 בר קפרא מקפל וכ׳ Bar Ḳ. was walking up and down the bluffs of &c.; [comment. suggests emendation: מְטַיֵּיל]. Ithpe. אִתְקְפַל to be rolled up. Targ. Is. XXXVIII, 12, v. קְפַד. ↗ expanded

קָפַל 2 (transpos. of קלף; cmp. Syr. קפל, P. Sm. 3691, sq.) to scrape, eat away. Sifré Num. 85 [read:] ירדה … קוֹפֶלֶת ומחתה בהם מתחתיהם fire came down from heaven, and it was eating away and digging among them from under them; Yalk. ib. 732 [read:] קופלת ומחתה בהם. Pi. קִיפּל to scrape off. M. Kat. 9ᵇ בסיד … לקַפְּלוֹ במועד a lime paste which you may scrape off during the festive week.—[Sot. 35ᵇ, Rashi to Ḥull. 44ᵃ וקפלו את האבנים, ‘they scraped the stones’ by confounding with ib. 36ᵃ וקילפו את הסיד.] Hithpa. הִתְקַפֵּל to be scraped; (of glassware) to be cut or engraven. Y. Succ. IV, 54ᵈ top מהו … שהיתה מִתְקַפֶּלֶת what kind of white glass is meant? Cut (or engraved) glass. ↗ expanded

קְפַל ² Pa. קַפֵּל same, to scrape off. B. Bath. 4ᵇ דקָפֵיל ליה חבריה וכ׳ (Rashi: מְקַפֵּל; Ms. M. מְקַפּיל) the neighbor might scrape off (the clay) &c. Ib. מקפיל ליה Ms. M. (ed. קליף ליה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). to dig, unearth (esp. used of grave robbers). Sabb. 152ᵇ הנהו קפולאי דהוו קָפְלֵי וכ׳ grave robbers that were unearthing (bodies) in the field of &c.; Yalk. Ez. 376; Yalk. Gen. 33 מְקַפְּלֵי. Ithpe. אִיקְּפִיל to be peeled off. Ḥull. 44ᵃ [read:] דאִיקְּפוּל אִיקְּפוּלֵי the gullet and windpipe were loosened by peeling, opp. דאפרוק איפרוקי they were torn off forcibly. ↗ expanded

קֶפֶל (קפַל I) surrounding, guard (cmp. קוּפְלָיוֹת); pr. n. pl. Ḳefel. B. Bath. 75ᵇ (the Lord shall add to Jerusalem) אלף ק׳ וכ׳ one thousand times the area of Ḳefel for towers; Yalk. Zech. 568; [for Var. lect., v. Rabb. D. S. to B. Bath. l. c., note 40; comment. take קפ"ל as numerals = 210). ↗ expanded

קְפֵלָא , v. קְפֵילָא ↗ expanded

קִפְלָאוֹת , v. כִּפְלָיוֹת ↗ expanded

קַפְלוֹט (κεφάλωτον, sub. πράσον) leek with a head (porrum capitatum), porret. Tosef. Pes. II (III), 20 they left a corner (פֵּאָה) only ללפת ולק׳ (ed. Zuck. ולקפליטאות) of turnips and porret; Pes. 56ᵇ. Y. Ber. VI, 10ᶜ top; a. fr.—Pl. קַפְלוֹטוֹת, קַפְלוֹטָאוֹת. Y. Ter. II, 41ᶜ bot. ראשי ק׳ heads of leeks. Ukts. I, 2 (not קפלטית). Ned. VI, 9 (53ᵃ) קפלטות Mish. (Y. a. Bab. ed. קפלו׳). Tosef. Pes. l. c. קפליטאות (corr. acc.). Maas. Sh. II, 1; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 38ᵇ, v. קוּבְטָאוֹת. ↗ expanded

קַפְלוֹטָא Y. Ber. VI, 10ᶜ top; a. e.—Pl. קַפְלוֹטַיָּא, קַפְלוֹטִין. Targ. Y. Num. XI, 5 Bxt. (ed. כרתיה; h. text חציר).—Y. Ber. l. c. Y. Dem. II, 22ᵈ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קִפְלוּרְיָא , v. קִפְלַרְיָא ↗ expanded

קַפְלָטוֹת , v. קַפְלוֹט ↗ expanded

קַפְלָטִין (capillitium = capillatura) false hair, wig (or head-dress). Y. Keth. VII, 31ᵇ bot. היוצאה בק׳ שלה וכ׳ if a woman goes out with her wig (or head-dress), she is not to be considered as one that goes out with her head uncovered (as disregarding the Jewish customs of decency). ↗ expanded

קפלטית , v. קַפְלוֹט ↗ expanded

קִפְלָיוֹת , v. קוּפְלָיוֹת ↗ expanded

קִפְלַרְיָא Ḳiflaria, Ḳifluria, name of a summit of Mount Amanus, prob. Mons Casius in North Syria (v. Neub. Géogr. p. 8). Tosef. Ter. II, 12 (ed. Zuck. קיפלו׳); Tosef. Ḥall. II, 11 (ed. Zuck. קפלו׳); Gitt. 8ᵃ קפלו׳; Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᵈ ↗ expanded

קָפַּנְדַּרְיָא (compendiaria, sub. via) a short cut, path. Ber. IX, 5 (54ᵃ) לא יעשנו ק׳ one must not use the Temple mount for a short cut. Y. ib. I, 2ᵇ bot. ההוא דאזיל ליה בקפונדרא one that walks (from the top of Mount Carmel to the Ocean) by the short cut, opp. איסרטא. Bab. ib. 62ᵇ (phonetic etymol.) דמקׄׄׄ אדׄׄ וכ׳, v. דָּרָא I; Meg. 29ᵃ. Tanḥ. K’doshim 8 וקרב לפני המלך בקופנדר (Ms. Michael O. קומפנדר) approached the king on a side road (instead of being duly announced); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָפַס , dial. for קָפַץ q. v. ↗ expanded

קַפְסָא , v. קוּפְסָא ↗ expanded

קָפַץ (b. h.) to contract, shrink; to close. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII, 20 היה השרביט קוֹפֵץ the scepter grew smaller and smaller; Yalk. ib. 687. Gen. R. s. 39 קוֹפֶצֶת באחת מאגפיה וכ׳ contracts herself with (flaps) one wing &c., v. יוֹנָה II. Snh. 95ᵃ שלשה קָפְצָה להם הארץ (Ar. הדרך) for three persons did the earth (the road) shrink (they were suddenly transferred to a distant place); Yalk. Gen. 107. Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ קפצה לה א"י Palestine has shrunk; a. fr.—ק׳ פה (or sub. פה) to close the mouth, to indicate one’s will by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7 קוֹפֵץ ונִקְפָּץ a deaf and dumb person may transact business by motions with closed lips and by being spoken to in the same way.—Part. pass. קָפוּץ; f. קְפוּצָה &c. Koh. R. to V, 14 כשאדם … ידין הן קְפוּצוֹת וכ׳ when man enters the world, his hands are clenched, as if saying, the whole world is mine &c., opp. פשוטות straight, open. to leap (with joined feet), jump; to be excited. Midr. Till. l. c. אותה קפיצה שקָפַצְתָּ על אבותי בים כן תִּקְפּוֹץ עלי היום ותפלטני ed. Bub. (ed. אותה הקפצה שהִקְפַּצְתָּ על אבותינו כן וכ׳) with the same leap with which thou didst leap like a hart in aid of my ancestors at the sea, leap now to my aid and save me; Yalk. Ps. l. c. Midr. Till. l. c. 1 קוֹפֵץ כאיל ed. Bub., v. Pi. Ohol. VIII, 5 הקופץ ממקום וכ׳ he that jumps from one place to another, contrad. to הדולג (v. קִיפּוּץ). Succ. 49ᵇ שמא תאמר כל הבא לִקְפּוֹץ קוֹפֵץ lest you say, whosoever comes to jump may jump (whosoever wishes to do good succeeds in doing real good), we read &c. (Ps. XXXVI, 8). Sabb. 152ᵃ זקנה קופצת עליו old age will spring upon him (will overtake him prematurely). Taan. 5ᵇ זקנה קפצה עליו he grew old before his time. Ib. מיד קפצה וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. אמר הקב"ה אקפוץ, read אַקְפִּיץ). Sifra Sh’mini, Milluim קפצה פורענות על וכ׳ punishment overtook Nadab &c. Y. Keth. X, beg. 33ᵈ קפצה עליהן ירושת תורה the legal succession according to Biblical law was sprung upon them (they have the precedence); ib. IV, 28ᵈ bot. קָפְסָה. Y. Gitt. IV, 46ᵈ top כדי … קוֹפְצִין וכ׳ in order that all may be anxious to marry her. Y. Snh. X, 28ᶜ top איני קופץ אלא למה וכ׳ I will jump only at (betake myself to) what my grandfather told me, who said to me קְפוֹץ … לשלשה דברים וכ׳ betake thyself to three things, and thou shalt be safe, they are: prayer &c. Ber. 39ᵃ ק׳ וברך וכ׳ he hastened and said the benediction &c. Yeb. 32ᵇ ק׳ ר׳ חייא וכ׳ R. Ḥ. jumped up (got excited) and swore &c. Tosef. Keth. II, 3 היאך ק׳ זה לכהונה how did this man jump into priesthood (by what right does he enjoy the privileges of a priest)? Num. R. s. 15 ולא יִקְפּוֹץ להשיב and must not be rash to reply; a. fr. to skip. Nidd. 11ᵃ קפצה וראתה וכ׳ if she skipped (one period) and menstruated, skipped &c. (did so three times).— (denom. of קוּפִּיץ) to chop meat. Tosef. Bets. III, 5 קיפץ בכלי (Var. חותך) he cuts with some implement. Pi. קִיפֵּץ same, same, to leap; to skip. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵃ bot. והיו … מְקַפְּצִין וכ׳ and the ministering angels leaped before them like wedding guests rejoicing &c. Pesik. R. s. 15 (ref. to Cant. II, 8) מדלג … ומְקַפֵּץ על החשבונות וכ׳ leaping over the destined terms of redemption, and skipping over the calculations of years and epochs (hastening the redemption), v. עִיבּוּר. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII, 1 מְקַפֵּץ כאיל ed. Bub. (oth. ed. קופץ); ib. קופץ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. מקפץ) leaps like a hart; Yalk. ib. 685 קומץ (corr. acc.); a. fr. to cause to leap. Tanḥ. Sh’mini 11 הקב"ה מקפץ להם את הזקנה God springs old age upon them (to make them look venerable). Hif. הִקְפִּיץ as as Pi. 2. Taan. 5ᵇ אמר הקב"ה אַקְפִּיץ וכ׳ (not אקפוץ, v. supra) the Lord said, I shall cause old age to spring upon them prematurely. Gen. R. s. 56 וה׳ את בנו עמו and made his son leap with him (saved himself and his son; v., however, אגינו). to leap. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Nif. נִקְפָּץ to be spoken to by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְפַץ to contract, close &c. Targ. O. Deut. XV, 7. Targ. Y. Gen. XXVIII, 10.—Ḥull. 91ᵇ קָפְצָה ליה ארעא the earth shrank under him (v. preced.). to leap, be anxious for. Nidd. 8ᵇ מידי דקָפִיץ עליה זבונא something at which the purchaser jumps (i.e. a quality which makes the object more desirable). ↗ expanded

קֶפֶץ , v. קֶבֶץ.—Pl. קְפָצִין, v. קָפִיץ. ↗ expanded

קְפָצָה , v. קְפִיצָה ↗ expanded

קַפְצָה (an adapt. of capsa, as if from קָפַץ) chest, box. Kel. XVI, 7 ed. Dehr. (ed. קופסא). Y. Nidd. II, beg. 49ᵈ ק׳ של זכוכית a glass box.—Pl. קַפְצָיוֹת. Ib. ↗ expanded

קַפָּר Haḳḳappar surname of R. Eliezer. Ab. IV, 21. Ber. 63ᵃ.—Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ בן הק׳, v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַפָּרָא (preced.) Bar Ḳappara (son of Eliezer Haḳḳappar), a disciple of R. Judah the Nasi (v. Fr. M’bo, p. 71ᵃ). Yeb. 32ᵇ. Y. M. Kat. III, beg. 81ᶜ. Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ top; Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ top. M. Kat. 16ᵃ. Y. Hor. III, end, 48ᶜ משנתו של בר ק׳ the Mishnah (Boraitha) of Bar Ḳ.; Lam. R., introd. (R. Josh. 2); a. v. fr. ↗ expanded

קַפְרָאוֹת , v. קוּפְרָיוֹת ↗ expanded

קַפְרִיסִין , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַפְרָס (κάππαρις, capparis) caper-bush, esp. the flowers of the caper-bush. Maasr. IV, 6, v. צְלָף; Ber. 36ᵃ קַפְרִיסִין. Ib. 36ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) האי ק׳ ליתא וכ׳ the flower is no longer in existence, when the fruit is developed.—Pl. קַפְרִיסִין. Ib. 36ᵃ, v. supra; a. fr.—Ker. 6ᵃ יין ק׳ caper wine (as an ingredient of frankincense; oth. opin. in Rashi: Cyprus wine); Y. Yoma IV, 41ᵈ.—Ab. Zar. 38ᵇ הק׳ … שלהן caper flowers (or fruits) preserved by gentiles; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 11 קופרצין ed. Zuck. (Var. קפריסין); (Y. ib. II, 41ᵈ פנקריסין). ↗ expanded

קָפַשׂ (cmp. קָפַץ) to bend in the hand, clench, grab. Ḥall. II, 5 מעשה וקְפָשָׂהּ וכ׳ it happened that an old man … grabbed (and ate) it. ↗ expanded

קֶפֶשׂ (preced.) plait, gathering stitch, a kind of border. Y. M. Kat. III, 83ᵈ הסולם והק׳ אין וכ׳ the borders formed by chain stitches or by plaiting are no hindrance (for the rending of the garment in mourning), v. סוּלָּם. ↗ expanded

קפת , Y. Shek. V, 48ᵈ bot. מקפתו, read: מקפחו, v. קָפַח ↗ expanded

קָץ (קצץ) Decreer of Falsehood, legendary name of one of the Sodomitic judges. Gen. R. s. 50; Yalk. ib. 84, v. קַוְשֶׁקֶר. ↗ expanded

קַץ , v. קְצַץ ↗ expanded

קֵץ end, term, designated time, esp. the time of redemption. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to Is. XLI, 5) זה שרוי בקִיצּוֹ של עולם וכ׳ this one (Abraham) dwelt in one extreme part of the world, and that one (Shem) in the other &c. Ned. 41ᵃ כיון שהגיע קיצו וכ׳ when a man’s time (to die) has come. Meg. 3ᵃ משום דאית ביה קץ משיח because therein (in the Hagiographa) are contained intimations about the Messianic term (the Book of Daniel). Snh. 92ᵇ שמנו לקץ וטעו who ventured calculations as to the time of the redemption from Egypt, and made a mistake; Ex. R. s. 20 יצאו … שלם הקץ they left Egypt before the predestined term had expired; a. fr.—Pl. קִצִּים, קִצִּין, קִי׳. Ab. Zar. 61ᵇ ממונה הבא לק׳ a superintendent that comes at regular times. Snh. 97ᵇ מחשבי ק׳, v. חָשַׁב. Ib. כלו כל הק׳ ואין וכ׳ all the dates of redemption (calculated from the Scriptures) have passed, and the thing depends only on repentance. Cant. R. to II, 8; Lev. R. s. 19, v. עִיבּוּר. Pesik. R. s. 15, v. קִפַץ; a. fr.—[קיצין, Cant. R. to V, 11, v. קִיץ.] ↗ expanded

קֵץ ² Targ. O. Gen. VI, 13. Targ. Ez. VII, 6. Targ. Jer. VIII, 20 ed. Lag. (ed. קִבָּא); a. fr.—Lam. R. to II, 2; to IV, 18 קרב קצנו ק׳ דההיא ביתא ‘our end has come near’, the end of that house (the Temple); Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵃ קִיצֵּיה דההוא וכ׳; a. e.—Pl. קִצַּיָּא, קִי׳. Targ. Y. I Gen. XLIX, 1. Targ. Job VII, 12, v. גְּרַף. ↗ expanded

קָצָא , v. קָצַע ↗ expanded

קְצָא , v. קְצֵי ↗ expanded

קָצַב (b. h.) to cut, decide, determine, limit, bound. Y. Maasr. IV, 51ᵇ top ק׳ להיסב וכ׳ if he had determined to recline for a meal, but did not do so. [Y. Ḥag. II, 78ᵃ bot. חוגג וקוצב, read: וקוֹצֵר.]—Part. pass. קָצוּב; f. קְצוּבָה; pl. קְצוּבִים, קְצוּבִין; קְצוּבוֹת. Tosef. Ter. I, 10 דבר הק׳ מן התורה a thing (duty) the scope of which is clearly defined in the Torah, v. קִצְבָה. Gitt. 50ᵇ לפי שאין ק׳ because they (the alimonies of a widow and of orphaned daughters) are not definite (vary according to social position). Bets. 16ᵃ top כל … ק׳ וכ׳ the means of support are definitely assigned to man from the beginning of the year, except the expenses for the Sabbaths … and for education &c. Cant. R. to IV, 2 (ref. to קצובות, ib.) מלין ק׳ definitely regulated things (laws); ib. 4 (some ed. קְצִי׳). Y. Ber. V, beg. 8ᵈ הלכות ק׳ decided (settled) questions of law; (Bab. ib. 31ᵃ הלכה פסוקה); a. fr. Pi. קִיצֵּב to carve, chop (meat). Bets. I, 5 לקַצֵּב עליו בשר to carve meat on it. Tosef. ib. I, 11 אם קי׳ על העלי if he used the pestle to carve meat on it. Y. Macc. II, beg. 31ᶜ טבח שהוא מְקַצֵּב וכ׳ a butcher that chops meat and kills a man (by a slip of the hatchet &c.); a. e. ↗ expanded

קַצָּב (preced.) butcher. Eduy. VIII, 2, a. fr. זכריה בן הק׳.—Pl. קַצָּבִים. Bets. 25ᵃ והוא הדין לק׳ but it applies also to the butchers (that they must not sell meat before flaying and dissecting). ↗ expanded

קַצָּבָא —Pl. קַצָּבַיָּא. Bets. 25ᵇ, v. נְטִיעָה. ↗ expanded

קִצְבָה (קָצַב) decision, definition, limit, definite scope. Gitt. 52ᵃ דבר שיש לו ק׳ a thing (religious duty) for which there is a definite time and limit v. קָצַב. Pes. VI, 5 אם אמרת … שיש להן ק׳ וכ׳ you cannot draw an analogy between congregational offerings (on the Sabbath), which are definite, and the Passover sacrifice, which is indefinite; Y. ib. 33ᵃ. Ib. 33ᶜ bot. [read:] מאי אית לך דבר שאין לו ק׳ what do you mean by saying, a thing which is undefined? שלא נתנה התורה ק׳ וכ׳ the Law does not define how many Passover sacrifices supersede the Sabbath each year (whereas the number of the daily sacrifices is definite). Y. Ber. V, 9ᶜ top כנותן קי׳ וכ׳, v. מִדָּה. B. Kam. 113ᵃ, v. מוֹכֵס h. B. Mets. IX, 5 מה ק׳ (ב) כרי what standard is ‘a pile of grain’? i.e. this cannot be made a standard alike for large and small fields. Y. Shek. II, 46ᵈ top שקִצְבָתָן מן התורה (ed. Krot. שקִצְוָו׳) which are defined in the Biblical law (as to numbers and times); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַצְדּוֹר , v. קוּסְדּוֹר ↗ expanded

קָצָה , v. קצי ↗ expanded

קצה , Pesik. Vayhi, p. 9ᵃ בר ק׳, v. קצְרָה I ↗ expanded

קִצְוָוה , v. קִצְבָה ↗ expanded

קְצָווֹת , v. קְצָת ↗ expanded

קִצּוּעַ , v. קִיצּוּעַ ↗ expanded

קָצוֹעַ , pl. קָצוֹעוֹת (קָצַע) those who cut down trees for war purposes, sappers. Y. Ned. III, 38ᵃ ראה ק׳ המלך וכ׳ (not קצי׳) if he saw the king’s sappers come (to raze plantations). ↗ expanded

קְצוּפָה (קָצַף) visitation by divine anger, death; בית ק׳ house of mourning. Cant. R. to VIII, 5 (ref. to הקצפתם, Deut. IX, 8) עשיתם … לבית אבלה בית ק׳ you caused the Lord, as it were, to be a mourner for you; there are places where they call the house of mourning beth ḳ’tsufah (v. P. Sm. 3706 s. v. קצף).—V. קִצְפָּא. ↗ expanded

קְצוּצָא (קְצַץ; cmp. גַּוָּוזָא II) castrate, eunuch. — Pl. קְצוּצֵי. Ber. 16ᵇ bot. ואע"ג דקיימי ק׳ עילויה דרבי although ennuchs (constables) were at Rabbi’s disposal. ↗ expanded

קְצוּצָה , pl. קְצוּצוֹת (קָצַץ; v. Ex. XXXIX, 3) cut metal, strip, wire. Kel. XI, 3 (ed. Dehr. קְצוֹצֶת); Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. I, 1. cut fruits, v. קְצִיצָה. ↗ expanded

קְצוּצִים , v. קְצִיצִים ↗ expanded

קְצוֹצֶת , v. קְצוּצָה ↗ expanded

קְצוּצְתָּא (v. preced. wds.) timber, cut board, plank. B. Kam. 67ᵃ דמעיקרא ק׳ וכ׳ Ms. R. (ed. קְצִיצְתָּא; Ms. H. קְצַצְ׳) before (it was made a trough) it was called plank, and now tsinnora.—Pl. קְצוּצְיָיתָה, קְצוּצְיָיתָא. Ib. 96ᵃ stolen beams עבדינהו קצ׳ (Ms. R. קְצוּצָתָא; Ms. H. קְצַצְיָיתָא) which he cut into planks. (comp. כְּשׁוֹרָא) slice.—Pl. קְצוּצְוָתָא. Gen. R. s. 79 הוה מקצץ … ושדי קְצוּצְוָתֵיה וכ׳ (‘Rashi’, קְצִיצָתֵיה; Matt. K. קְצוּצָתֵיה) he cut a lupine and threw its slices about &c.; Yalk. ib. 133 והוה קצרן … קִיצּוּצְוָתֵיה (corr. acc.) ↗ expanded

קְצוֹרָא = קְצִירָא; קְצוֹר ערסא sick in bed. Targ. Job XXIX, 15. ↗ expanded

קצותא , v. קִיצוּתָא ↗ expanded

קֶצַח (b. h.) black cumin. Ukts. III, 6. Ber. 40ᵃ הרגיל בק׳ וכ׳ he that is in the habit of using black cumin will never have pain in the heart (stomach). Ib. ק׳ אחד מששים וכ׳ black cumin is one of sixty poisonous drugs. ↗ expanded

קִצְחָא Targ. Is. XXVIII, 25. ↗ expanded

קַצְטְרָא , v. קַצְרָא III ↗ expanded

קצי (b. h.) to scrape. Sifra M’tsorʿa, Neg., ch. IV, Par. 7 חולץ וקוֹצֶה וטח he must tear out (the leprous stone) and scrape (the wall) and plaster, v. קָצַע. (of figs) to cut, dry, and store; to harvest. Maasr. II, 7 השוכר … לִקְצוֹת עמו וכ׳ if a man hires a laborer to help him in the fig harvest. Ib. III, 1 המעביר … לקצות if a person brings figs over to his court to prepare them for storage. Y. ib. II, 50ᵃ bot. להיות … וקוֹצִין אחת that they eat nine portions and store one; a. fr.—V. מוּקְצֶה. to separate, set aside. Nidd. X, 7 (71ᵇ) קוֹצָה לה חלה she may separate the priest’s share of the dough; Y. Ber. VIII, 12ᵃ; a. e. to carry off, reduce, level a hill. Cant. R. to V, 11 the fool says, מי יכול לקצות את זה who can level this (mound)?; הריני קוֹצֶה וכ׳ I will carry off two loads to-day …, until I have levelled the entire mound; Lev. R. s. 19 לקצות … קוצץ; (Yalk. Cant. 989 לפנות … קודח). Hof. הוּקְצָה to be cut off, separated. Tosef. B. Bath. III, 5 החורשין המוּקְצִין בפני עצמן the forests (near a township) which are isolated (a plantation detached from the town); B. Bath. 68ᵇ המוקצין לה which are separate but opening into it; corrected המוקצין ממנה separated from it; Y. ib. IV, 14ᶜ bot. החורשים המוקצין ממנה (not הטרשים; corr. quot. s. v. טֶרֶשׁ).—Esp. to be set aside, be designated for a special purpose and forbidden for any other use (v. מוּקְצֶה). Sabb. 45ᵃ הואיל וה׳ למצותו ה׳ לאיסורו as the oil was set aside for its religious purpose (for the Sabbath light), it was at the same time set aside as an object prohibited to be used otherwise (during the Sabbath day). Ib. ולית ליה ה׳ למצותו and does he (R. Simon) not adopt the opinion that an object set aside for a religious act is forbidden for any other use (for the time being)?; a. e.—Part. מוּקְצֶה q. v. ↗ expanded

קְצֵי , to cut, break into pieces. Targ. Y. Lev. II, 6 Ar. (ed. רסיק).—Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵃ bot. כד הוה קָצֵי הוה טעים וכ׳ whenever he broke bread, he tasted (carrying a piece to his mouth) with his left hand, and distributed with the right hand. Ib. VIII, 12ᵃ bot. [read:] יהב ליה עגולה דיִקְצֵי he handed him a loaf to break it. Y. Sabb. VI, end, 8ᵈ [read:] קְצִינָן פלגא וכ׳ we broke off one half and gave it to him; a. e.—B. Mets. 108ᵃ מאן קַצְיֵיה, v. קוּץ III ch. Af. אַקְצֵי to set aside, make unavailable for any other purpose. Succ. 37ᵇ כי אַקְצְיֵיה מריחא אקצייה when he designated it (the myrtle branch) for religious use, he made it unavailable for smelling; מאכילה אקצייה made it unavailable for eating. Bets. 31ᵇ אַקְצִינְהִי, v. שְׂרַג or שְׁרַג I. to place in a corner.—Part. pass. f. מַקְצְיָא. Yoma 17ᵃ האי לשכה אַקְצוּיֵי מקציא וכ׳ that cell was situated in an angle (south-west corner); to him that came from the north it appeared to be in the south &c. Ithpe. אִתְקְצָאִי to be set aside, be made unavailable. Sabb. 43ᵃ מיגו דא׳ לבין השמשות א׳ וכ׳ since it was forbidden to handle it at twilight (when the Sabbath entered), it became so for the entire day; Succ. 46ᵇ. Ib. למצותה א׳ it was designated only for the religious ceremony (and forbidden for any other use until the ceremony has been performed); לכוליה יומא א׳ it is unavailable for the entire day (even after the ceremony has been performed); a. e. ↗ expanded

קָצַיָּא (preced.) cut pieces, planks. Ex. R. s. 6, end; Tanḥ. Vaëra 2, v. הֲנָיָיה ch. ↗ expanded

קַצְיָא Ḳatsia, name of a legendary king residing behind the Dark Mountains (v. חשֶׁךְ). Gen. R. s. 33; Lev. R. s. 27; Y. B. Mets. II, 8ᶜ bot.; Tanḥ. Emor 6; Yalk. Ps. 727. ↗ expanded

קְצִיבִין , Cant. R. to IV, 4 some ed., a. e. = קְצוּבִין, v. קָצַב ↗ expanded

קציון , Y. Bets. V, end, 63ᵇ, v. קְרַצְיוֹן ↗ expanded

קַצְיָיא , v. קַצְיָא ↗ expanded

קָצַיָּיא , v. קָצַיָּא ↗ expanded

קַצְיָין (v. קְצֵי) pieces of bread. Targ. Y. Lev. II, 6 Ar. (ed. ריסוקין). ↗ expanded

קָצִין [one who decides, arbitrates,] magistrate, leader, prominent man. Y. Gitt. I, 43ᵈ top הגע … של ק׳ וכ׳ suppose he was the bondman of an influential man, then his emancipation would be a disadvantage to him. Lam. R. to II, 1 בשביל … של ק׳ וכ׳ since thou livest in that leader’s house, why dost thou not correct them (the inmates)? ↗ expanded

קְצִיעָא (part. pass. of קְצַע) cut.—Pl. קְצִיעֵי. Ex. R. s. 41 (in Hebr. dict.) ק׳ צואריא you whose throats deserve to be cut. ↗ expanded

קְצִיעָה 1 (קָצַע) cutting and packing figs, fig-harvest. Maasr. II, 7; a. e. pl. קְצִיעוֹת figs packed or to be packed. Ter. IV, 10 בדורס ליטרא ק׳ וכ׳ if one has packed a litra of figs (of T’rumah) on top of a barrel and knows not of which; Tosef. ib. V, 11; Bets. 3ᵇ; Zeb. 73ᵃ. Taan. 28ᵃ; Tosef. ib. IV (III), 7 לעשות ק׳ הללו שתי וכ׳ to make of these figs two balls; Y. ib. IV, 68ᵇ bot.; a. e.—[Maasr. III, 4; B. Mets. 21ᵇ, v. קְצִיצָה.] [store, capsule,] a compartment of the T’fillin. Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. IV, 1 משיתיר … בין ק׳ וכ׳ when he detaches one compartment from the other on three sides; [El. Wil. emends: קְצִיצָה q. v.]—[Y. Ned. III, 38ᵃ קציעות, v. קָצוֹעַ.] ↗ expanded

קְצִיעָה 2 (b. h.) cassia, an aromatic bark, an ingredient of frankincense. Ker. 6ᵃ; Y. Yoma IV, 41ᵃ; a. e. pr. n. f. Keziah, one of Job’s daughters. B. Bath. 16ᵇ ק׳ … כקציעה she was named K., because her savor spread like that of cassia. ↗ expanded

קְצִיעֲתָא , cassia. Targ. Job XLII, 14. Targ. Ex. XXX, 24 (h. text קִדָּה).—Pl. קְצִיעָתָא. Targ. Ps. XLV, 9 Ms. (ed. sing.). ↗ expanded

קְצִיפָה (קָצַף) anger. Lam. R. to V, 20 ק׳ הושב ע"י וכ׳ the prediction of God’s anger was contradicted by Isaiah (Is. LVII, 16). Ib. 22; ib. to I, 2, v. מְאִיסָה; Pesik. Vattom., p. 130ᵇ קצפין (read: קִצָפוֹן). Esth. R. to I, 18 כדי … לק׳ הזאת this shame is enough to cause such anger. ↗ expanded

קְצִיצָא (קְצַץ) cut, figure; (cmp. French taille) waist. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 (3) כולהון … בני ק׳ חדא all of them of the same height …, of the same figure. ↗ expanded

קְצִיצָה (קָצַץ) cutting, felling. B. Kam. 91ᵇ אילן העומד לק׳ (Ms. F. לִיקָּצֵץ) a tree which must be cut. Lam. R. introd. (R. Z’ʿera) שבו זמן ק׳ יפה וכ׳ on it (the 15^ᵗʰ of Ab) begins the good season for cutting trees for fuel, v. מַאֲכוֹלֶת. Bekh. 34ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) איכוין … בהאי ק׳ וכ׳ he intended to make himself appear clean by cutting off (the leprous spot), and the rabbis punished him for this very cut (so that he could never be declared clean from this cut-off leprous spot); a. e. stipulation (of price &c.), bargain. Shebu. 45ᵇ ק׳ ודאי וכ׳ stipulations of prices one surely remembers, v. קִיצוּתָא. pl. קְצִיצוֹת cut fruits. Maasr. III, 4 מצא ק׳ בדרך ואפי׳ בצד שדה ק׳ (Ms. M. קציעות) if one finds cut fruit (single berries) on the road or even beside a field where cut fruit has been spread to dry; B. Mets. 21ᵇ Var. (ed. קציעות). (v. קְצִיצָה a. next w.) the capsule of the T’fillin containing Biblical sections. Ber. 24ᵃ. Succ. 26ᵇ top. Kel. XVIII, 8 התיר ק׳ וכ׳ if he opened the first of the four compartments of the T’fillin and repaired it; a. e.—Pl. קְצִיצִין, v. next w. separation, severance of connection, v. קְצָצָה. ↗ expanded

קְצִיצִים (קָצַץ, cmp. מוּקְצֶה) [stores,] capsules, pods. Tosef. Shebi. II, 6 אם עשה ק׳ גמורין וכ׳ (Var. קְצוּצִים) if the plant has produced ripe capsules (or pods) before the New Year; Y. ib. II, 34ᵃ קְצָצִין. capsules containing Scriptural portions, T’fillin, (v. preced. 4). Gitt. 57ᵇ sq. ארבעים סאה קְצִיצֵי תפלין וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קְצוּצֵי; Rashi to Succ. 26ᵇ קיצוצי) forty S’ahs of capsules of T’fillin were found on the heads of those slain at Bethar; Lam. R. to II, 2 קצוצי; Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵃ top קצוצי. ↗ expanded

קְצִיצְתָּא , v. קְצוּצְתָּא ↗ expanded

קְצֵיר־ , v. קָצֵר ↗ expanded

קָצִיר cutting, harvest, ripening season. R. Hash. 9ᵃ ק׳ של שביעית וכ׳ a ripening in the Sabbatical year which goes over into the eighth year, i.e. plants which were partly ripe in the Sabbatical year are subject to the laws of the Sabbatical year. Ib. קְצִיר העומר the cutting of the ʿOmer (v. עוֹמֶר); a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 18 (ref. to Is. XVII, 11) קְצִירָן של מלכיות (קְצִירִין) the cutting down (destruction threatened) by the government; ק׳ של יסורין by sufferings; קְצִירוֹ של מלאך וכ׳ the cutting down by the angel of death, v. נִדְנֵד; Yalk. Is. 287.—Pl. קְצִירִין, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְצִירָא (קְצַר) [cut, afflicted,] sick. B. Bath. 16ᵇ, v. דְּלֵי. Sabb. 12ᵇ לשיולי בק׳ Ar. (ed. בתפיחה) to inquire after the health of (to visit) a sick person.—Pl. קְצִירֵי. R. Hash. 16ᵃ; Ned. 49ᵇ, v. מְרִיעַ. Gitt. 56ᵃ, v. נְקַט; a. e.—[קציריא, Targ. Is. VII, 3 ed. Wil., v. קַצָּר.]—[Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ קציריא דגליל, v. קַצְרָא III.] ↗ expanded

קְצִירָה = קָצִיר cutting, harvesting. Y. Peah I, beg. 15ᵃ קְצִירַת שבולת וכ׳ the cutting of the first ear has the same effect (on the duty of leaving a corner) as the striking off of the pile has (on the duty of giving T’rumah). Sabb. 70ᵃ; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָצַע to scrape. Neg. XII, 6 שניהן … קוֹצְעִין both neighbors must bear the expense for tearing out (the leprous stone) and for scraping (the wall); Sifra M’tsorʿa, Neg., Par. 6, ch. IV; a. e. to cut, dry, and pack figs (v. קְצִיעָה). Taan. 28ᵃ קוֹצְעֵי קציעית those pretending to be engaged in packing figs; Tosef. ib. IV (III), 7 (Var. קוֹצְאֵי); Y. ib. IV, 68ᵇ bot. to trim, v. infra. Pi. קִיצֵּעַ to cut the ends, trim. Kel. XXVII, 4 המְקַצֵּע מכולם וכ׳ if in trimming any of them he cuts off a piece one handbreadth square. Zeb. 94ᵃ עוצבא … לקַצְּעָהּ … עד שיְקַצְּעֶנָּה a fur intended to be trimmed (v. עיּצְבָּא) remains unsusceptible of uncleanness until it has been trimmed; Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. IV, 10. B. Kam. 66ᵇ כגון שקִיצְּעָן (Ar. שקצען) when he trimmed the stolen furs. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. XI, 8 אם היה גדול וקִיצְּעוֹ (not וקיצעו) if the cloth was large and he shortened it by trimming; ib. 9. Ib. 2 עד שיְקַצֵּעַ (or שיִקְצַע) until he cuts off (the defective portion). Ḥull. 123ᵇ במקצע ובא לו וכ׳ when he trimmed (the skin) going all around; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְצַע Pa. קַצֵּעַ same, to trim, cut. Zeb. 94ᵃ דחשיב עלה לקַצְּעָהּ when he had planned to trim it. Ib. עד דמְקַצַּע לה, v. preced. ↗ expanded

קָצַף (b. h.) [to be rough, excited,] to be angry. Esth. R. to I, 18, v. קִצָּפוֹן. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXVIII אנו … ואתה קוֹצֵף we sin, and thou art angry. Yalk. Esth. 1053 קָצְפוּ ואמרו וכ׳ they grew excited and said &c.; a. fr. Hif. הִקְצִיף to arouse to anger, excite, incite. Meg. 13ᵇ (ref. to Gen. XL, 2 a. Esth. II, 21) ה׳ הקב"ה אדון על עבדיו וכ׳ the Lord incited a master against his servants, in order to satisfy the desire of a righteous man …, servants against their master, in order to perform wonders for a righteous man; Gen. R. s. 88; Esth. R. to II, 21; Yalk. Gen. 146 מַקְצִיף; a. e. ↗ expanded

קצף , Targ. Lam. II, 3 ed. Vien., v. קְצַץ ↗ expanded

קֶצֶף preced. art.) anger. Num. R. s. 1, end שלא יהא ק׳ עליהן that the divine anger be not on them. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXVIII; a. fr.—Esp. Ḳetsef name of an angel of destruction. Targ. Y. Num. XVII, 11, sq.—Sabb. 55ᵃ (ref. to Ez. IX, 2) ‘six men’, they are ק׳ אף וחימה וכ׳ Ḳ. (Wrath), Af (Anger) &c. Ex. R. s. 41; a. fr.—2) destruction, harm. Deut. R. s. 11 איך … לעשות לו ק׳ how can I do harm to him (Moses)?; Yalk. ib. 940. ↗ expanded

קִצְפָּא , divine anger, visitation, (mourning over a) death. Midr. Till. to Ps. CVI אית … לאבלא ק׳ there are places where they call mourning ḳitspa; v. קְצוּפָח. ↗ expanded

קִצָּפוֹן (preced. wds.) anger. Lev. R. s. 32 (ref. to ויקצף, Deut. I, 34) להם הוא ק׳ ולי מה אני ק׳ וכ׳ to them it appears as anger, but to myself what does anger mean? ‘I swore by my anger’ (Ps. XCV, 11), I swear by my anger and reconsider; Yalk. ib. 657. Esth. R. to I, 18 כדאי הוא הבזיון … לק׳ שקצף וכ׳ the disrespect with which her (Vashti’s) father treated the vessels of the Temple is enough to deserve the wrath which he (Ahasverus) vented on her and put her to death. Ib. כדי הק׳ לבזיון זה the anger (of Ahasverus) corresponds to this contempt (shown by Vashti), v. קְצִיפָה. Ib. to II, 21 מה ק׳ היה שם what cause was there for discontent? Sifra Sh’mini, Par. 1, ch. II (ref. to Lev. X, 16) אף אהרן היה בק׳ Aaron, too, was included in the anger (of Moses). Pesik. Vattom., p. 130ᵇ אין ק׳ הוא (not קצפין), v. קְצִיפָה. ↗ expanded

קצפין , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קָצַץ (b. h.) to cut, fell. Shebi. IV, 10 מותר לקוֹצְצוֹ it is permitted to cut the tree down (in the Sabbatical year). Ib. כמה … ולא יְקוֹצֶּנּוּ (Y. ed. יקצונו, corr. acc.; Bab. ed. יְקוֹצְצוֹ; Ms. M. יִקְצְצֶנּוּ) how much must an olive tree bear so that one dare not cut it down (because it is an act of wilful destruction, Deut. XX, 19–20); B. Kam. 91ᵇ יקצצנו Ms. F. a. R. (later ed. יִקְצְצוֹ; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10). Ib. נטיעותי קָצַצְתָּ thou hast cut down my young trees; אתה אמרת לי לקוֹצְצָן (not לקוצצו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7) thou hast told me to cut them. Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵇ bot. לָקוֹץ … יָקוֹץ, v. נָתַק. Ib. הקוצץ בקורות he that cuts trunks for beams. Lev. R. s. 23, v. infra.—Sifré Deut. 212 (expl. ועשתה, Deut. XXI, 12) תָּקוֹץ let her cut (her nails). Macc. 22ᵃ הקוצץ את בהרתו he that cuts off a white spot (suspicious of leprosy, v. קְצִיצָה); Neg. VII, 5 קְצָצָהּ מתכוין if he cut it intentionally. Tosef. Sabb. XI (XII), 3; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to Dan. V, 1 a. VI, 1) והיכן הוא … קוצץ לקוצץ where is Evil Merodach?… (He is left out) in order to join a wicked man to a wicked man, a destroyer to a destroyer. Y. Yeb. II, 4ᵃ top קוצץ בן קוצץ a destroyer son of a destroyer (wicked by heredity); Pesik. S’liḥ. p. 167ᵇ אין בישראל קו׳ בן קו׳ there is no hereditary wickedness in Israel. Ex. R. s. 1 וקוץ … שק׳ עצת וכ׳ Koz (I Chr. IV, 8) is Caleb, for he destroyed the counsel of the spies; a. fr.—2) (cmp. קָצַב, גָּזַר) to stipulate, agree upon. Shebu. 45ᵇ אפי׳ ק׳ נמי let it be the same even if a stipulation has been made (and the amount is in litigation). Ib. אומן … קָצַצְתָּ … לא קָצַצְתִּי וכ׳ if the mechanic says, thou hast stipulated to pay me two (Zuz), and he (the employer) says, I have stipulated one only; a. e.—Part. pass. קָצוּץ; f. קְצוּצָה. B. Mets. 61ᵇ רבית ק׳ stipulated, direct usury, opp. אבק רבית, v. אָבָק. Ib. 62ᵇ; a. e. Nif. נִקְצָץ to be cut. Neg. l. c. מי … ונִקְצָצָה if one had a white spot, and it was cut off (accidentally). Nidd. II, 1 תִּקָּצֵץ let the hand be cut off. B. Kam. 91ᵇ, v. קְצִיצָה; a. fr. to be cut off, excluded. Y. Kidd. I, 60ᶜ, a. e., v. קְצָצָה. to be stipulated, definitely assigned. Lev. R. s. 30, beg. מראש השנה נִקְצָצִין וכ׳ from the beginning of the year the means of support are definitely assigned to men, except &c., v. קָצַב. Pi. קִיצֵּץ to scrape, cut off; to fell. Pes. 56ᵃ ק׳ דלתות וכ׳ (II Kings XVIII, 16) he took the gold off the Temple doors. Y. Ber. VIII, 12ᵃ bot. אפי׳ מְקַצֵּץ וכ׳ even when cutting lupines. Ib. II, 5ᶜ top היה מקצץ כל וכ׳ he cut down all he had planted. Pesik. R. s. 31 ומְקַצְּצִים, v. רָצַץ. Cant. R. to II, 2 לקַצְּצוֹ; Lev. R. s. 23 לָקוֹצּוֹ, v. קַצָּץ.—Esp. ק׳ בנט עות [to cut down the shoots in the garden of religion,] to be hostile to religion, corrupt the youths; to be a heretic. Ḥag. 14ᵇ; Y. ib. II, 77ᵇ top, v. נְטִיעָה. Cant. R. to I, 4 כיצד ק׳ בנ׳ in what way did he manifest his hostility to religion? Gen. R. s. 19 לא תעשה … וִיקַצֵּץ וכ׳ make not the fence (around the religious laws) more important than the essentials, lest it fall down and ruin the shoots. to stipulate. Shebi. IV, 1 ואין … שיְקַצֵּץ להם מזונות (R. S. שיִקְצוֹץ) it is unnecessary to say, that he must not stipulate to give them their food (for their work). Hif. הֵקֵיץ to cut off, deduct. Sifré Num. 8 ומֵקֵיץ מכתובתה he may deduct (his outlay for her) from her jointure. ↗ expanded

קְצַץ to cut &c. Targ. Jud. VI, 30. Targ. O. Deut. XIX, 5; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָצִיץ; f. קְצִיצָא; pl. קְצִיצִין; קְצִיצָן. Targ. Jud. VI, 28. Targ. I Sam. V, 4; a. e.—Snh. 58ᵇ רב הונא קץ ידא Rab Huna ordered the hand (of one in the habit of striking his neighbors) to be cut off; Nidd. 13ᵇ. B. Kam. 91ᵇ דקץ תאינתא וכ׳ he cut fig-trees down before their time; a. fr. to stipulate. B. Mets. 67ᵃ לא קץ ליה he had not stipulated a fixed amount of interest; a. e. Pa. קַצֵּיץ (קָצֵיץ) to cut; to mutilate. Targ. Ps. CVII, 16. Targ. Lam. II, 3 (ed. Lag. קיצץ, ed. Vien. קצף, corr. acc.). Targ. O. Deut. VII, 5 תְּקָצְצוּן ed. Berl. (oth. ed. תְּקוֹצְצוּן; Y. תְּקַצְּצוּן); a. e.—B. Kam. l. c. דיקלא … לִמְקַצְּצָה it is forbidden to fell a date-tree as long as it bears a Kab of dates. Gen. R. s. 6 (of the agony of death) כמא נפשיה … מְקַצְּצָא ארזין ומקצצא וכ׳ how the soul of this man’s (my) brother is cutting cedars and cutting trees, and you sit laughing and know it not; a. e.—[Lev. R. s. 5 שעריה מקצץ, v. קְוַץ.] ↗ expanded

קַצָּץ (preced.) wood-cutter (cmp. קָצוֹעַ).—Pl. קַצָּצִים. Cant. R. to II, 2 הביא ק׳ לְקַצְּצוֹ he brought on cutters to raze the plantation; Lev. R. s. 23. ↗ expanded

קְצָצָה (preced. wds.) timber. Cant. R. to IV, 12 ק׳ של ארזין cedar planks; Pesik. B’shall. p. 84ᵃ ק׳ של ארז; Yalk. Ex. 225 קְצָצִים (only).—Pl. קְצָצוֹת. Y. Keth. VIII, 32ᵇ bot. אילנות וק׳ וכ׳ if heirs seize trees or timber, old or young, it is taken away from them. cutting off, severing family connections; ḳ’tsatsah, a ceremony attending the sale of an heirloom to an outsider, and the marriage of a man beneath his social rank. Y. Kidd. I, 60ᶜ הזרו להיות קונים בק׳ then again the custom arose to take possession of an estate by ḳ’tsatsah (instead of taking off the shoe); מהו בק׳ … נקצץ פלוני מאחוזתו what is ḳ.? When a man sold his paternal estate, his relatives brought casks filled with parched ears and nuts, and broke them in the presence of children: the latter picked them up, and they said, this man has been cut off &c.; and when he bought it back, they did the same and called out, this man has returned to his heirloom &c.; Ruth R. to IV, 7; Y. Keth. II, 26ᵈ bot. קְצִיצָה; Ib. שאכלנו בקְצִיצַת פלוני adults are admitted to testify, ‘we (as children) ate (grain and nuts) at that man’s ḳ.’; Bab. Keth. 28ᵇ בקצצה של וכ׳ at the ḳ. when that man’s daughter was married; וזו היא הק׳ וכ׳ and this is the ḳ. to which a child can testify (when grown up); Tosef. ib. III, 3. ↗ expanded

קְצָצִים (preced.) cut plants, timber, &c. Yalk. Ex. 225, v. preced. Tosef. B. Kam. III, 2 if a man cut his neighbor’s plants, the latter has no right to say, טול את הק׳ וכ׳ take thou the cut plants and restore to me the plants, but we assess the value &c. capsules, pods, v. קְצִיצִים. ↗ expanded

קְצָצִין , capsules, pods. Y. Kil. I, 27ᵃ קְצָצוֹי, v. חֲרוּבָא I. ↗ expanded

קְצַצְתָּא 1 timber.—Pl. קְצַצְיָיתָא, v. קְצוּצְתָּא. ↗ expanded

קְצַצְתָּא 2 pr. n. m., v. קַצְרָא II ↗ expanded

קָצַר (b. h.) to cut, reap. Sabb. VII, 2 (among the labors forbidden on the Sabbath) הקוֹצֵר cutting plants. Ib. 73ᵇ משום קוצר as an act coming under the category of reaping. Pes. IV, 8 קוֹצְרִין וגודשין וכ׳ they reaped (the barley) and piled it before the ʿOmer was offered. Peah II, 7 שדה שקְצָרוּהָ וכ׳ a field which gentiles reaped (for themselves) or which robbers reaped. Ib. 8 נותן … שק׳ he must give up the poor man’s share from what he reaped. Ib. III, 6 כדי לִקְצוֹר ולשנות large enough for cutting (swinging the sickle) once and a second time; a. fr. to be short, v. קָצֵר. (with נפש) to be impatient, vexed; to be sick of. Gen. R. s. 52 אבל היא לא קָצְרָה נפשה וכ׳ but she was not vexed (did not suffer from unsatisfied desire) &c.; Y. Keth. V, 30ᵇ; Yalk. Jud. 70. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 19 קצרה נפשם בדרך they were sick of marching. Pi. קִצֵּר to shorten, be brief in doing. Ber. I, 4 מקום … לקַצֵּר וכ׳ where they prescribed a lengthy benediction, one is not permitted to shorten, where they prescribed a short formula &c. Y. Yoma VI, beg. 43ᵇ שלא יהא … קַצֵּר (ב)דבריך not that one of the contestants be permitted to speak as long as he needs, and the other be told, make thy speech brief; Y. Snh. III, 21ᶜ top. Ber. 34ᵃ היה מְקַצֵּר וכ׳ gave a very brief prayer. Mekh. B’shall., Vayassʿa, s. 1 ק׳ (ב)ברכותיו gave short benedictions (prayers); לא ק׳ … ממשה he was not briefer than Moses (in his prayer, Num. XII, 13). Ib. יש שעה לְקַצֵּר וכ׳ there is a time to be brief &c.; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַצֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְקַצֵּר to be shortened. Lev. R. s. 21 היו … מִתְקַצְּרוֹת their years (of life) were shortened. (with נפש) to be impatient, sick. Tanḥ. l. c. נִתְקַצְּרָה נפש העם בדרך (not נתקצר), v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְצַר to be short. Targ. Ps. CII, 24 קְצָרוּן Ms. (ed. איתקצרון). to shorten, v. infra., v. infra. (v. קְצִירָא) to be sick. B. Kam. 91ᵃ למימד גברא כמה מיקצר … לא מִקְצַר וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כמה לִיקְצַר) as to estimating how long a person is likely to suffer from such a wound and how long he will not, i.e. as to estimating positively the time needed for recovery, I have no doubt that we can do it. Pa. קַצֵּר to shorten. Targ. Ps. LXXXIX, 46 Ms. (ed. קְ׳, Pe.). Ithpa. אִיתְקַצַּר to be shortened, reduced. Targ. II Kings XIX, 26; Targ. Is. XXXVII, 27. Ib. XXVIII, 20. Targ. Y. Gen. XXVIII, 10; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָצֵר (b. h.) short. Ab. II, 15 היום ק׳ וכ׳ the day (of life) is short, and the work large. Y. Pes. VII, 35ᵇ bot. ילך לו בק׳ let him take the shortest road to it; a. fr.—Fem. קְצָרָה. Mekh. B’shall., Vayassʿa, s. 1 תפילת הצדיקים ק׳ the prayer of the pious is short. Ber. I, 4 אחת … ואחת ק׳ one lengthy and one short benediction. Ib. IV, 2 היה … תפלה ק׳ used to say a short prayer on entering and on leaving the school-house. Ib. 4. Y. Hor. II, 46ᵈ top בא לו … בק׳ if he came by the shortest road; a. fr.—Midr. Till. to Ps. LIII ע"י שהיתה ידו ק׳ במצות because his hand was short (he was wanting) in good deeds; Yalk. ib. 769; Yalk. Sam. 135 נפשו ק׳; a. fr.—Pl. קְצָרִים; קְצָרוֹת. Cant. R. to VI, 2 ארוכות וק׳, v. אָרוּךְ. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXVIII, ולא היו קִצְרֵי יד בו they were not short-handed with it, i.e. they did not have to economize. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXIX, 81 אתה ארך אפים ואנו קְצֵירֵי רוח thou art long-suffering, but we are hasty of spirit; a. e.—V. קְצָרָה. ↗ expanded

קַצָּר (preced. wds.) [one who causes shrinking,] fuller, washer. Targ. Josh. XV, 7, a. e. עין ק׳ (h. text עֵין רֹגֵל) the washer’s well.—Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵈ top (Bab. ib. 28ᵃ כובס); a. fr.—B. Kam. 119ᵇ ק׳ שמיה וק׳ שקיל ליה a fuller is named ḳatsra (a shortener), let the ḳatsra take it (the dark border of a white cloth belongs to the fuller).—Pl. קַצְרַיָּא, קַצְרֵי. Targ. I Sam. XIII, 21. Targ. Is. VII, 3 (ed. Wil. קציר׳, corr. acc.).—Snh. 92ᵃ, a. e., v. אוּבְלָא II. Taan. 29ᵇ בטלי ק׳ דבי רב the fullers of the house of Rab are idle (during the week preceding the ninth of Ab); a. e. ↗ expanded

קַצְרָא 2 (preced.) pr. n. m. Ḳatsra (Fuller). Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ; Koh. R. to VII, 11.—Esth. R. to I, 13 ר׳ יוסי בר ק׳ (some ed. קַצְרַת); Gen. R. s. 72 בן קוצרי; Cant. R. to VI, 4 בר קסרין; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 9ᵃ ר׳ יוסי ובר קצה (corr. acc.). Y. B. Bath. X, 17ᶜ ר׳ יסא קוצירא. Sabb. 151ᵇ bot. ר׳ יוסי בן קְצַרְתָּה (Ms. M. קצרתא). Midr. Sam. ch. XXVI ר׳ יצחק בר קצרתה; Y. R. Hash. I, 56ᵇ בר קצצתה. ↗ expanded

קַצְרָא 3 = קַסְטְרָא, fort, camp. Arakh. IX, 6, v. צִיפּוֹרֵי; Y. Sabb. XVI, end, 15ᵈ (not קיצרה). Y. Shek. VIII, beg. 51ᵃ קַצְרָן של גוים היה שם (some ed. קַצְרִין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60) a camp of gentiles (Romans) was there, [comment. a fuller, v. קַצָּר). Num. R. s. 18 (ref. to הקם על, II Sam. XXIII, 1 [read:] שהקים עולה של תורה בעולה של קצרה he (David) restored the yoke (rulership) of the Law through the yoke of the camp (used his military power to restore the government of the Law; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIX קיים … בעילה של מלכות).—Pl. קַצְרִים, קַצְרִין; Chald. קַצְרַיָּא (with sing. meaning). Y. Erub. V, 22ᵇ bot. את רואה … והק׳ … לאיצטדין ובית מעון … לק׳ consider the ruins (near Tiberias, v. אִיצְטַדִּין) as if they were inhabited buildings, and the fort is within seventy odd cubits near the ruins, and Beth Maon is within seventy odd cubits near the fort (by which calculation Beth Maon and Tiberias may be considered one township, v. עָבַר Pi. 4). Y. Shek. l. c., v. supra. Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ ק׳ דגליל (not קציריא) the Fort of Gelil (v. Hildesh. Beitr. Geogr. p. 17, sq.); Tosef. Shebi. IV, 11 קַצְטְרָא (Var. קצטרי); Sifré Deut. 51 קצרא דגלילא; Yalk. ib. 874 ק׳ רגליא (corr. acc.).—Trnsf. קַצְרִים wax-cells in the honeycomb. Cant. R. to I, 2 מה דבש יש בו ק׳ וכ׳ as there are wax-cells (unenjoyable parts) in the honey, so you might think the same was the case with the Law. ↗ expanded

קְצָרָה fem. of קָצֵר. short board, the board at the head and at the foot of the bed, opp. אֲרוּכָה. Kel. XVIII, 5; a. e. רוח ק׳, v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַצְרוּת (preced.) רוח ק׳ asthma, or incubus [or nervous prostration,] believed to be caused by a demon, Ben N’filim. Bekh. VII, 5 (44ᵇ) רוח קצרית באה עליו Mish. (Bab. ed. קצרה) a person subject to asthmatic spells (is unfit for priesthood). Ib. 44ᵇ רוח קצרות, v. נָאלָא II a. נָפִיל. ↗ expanded

קַצְרִים , v. קַצְרָה II ↗ expanded

קַצְרָן (קָצַר) one who gives short prayers, opp. אַרְכָן. Ber. 34ᵃ; Mekh. B’shall, Vayassʿa, s. 1. ↗ expanded

קצרן , Yalk. Gen. 133 והוה ק׳, read: מְקַצֵּץ, v. קְצוּצְתָּא ↗ expanded

קְצִרְקְטוֹן , v. קְסִרְקִיטוֹן ↗ expanded

קַצְרַת , v. קַצְרָא II; [prob. pr. n. f. Fuller Woman]. ↗ expanded

קְצָת end.—Pl. קְצָווֹת; constr. קִצְווֹת. Tanḥ. Vayesheb 2 לק׳ המדבר to the ends of the desert.—V. מִקְצָת. ↗ expanded

קְצַת part. Targ. O. Num. XXII, 41. Targ. Job IV, 12. Targ. Gen. XLVII, 2 ed. Bon. (oth. ed. מקצת); a. e. extreme end. Targ. Y. Num. l. c. ↗ expanded

קָקָא = h. קָאָת, pelican. Targ. Y. Lev. XI, 18; Deut. XIV, 17.—Targ. Ps. CII, 7 קקתא ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קאתא).—[Ber. 20ᵃ, a. e. קָקֵי Ar., v. קָאקָא.] ↗ expanded

*קַקָּא (נקק, cmp. נָקִיק) = קוֹעָא, throat, neck. Taan. 24ᵃ שדו ליה … בקַקּיה Ar. (ed. רמו … בצואריה) they put a cloth into his throat (or around his neck, to torture him). ↗ expanded

קקבטון , v. אַקּוּבִּיטוֹן ↗ expanded

קָקוֹ , v. פְּדִיפְטֵי ↗ expanded

קַקְוַאי name of an unclean bird. Ḥull. 63ᵃ (Ms. R. 3 קקנאי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10). ↗ expanded

קַקְוָאתָא , v. קוּקְיָיאתָא ↗ expanded

קָקוּזִית , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קָקוּזְתָּא (?) Ḳaḳuzta. Sabb. 156ᵃ דימי בר ק׳ (Ms. O. קָקוּזִית; early ed. קָקוּזִיתָא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20). ↗ expanded

קָקוּלָא , pl. קָקוּלֵי, קָקוּלִין (= קלקול׳; קלל) a sort of cress used by the poor (cardamum or nasturtium, Löw, Pfl. 349). Y. Erub. III, 20ᵈ top; Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ top, expl. פעפועין.—Pes. 114ᵃ (prov.) דאכיל אליתא טשי בעליתא דאכיל קקולי אקיקלי וכ׳ (Ms. M. קילקולא אקילקולי) he that eats fat-tail will have to hide himself (before his creditors) in the loft, who eats cress may rest quietly by the dunghill of the town. ↗ expanded

קקונאי , v. קוּרְקוּנְיָא ↗ expanded

קקיס , Cant. R. to III, 4, v. באמי ↗ expanded

קִקְלָא , v. קִיקְלָא, קִיקֶלְתָּא. ↗ expanded

קָקְתָא , v. קָקָא ↗ expanded

קַר to be cold, v. קָרַר II, קְרַר II.—[Erub. X, 14, a. e. באר (בור) הקר, v. הָקֵר.] ↗ expanded

קָרָא 1 (קְרַר II) pumpkin, gourd. Succ. 56ᵇ; Keth. 83ᵇ, a. e. טב מק׳, v. בּוּצִין. Yoma 78ᵃ מצטנן בק׳ cooled his hands with a pumpkin. Ker. 6ᵃ; Hor. 12ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. קָרֵי, קָרַיָּא. Meg. 12ᵃ, v. בּוּצִין; Sot. 10ᵃ קָארֵי. Ned. 51ᵃ Rashi (ed. קרא, corr. acc.). B. Mets. 64ᵃ ק׳ בני זרתא pumpkins of the size of a fist. B. Bath. 88ᵃ קארי. Sabb. 129ᵇ מאה ק׳, v. קַרְנָא I; a. e.—קָרַיָּיא וְקָרָוָותָא large and small gourds, all kinds of gourds. Y. Ned. VII, beg. 40ᵇ (not וכרובתא); Y. Orl. III, 63ᵇ top קירייא וקרותוא (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קָרָא 2 to call, v. קרי. ↗ expanded

קְרָא 1 v. קְרֵי ↗ expanded

קְרָא 2 (preced.) = h. מִקְרָא, Biblical verse. Targ. Esth. VI, 1.—Ber. 2ᵃ אק׳ קאי, v. קָאֵי. Ib. 27ᵃ אמר ק׳ וכ׳ the text reads babboḳer &c. Ib. 29ᵇ מאי קראה where is the Biblical passage to prove it? Snh. 45ᵇ; 71ᵃ, a. e. בעינן ק׳ וכ׳, v. כְּתַב I. Ker. 11ᵇ bot. ק׳ בעי do we need a Bible verse for it?; a. v. fr.—Ber. 30ᵇ פוק קרא קְרָאָיךְ לברא go out, read thy verse in the street, i.e. thy authority is not recognized at college; Keth. 56ᵃ; Yeb. 40ᵃ קַרְיָיךְ, v. קַרְיָיא.—Pl. קְרָאֵי. M. Kat. 3ᵇ והני … ק׳ נינהו are these traditional rulings? are they not intimated in the Biblical text? Pes. 4ᵇ תרי ק׳ כתיבי there are two verses (seemingly contradictory); a. v. fr. ↗ expanded

קַרָא (preced.) a Biblical scholar, Bible teacher. Kidd. 49ᵃ אבל אמר לה ק׳ אנא וכ׳ but if he said to her, (thou art betrothed unto me under the condition that) I am a Biblical scholar, she is not betrothed unless he can read the Pentateuch, Prophets and Hagiographa correctly (understandingly), contrad. to קַרְיָנָא. Ber. 30ᵇ, a. e. ר׳ חנינא ק׳ R. Ḥanina, the Bible teacher.—Pl. (h. form) קַרָאִים; (ch.) קַרָאֵי. Pesik. Shubah, p. 165ᵇ ק׳ טובים וכ׳ good Bible teachers, good preachers, like Levi &c.; Yalk. Hos. 533. Ab. Zar. 40ᵃ מתלתא ק׳ שמיע לי (Ar. קיראי) I have it from three authorities (as reliable as the Scriptures, Rashi).—V. קַרָיָיא.—[Meg. 24ᵇ in Mish. דרך הקראים, a censorial change for המינות, as in Mish. ed. IV, 8, a. Ms. M., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.—In later literature קראים Karaites, a Jewish sect recognizing the Bible as sole authority.] ↗ expanded

קְרָאָה , v. קְרָא II ↗ expanded

קְרָאוֹי , v. קַרָיָיא ↗ expanded

קראות , Y. Meg. IV, 74ᵈ, v. קְרוּיוֹת ↗ expanded

קראטוסם , v. קְרָטִיסִין ↗ expanded

קְרָאִי , v. אֶקְרָאִי. R. Hash. 29ᵇ דק׳ Ar. ↗ expanded

קָרֵב (b. h.) to join, come near, be near; to be offered as קָרְבָּן. Zeb. VIII, 2 יִקְרַב לשם מי שהוא let it be offered in behalf of him to whom it may belong. Ib. 5 אם ק׳ … יִקְרְבוּ וכ׳ if one of the heads has been offered, let all of them be offered. Ib. 67ᵇ; Ḳinnim III, 3 חטאת קְרֵיבָה למעלה וכ׳ the sin-offering may have been offered on top and the burnt-offering beneath it. Men. VI, 1 הקומץ ק׳ … קְרֵבִים לעצמן the handful (of the priests’ meal-offering) is offered separately and the remainder separately; Y. Sot. III, 19ᵇ top קְרֵיבִין. Sifré Num. 29 קבע זמן לקריבים … למקריבים a time is fixed for the things to be offered (Lev. XXII, 27), and a time for those who offer (Num. VI, 10); a. fr. to come before court; to sue, complain. Gen. R. s. 96 (ref. to ויקרבו, Gen. XLVII, 29) כאדם … ק׳ על וכ׳ as one says, that man has brought suit against his neighbor, v. קָבַל II; Yalk. ib. 156 קבל (corr. acc.). Pi. קֵירֵב same, same, to come near. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. לא קי׳ אצל וכ׳ he had not come near Sarah.—Esp. to approach; to pray, intercede, mediate, conciliate. Y. Ber. IV, 8ᵇ top זה שעובר … בא וקָרֵב עשה קרבנינו וכ׳ we do not say to him who is to pass before the ark (v. תֵּיבָה), ‘come and pray’, but, ‘come, draw near’, (which means) ‘do our offerings’, ‘satisfy our needs’ &c. to bring near; to befriend, attract, invite. B. Kam. 24ᵃ ק׳ נגיחותיו if the ox did his gorings in near intervals (of less than three days). Eduy. VIII, 7 אין אליהו … לרחק ולְקָרֵב … המְקוֹרָבִין בזרוע וכ׳ Elijah shall come not to decide between clean and unclean, nor to expel (declare genealogically degraded) and to receive (reinstate), but to expel those who have been received by force, and to reinstate those who have been expelled by force. Ib. משפחת … וקֵרְבָהּ בן וכ׳ there was a family … which Ben-Zion expelled by force, and another which they received by force (Bab. ed. וקֵרְבוּהָ בני וב׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40); Tosef. ib. III, 4; Kidd. 71ᵃ. Eduy. l. c. לא לרחק ולא לקרב וכ׳ neither to expel nor to reinstate, but to make peace &c. Sabb. 31ᵃ קֵירְבָנוּ תחת וכ׳, v. עִנְוְתָנוּת. Ib. שקֵרַבְתַּנִי וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שהקרבתני) thou hast brought us near &c. Tanḥ. Tsav 8 (ref. to Ps. LXV, 5) אשרי מי שבחרו … קֵרְבוֹ blessed he whom the Lord has chosen, although he did not bring him near; Num. R. s. 3 הקריבו. Ib. ק׳ את עצמו he brought himself near (to God, through his own deeds); ib. יתרו קרבו הקב"ה the Lord brought Jethro near (caused him to be converted); Yalk. Ex. 379; a. fr.—Sifré Num. 94 (expl. לזרא, Num. XI, 20, cmp. זָר) שתהיו מרחיקים … מְקָרְבִים אותו you will keep it at a distance (loathe it) more than you have been inviting (wishing for) it; Lev. R. s. 48.—Part. pass. מְקוֹרָב; pl. מְקוֹרָבִין, v. supra. Hif. הִקְרִיב to bring near, receive. Y. Dem. II, 23ᵃ top מַקְרִיבִין לכנפים, v. כָּנָף. Num. R. l. c.; Sabb. l. c., v. supra; a. fr. to offer, sacrifice. Men. XIII, 10 יַקְרִיבֶנָּה במקדש he must offer it in the Temple (of Jerusalem), ואם הִקְרִיבָהּ וכ׳ but if he offered it in the Temple of Ḥonyo (in Egypt). Zeb. 67ᵇ ותַקְרִיבֶנָּה למעלה and let her offer it on top, (v. supra Kal); Kinn. III, 6 ויַקְרִיבֶנָּה וכ׳ Mish. (Bab. ed. ויקרבנה, corr. acc.) and he (the priest) must offer it &c. Ber. 6ᵇ כאילו ה׳ תודה as if he had offered a thank-offering. Ib. 17ᵃ as long as the Temple stood אדם חוטא ומַקְרִיב וכ׳ a man sinned and brought a sacrifice; ואין מקריבין וכ׳ yet only its fat and its blood were offered; כאילו הִקְרַבְתִּיו לפניך וכ׳ as if I had offered it (my fat and blood) on the altar before thee; a. v. fr. Nif. נִקְרַב to be offered. Y. Meg. I, 70ᶜ top ונִקְרְבוּ מהן וכ׳ and from their contributions was taken the wood for sacrifices; (Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵇ; Y. Shek. IV, beg. 47ᵈ וקרבו). Hithpa. הִתְקָרֵב, Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵב to be brought near, be received. Num. R. s. 3 יש נבחר ונדחה ונ׳ וכ׳ some are chosen and repelled (disgraced) and received again &c. Sifra Tsav, Milluïm ידע משה שנ׳ אהרן Moses learned that Aaron was received again (in grace); Yalk. Lev. 515; a. fr. to be offered, sacrificed. Y. Taan. l. c. שלא יהא קרבן מִתְקָרֵב וכ׳ that none but their contributions should be offered first. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXI אותו האיל … ובא להִתְקָרֵב וכ׳ that ram … ran and came to offer himself as a sacrifice in place of Isaac &c.; Yalk. Gen. 101; a. e. to claim relationship. Deut. R. s. 2 אם קרובו עני … פלוני מתקרב לי if a man’s relative is poor, he makes himself the main person and him subordinate, saying, this man claims relationship to me; Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵇ (in mutilated text) ההן פלן מתקרב לן. ↗ expanded

קְרֵב to be near, come near, touch. Targ. Num. XXVII, 1. Targ. Ex. XXXVI, 2. Targ. I Kings II, 1; a. fr.—Pesik. Zakhor, p. 24ᵇ קריב לגביה, v. בָּלַם II. Eduy. VIII, 4 דיִקְרַב במיתא he who touches a corpse; a. e. to intercede, protect. Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ בני קרתי קוֹרְבִין לי (not קרתיה) fellow-citizens, protect me!; בני דודי קורבין לי (not דידי) children of my friend (the Lord), protect you me!; Y. Taan. III, 66ᶜ top בני דילי וכ׳ (corr. acc.). to complain, sue. Y. B. Bath. IX, beg. 16ᵈ אתון בנוי קַרְבוּן וכ׳ his sons came and complained before R. E. Ib. אתת וקְרֵיבָה וכ׳ she came and complained &c. to bring near; to offer, v. infra. Pa. קָרֵיב, קָרֵב to bring near; to offer. Targ. Gen. XLVIII, 9, sq. Ib. 13 (Y. ed. Vien. קְריב; h. text ויַּגֵּשׁ). Targ. Is. LVIII, 3 (h. text תִּנְגּשׁוֹּ!). Targ. O. Lev. I, 2 יְקָרֵיב (Y. יִקְרַב). Ib. 3 (Y. יַקְרִיב Af.). Ib. 14 (Y. also יַקְרִיב); a. fr.—Gitt. 56ᵃ סבור רבנן לקָרוּבֵיה the rabbis were of the opinion that it should be offered. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ top הוה … אתי למִיקָרְבָה וכ׳ (or למִיקְרְבָה) when a man came to offer, to the idol, an ox &c. Y. Snh. X, 29ᵇ מְקָרְבָא לגיחזי to bring Gehazi near (befriend him again). Num. R. s. 3 אלהכון מאן הוא בעי מְקָרֵיב does your God bring near him (grace) whomever he chooses to? B. Bath. 168ᵃ אפי׳ צורבא … לְקָרוּבֵיה even in the case of a young scholar whom it may be supposed his intended father-in-law likes to bring into his family; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְקָרַב; f. מְקָרְבָא, מְקָרְבָה; pl. מְקָרְבִין; מְקָרְבָן near, friendly. Sabb. 104ᵃ מ"ט שקר ק׳ מיליה אמת וכ׳ why are the letters of שקר (falsehood) near together (in the order of the alphabet), and those of אמת (truth) far apart? Snh. 29ᵃ מק׳ דעתיה he is friendly, v. רְחַק.—3) to intercede, lead in prayer. Midr. Till. to Ps. XIX חזיוה לחזנא דקָרֵיב וכ׳ they noticed that the officer of the synagogue led in prayer and said &c. Af. אַקְרֵיב to bring near; to offer. Targ. Mal. II, 12; a. fr.—Gitt. l. c. אי מַקְרְבִין ליה (or מְקָרְבִין Pa.), v. קָרְבַּן. Ḥag. 8ᵇ האי דלא אַקְרְבִינְהוּ וכ׳ the reason why they did not offer them was &c.; a. fr.—Yeb. 39ᵇ איקרבת ית וכ׳ (read: אַקְרִיבַת) she brought before us (the court) such and such a person &c. Ithpa. אִתְקָרֵיב, Ithpe. אִתְקְרִיב, אִיקְּרִיב to approach, come near. Targ. Y. Deut. XX, 3; O. ib. ed. Berl. (oth. ed. קריבין). Ib. XXV, 9; a. fr.—Keth. 56ᵃ משום אִיקָּרוּבֵי דעתא הוא והא אִיקָּרְבָא דעתא (when a man promises his bride an additional jointure,) it is in order that an attachment be formed; well, now, the attachment has been formed (and we have a right to assume that he wanted his bride to get that addition, even if he should die before the wedding). to claim relationship, v. preced. ↗ expanded

קֶרֶב preced.) inside, intestine.—Du. קְרָבַיִם, קְרָבַיִים; constr. קִרְבֵּי, קִירְ׳. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to Num. XIV, 11 בקרבו) אטר אעשה עמו … בקרבו כמה … עשיתי בקִרְבֵּיהֶן וכ׳ it does not read, ‘which I do with them’, but ‘which I do within them’:… how many signs and wonders have I done in their intestines (that the manna was entirely resorbed in their bowels) &c. (with ref. to קֶרֶב Lev. VIII, 21). Tam. IV, 2. Ḥull. 16ᵇ קירבי דגים entrails of fish. Y. Sabb. II, 4ᵈ ק׳ דגים כל זמן וכ׳ the fat of fish entrails (used as oil) has no bad odor as long as it burns. B. Mets. 60ᵇ, v. נָפַח; a. fr.—Ned. 54ᵇ ק׳ לאו בשר וכ׳ entrails are no meat and he who eats them is no man; Y. ib. VII, beg. 40ᵇ קרבייא (ch. form). Ber. 10ᵃ; a. fr. innermost; בְּקֶרֶב within. Pesik. R. s. 13 בְּקִרְבַּנוּ, v. רָחַשׁ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָרֵב ² m., v. קָרֵיב ↗ expanded

קְרָב preced. wds.) hostile contact, attack, war. Y. Sot. VIII, 21ᶜ top רומי לק׳ the Roman (Latin) language is adapted for military affairs; Y. Meg. I, 71ᵇ bot.; Esth. R. to I, 22. Sabb. 59ᵃ בשעה שבורח מן הק׳ וכ׳ when he flees from the battle, he puts it on &c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְרָב ² Targ. II Sam. XXI, 15. Targ. Ps. XXVII, 3. Ib. XXXV, 1; a. fr.—Ib. קְרַבְתִּי, v. קְרָבוּ.—Tosef. Sot. XIII, 5, v. נְגַח; Y. ib. IX, 24ᵇ; Bab. ib. 33ᵃ. Lev. R. s. 22 דעבד ק׳ עם וכ׳ who wages war with a king &c. Gitt. 56ᵃ ניפוק … ק׳ בהדייהו let us go out and offer them (the Romans) battle; a. fr.—Pl. קְרָבִין, קְרָבַיָּא. Targ. Num. XXI, 14. Targ. I Chr. XXVIII, 3; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְרֵבָה , pl. קְרֵבוֹת or קְרָבוֹת, v. קְרֵיבָה.—Lev. R. s. 20 ועל הקרבה, read: ההַקְרָבָה. ↗ expanded

קְרָבוּ f. = קְרָב. Targ. Ps. XXXV, 1 קְרָבוּתִי Ms. (ed. קְרֵבְתִּי, קְרַבְתִּי). ↗ expanded

קְרֵבוּת , v. קְרֵיבוּת ↗ expanded

קרבות , Tosef. Ab. Zar. IV (V), 9, read with ed. Zuck. רקובות, v. רוּקְבָּא II ↗ expanded

קְרָבוּתָא , v. קְרָבוּ ↗ expanded

קַרְבִיטִין (formed like שַׁרְבִיט; קבט, cmp. חֶבֶט) thongs. M. Kat. 27ᵃ מתיר קַרְבִיטָיו וכ׳ (קוּרְבִיטָיו) you untie its thongs, and it (the couch) falls down of itself; Ned. 56ᵇ; Snh. 20ᵃ.—[Y. Ber. III, 5ᵈ bot. ed. Lehm., v. קְלִבִּינְטִירִין.] ↗ expanded

קִרְבַּיָּיא , v. קֶרֶב ↗ expanded

קָרְבָּן gift, offering, sacrifice. Ber. 15ᵃ מעלה … והקריב עליו ק׳ it is accredited to him, as if he had built an altar and offered a sacrifice on it; Succ. 45ᵃ. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. II, Par. 2 כל מקום שנאמר ק׳ אמור ביו"ד ה"א wherever in the Scriptures ‘sacrifice’ is used in connection with the divine name, the latter is written with Yod He (יהוה, never אלהים). Ned. I, 4 האומר ק׳ … שאני וכ׳ if one making a vow says, ḳorban … that I will (not) eat &c. Ib. 2 כינויין לק׳ substitutes for ḳorban. Ib. II, 5 בק׳ וכ׳ (נדר) if a man in making a vow uses the word ḳorban, and then says, I vowed only by the gifts to kings; a. fr.—Pl. קָרְבָּנוֹת. Ib. ק׳ של מלכים. Zeb. XIV, 10 קָרְבְּנוֹת הצבור congregational sacrifices, ק׳ היחיד sacrifices offered by individuals. Taan. 27ᵇ כבר תקנתי להם סדר ק׳ וכ׳ I have arranged the order of sacrifices for them (in the Torah), and when they read these sections, I will account it to them as if they offered them. Ex. R. s. 30 בקש הקב"ה … ועבודת ק׳ וכ׳ the Lord wanted to give them (the generation of the flood) four things (to purify them), the Law, sufferings, the sacrificial service, and prayer, but they refused; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָרְבַּן Targ. Hos. XII, 2. Targ. O. Gen. IV, 3 ed. Berl. (oth. ed. תקרבתא, v. Berl. Mass., p. 73); Y. ib. Ib. 4; a. fr.—Ḥull. 8ᵃ דקיימין לק׳ are designated to be sent as gifts. Zeb. 116ᵇ the mother of king Shabur שדרה ק׳ וכ׳ sent a sacrifice to Raba, sending word, ‘offer it to the Lord.’ Gitt. 56ᵃ שדר להו ק׳ וכ׳ send them a sacrifice and see whether they will offer it (in the Temple); a. fr.—Pl. קָרְבָּנִין, קָרְבָּנַיָּא, קוּרְ׳. Targ. Am. V, 22. Targ. Lev. VII, 35; a. fr.—Lam. R. to IV, 2 כל אילין ק׳ וכ׳ all those sacrifices which you send them, they eat themselves &c. Gen. R. s. 91; Y. Naz. V, end, 54ᵇ; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קרבניטא , v. קְבַרְנִיטָא ↗ expanded

קָרַד (cmp. גָּרַד), Pi. קֵירֵד to scrape; to curry (with a small-toothed strigil), v. קֵירוּד. Bets. II, 8 מְקָרְדִין את וכ׳ you may curry an animal on the Holy Day. Ib. אין מקרדין … אבל מקרצפין you must not curry … with small-toothed strigils …, but you may do so with large-toothed ones. Yalk. Deut. 938 מְקָרְדוֹ והוא בולם (את) thou curriest him, and he kicks, v. בָּלַם II; a. e.—Y. Sabb. IV, end, 7ᵃ שיקרדם, v. קִרְדֵּס.] ↗ expanded

קַרְדָּא (preced.; cmp. Arab. ḳurd, ricinus) [scraping,] abdominal pain caused by a parasitic worm. Lev. R. s. 18; Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to לזרא, Num. XI, 20) [read:] לק׳ שאהיה נותן דורא במעיהן (some ed. לקדרא) it will cause ḳurda, as I will put a parasite (dura) in their bowels; v. דְּרַרְיָא. ↗ expanded

קַרְדּוּ 1 Ḳardu, Ḳardun, the district of Cordyene (corresponding to b. h. אררט; v. Schr. KAT², p. 53). Targ. O. Gen. VIII, 4 (Y. קרדון, some ed. קַדְרוֹן). Targ. II Kings XIX, 37; Targ. Is. XXXVII, 38. Targ. Jer. LI, 27. ↗ expanded

קַרְדּוּ 2 Ḳardu in Babylonia (cmp. Kardunias, Schr. KAT², p. 348; KGF, p. 534). B. Bath. 91ᵃ עשר … ושבע בק׳ (Ar. בכַרְדּוּ) Abraham was ten years in prison, three in Cuthi and seven in Ḳardu; Yalk. Gen. 77 בקדרו; Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXVI קרדי.—Yeb. 115ᵇ קוּרְטְבָא. ↗ expanded

קַרְדּוּט = כַּרְדּוּט, a tunic with sleeves.—Pl. קַרְדּוּטִין. Ab. d’R. N., ch. VI ed. Schechter (ed. קרדמין, corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קַרְדּוּיֵי , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַרְדּוּיִים (קַרְדּוּ I) Cordyenians. Y. Kidd. IV, 65ᶜ bot.; Y. Yeb. I, 3ᵇ top מקבלין גרים מן הק׳ וכ׳ we may accept proselytes from the Cordyenians and the Tadmorites; Bab. ib. 16ᵃ. Ib. קַרְדּוּיֵי (ch. form), contradist. from קרתויי, v. קַרְתּוּיִים. ↗ expanded

קַרְדּוֹם cutting tool, spade, mattock, hatchet (with a pointed and a broad side). Ab. IV, 5 ולא ק׳ לחפור בהם make not the words of the Law a spade to dig with them (the means for selfish ends). Tosef. M. Kat. I, 4 תוחב בשפוד ומכה בק׳ וכ׳ he sticks (into the ground where moles are suspected to hide) a spit, or strikes with a mattock and stamps the ground under him; Y. ib. I, 80ᶜ; Bab. ib. 7ᵃ. Bets. IV, 3 ואין … בק׳ (when splitting wood for immediate use on the Holy Day) you must not use the hatchet, expl. ib. 31ᵇ נקבות שלו the broad side of it. Ib. ק׳ וקופיץ a tool combining axe and bill, v. קוּפִּיץ; a. fr.—Gitt. 30ᵇ מלא ק׳ a ground having room for the mattock to work in, a common-sized field, opp. to מלא מחט a diminutive patch of ground.—Pl. קַרְדּוּמּוֹת. Tosef. B. Mets. II, 1, v. מַחֲרזוֹת; a. e. ↗ expanded

קרדום Midr. Till. to Ps. XLV some ed., v. קַרְטֵיס ↗ expanded

קַרְדּוּן , v. קַרְדּוּ I ↗ expanded

קַרְדּוּנְיָא (v. קַרְדּוּ I) Ḳardunia, Cordyene, a district lying to the east of the river Tigris, south of Armenia. Targ. Y. Gen. VIII, 4 קרדנ׳ (name of a mountain).—Gen. R. s. 33 (expl. הרי אררט, Gen. l. c.) טורי ק׳ the mountains of Ḳardunia.—Denom. f. pl. קוּרְדֵּנְיָיתָא, קוּרְדַּנְיָתָא. Pes. 7ᵃ; 21ᵇ אפי׳ בחיטי ק׳ even with wheat of Cordyene (when it has become moistened, although it is very hard); Y. ib. I, 27ᶜ bot. אפי׳ חטים קוּרְטַבְנִיּוֹת במדבר וכ׳ (not אילו) even with Cordyenian wheat in the desert; for would they be worth anything during the Passover (to be considered an object of value for betrothal)? ↗ expanded

קרדונין , v. קַדְרִינוֹן ↗ expanded

קרדוס , Midr. Till. to Ps. XLV some ed., v. קַרְטֵיס ↗ expanded

קרדי , Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXVI, v. קרְדּוּ II ↗ expanded

קדריונטס ² , v. קוּדְרַנְטֵס ↗ expanded

קַרְדִּימָא Bar Ḳardima. Koh. R. to X, 8 שוק דבר ק׳ the market or open place of B. Ḳ. ↗ expanded

קרדם , v. קִרְרֵּס ↗ expanded

קרדמין , Ab. d’R. N. ch. VI, v. קרְדּוּט ↗ expanded

קרדנון , v. קַדְרִינוֹן ↗ expanded

קַרְדַּנְיָא , v. קַרְדּוּנְיָא ↗ expanded

קרדנין , v. קרדנון ↗ expanded

קִרְדֵּס (v. קָרַד) to scrape. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 12 קִירְדְּסָן שפן וכ׳ (not קורדסן שהן) if he scraped or planed them and made vessels of them; ib. VII, 15 קִרְדְּסָן שהן (corr. acc.). Y. Sabb. IV, end, 7ᵃ עד שיְקַרְדֵּס (not דם …) until he scrapes (the stones). V. קִרְטֵס. ↗ expanded

קָרָה , v. קרי ↗ expanded

קָרֶה , constr. קְרֵה, v. קַרְיָא I ↗ expanded

קִרְוָא = h. קִרְיָה, town, village. Targ. Hos. XI, 9. Targ. O. Ex. XX, 10.—Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵈ top כל קירווא דהינן וכ׳ in every place that we came to, we found &c. Ib. כל קִירְיָיא דהוון וכ׳ in every place that they came to &c.—Pl. קִרְוִין, קִרְוַיָּא, קִרְוו׳, קִי׳. Targ. Num. XIII, 28. Targ. O. ib. XXXII, 33; 36 (Y. קוֹרְיֵי, קוֹרְיָיהָא, v. קִרְיָיא). Targ. Y. Ex. XX, 10; a. fr.—Targ. Y. II, Num. XXXI, 50 קִרְוַיָּא דדהבא (not קוּרַיָּא) golden forts (a female head-dress; cmp. עיר של זהב, v. יְרוּשְׁלֵם). ↗ expanded

קִרְוָא ² = h. קֵרוּיָה, pumpkin-shell, or pumpkin-shaped vessel for water, cooler. Targ. Y. Gen. XXI, 14 (h. text חֵמֶת). Targ. Y. I ib. 15 (Y. II קַרְנַת, corr. acc.). Ib. 19 (some ed. קרוות, corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קֵרוּב , v. קֵירוּב ↗ expanded

קָרוֹב 1 near; related, relative. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ top (ref. to Deut. IV, 7) ק׳ בכל מיני קריבות (God is) near in every way of nearness (at all times, in all places, in sympathy &c.). Snh. 9ᵃ נמצא … ק׳ וכ׳ if it appears that one of the witnesses is a near relative (of the defendant) or disqualified. Ib.ᵇ אדם ק׳ אצל עצמו ואין וכ׳ every man is considered a relation to himself, and none can incriminate himself. Ib. 10ᵃ אדם ק׳ … ואינו ק׳ אצל ממונו a man cannot testify against himself, but he is not a relative to (disqualified to testify against) his property. Ib. III, 4 היה ק׳ ונתרחק if a person was a relation (by marriage, so as to be disqualified), and became a stranger again. B. Mets. 39ᵃ שבוי … מורידין ק׳ וכ׳ if a person has been carried off captive, they (the court) appoint a relative to manage his estate. Ib. ק׳ מחמת ק׳ an indirect relative (e.g. one’s step-brother’s step-brother); a. v. fr.—Pl. קְרוֹבִים, קְרוֹבִין. Gitt. 14ᵇ ק׳ למלכות connected with royalty, influential. Snh. III, 4 ואלו הן הק׳ the following are considered relatives (disqualified to act as judges or witnesses); a. fr.—Sabb. 152ᵃ ק׳ נעשו רחוקים near objects have become distant (my senses are dull from old age).—[Tanḥ. B’shall. 18 ועברה קרובים; Y. Taan. II, 66ᵃ top שהגיע לקרובין, v. קָרוּכִין.]—Fem. קְרוֹבָה. Y. Ber. l. c. ע"ז נראית ק׳ ואינה וכ׳ the idol is apparently near, but in fact distant. Esth. R. to III, 1 Haman reflected in his heart אם אסתר … קְרוֹבָתִי if Esther is a Jewess, she is my relative. Meg. 14ᵇ חולדה קְרוֹבַת וכ׳ Huldah was a relative of Jeremiah’s; a. fr.—Pl. קְרוֹבוֹת. Gen. R. s. 18 נשא … מקְרוֹבוֹתָיו וכ׳ if a man marries one of his relatives, of him it is said ‘bone of my bones’ (Gen. II, 23). Lev. R. s. 18 רחוקות נעשו ק׳ ק׳ וכ׳ distant objects have become near (things that I could discern at a distance must be brought near me), near objects have become distant, v. supra; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קָרוֹב 2 (קְרֵב Pa. 3) leader in prayer, hymnologist, reader. Lev. R. s. 30 קרוב ופייטן Ar. (ed., a. Pesik. Ul’ḳaḥ. p. 179ᵃ פייטן ודרשן) hymnologist and poet; Cant. R. to III, 6 קָרֵיבוֹי ופייטויי. Y. Ber. I, 3ᶜ bot. [read:] ר׳ … הוה סמיך לק׳ וכ׳ R. Z. (in his prayer of the section Modim) kept pace with the reader in order to bow simultaneously with him at the beginning and at the end. Lev. R. s. 19; Cant. R. to V, 11 ר׳ אלכסנדרי ק׳ R. A. the hymnologist.—[In liturgy קרובות (not קרובץ): the poetical insertions, on special occasions, in the Prayer of Benedictions.] ↗ expanded

קְרוֹבָה , v. קָרוֹב I ↗ expanded

קֵרוּד , v. קירוּד ↗ expanded

קִרְוָה , v. קִרְוָא I, II. ↗ expanded

קְרוּחַ = h. קֵרֵחַ, bald. Targ. Y. Lev. XIII, 40. white-spotted. Targ. Y. Gen. XXX, 32 (h. text טלוא); ib. 33 קִירוּחַ.—Pl. קְרוּחִין, קְרוּחיָּיא; f. קְרוּחָתָא. Ib. 35; 39 (h. text נקדים); a. e.—Ib. XXXI, 10 קִירְוָוחִין, קִירְוָחִ׳. ↗ expanded

קְרוּחַיִים Ḳ’ruḥayim, a Palestinian place producing the best wine. Men. VIII, 6 (86ᵇ, some ed. קרוחים, Mish. ed. קרותים, corr. acc.; Ar. קַרְחַיִים; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2). ↗ expanded

קֵרוּחְתָּא , v. קַרְחוּתָא.—קְרוּחָתָא, v. קְרוּחַ. ↗ expanded

קֵרוּי , v. קֵירוּי ↗ expanded

קָרוֹי (קְרֵי I) reading.—Pl. קָרוֹיֵי. Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ top שמע קלן ק׳ וכ׳ he heard them read (from the Torah) without benedictions. Biblical scholar, v. קַרָיָיא. ↗ expanded

קֵרוּיָא 1 (v. קֵירוּי I) scaffold for laying joists. Ex. R. s. 13, beg. ↗ expanded

קֵרוּיָא 2 , v. קֵרוּיָה ↗ expanded

קִרְוָיָא m. of Ḳirva; pr. n. m. Ḳirvaya. Sabb. 45ᵇ, v. סִרְוָיָא.—Tosef. Maas. Sh. IV, 5 אבא חילפא בן ק׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. חלקיה מן קרויה); Y. ib. IV, beg. 54ᵈ אבא בר חילפיי בר קריי׳ (Levy, Neuh. Wört. quotes קירויא); B. Bath. 123ᵃ אבא חליפא קרויא (Ms. M. only אבא חלפתא; Ms. R. קִרְוָיָיה; Ms. H. קִירְוָיָה; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90). ↗ expanded

קֵרוּיָה (v. קָרָא I) pumpkin-shell used as a drawing vessel, cooler. Sabb. XVII, 6 (125ᵃ) האבן שבקי׳ (Y. ed. קֵירוּיָא; Ms. M. קֵרוּיָיא) the stone which is put into a drawing vessel (to weight it); ib. 125ᵇ שבקרויה (Ms. M. שבקריא, corr. acc.). Ḥull. 57ᵇ (Ms. M. קרא); Kel. III, 5; Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 3, v. חִידּוּק; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְרוּיוֹת (קָרָא II) persons called up to read from the Scriptures. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵃ bot. שלשה ק׳ … לא וכ׳ the three persons called to read from the Torah must read no less than ten verses altogether; Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ. Y. Ber. VIII, 11ᵇ top אילין ג׳ ק׳ מאי וכ׳ how do you consider those three readers from the Torah (as regards benedictions)? Ib. V, 9ᶜ bot. ק׳ בתורה ואין ק׳ וכ׳ several persons are called to read from the Law successively, but not to read from the Prophets; Y. Meg. IV, 74ᵈ קראות (corr. acc.).—V. קְרִיאָה. ↗ expanded

קרוינין , Ex. R. s. 36, v. קֵרְיוֹן ↗ expanded

קָרוּכִין (sing. a. pl.) (carrucha, carruca) travelling and state carriage. Tanḥ. B’shall. 18 מעשה … ועברה קרובים וכ׳ (corr. acc.) it happened to King Shabur when he passed there (in the desert of Kub), that one of his carriages passed and a serpent swallowed it, a second &c.; (Yalk. Ex. 255 שיירה); Y. Shebu. III, 34ᵈ חיויא … בלע כרוכין Ar. (ed. קרונין, corr. acc.) the serpent, in the case of King Shabur, swallowed camels, swallowed carriages; Y. Ned. III, 37ᵈ קברין (corr. acc.). Y. Shebu. l. c. אנא חמית משך … ק׳ דמלכותא I saw the skin of a serpent that went on (was used as a cover for) the royal carriage; Y. Ned. l. c. בדיויין למלכותא (corr. acc.). Y. Meg. I, 70ᶜ bot. עד שהגיע לק׳ שלו until he reached his (Nicanor’s) carriage; Y. Taan. II, 66ᵃ top לקרובין (corr. acc.); Meg. Taan. ch. XII. Gen. R. s. 8 למלך … שהיו בק׳ Ar. (ed. בקרונין, corr. acc.) the king and the viceroy were in a carriage; Koh. R. to VI, 10; Yalk. Is. 261 (corr. acc.). Lev. R. s. 16 ומלאו כל הכ׳ דם Ar. (ed., v. קָרוֹן) all the carriages were filled with blood; Yalk. Lam. 1033, sq. קרוקין. Num. R. s. 23, end בכורכין (corr. acc.), v. יָקר; a. fr. (corrupt קרובין, קרונין). ↗ expanded

קרולין , v. קוֹרָלִין ↗ expanded

קְרוּם (קָרַם) skin, membrane. Neg. I, 1, a. e. כק׳ ביצה the color of the membrane surrounding the egg. Ḥull. III, 1, v. מוֹחַ. Ib. 43ᵃ ק׳ שעלה … אינו ק׳ a membrane formed in consequence of a wound in the gullet is no membrane (to make the gullet sound). Ib. 56ᵃ קְרוּמוֹ רך its membrane is tender; a. fr.—Pl. קְרוֹמִין. Ib. 57ᵇ, v. קְרוֹמִית. ↗ expanded

קרומדים , v. קִרְמִיד ↗ expanded

קְרוֹמִית (v. קְרוּם); ק׳ של קנה (or sub. של קנה) the skin-like, scaly envelope of reed, haulm (used as knife, v. Löw, Pfl. p. 344). Tosef. Ḥull. I, 5; Ḥull. 15ᵇ, a. e. בכל … בק׳ וכ׳ you may cut ritually with any tool, … with glass or with a reed haulm. Ib. 57ᵇ עשו לה ק׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. קרומין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) they prepared for it (to be inserted in the perforated windpipe) the haulm (ed. haulms) of reed, and the animal recovered.—Pl. קְרוֹמִיּוֹת. Gen. R. s. 56 (used as sing.); Y. Sabb. VIII, end, 11ᶜ קלומות (corr. acc.).—Pesik. B’shall. p. 87ᵃ שהיו נותנים … וק׳ של קנה וכ׳ (Ar. וקולמיות, corr. acc.) they put glowing iron balls under their armpits, and drove pieces of reed under their nails; Midr. Till. to Ps. XVI; Yalk. ib. 667; Cant. R. to II, 7 קרטיות (corr. acc.). Sabb. 125ᵃ ק׳ של מחצלת shreds of reeds detached from mats. ↗ expanded

קרומית , Tosef. Ḥall. I, 1, ed. Zuck., v. קַרְמִית ↗ expanded

קְרוּמְלִים , v. קַרְמוּלִין ↗ expanded

קָרוֹן (v. קָרָר) wagon, travelling coach. Ab. Zar. V, 4 המניח יינו בק׳ וכ׳ if a person left his wine in a coach … and walked on a short-cut (leaving the wine under the care of a gentile driver) &c.; Y. ib. 44ᵈ bot. מעשה בק׳ … שהפליגה וכ׳ it happened with a coach of the house of Rabbi that its passenger left it unwatched for more than four miles. Kil. VIII, 3 היושב בק׳ he that sits in a coach (drawn by heterogeneous animals). Ib. 4. Lev. R. s. 16 a general saw them ומושיב אותן בק׳ and made them sit in his coach; Pesik. Vatt. p. 133ᵃ על קרונין שלו (read קָרוּכִין or קרון). Lev. R. l. c. הק׳ עוברת וכ׳ the coach passed over them &c.; Pesik. l. c. 133ᵇ הקרונין (corr. acc.); Lam. R. to IV, 15 קרונין, קירונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pl. קְרוֹנוֹת. Sabb. 122ᵃ ק׳ של בית רבי וכ׳ the light coaches of the house of Rabbi may be moved on the Sabbath. Ib. לשתות יין בק׳ של נכרים וכ׳ to drink wine carried with him in coaches (and left temporarily in charge of gentiles), v. supra. Kidd. 76ᵇ ק׳ של זהב Ar. (ed. קְרוֹנִיּוֹת, fr. קְרוֹנִית) gilt coaches. Cant. R. to V, 2 שיהו עגלות וקְרָנִיּוֹת וכ׳ (fr. קְרָנִית) wide enough for wagons and coaches to pass. Gen. R. s. 75 יושבי קְרָנוֹת (fr. קֶרֶן?) sitting in coaches; Yalk. ib. 130. B. B. 146ᵃ מאה ק׳ וכ׳ one hundred wagon loads &c.; Y. ib. IX, 17ᵃ קריות (corr. acc.).—V. next w. ↗ expanded

קְרוֹנָה , pl. קְרוֹנוֹת (preced.) open place for wagons on market days, station; market day. Meg. 5ᵇ רבי רחץ בקרונה של וכ׳ Rabbi bathed in the bathhouse of the station of Sepphoris on the 17^ᵗʰ of Tammuz. Keth. 15ᵃ נבעלת בק׳ וכ׳ if a woman had intercourse with an unknown man in the market; בק׳ ס"ד אלא … בשעת ק׳ you cannot mean on the wagons in the market, but … at market time. Ib. בק׳ … היה מעשה the occurrence (recorded in the Mishnah) took place at the station of Sepphoris; Y. ib. I, 25ᵈ (in Chald. dict.) בהן קרונה וכ׳ (not כהן). ↗ expanded

קְרוֹנְתָּא (Κόρυνθος, by adaptation to קַרְנָא) (Corinthian) capital of a column (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Columna). Targ. I Kings VII, 20. Targ. II Kings XXV, 17; a. fr.—Pl. קְרוֹנְתְּוָן. Targ. I Kings l. c.; a. fr.—Ib. 2 קְרוֹנַתְהוֹן דארזיא ed. Lag. (ed. קַרְנַתְהוֹן; h. text כרתית); ib. 12 קַרְנְוַתְהוֹן Levita (ed. מרישא). ↗ expanded

קרוס , Gen. R. s. 67, v. מַקְרִין I ↗ expanded

קְרוּסְטוּמִיל , v. קְרוּסְטְמִיל ↗ expanded

קְרוּסְטָלִינִין (κρυστάλλινος) rock-crystal decorations. Targ. Esth. I, 6. ↗ expanded

קְרוּסְטְמִיל (crustuminum, sub. pirum) Crustumenian pear (red on one side). Tosef. Kil. I, 4 היו מרכיבין ק׳ על גבי עוגס ed. Zuck. (Var. קְרוּסְתְּמִין) they grafted a Crustumenian on a native pear-tree; Y. ib. I, 27ᵃ קרוסטמיל and קְרוּסְטַמְלִין (sing.).—Pl. קְרוּסְטְמִילִין. Tosef. Shebi. VII, 16 (Var. קרסטמול׳). Tosef. Ukts. III, 7 קְרוּסְטוֹמְלִין. Kil. I, 4 קרוסטמילין Ms. M. (Y. ed. קרוסטמלין, Mish. a. Bab. ed. קרסתומלין). Maasr. I, 3 קרוסטומלין Mish. ed. (Ms. M. קרוסטמילין, Y. ed. קרוסטמ׳, Bab. ed. קריס׳). ↗ expanded

קְרוּסְפָּא , v. כְּרִיסְפָּא a. קְרִיסְפָּא. ↗ expanded

קָרוֹצָא (קְרַץ I) biting insect.—Pl. קָרוֹצֵי. Cant. R. to I, 1, v. חִיפּוּשִׂיתָא. ↗ expanded

קָרוּקִין , v. קָרוּכִין ↗ expanded

קרוקיתא , Ned. 41ᵃ ההוא ק׳ דעקרבא, read, as Yalk. Ps. 877; ההוא עקרבא, v. אַקְרוֹקְתָּא ↗ expanded

קרורטין , (Mus. קרידטין), name of a potion, prob. to be read: קִדְרִיטִין (κεδρίτης) wine flavored with resin of cedar. Y. Sabb. VI, 14ᶜ ↗ expanded

קְרוּשָׁא (קְרַשׁ) frost. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXI, 40 (Ar. קְרִישָׁא). ↗ expanded

קְרוֹשְׁיָתָא , v. כְּרוֹשְׁיָיתָא ↗ expanded

קִרְזֵל (v. קְרוֹז) to round, roll, form a ball. Part. pass. מְקוּרְזָל; f. מְקוּרְזֶלֶת; pl. מְקוּרְזָלִין; מְקוּרְזָלוֹת. Tosef. Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17 צרור המק׳ a rounded and smooth lump (of earth or stone); Y. ib. VIII, end, 11ᶜ; Bab. ib. 81ᵃ אבנים מק׳. Ib. 43ᵃ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קֵרֵחַ v. next w.) bald, bald head. Gen. R. s. 65, v. קִיוֵּוץ. Bekh. VII, 2 הק׳ פסול a bald-headed person is unfit for priestly functions; איזה ק׳ כל וכ׳ bald-headed (in a legal sense) is he who has not a line of hair from ear to ear. Ib. 58ᵃ הק׳ הזה that bald head (R. Akiba). B. Kam. 60ᵇ נמצא ק׳ מכאן וק׳ מכאן finally he is bald from here and bald from there (has neither white nor black hair); a. fr.—Gitt. VIII, 9, a. e. גט ק׳ a letter of divorce that lacks signatures on each of its folds (v. קָשַׁר).—Pl. קֵרְחִים, קֵרְחִין. Y. Yoma II, end, 40ᵃ הכהנים לרבות הק׳ ‘the priests’ (Lev. I, 5), this includes the bald heads (as fit for that function); Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., Par. 4, ch. VI קַרְחָנִים; Bekh. 43ᵇ קרְחָנִין.—Fem. קֵרַחַת. B. Bath. 132ᵃ ק׳ מכאן ומכאן she is bald on both sides, i.e. has forfeited both claims on her husband’s estate. ↗ expanded

קֵרֵחַ ² Targ. O. Lev. XIII, 40 (ed. Berl. קְרֵיחַ; some ed. קְרַח); Y. קְרוּחַ. ↗ expanded

קָרַח (b. h.) [to be round and smooth,] (denom. of קֵרֵחַ) to make a bald spot. Macc. III, 5 הקוֹרִחַ קרחה וכ׳ he that makes a baldness upon his head. Ib. 20ᵃ יכול אפי׳ ק׳ … קריחות וכ׳ lest you think that even if one makes four or five spots, he is guilty only of one act; Kidd. 36ᵃ; a. e. Nif. נִקְרַח to become bald, hairless, smooth. Maasr. I, 3 האגסים … משיִקָּרְהוּ (Y. ed. משׁיַקְרִיחוּ, a. משיקרחו) pears … are subject to tithes when their surface begins to grow smooth, v. infra. Neg. VIII, 5 חזר … ונִקְרְחוּ if head and chin changed and became bald; Tosef. ib. III, 10 (not שנ׳); a. e. Hif. הִקְרִיחַ same. Tosef. Maasr. I, 2 משיַקְרִיחוּ (not משיקד׳), v. supra. Y. ib. I, 48ᵈ bot. משיקריחו … משיעשו קרחות … לבנות ‘when they get smooth’ (Mish. ib. I, 3, v. supra) …, that means, when they begin to get white, smooth spots (cmp. קְרוּחַ). Ib. וכי מחמת האוכל הן מַקְרִיחִין וכ׳ do the fruits get white spots because of the development of the eatable matter (flesh), is it not on account of worms?; a. e. to make bare, raze. Y. Kil. IV, beg. 29ᵃ קרחת … מקריחין אותו וכ׳ ‘a bald portion of a vineyard’ (Mish. ib. IV, 1) is one which is razed in the centre; כרם שחרב מקריחין וכ׳ ‘a waste vineyard’ (ib. 2) is one which is razed on all sides. Sot. 46ᵇ (play on קרח, II Kings II, 23) שהִקְרַחְתָּ עלינו את המקום thou hast made the place bare for us (ruined our water trade by healing the well); a. e.—Part. pass. מוּקְרָח; pl. מוּקְרָחִין. Y. Kil. I, 27ᵇ bot. ששה על ששה מוק׳ וכ׳ when one throws mixed seeds into a plot of six (cubits) by six which lies vacant within a field of grains or which is fenced in. ↗ expanded

קְרַח 1 , to make bald; to become bald. Pes. 110ᵃ bot. (in an incantation) ק׳ קרחייכי bald be your baldness (may the hair with which you practice your witchcraft fall out). Y. Sabb. XX, end, 17ᵈ (perh. Hebrew) קְרוֹחַ קריחה make bald a bald head (?), v. צְנִינִים.—[Snh. 109ᵇ עד דקרחא some ed., read: דקדחא, v. קְדַח.] ↗ expanded

קֶרַח (preced. wds.) baldness. Kidd. 36ᵃ (ref. to קרחה Lev. XXI, 5) א"כ נכתוב קרא ק׳ וכ׳ if this were so, the text should read ḳeraḥ, why is it ḳorḥah? ↗ expanded

קרח , Sifra Thazr., Neg. ch. I; Yalk. Lev. 550, read: קֶדַח. ↗ expanded

קֹרַח (b. h.) pr. n. m. Korah, leader of a rebellion against Moses. Tosef. Snh. XIII, 9 ק׳ ועדתו וכ׳ Korah and his followers have no share in the world to come; Snh. 109ᵇ עדת ק׳ וכ׳ the followers of K. have &c. Ib. ק׳ שנעשה קרחה וכ׳ (Ms. M. שעשה) he is named Korah (Bald), because baldness (depopulation) was created in Israel; a. v. fr. ↗ expanded

קְרַח 2 = h. קֵרֵחַ, v. קֵרֵחַ ch.—Targ. II Kings II, 23 קרְ׳ (ed. Ven. קָרָ׳).—Snh. 63ᵇ ברחא ק׳, v. אֲשִׁימָא. Sabb. 152ᵃ, v. בַּרְחָא, a. מַצּוּיָינָא. (cmp. גולבינא a. גלב) a species of peas (P. Sm. s. v. קרחא, 3740 ‘peanuts’).—Pl. קַרְחִין. Y. Ned. IV, 38ᵈ top מי סורס וק׳ an infusion of sores and ḳarḥim ↗ expanded

קַרְחָא 2 = b. h. קֶרַח, frost, ice, hail. Targ. Ps. CXLVII, 17. Targ. Job XXXVII, 10; a. e. ↗ expanded

קָרָחָא 2 (קְרַח I) [scraper, wool-dresser; cmp. גַּרְדַּי,] common weaver. Meg. 12ᵇ; Yalk. Esth. 1051, v. פַּרְדַּשְׁכָּא. ↗ expanded

קָרְחָא 2 f. = next w. Targ. Y. II, Deut. XIV, 1 (some ed. קָרְחָה). ↗ expanded

קָרְחָה 1 baldness. Sifré Deut. 96; Macc. 20ᵃ לחייב על כל ק׳ וק׳ to be punishable for each act of making a bald spot; Sifra Emor, Par. 1, ch. I קְרִיחָה. Macc. 20ᵇ וכמה שיעור ק׳ what is the legal size of baldness (to be punishable)?; a. fr.—Trnsf. gap, depopulation. Snh. 109ᵇ, a. e., v. קֹרַח. Meg. 13ᵇ שמא תאמר ק׳ אני וכ׳ lest thou say that I may create depopulation in thy empire (by the extermination of the Jews); a. e.—Pl. קָרְחוֹת. Kidd. 36ᵃ (Macc. 20ᵃ, a. e. קריחות), v. קָרַח. Y. Maasr. I, 48ᵈ bot., v. קָרַח Hif.—Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ top (to those who read from the Law without benedictions) עד מתי אתם … ק׳ ק׳ how long will you make the law into bare patches (sterile of spiritual seeds)? ↗ expanded

קָרְחָה 2 Ḳorḥah, father of R. Joshua (v. Fr. Darkhé, p. 178). Meg. 28ᵃ. Sabb. 152ᵃ, v. גַּוְזַנְיָא. Snh. VII, 5; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַרְחוּתָא (קְרַח) baldness of the back of the head. Targ. O. Lev. XIII, 42 (Y. קֵרוּחְתָּא, קוּרְחֲתָא, קוּרַחְתָּא). ↗ expanded

קַרְחַיִים , v. קְרוּחַיִים ↗ expanded

קַרְחִין a species of peas, v. קְרַח II. ↗ expanded

קַרְחִינָא Ḳarḥina. Sabb. 152ᵃ, v. גַּוְזַנְיָא.—Denom. קַרְחִינָאָה. Snh. 92ᵃ אדא ק׳; Ber. 33ᵃ אדא בר אהבה ק׳ Ms. M. (ed. אחא ק׳, some ed. קַרְחִינַאי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). ↗ expanded

קַרְחָן = קֵרֵחַ.—Pl. קַרְחָנִים, קַרְחָנִין, v. קֵרֵחַ. ↗ expanded

קָרַחַת baldness; ק׳ הכרם razed portion of a vineyard. Kil. IV, 1, v. קָרַח Hif.; a. e. smooth back or inside of cloth; worn cloth. Sifra Thazr., Par. 5, ch. XV בקָרַחְתּוֹ אלו השחקים b’ḳaraḥto (Lev. XIII, 55) means worn cloth, opp. גַּבַּחַת. a leprous affection on the back of the head (making it bald). Neg. X, 10 איזו היא ק׳ מן הקדקד וכ׳ which portion of the head is meant by ḳaraḥath? From the crown sliding backward &c.; Tosef. ib. IV, 9; Sifra l. c. ch. X; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְרַט (v. P. Sm. 3741; cmp. קרץ) to break, take a bite. Lev. R. s. 22; Koh. R. to V, 8 יתיב למְקַרְטָא וכ׳ sat down on the road to eat something (Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 1 שהיה אוכל לחם). ↗ expanded

קָרָט (preced., v. קוֹרֶט) ḳaraṭ, a small coin. Y. Sot. III, 19ᵃ; Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ bot., v. קְפֵילִין. Y. B. Mets. IV, beg. 9ᶜ ק׳ בק׳ שרי to lend money on ḳaraṭ against ḳ. (counting ḳaraṭs in place of denars) is permitted; cmp. לָקָן.—Pl. קְרָטִין. Y. Shek. II, 46ᵈ ביקשו לשקול דינרין ק׳ וכ׳ ‘they wanted to pay their half-shekels in denars’ (Mish. ib. II, 4), that is in ḳaraṭs, but it was not accepted.—קֳרָטִים, קֳרָטִין, v. קוֹרֶט. ↗ expanded

קַרְטַבְלָא , v. קַרְטוּבְלָא ↗ expanded

קרטבליא , v. קָטָבוֹלְיָא ↗ expanded

קַרְטְגינָא , v. קרְטִיגְנִי ↗ expanded

קַרְטוּב (קרטב, Parel of קטב; cmp. קַרְטוּפְנָא a. קָטָף) ḳarṭub, ḳurṭub, a small liquid measure equal to ¹/₆₄ of a Log. Tosef. B. Bath. V, 10; B. Bath. 90ᵃ (Rashb. a. l. quot. of Tosef. l. c. וחצי שמינית וכ׳ one sixteenth of a Log). Men. XII, 4 (103ᵇ) קר׳ (Ms. M. קור׳); Tosef. ib. XII, 9 קור׳. Mikv. III, 1. Ib. VII, 5; Ḥull. 26ᵃ; Macc. 4ᵃ; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַרְטוּבְלָא (a Babyl. corrupt. of קָטָבוֹלְיָא) leather cover, spread. Sabb. 79ᵃ bot. ההיא בק׳ (Ms. M. בקורטבלא, Ar. בקרטב׳) this refers to a leather spread. Ḥag. 24ᵃ שצברן ע"ג קרטב׳ (Ms. M. קָטָבְלָא) he piled them on a leather spread. Nidd. 28ᵃ שרפו ע"ג קטבלא he burned the corpse on a leather spread (which is not consumed in fire). ↗ expanded

קרְטוּם , v. קִירְטוּם ↗ expanded

*קָרְטוֹן (cors, -tis = cohors) an enclosure for a division in a military camp, square. Ber. 32ᵇ, v. גַּסְטְרָא; Yalk. Is. 332 קירטון (prob. to be read: קוֹרְ׳). ↗ expanded

קרטון , Yalk. Deut. 942; Yalk. Jer. 321, v. קִטְרוֹן II ↗ expanded

קַרְטוּפְנָא (קרטף, Parel of קטף; cmp. קָטָף) incision, scratch, crack.—Pl. קַרְטוּפְנֵי. B. Kam. 86ᵃ דאית ליה ק׳ וכ׳ if he has sores from scratches on his head &c., v. צְוַוח. Keth. 107ᵇ דלית בהו ק׳ when the glazed vessels have no cracks. Pes. 30ᵇ היכא דאית בהו ק׳ when they have cracks, opp. שיעי. ↗ expanded

קַרְטֵט (v. קְרַט) to break, cut into small pieces. Y. Maas. Sh. IV, 54ᵈ נסתון … וקַרְטְטָן קומוי וכ׳ Bar Ḳ. took them (the fruit) and cut them in his presence, saying, is this worth anything?—Part. pass. מְקַרְטַט, מְקַרְטְטָה. Ib. עד כדון מילה מק׳ ולא טבא מילה מק׳ וכ׳ (ed. Zyt. מקרטמה) so far (you are right) as to a thing which is worth nothing when cut; how about a thing which is valuable when it is cut? ↗ expanded

קַרְטִיגְנָא , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַרְטִיגְנִי (Cartago, Carthago, -inis) Carthage (rebuilt under the Roman empire), on the northern coast of Africa. Men. 110ᵃ מצור ועד ק׳ מכירין וכ׳ from Tyre to Carthage they know (respect the past history of) Israel and their Father in heaven, but from Tyre westward and from Carthage eastward they do not know &c.; Is. 316. Lev. R. s. 27 אזל … קרטיגנא והוות וכ׳ (Alexander the Great) came to a city called Ḳarṭigna which was occupied (guarded) by women only (v. Tam. 32ᵃ). Gen. R. s. 44, end (expl. הקדמני, Gen. XV, 19) קרטגינה (some ed. קרטנונא, corr. acc.); Yalk. ib. 78 קרטניי׳ (corr. acc.). Ber. 29ᵃ קרטגני Ms. M. (ed. קרטיגנין; some ed. קרטיגנן, קרטיגנון, corr. acc.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); v. קַרְתִּיגְנִי.—Denom. קַרְטִיגְנָאָה, v. sub קַרְתִּ׳. ↗ expanded

קרטיות , Cant. R. to II, 7, v. קְרוֹמִית ↗ expanded

קַרְטִילָּא , v. קַרְטַלָּא ↗ expanded

קַרְטֵיס (χάρτης) paper, document. Midr. Till. to Ps. XLV נטל ק׳ (חלק) ונתן וכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. קוטריס, קרדום, corr. acc.) he took a blank paper and handed it to the judge; Yalk. ib. 749 קונטרס (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קַרְטֵיס ² … ch. same. Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ חד בר נש … בק׳ a man owed his neighbor one hundred denars on a note; אי לא יהב לך ק׳ וכ׳ unless he hand thee the note, give him no money. Gitt. 69ᵃ קוּרְטֵסָא a piece of paper.—Pl. קַרְטִיסַיָּיא. Lev. R. s. 34 הא ק׳ קדמך וכ׳ Ar. (ed. כתבא) the documents (accounts) are before thee, read and count. ↗ expanded

קרטיסים , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קְרָטִיסִין (not ים …) f. (κράτησις, S.) dominion, power, possession, esp. (sub. יום) a Roman festival commemorating the conquest of eastern countries. Ab. Zar. I, 3 (8ᵃ) (Mish. Nap. קריטיסים; Y. ed. קרטסים; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5); ib. 8ᵇ; Y. ib. I, 39ᶜ; Tosef. ib. I, 4 קרטיסים (Var. קראטיס׳, טוסם …). royal prohibition. Pesik. Baḥod., p. 104ᵇ sq. קבע ק׳ בני וכ׳ he issued a prohibition, that the Romans must not go down to Syria &c.; התיר ק׳ he cancelled the prohibition; Yalk. Ex. 273 (Ar. קבע קרטיסים בים, corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קְרֵטִיקוֹן , v. גְּרֵתִיקוֹן ↗ expanded

קַרְטַלָּא (κάρταλλος, prob. of Semitic origin; cmp. קוֹרְטוֹר) a kind of basket. Lev. R. s. 25; Koh. R. to II, 20 (Tanḥ. K’dosh. 8 סַלְסַלָּה). ↗ expanded

קַרְטַלִּין (κάρταλον) same. Tosef. Sabb. IV (V), 5 Var., v. קְרַסְטְלִין ↗ expanded

קַרְטְלִיתָא same, a female’s working basket. B. Bath. 74ᵃ bot. ק׳ דהוו קא מקבעי וכ׳ a basket (Rashi: a chest) in which jewels were set. Ib.ᵇ מאי אית לכו בהדי ק׳ וכ׳ what have you to do with that basket designated for the wife &c.? ↗ expanded

קִרְטֵם (Parel of קָטַם) to pluck, lop. Maasr. III, 9 מְקַרְטֵם עלה וכ׳ he may pluck leaf by leaf and eat (without tithing); Y. ib. 50ᶜ; Y. B. Kam. II, 3ᵃ top וקִירְטְמוּ החילפין and they (the chickens) ruined the young shoots; (Tosef. ib. II, 1 וקִיטְּמוּ). Y’lamd. to Num. XXII, 4 quot. in Ar. כל בהמה מְקַרְטֶמֶת אחד אחד וכ׳ any other beast on pasture plucks one part of the field after the other, but the ox &c. ↗ expanded

קַרְטֵם ch., v. קַרְטֵט ↗ expanded

קִרְטֵס (Pales of קרט) to scrape. Kel. XXX, 1 קִירְטְסָן, v. קִרְדֵּס. ↗ expanded

קַרְטֵס , v. קַרְטֵיס ↗ expanded

*קַרְטְסָא 2 (a contraction of Cretensis, cmp. Κρητικόν, sub. ἱμάτιον) a short and light linen dress.—Pl. קַרְטְסַיָּא. Targ. Is. III, 23 (h. text סדינים). ↗ expanded

קרטסים , v. קְרָטִיסִין ↗ expanded

קִרְטֵעַ (Parel of קָטַע) [to cut; cmp. גּוּז,] to caper, leap. Gen. R. s. 38 ארכיליסטיס מְקַרְטֵעַ Ar. the chief robber (Satan) cuts his capers (ed. השטן מקטרג). Gen. R. s. 74 מְקַרְטְעִים בו Var., v. קִרְקֵר II. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 19 נוער כשהוא מְקַרְטֵעַ (read: נראה) appearing as if it (the golden calf) were leaping, v. רָטַט. Ḥull. 75ᵃ דג מקרטע (Ms. H. המִתְקַרְטֵעַ; Ms. R. 1 המקורטע; 2 המטרטע corr. acc.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2) a fish jumping (in the death agony); a. e.—Pesik. R. s. 40 [read:] שלא נראה המאכלת בא(ה) עלי ונְקַרְטֵעַ ונִיפָּסֵל וכ׳ lest we (I) see the knife coming on me, and make a convulsive movement, and become unfit for a sacrifice; [Friedm. corrects: שלא אראה … וַאֲקַרְטֵעַ ואִיפָּסֵל lest I see the knife &c.] Hithpa. הִתְקַרְטֵעַ same, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קַרְטֵעַ , to leap. Targ. Job XLI, 14 מקרטע quot. in Tosaf. to Ḥull. 75ᵃ (ed. תדיץ).—Cant. R. to I, 4 מְקַרְטְעָא כהדא חפיתא, v. חָפִיתָא; Pesik. Ronni, p. 141ᵇ מְקַרְטְעָה בהדא חפצתא (corr. acc.; Ar. s. v. קרטע: כהדא ריפתא, corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קרי , Pesik. R. s. 22, v. קִירִי.—Yalk. Deut. 946, v. קירִי. ↗ expanded

קרי ² (b. h.) to call, name; to invite. Ber. 7ᵇ מיום שברא … שקְרָאוֹ … וּקְרָאוֹ אדון from the day that the Lord created the world there was no man that called the Holy One, blessed be He, lord, until Abraham came and called him lord (Gen. XV, 2 אדני). Gen. R. s. 56 אברהם קראו יראה Abraham called it (the Temple site) yeraëh (Gen. XXII, 14), שם ק׳ אותו שלם Shem called it Salem (ib. XIV, 18), הריני קוֹרֵא אותו ירושלם I will call it Jerusalem. Snh. 70ᵇ אין … לִקְרוֹא אבא וכ׳ no sooner does a child know to call ‘father’ and ‘mother’, than it tastes grain food. Num. R. s. 15, beg. ק׳ אותו אוהב he invited that friend. Ib. והיה קורא אומניות, v. אוּמָנוּת; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. קָרוּא, קָרוּי; f. קְרוּאָה, קְרוּיָה; Pl. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּאִין, קְרוּיִים, קְרוּיִם, קְרוּיִין, קְרוּיִן; קְרוּאוֹת, קְרוּיוֹת. B. Mets. 114ᵇ, a. e. (ref. to Ez. XXXIV, 31) אתם ק׳ אדם וכ׳ you are called men, but idolaters &c. Sifra Aḥăré, end כל העריות ק׳ טומאה all illicit connections are called uncleanness; a. fr.—Esp. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּיִין those called up to read from the Torah (v. infra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. XXIX, 2) אלו שלשה ק׳ this is typical of the three persons called up to read from the Torah (priest, Levite, and Israelite). Y. Meg. III, 74ᵇ ולא שבעה ק׳ אינון are not seven persons called up (on the Sabbath)?; a. fr.—V. קְרוּיוֹת.—2) to read, recite (esp. from the Scriptures). Yoma I, 6 אם רגיל לִקְרוֹת … קוֹרִין לפניו if he (the high priest) is accustomed to read (the Scriptures), he reads himself, if not, they read to him; ובמה קורין לפניו and from what books do they read to him? Ib. פעמים הרבה קָרִיתִי וכ׳ many a time I read to him from Daniel. Meg. II, 1 הקורא את המגילה וכ׳, v. מִפְרֵעַ. Ib. 2 קְרָאָהּ סירוגין, v. סֵירוּג. Ib. 3 קורא כמקומו he must read in accordance with the usage of the place he came from. Ib. 4 הכל כשרין לִקְרוֹת וכ׳ all persons are qualified to recite the Book of Esther (before the congregation). Y. Meg. IV, 74ᵈ bot. וקְרָיָיהּ and read from it; a. fr.—Esp. to read from the Torah at public services. Ib. III, 4 קורין בפרשת שקלים they (those who are called up, v. supra) read the section of Sheḳalim (Ex. XXX, 11-16). Ib. 6 אחד קורא את כולן one person must read the entire chapter (of the curses). Ib. IV, 1 בשני … קורין שלשה on Mondays … three persons read. Ib. 4 הקורא בתורה לא יפחות וכ׳ he who is designated to read from the Torah must read no less than three verses; לא יִקְרָא למתורגמן וכ׳ he must read to the interpreter one verse at a time, but from the Prophets, three verses. Bicc. I, 1 יש מביאין … וקורין וכ׳ there are those who are bound to bring the first-fruits and to read (Deut. XXVI, 5-10), and those who must bring but not read &c. Ib. 4; a. v. fr.—Esp. (את שמע) ק׳ to recite the Sh’mʿa in the morning and in the evening prayer. Ber. I, 1 לא קָרִינוּ וכ׳ we omitted to read the Sh’mʿa. Ib. II, 3 ק׳ וטעה if one read the Sh’mʿa and made a mistake. Ib. 4 האומנין קוֹרְאִין וכ׳ (Bab. ed. 16ᵃ קורין) workingmen read the Sh’mʿa on top of a tree, or on the scaffolding; a. v. fr.—אל תִּקְרֵי … אלא (or תִּיקְרִי Chald. form; abbrev. א"ת) read not … but—, i.e. change the traditional (Massoretic) reading (for homiletical purposes). Ib. 64ᵃ (ref. to Is. LIV, 13 א"ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בּוֹנַיִךְ read not banayikh (thy children) but bonayikh (thy builders, the scholars). M. Kat. 9ᵇ (ref. to Ps. XLIX, 12) א"ת קִרְבָּם אלא קִבְרָם read not ḳirbam (their innermost) but ḳibram (their grave); a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵא same, to call, invite. Part. pass. מְקוֹרָא, pl. מְקוֹרָאִים, מְקוֹרָאִין. Num. R. s. 13 יש חתן … למק׳ וכ׳ does a bridegroom give a banquet for the invited guests and not sit with them?; a. e. Nif. נִקְרָא to be called. Lev. R. s. 1, beg. נִקְרְאוּ הנביאים וכ׳, v. בַּיִת. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to Ex. II, 13) מכאן … נ׳ רשע from here we learn that when a man lifts up his hand to strike his neighbor, even if he does not strike, he is called a wicked man; Snh. 58ᵇ. Ab. Zar. 19ᵃ (ref. to Ps. I, 2) בתחלה נִקְרֵאת … נקראת וכ׳ first it (the Law) is called the Lord’s, and then his (the student’s); a. fr.— to be read, recited. Meg. I, 1 מגלה נקראת וכ׳ the Book of Esther may be read at public service on the eleventh &c. Ib. IV, 10 מעשה ראובן נ׳ ולא וכ׳ the story of Reuben (Gen. XXXV, 22) is read at public service but not translated. Ib. לא נִקְרָאִין וכ׳ (Y. ed. נִיקְרִין) must be neither read nor interpreted. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 31 יש נקראין ומתרגמין וכ׳ certain verses are read but not interpreted &c.; Meg. 25ᵃ נִקְרִין; a. v. fr. Hif. הִקְרִיא to cause to call, to lead in reading. Sot. 10ᵃ sq. (ref. to Gen. XXI, 33) א"ת וַיִּקְרָא אלא וַיַּקְרִיא read not vayiḳra (and he called) but vayaḳri (and he made call), מלמד שה׳ וכ׳ intimating that Abraham caused the name of the Lord to be called by the mouth of every passer-by. Y. ib. V, 20ᶜ top קטן שהוא מַקְרֵא וכ׳ a child that reads the Hallel at school, and they (the class) respond by repeating each sentence (v. עָנָה I); גדול שהוא מקרא וכ׳ an adult that leads in reciting …, when the congregation responds with the first sentence (as refrain). Succ. III, 10 מי שהיה … מַקְרִין אותו וכ׳ if a slave, a woman, or a child reads to him, he responds with Hallelujah. Gitt. III, 1 שמע קול סופרים מקרין וכ׳ heard the teaching scribes as they made the practicing children read, ‘such and such … divorces &c.’—Esp. to teach the Scriptures (מִקְרָא). Lam. R. to I, 6 הַקְרינִי דף אחד … השניני וכ׳ teach me a page of the Scriptures, teach me a chapter of the Mishnah; a. fr.—[Erub. 104ᵇ שהקרו, v. קָרַר I.] ↗ expanded

קְרֵי 1 , to call, name, invite; to read. Targ. Gen. XXIX, 34. Targ. I Sam. III, 6. Targ. Gen. II, 19, sq. Targ. Deut. XVII, 19. Targ. Esth. VI, 1; a. v. fr.—Meg. 18ᵇ דקָרוּ ליה וכ׳ when they call him (in his sleep), and he answers. Gen. R. s. 17; Lev. R. s. 34 קְרוּן בשכונתיה וכ׳ they called (begging for alms) in the neighborhood &c. Ber. 13ᵇ מִקְרָא הוא דלא לִיקְרֵי וכ׳ one is not permitted to read the Sh’mʿa (while lying on one’s back), but &c.; מקרא … נמי אסיר to read is forbidden even when turning sideways. Ib. 11ᵇ כתיב רע וקְרִינָן הכל it is written (Is. XLV, 7) ‘and creates evil’, and we read (in the morning prayers) ‘all’! Pes. 3ᵃ קָרוּ נגהי, v. נָגְהָא. Ib. קַרְיֵיה … לנהורא וכ׳ the Lord called the light and appointed it &c. Gen. R. s. 40 הוה קָרֵי עליהין נותן וכ׳ applied to them the verse (Is. XL, 29), he giveth &c. M. Kat. 5ᵇ top, a. fr. ק׳ עליה וכ׳ applied to him the verse &c. Keth. 17ᵃ sq. למאן דקרי ותני וכ׳ (at the funeral) of one that read the Bible and studied Mishnah, but of one that taught others &c. Sabb. 152ᵇ גלית … נביאי לא קְרֵית thou showest that thou hast not even read the Prophets (v. infra). Y. Meg. III, 74ᵇ bot. אילין … מאי דיִקְרִינָן וכ׳ as to the curses (v. אֲרַר), dare one person read them and recite the benediction before and after them? Ex. R. s. 47 למדו … ודקָרִין בלילה learn the Torah from such teachers as get up early and study while it is yet night, v. אִימְּטִין; a. v. fr.—Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ bot., a. e. קְרָאיֵי they recite.—Part. pass. קְרִי, קְרִיא; pl. קְרִיָּין the Massoretic reading, opp. כתיב. Treat. Sof’rim ch. IX, 8. Ned. 37ᵇ, v. כְּתִיב; a. fr. Af. אַקְרֵי (Pa. קָרֵי) to make read, to teach (the Scriptures). Sabb. l. c. דקָרְיָיךְ קהלת לא אַקְרְיָיךְ משלי (Ms. M. דאַקְרְיָיךְ) he that taught thee Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) failed to teach thee Mishlé (Proverbs); Yalk. Gen. 33; Yalk. Ez. 376 דאקרייך. Yeb. 9ᵃ מדמַקְרֵי ליה וכ׳ as R. J. taught his son the interpretation of &c. Koh. R. to III, 14 מקרתה, read: מקרי ליה, v. קַרְיָיא; a. fr.—V. מַקְרֵי.—[Tanḥ. B’resh. 2 ולקרוייה, read: וליַקּוּרֵיה.] Ithpe. אִתְקְרִיא, אִתְקְרֵי, , אִיקְּרֵי to be called, named; to be called upon, visited. Targ. Esth. III, 12. Ib. IV, 11. Targ. Gen. XVII, 5; a. fr.—Snh. 26ᵇ היכן … דאִיקְּרוּ שָׁתוֹת where do we find that the righteous are called ‘foundations’? Yalk. Ez. 376 אפי׳ … אִיקְּרוּ לך even Prophets have not been taught thee; Yalk. Gen. 133 לא אַקְרוּ they have not taught thee (v. supra); a. fr. ↗ expanded

קרי ³ (b. h.) to join.—Denom. קוֹרָה III.—לִקְרַאת to meet. Sabb. 31ᵃ ויצא לִקְרָאתוֹ and came out to meet him. Ib. 119ᵃ; B. Kam. 32ᵃ top לקראת כלה to meet the bride (the Sabbath); a. fr. Nif. נִקְרָה to meet, join, esp. נִקְרֵי, נִיקְרֵי (denom. of קֶרִי) to lose semen. Gen. R. s. 52; s. 74, a. e. אין הלשון הזה וַיִּקָּר אלא לשון טומאה this expression vayiḳḳar (Num. XXIII, 4) has the meaning of uncleanness (by analogy from Deut. XXIII, 11).—Meg. 15ᵃ; Taan. 5ᵇ. Yeb. 76ᵃ Hof. הוּקְרָה same, to have (nocturnal) pollution; to lose semen. Y. Snh. II, 20ᵇ top; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIII (ref. to I Sam. XXV, 20) ותפגש אותם הוּקְרוּ כולן ‘she struck them’ (with her charms), all of them met with &c. ↗ expanded

קְרֵי 2 , to join. Ithpe. אִיקְּרֵי to do something by accident; to happen. Snh. 33ᵃ א׳ ועבד כחד וכ׳ if he happened to act in accordance with the opinion of one of them, when the common usage agrees with the other. Keth. 26ᵃ אִיקְּרוּ ויהבו ליה accidentally they gave it to him. ↗ expanded

קרי ⁴ , Pi. קֵרָה (b. h.) (denom. of קוֹרָה, q. v.) to lay beams; to cover. (denom. of קִיר I, q. v.) to wall up, close. Ber. 10ᵇ (ref. to II Kings IV, 10) עלייה … וקֵירוּהָ it was an open upper room (a balcony), and they closed it up. M. Kat. I, 4 מְקָרִין את הפירצה וכ׳ you may close up a breach during the festive week. Ib. 7ᵃ כיצד מקרין וכ׳ in what way is it to be done?… With shrubbery or bay-trees. Succ. I, 8 המְקָרֶה סוכתו וכ׳ he who covers his Succah with spits or boards of a bed-side. Lev. R. s. 1 היה מקרה בקורות וכ׳ he covered the building with joists, and wrote the name of the king on them; a. e.—Part. pass. מְקוֹרֶה; f. מְקוֹרָה. Y. Succ. I, 51ᵈ top סוכה מ׳ פסולה a Succah covered with beams is ritually unfit; מבוי מ׳ כשר a covered alley is fit (for Sabbath movements). Y. Naz. IX, 57ᵈ מערה מ׳ a vaulted cave. Sabb. 5ᵃ; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְרֵי 3 = קִרְיָיא, town, place. Targ. O. Gen. XLVII, 21 (some ed. קְרִי). Targ. Is. XIX, 2; a. e.—Pl., v. קִרְיָיא ↗ expanded

קְרִי , part. pass. of קְרי I, q. v. ↗ expanded

קְרִי ² accident, mishap. R. Hash. 16ᵃ תבואה שאירע בה ק׳ וכ׳ a crop to which an accident happened (an injury from natural causes) or a misfortune (through human agencies). Ib. אדם … ק׳ וכ׳ a man whom a mishap befell or &c. (euphem.) nocturnal pollution. Ab. V, 5. Midd. I, 9. Yoma 88ᵃ בעל ק׳ one to whom pollution happened; a. fr.—Pl. קְרָיִין. Ber. 22ᵇ; B. Kam. 82ᵃ (Ms. H. קְרָאִין); Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ top; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַרְיָא 1 accident, mishap. Targ. Prov. XVII, 14 quot. Levy Targ. Dict. (ed. Lag. קדיא; ed. אצטדיא). constr. קְרֵי pollution. Targ. O. Deut. XXIII, 11 ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. = h. text קְרֵה; oth. ed. סואבת). ↗ expanded

קַרְיָא 2 name of a worm in poppy. Sot. 3ᵇ (Ar. s. v. כד: כַּרְיָא), v. זְנוּתָא. ↗ expanded

קַרְיָא 3 Bible verse, v. קַרְיָיא. ↗ expanded

קִרְיָא place, v. קִרְיָיא. ↗ expanded

קְרִיאָה (קָרָא) call. Sifra Vayikra, Par. 1 (ref. to Lev. I, 1) הקדים ק׳ לדיבור the Lord sent the call in advance of the speech. Ib. על כל ק׳ הוא אומר הנני to every call he responded with ‘here am I.’ Deut. R. s. 11, beg. חתם יצחק בק׳ Isaac closed his blessings with a call (Gen. XXVIII, 1); אני … אלא בק׳ I will commence with a call (ib. XLIX, 1); a. fr. reading esp. from the Scriptures. קְרִיאַת שמע (קְרִיַּת) (abbrev. ק"ש), or ק׳ (sub. שמע) the recitation of Sh’mʿa (Deut. VI, 4-9; XI, 13-21; Num. XV, 37-41) in the morning and in the evening prayer. Ber. 13ᵇ מצות ק׳ the duty of reciting, contrad. to מצות כונה, v. כַּוָּנָה. Ib. זו ק"ש של ר׳ וכ׳ this (the verse Deut. VI, 4) was all that R. Judah han-Nasi read (when engaged in teaching); a. fr.—V. שְׁמַע II.—קריאת המגלה the recitation of the Book of Esther. Meg. I, 4; a. fr.—Ib. 14ᵃ קְרִיָּיתָהּ זו הלילא (not קרייתא), v. הַלֵּלָא.—Macc. 18ᵇ הראויין לק׳ those first-fruits which are fit for reciting over them (Deut. XXVI, 3 sq.); a. fr.—Pl. קְרִיאוֹת, קְרִיּוֹת. Deut. R. s. 4, beg. מהו לקרות … בק׳ הרבה how about reading ‘the reproofs’ (תּוֹכָחָה) by several calls (by calling up several persons successively). Ib. אם יקראו … ק׳ הרבה וכ׳ if they do read … by several calls, each called-up person should not recite the benediction before and after &c.—Cmp. קְרוּיוֹת. ↗ expanded

קריאסות , v. קִירְיוֹסִי ↗ expanded

קְרֵיב , v. קְרֵב ↗ expanded

קָרֵיב , קָרֵיבָא, קָרִי׳, קָרֵיבְתָּא f. (קְרֵב) near, related. Targ. Deut. XXII, 2. Targ. Lev. XXI, 3. Ib. XVIII, 6; a. v. fr.—Y. Keth. IX, 33ᵃ top כהדא קְרִיבְתֵּיה דרב וכ׳ as in the case of that relative of R. S.—Pl. קָרִיבִין, קָרִיבַיָּא; קָרִיבַן, קְרִיבָתָא. Targ. O. Lev. XVIII, 17. Targ. Ps. XXXVIII, 12. Targ. Ez. XXIII, 5; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְרֵיבָה (קָרַב) coming near, use of the root קָרַב. Gen. R. s. 96 (ref. to Gen. XLVII, 29) כל מי שנ׳ בו ק׳ למות וכ׳ he of whom the expression ‘come near to die’ is used, has not reached the age of his fathers; דוד כתיב בו ק׳ וכ׳ of David the expression קרב is used (I Kings II, 1) &c.; Yalk. Kings 168. Snh. 3ᵇ (ref. to Ex. XXII, 7 ונקרב) משעת ק׳ שלשה from the time of the approach (before court) there must be three judges. Gen. R. s. 71 בזה ק׳ ובזה ק׳ coming near is mentioned in connection with the tribe of Judah (Ps. LXV, 5) and with the priestly tribe (Ex. XXVIII, . Y. Snh. VII, 25ᵃ מכיון דכתיב ק׳ ק׳ וכ׳ since with regard to illicit connections the word קרב is used &c. Sabb. 104ᵇ מחוסר ק׳, מחוסר מעשה דק׳ it lacks being brought together (joined into one word); a. fr.—Y. Hor. II, 46ᵈ ק׳ פרישה the root קרב may also mean separation (coming near one’s self, ref. to Is. LXV, 5).—Pl. קְרֵיבוֹת. Pes. 118ᵇ (ref. to Ps. LXVIII, 31) מי גרם … ק׳ שהיו חפצין בהן what caused the dispersion of Israel among the nations? The approaches (to the nations) which they desired; Yalk. Ps. 800 קְרֵבוֹת (or קְרָבוֹת). Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ top, v. קָרוֹב I. ↗ expanded

קָרִיבוֹי , v. קָרוֹב II ↗ expanded

קְרֵיבוּת (קָרֵב) friendship, relationship. Ex. R. s. 5, a. e., v. נְשִׁיקָה. ↗ expanded

קְרֵיבוּתָא f. = קְרֵיבָה. Targ. Y. Deut. XXXI, 14. ↗ expanded

קָרִיד (קרד; cmp. גְּרִיד) (a pot) covered with a crust formed of hardened sediments. Ab. Zar. 76ᵃ האי ק׳ והאי לא ק׳ (Ms. M. קריר, cmp. גָּרַד a. גָּרַר) the one (a vessel taken from gentiles) has crusty accretions, the other (a sacred vessel) has none. ↗ expanded

קִרְיָה 1 a. II) town, settlement, fort. Lam. R. introd. (R. Naḥman) (ref. to Is. XXIX, 1) ק׳ שחנה וכ׳ the town in which David put up his camp; ק׳ דלא חניא וכ׳ the place where &c., v. חַנְיָא. Ib. ק׳ שעשה וכ׳, v. קְסִרְקִיטוֹן; Yalk. Is. 302. Tanḥ. K’dosh. 9 מעשה היה בקִרְיָתֵנוּ it happened in our place; Lev. R. s. 24, beg. בקרתני (corr. acc.; Yalk. Ps. 680 בעירנו).—Pl. קִרְיוֹת. Y. Snh. I, 18ᶜ bot. מעשה … ק׳ וכ׳ it happened with (representatives of) 24 townships belonging to the house of Rabbi, that they were assembled to proclaim an intercalation at Lydda.—[Y. B. Bath. IX, 17ᵃ קריות, read קרנות, v. קָרוֹן.] ↗ expanded

קִרְיָה 2 (= קִרְיָאָה, v. קוּרְיָיאָה a. קִרְיָיא)townsman, villager. Gen. R. s. 18 (ref. to Gen. II, 22) טבוי לק׳ דמלכא שושביניה lucky is the townsman whose groomsman is the king (‘Rashi’ טבות לקרתא דמלכא שושבינה); Yalk. ib. 24 טובוי לקי׳. ↗ expanded

קְרִיָּה , v. קְרִיאָה ↗ expanded

קריוניוס , v. קִרְיָינוֹס ↗ expanded

קִרְיוֹסִי , v. קִירְיוֹסִי ↗ expanded

קִרְיוּתָא = h. קָרֶה or קֶרִי, accident; קִרְיוּת הִרְהוּר effusio seminis in consequence of heated fancy or dream. Targ. Y. Deut. XXIII, 11. Targ. Y. I Gen. XLIX, 3. ↗ expanded

קְרֵיחַ , v. קֵרֵחַ ch. ↗ expanded

קְרִיחָה (קָרַח) making bald, baldness. Sifra Emor Par. 1, ch. I, v. קָרְחָה. Y. Sabb. XX, end, 17ᵈ, v. קְרַח I.—Pl. קְרִיחוֹת. Macc. 20ᵃ, v. קָרַח. ↗ expanded

קַרַיי , v. קרָיָיא ↗ expanded

קִרְיָיא = h. קִרְיָה, town, settlement, village. Targ. II Esth. IV, 1. Ib. IX, 28. Targ. Prov. XVIII, 19; a. fr.—Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top הוה עייל ק׳ ונפיק ק׳ (not ונפקא) he went from place to place; Cant. R. to I, 6 הוה עליל לק׳ ונפיק לק׳. Ib. to V, 14 למזבן עיבור מן ק׳ to buy up the grain of the place; a. e.—Pl. קִרְיָין, קוּ׳, קִרְיָיתָא קוֹ׳, קִרְיָתָא, קִי׳. Targ. Y. II, Num. XXXV, 2 (not קִרְיָת). Targ. Y. ib. 7; 8; a. fr.—Constr. קוּרְיֵי, קוֹ׳. Targ. Y. ib. XXXII, 26; 33; 36; a. e., v. קִרְוָא.—Y. Ḥag. I, 76ᶜ ר׳ יודה … בק׳ דארעא וכ׳ R. Judah, the Nasi sent forth … to visit the small places of Palestine and arrange for them primary teachers &c.; Lam. R. introd. (R. Abba 2). Succ. 44ᵇ ק׳ אית לי I own villages (or sing.). Ib. בני ק׳ the villagers. Y. Maasr. II, 49ᵈ דנפקין וסחרין … קוריין וכ׳ who go out trading in four or five places (during the day) and sleep in their own homes; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַרָיָיא = קַרָא Biblical scholar, Bible teacher. Lev. R. s. 30 ק׳ ותניי וכ׳ a Biblical scholar, a Mishnah student, poet, and preacher (v. קָרוֹב II); Cant. R. to III, 6 קְרָאוֹי ותנויי; Pesik. Ul’kaḥ. p. 179ᵃ קָרוֹי ותנוי. ↗ expanded

קַרְיָיא c. = קְרָא, Scriptures; Bible verse. Y. Meg. IV, 74ᵈ bot. יכיל … ק׳ מן פומי I can write the entire Scriptures from memory; יכיל … ק׳ בתרין מניי I can write the whole Bible at a cost of two Manehs; וכתב כל ק׳ על וכ׳ and wrote the whole Bible on their hides. Y. Ber. II, 4ᵈ bot. כמא דאישתעי ק׳ כך וכ׳ the phraseology of the Bible must be adopted in Talmudic diction; Y. Snh. VIII, 25ᶜ. Y. Peah I, 15ᵈ bot. שמע … מן הדין ק׳ understood (derived) all this from the following verse. Lev. R. s. 22 אי מן הדא ק׳ לית וכ׳ if you mean to prove from this verse, you cannot derive from it anything; a. v. fr.—Pl. קָרַיָּיא (v. קְרָא II), קַרְיָין. Y. Ber. I, 3ᵇ הא רב"ה מקיימין תרין ק׳ (not מקימון) with this interpretation of Beth Hillel the two texts are harmonized. Koh. R. to III, 14 היאך מרי … אילין ק׳ וכ׳ how do you explain these verses?, and he delivered them to him; ואילין ק׳ מקרי ליה (not מקרתן) and these are the verses he interpreted to him. Lev. R. l. c. אית ליה ק׳ סגיין he has many Biblical verses to prove his opinion; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קְרִיָּיה , v. קְרִיאָה ↗ expanded

קַרְיָיה , v. קַרְיָיא ↗ expanded

קִרְיָיה , v. קִרְיָה ↗ expanded

קרייון , v. קְרַמְיוֹן ↗ expanded

קַרְיָין , pl. of קַרְיָיא.—[Targ. II Esth. VI, 10, v. קְרַק.] ↗ expanded

קַרְיָינָא (קְרֵי I) one able to read in the Bible. Kidd. 49ᵃ על מנת שאני ק׳ כיון וכ׳ if one betrothes a woman with the condition ‘that I am a ḳaryana’, she is betrothed as soon as he can read three verses in the synagogue. Ib. והני מילי דאמר ק׳ וכ׳ this is the case only when he says ḳaryana, but if he says ḳara &c., v. קַרָא. one who dictates a letter. Snh. 82ᵃ, a. fr., v. פַּרְוַונְקָא. ↗ expanded

קִרְיָינוֹס K’far Ḳiryanos (prob. = קַרְנַיִם, v. Grætz, Gesch. d. Jud. II, 2, p. 456). Pesik. Vayhi, p. 66ᵃ; Lev. R. s. 17; Pesik. R. s. 17 כ׳ קרנים; Ruth R. to I, 5 קִרְיָנוֹס. Esth. R. to VI, 10 כ׳ קריוניוס (corr. acc.); Meg. 16ᵃ קרינוס Ms. M. (ed. קרצום, corr. acc.); Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 72ᵇ; Lev. R. s. 28; Yalk. ib. 643 קריטם (corr. acc.); Yalk. Esth. 1058 קורינוס (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קריית , Y. B. Bath. II, 13ᵇ bot. מכוח ק׳, prob. to be read: מכוח קְרָנוֹת from the shock of passing vehicles. ↗ expanded

קִרְיְיתָא , v. קִרְיָיא ↗ expanded

קְרִימָה (קָרַם) formation of a light crust on dough in baking. Y. Ḥall. II, beg. 58ᵇ; ib. III, 59ᵇ top. ↗ expanded

קרימיון , v. קְרַמְיוֹן ↗ expanded

קַרְיָנָא , v. קַרְיָינָא ↗ expanded

קְרִינָא (κάρινον, κάρυνον, carenum; cmp., however, Assyr. karanûv, Schr. KAT², p. 560, kurunnu, Del. Assyr. Handw., p. 355) name of a sweet wine. Ab. Zar. 30ᵃ ק׳ חמרא חליא וכ׳ ḳ’rina is a sweet (weak) wine that comes from ʿAsia (v. עַסְיָא); Y. ib. II, 41ᵃ ↗ expanded

קְרִינוֹן (κρίνον) (white) lily. Y. Kil. I, end, 30ᵃ (not קרינטון), expl. שושנת המלך, v. שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (v. Löw, Pfl. p. 380). ↗ expanded

קִרְיָנוֹס , v. קִרְיָינוֹס ↗ expanded

קרינטון , v. קְרִינוֹן ↗ expanded

קרינין , Ex. R. s. 36, v. קֵרְיוֹן ↗ expanded

קריסטאלי , Yalk. Esth. 1046, a gloss to זכוכית, crystal. ↗ expanded

קריסטור , v. קְוִיסְטוֹר ↗ expanded

קְרִיסְטַמְלִין , v. קְרוּסְטְמִיל ↗ expanded

קְרִיסְפָּא Ḳ’rispa, v. כְּרִיסְפָּא. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᵈ (Var. קְרִיסְפְּדַאי). Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵃ bot קרוס׳ ed. Krot. Ib. II, 58ᵇ top; Y. Snh. I, 18ᶜ bot. קְרִיסְפְּדָא. Y. Shek. VII, 50ᶜ. Y. Yeb. I, 2ᶜ top קְרִיסְפִּי. Y. Snh. III, 21ᵇ bot. Y. M. Kat. III, end, 83ᵈ קְרוּסְפִּי. ↗ expanded

קְרִיסְפְּדָא , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קְרִיעָה (קָרַע) rending, tearing. Yoma 80ᵃ בן … טעון ק׳ an animal taken alive out of the slaughtered mother’s womb (v. פְּקוּעָה) requires ripping (to let the blood escape). Y. Ḥag. I, 76ᵃ ק׳ היא שגרמה the operation (on the טוּמְטוֹם) caused him to be legally recognized as a male. Y. Ber. I, 3ᵈ bot., a. fr. קְרִיעַת ים סוף the division of the Red Sea for the passage of the Israelites; a. fr.—Esp. the rending of the garment in mourning. M. K. 22ᵇ כל ק׳ שאינו מבדיל וכ׳ a rending whereby one fails to sever the border (v. קָמָה) is a meaningless act; a. fr.—Pl. קְרִיעוֹת. Ib. 26ᵃ חייב לקרוע שתי ק׳ must make two rents; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְרִיץ (קרץ; cmp. קְרַע) [breaking through,] dawn, early morning. Targ. Job XXXVIII, 12 (some ed. קריצתא, קרצתא, corr. acc.). Targ. Ps. LVII, 9; a. fr.—V. קְרִיצְתָּא. ↗ expanded

קְרִיצָה (קָרַץ) compressing the lips, gesture of anger, scorn &c.—Pl. קְרִיצוֹת. Yeb. 108ᵇ מכרת ברמיזותיו וקְרִיצוֹתָיו she is familiar with his hints and gestures (by which she may be influenced). Ib. קְרִיצוֹתֵיהֶם ורמיזותיהם their gestures and hints. ↗ expanded

קְרִיצְתָּא f. = קְרִיץ. Targ. Ps. XXII, 1. Ib. L, 12. Targ. Y. Num. XIV, 44; a. e.—[Targ. Job XXXVIII, 12, v. קְרִיץ.]—Y. Ber. I, 2ᶜ; Y. Yoma III, beg. 40ᵇ; Cant. R. to VI, 10 בק׳ at day-break. Y. Bets. V, 63ᵃ bot. בק׳ דשובתא early on a Sabbath morning; a. e. ↗ expanded

קריקם , v. קוֹלְקָס ↗ expanded

קָרִיר 1 crusty, v. קָרִיד. ↗ expanded

קָרִיר 2 (קְרַר II) cool, cold. Targ. Nah. III, 17.—Gen. R. s. 48 בארבע … טולא ק׳ וכ׳ at four hours of the day the shade is cool, and the sun hot. Sabb. 53ᵃ (prov.) חמרא … ק׳ ליה the ass feels cold even at the solstice of Tammuz. B. Bath. 24ᵇ, a. e. ולא ק׳, v. חַמִּים. Gen. R. s. 99, v. עִילִיתָא II; a. e.—[Zeb. 79ᵇ; 98ᵃ, v. קְדַר I.]—Pl. קָרִירֵי. Targ. Prov. XXV, 25.—Nidd. 36ᵇ עיילוה … אפקוה מק׳ they got him hot to relieve him from chills; עיילוה בק׳ וכ׳ they got him cold to relieve him from fever. Ab. Zar. 28ᵃ מק׳ ק׳ דחיטי from eating very cold wheat dishes; a. e.—Esp. קרירי (מיא) cold water. Ib.ᵇ לא ק׳ וכ׳ neither cold nor hot, but tepid. Ḥull. 46ᵇ, v. טְרַשׁ I. Sabb. 55ᵃ, v. חַמִּים; a. fr. (cmp. קוֹרָה I) satisfaction, pleasure. Gen. R. s. 47 לא תמלי … קריר וכ׳ fill not my spirit with too much pleasure (awaken not in me too high aspirations), Oh that thou wouldst not withdraw from me the present grant!; Yalk. ib. 82. ↗ expanded

קְרִירוּתָא (preced.) cold. Targ. Prov. XXV, 13. ↗ expanded

קרירטין , v. קרורטין ↗ expanded

קַרִישׁ (קְרַשׁ) congealed, hard, frozen. Targ. Y. Num. XI, 7 (not קדיש).—Ḥull. 120ᵃ, v. חָלָא III.—Pl. קַרִישִׁין; קַרִישָׁן. Targ. Job XXXVIII, 30 (Ms. קְרִי׳). ↗ expanded

קְרִישָׁא , v. קְרוּשָׁא ↗ expanded

קִרְיְתָא , v. קִרְיָיא ↗ expanded

*קְרִיתָא (קרי, v. קָרָה II) a covered arched vehicle. Keth. 17ᵇ, v., however, הֵינוּמָא. ↗ expanded

קָרַם (b. h.) [to contract, join,] to form a skin, cover. Tosef. T’bul Yom II, 10 חוט … שק׳ על וכ׳ if the film of an egg floated on the top of a pot; T’bul Yom III, 3. T’bul Yom III, 3. Ib. קטניות שקָרְמוּ על וכ׳ cooked peas which formed a skin on the rim of a pot. Ber. 25ᵃ כיון שקרמו פניה when its surface formed a crust. Men. VII, 3 (78ᵇ) עד שלא קרמו בתנור (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) before the loaves had formed a slight crust in the oven. Sabb. I, 10 כדי שיִקְרְמוּ פניה וכ׳ in time for the cake to form a crust on the surface &c.; שיִקְרוֹם התחתון וכ׳ for the bottom to form a crust; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָרוּם. Ḥull. 49ᵇ; Tosef. ib. IX, 14, v. תּוֹתָב. Hif. הִקְרִים same. Y. Ter. X, 47ᵇ bot. בצים שהִקְרִימוּ (abortive) eggs which have formed a membrane. Ber. 40ᵇ; B. Bath. 95ᵇ היין שה׳ wine which has formed a film; v. קָרַס ↗ expanded

קְרַם , to form a skin; to cover, overlay. Targ. Prov. VII, 16 ובקרמא מצראה קְרִמְתָּהּ ed. Lag. (ed. incorr.) and I covered it with Egyptian (fine) cloth.—Part. pass. קְרִים. Ib. XXVI, 23 (some ed. קריס, corr. acc.; h. text מצפה).—[Targ. Job VI, 12, v. קְרַס.] Af. אַקְרִים (of wine) to form a film. Ab. Zar. 30ᵃ bot. (edd. Const. a. Ven. דאקריס); B. Bath. 95ᵇ; v. קְרַס. ↗ expanded

קֶרֶם (preced.) fine cloth, gauze, hanging.—Pl. קְרָמִים, קְרָמִין. Succ. 10ᵃ; Sabb. 22ᵃ; 45ᵃ; Bets. 30ᵇ ↗ expanded

קְרָמָא = h. קְרוּם, skin, membrane. Ḥull. 45ᵃ ק׳ עילאה the upper (outer) membrane of the brain; ק׳ תיתאה the lower (inner) membrane. Ib. 46ᵃ ק׳ עילאה וכ׳ the outer membrane of the lungs &c.; a. e. fine cloth, v. next w. ↗ expanded

קִרְמָא = h. קֶרֶם, fine cloth, hanging. Targ. Prov. VII, 16 (some ed. קְרָמָא), v. קְרַם.—Pl. קִרְמֵי, קִי׳. M. Kat. 10ᵇ, v. כַּסְכֵּס.—[Erub. 22ᵃ, v. קוּרָמֵי.] ↗ expanded

קרמודין , v. קַרְמִיד ↗ expanded

קַרְמוּלִין (enlargement of קרם; cmp. כְּרוּם a. כַּרְכּוֹם I) [green or yellow plants,] ḳarmulin, name of a sort of gourd, the leaves of which are eatable. Y. Shebi. II, end, 34ᵇ ק׳ פטורין וכ׳ ḳ. are exempt from tithes, … as long as they have not formed gourds; Y. Ned. VII, beg. 40ᵇ. Ib. קִירְמוֹלִין. Tosef. Shebi. IV, 19 קְרוּמְנִין ed. Zuck. (Var. קרמלוס, קְרוּמְלִים). Tosef. Neg. I, 5 (expl. ירקרק) כשעוה וכקוּרְמָל ed. Zuck. (Var. וכקוּרְמָן; R. S. to Neg. XI, 4 וכקורמין) of the color of wax or of ḳ., v. כַּרְמֶל. ↗ expanded

קַרְמִיד (κεραμίς, -ίδος) roof-tile. Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ top כדי שיודחו פני הק׳ (not שידוחו) so that the surface of the roof-tiles appears washed (by the rain); Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ bot. שיודחו פניה (corr. acc.); Gen. R. s. 13 (not שידחו).—Pl. קִרְמִידִים, קִרְמִידִין. Sifra M’tsorʿa, Par. 6, ch. IV יכול אפי׳ ק׳ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קרומדים, corr. acc.) lest you think that you may use also tiles or bricks. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. II, 3 הסילונות והקרמודין וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. קרמיון, corr. acc.) gutters or tiles in which &c. ↗ expanded

קְרַמְיוֹן river, Ḳ’ramyon, prob. a tributary of the Jordan. Par. VIII, 10; Snh. 5ᵇ (Ms. M. קרימ׳). B. Bath. 74ᵇ (Ms. M. קור׳; Ms. O. קירמון; Ms. H. קדרון); Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIV קירמ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. קרייון, corr. acc.); Yalk. Ps. 697.—[Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. II, 3, v. preced.] ↗ expanded

קַרְמִינָאֵי , v. קַרְמְנָאֵי ↗ expanded

קַרְמִית (from its color; cmp. קַרְמוּלִין) cow-wheat (Melampyron) of which a coarse bread is made. Tosef. Ḥall. I, 1 אף הק׳ חייבת וכ׳ (ed. Zuck. קרומית) ḳ. is also subject to the priest’s gift; Y. ib. I, beg. 57ᵃ; Y. Pes. II, 29ᵇ top; Bab. Pes. 35ᵃ, expl. שיצניתא דמשתכחא וכ׳ a weed found among Papaver Spinosum. Tosef. ib. I (II), 29 אף הק׳ יוצא וכ׳ one may comply with the duty of eating matsah (on the first night of Passover) by eating bread made of ḳ.—V. קוּרָמֵי. ↗ expanded

קַרְמְנָאֵי Carmanians, inhabitants of Carmania, a province of the ancient Persian empire, with the capital Carmana; [oth. opin. (from קִרְמָא) sellers of linen garments; cmp., however, meanings of טַרְסִי I, II]. Sabb. 138ᵃ בדק׳ Ms. O. a. Ar. (ed. כדק׳; Ms. M. בדקמינאי) it refers to a folding bed or frame (like that) used by the Carmanians (to exhibit their wares). Naz. 31ᵇ תורא דקרמנאי an ox of the Carmanians (good for ploughing); ib. דקרמינ׳.—B. Kam. 21ᵃ מעיקרא ק׳ וכ׳ originally Carmanians had been living on the abandoned property belonging to the orphans, and had been paying a nominal rent; [Ms. M. קַדְמָאֵי, Ms. R. a. vers. in Raschi קַדְמוֹנָאֵי old settlers or nomads = בני קדם]. ↗ expanded

קְרִמְתָּא , Targ. Prov. VII, 16, v. קְרַם. ↗ expanded

קָרַן to emit horns or rays. Hif. הִקְרִין to be horned. Ḥull. 60ᵃ (ref. to Ps. LXIX, 32) מַקְרִין ברישא והדר מפריס first it got horns and then hoofs; v. מַקְרִין II.—Y. R. Hash. III, 58ᵈ top (strike out מקרן כתיב). ↗ expanded

קְרַן 1 (cmp. Arab. ḳaran junxit &c.) to join, harness, put to. Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ ק׳ זבונה וכ׳ the trader put the beasts to and went off; [Var. קרץ, v. קְרַץ II]. ↗ expanded

קֶרֶן c. (b. h.; v. preced.) [joint, attachment; roundness, fulness,] horn. Y. Erub. I, 19ᵇ bot. זכרותו של ק׳, v. זַכְרוּת. R. Hash. III, 2 כל השופרות … ק׳ all shofars (horns) are fit for use on the New Year’s day, except that of a cow, because it is called ḳeren (and not shofar); והלא כל … ק׳ do not all shofars also go by the name of ḳeren? Ib. 26ᵃ; a. v. fr.—Keth. XIII, 2, v. צְבִי.—Esp. (sub. נזק) damage done by an animal’s horn, goring. B. Kam. 2ᵇ. Ib. 4ᵃ; a. fr.—Trnsf. horn, trump, wind instrument. Kel. XI, 7 ק׳ עגולה a round (wound) metal horn; contrad. to פשוטה a plain (straight) horn; Sabb. 47ᵃ; a. fr.—Du. קַרְנַיִם, קַרְנַיִים, קַרְנַיִין; pl. קְרָנִים, קְרָנִין, קְרָנוֹת. Tosef. Par. II (I), 2; Bekh. 44ᵃ. Par. II, 2 פרה שקַרְנֶיהָ וכ׳ a red cow whose horns and hoofs are black; Bekh. l. c. שקרנים וכ׳ (corr. acc.). Ḥull. 60ᵃ, a. e. שור … קְרָנָיו קודמות וכ׳ the ox which Adam sacrificed was born with his horns (full grown) in advance of his hoofs. Par. XII, 9 ק׳ של יוצאי דרכים the travellers’ drinking horns. Gen. R. s. 99 אלו תוקעי ק׳ וכ׳ these (the Levites) blow horns, and those (the Greeks) blow trumpets. Ib. זה בעל ק׳ וזה בעל ק׳ this one (Joseph) is described as endowed with horns (power, Deut. XXXIII, 17), and that one (Rome) is &c. (Dan. VII, 24). Y. Shek. VI, 50ᵃ top כקַרְנֵי וכ׳, v. כִּילּוּיָא. Ib.; Yoma 77ᵇ קרני חגבים the antennæ of locusts; a. fr. any projection, point; a) beam, ray. —Pl. as ab. Ex. R. s. 47; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 37 קרני ההוד the beams of glory, halo; a. e.—b) projecting staff or handle. Par. XII, 9, v. כְּלִיבָה. Lam. R. to I, 16 [read:] קרן גלוסקאן זו this point of the roll of white bread; a. e.—c) (with זוית or without) corner, v. זָוִית. Ber. 17ᵃ שתעמידנו בק׳ אורה … בק׳ חשכה that thou place us in the corner of light (position of honor), and not in the corner of obscurity. Men. 42ᵃ הטיל על הק׳ if one attaches the show-fringes exactly in the corner; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ḥull. 31ᵃ, v. אִיזְמֵל. Macc. 12ᵃ תפש בקַרְנוֹתָיו took hold of the projections of the altar; a. fr.—יושבי קרנות those seated at street corners, v. יָשַׁב.—[Gen. R. s. 75, v. יָשַׁב a. קָרוֹן.] (cmp. כְּרַן) fulness, essence. Nidd. II, 6, v. כַּרְכּוֹם I.—Esp. principal, capital. B. Kam. IX, 7 משלם ק׳ וחומש וכ׳ must pay the principal (the full value of the stolen goods) and the fine of one-fifth, and bring a guilt-offering; a. v. fr.—Trnsf. the capital of reward or punishment laid aside for the hereafter. Peah I, 1; Tosef. ib. I, 2, sq., v. פֶּרִי; a. fr.—[ק׳ אפל, v. אָפִל II.] ↗ expanded

קְרַן 2 horn; trnsf. strength; beam, ray. Targ. Josh. VI, 5. Targ. I Sam. XVI, 1. Targ. Ps. LXXXIX, 18. Targ. Job XLII, 14; a. fr.—B. Bath. 16ᵇ, v. קֶרֶשׁ II. Ber. 62ᵇ (prov.) ק׳ קריא ברומי וכ׳ when the horn calls in (the market of) Rome, son of a trader in figs, sell thy father’s figs (wait not for thy father’s return, if he is absent). Macc. 16ᵇ, a. e. ק׳ דאומנא the surgeon’s horn (in which he receives the blood); a. fr.—Pl. קרְנִין, קַרְנֵי. Targ. I Kings XXII, 11. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 32 (v. Ḥull. 60ᵃ, quoted in preced.); a. fr.—Sabb. 154ᵇ ק׳ דאומנא, v. supra. Ib. 129ᵇ מאה ק׳ בזוזא וכ׳ Ar. a. Ms. O. (ed. קרי, v. Tosaf. a. l.) a hundred horns (hundred blood-lettings) for a Zuz, a hundred heads (hair-cuttings) for a Zuz, a hundred lips (trimmings of mustaches) for nothing. B. Bath. 74ᵃ; a. fr. projection; corner. Targ. Prov. XXI, 9; a. e.—Keth. 111ᵃ וקרו לה ק׳ וכ׳ (not ליה) and they shall call it (Babylonia) the corner of salvation. B. Kam. 27ᵇ, v. עַצְרָא. Men. 34ᵃ פיתחא דאַקַּ׳ a door at the corner (having only one post); a. e.—Pl. קַרְנִין, קַרְנָתָא, קַרְנָאתָא; constr. קַרְנַת. Targ. Ex. XXIX, 12. Ib. XXX, 10. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 13; a. e.—B. Bath. 95ᵇ דמיזדבין אק׳ which is sold at the street-corners. Pes. 12ᵇ שית יומא בי ק׳ קאי (not בק׳) at six hours (at noon) the sun stands between the corners (of the globe, equally distant from east and west &c.). essence, v. כְּרֵן. principal, stock. B. Mets. 79ᵃ; B. Kam. 3ᵃ, v. כְּלֵי I. Y. M. Kat. II, 81ᵇ top אגרא וק׳ קרן הוא וכ׳ the expected profit and the principal (cost price) are together considered as principal &c.; a. e.—[קרנא זול, v. קַרְנָזוֹל.] ↗ expanded

קַרְנָא 2 Ḳarna. Sabb. 108ᵃ. B. Bath. 89ᵃ ↗ expanded

קַרְנָדוֹל , v. קַרְנָזוֹל ↗ expanded

קַרְנוּנָא (a fictitious denomin. of קרנא) [horned, stupid,] Ḳarnuna. Kidd. 25ᵃ לאו המנונא אלא ק׳ thy name ought not to be Hamnuna, but Ḳarnuna; [oth. interpret. = יושב קרנות sitting at the corners, idler; oth. = קר נונא cold fish, opp. to הם נונא (= חם) hot fish]. ↗ expanded

קַרְנַיִם K’far Ḳarnayim, near Bethshean. Y. Dem. II, 22ᵈ top. ↗ expanded

קְרָנִית , pl. קְרָנִיּוֹת, v. קָרוֹן. ↗ expanded

קַרְנַת , Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXI, 15 (Levita קרנתא), a corruption of קִרְוָוא II. ↗ expanded

קָרַס (b. h.) to curve, contract, shrink. Nif. נִקְרַס to warp; to crack from contraction. Gen. R. s. 12, end אם אני נותן … הם נִקְרָסִין Ar. (ed. מַקְרִיסִין Hif.) if I put hot water into them, they will burst; if cold, they will crack. Hif. הִקְרִיס same, v. supra.—2) (of wine) to become sourish. Ber. 40ᵇ היין שה׳ Ms. F. a. Ar. (ed. שהִקְרִים); B. Bath. 95ᵇ Ms. H. (ed. שהקרים), v. קָרַם. ↗ expanded

קְרַס ; part. pass. קְרִיס shrunk, dense. Targ. Job VI, 12 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קרים, corr. acc.). Af. אַקְרֵיס , or Ithpe. אִקְּרִיס to become sourish. Ab. Zar. 30ᵃ bot. דאקריס Ar. a. ed. Cost. a. Vien. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1; ed. דאקרים); B. Bath. 95ᵇ דאיקריס Ms. H. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8; ed. דאקרים), v. קְרַם. ↗ expanded

קֶרֶס hook, clasp. Pl. קְרָסִים. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 5ᵃ היו קַרְסֵי זהב וכ׳ the golden clasps were seen in the Tabernacle as stars are seen in the sky; Cant. R. to III, 11; Y. Meg. I, 72ᶜ sq.; Sabb. 99ᵇ top; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַרְסוֹל bent, joint, ankle. Ohol. I, 8 עשרה בק׳ Ar. (ed. בקוּרְסֵל) ten joints are in the ankle.—Du. קַרְסוּלַּיִם; pl. קַרְסוּלִּים, קַרְסוּלִּין. Tosef. Ḥull. III (IV), 25 כל שיש לו ארבע … וק׳ (ed. Zuck. וקרסוליו, read: לין …) locusts which have four wings and jointed legs (hindlegs for leaping); Ḥull. III, 7 (Bab. ed. 59ᵃ קרצ׳; Ms. M. קרסולין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); ib. 65ᵇ Ms. R. 2 a. Ar. (ed. קרצ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9). Tosef. Succ. III, 3 (ref. to אפסים, Ez. XLVII, 3) עד קַרְצוּלָּיו ed. Zuck. (Var. קרס׳) up to the ankles; Y. Shek. VI, 50ᵃ top עד קַרְסוּלָּה (Chald.). Gen. R. s. 32 אלולי … קַרְסוּלָּיו וכ׳ but for the water coming up to his ankles, he would not have gone into the ark. Keth. 111ᵇ והלכתי עד קַרְסוּלַּי וכ׳ I waded up to my ankles in honey that had dropped from dates. Koh. R. to XII, 5 החגב אלו קרסוליו ‘the hagab’ (locust, ib.), that is his ankles (legs, v. supra); Lev. R. s. 18 השקד אילין קַרְסוּלּוֹת (corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קַרְסוּלָּא 1 Targ. Y. Num. XXI, 35 בקַרְסוּלֵּיה (not בקרסולי).—Y. Shek. VI, 50ᵃ top, v. preced. B. Bath. 73ᵇ ההוא … עד קרסוליה Ms. O. (ed. קַרְצוּלֵּיה) a bird standing in water up to its ankles. Ber. 54ᵇ ומחייה בקרסוליה and he (Moses) struck him (Og) on his ankle; a. e.—Pl. קַרְסוּלִּין. Targ. Lev. XI, 21 (leaping legs; h. text כרעים). Targ. Ez. XLVII, 3 (Ar. a. ed. Lag. קרצ׳). Targ. Ps. L, 11 Ms. (ed. קרצ׳). ↗ expanded

קַרְסוּלָּא 2 , pl. קַרְסוּלִּין (cmp. קֶרֶס) nettles. Targ. Is. XXXIV, 13; Targ. Hos. IX, 6 (h. text קימוש). ↗ expanded

קִרְסוּם , v. קִירְסוּם ↗ expanded

קִרְסוּף , v. קִירְצוּף ↗ expanded

קרסטילין , v. קְרַסְטְלִין ↗ expanded

קְרַסְטָל (a corrupt. of κάρταλος, v. טְרַסְקָל) basket. Sabb. 53ᵃ Ms. O., v. טְרַסְקָל. Cant. R. to V, 11, a. e.—[Y. Sabb. X, 12ᶜ bot. עד שיטלנו בק׳, a corrupt.; Bab. Sabb. 94ᵇ בכלי.] ↗ expanded

קְרַסְטְלִין same. Tosef. Sabb. IV (V), 5, v. טְרַסְקְלִין. Tosef. B. Mets. VIII, 10 (Var. קרצט׳); B. Mets. 90ᵃ קרסטילין Ms. M. (oth. mss. קרסטל׳, קסרטל, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note), v. טְרַסְקְלִין. ↗ expanded

קרסיות , v. קִירְיוֹסִים ↗ expanded

קִרְסִין , v. קֵירָס.—[Gen. R. s. 58, v. קְלִירוֹס.] ↗ expanded

קִרְסֵם כִּרְסֵם; Parel of קָסַם) to cut, trim. Sabb. XII, 2 המְקַרְסֵם he that trims trees. Shebi. II, 3 מְקַרְסְמִין וכ׳ you may trim trees &c.; [Maim. cut the earsoff, leaving the halms stand]. Ab. Zar. III, 10; a. fr. (of insects) to nibble, bite off. Peah II, 7 קִרְסְמוּהָ נמלים a field the grain of which ants have bitten off (at the roots); Tosef. ib. I, 8. Nithpa. נִתְקַרְסֵם to be chopped, cut up (cmp. קִיסָּם). Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. I, 9 השלחן … שנִתְקַרְסְמוּ (Var. שנִתְקַסְּמוּ) a table … which have been cut up (Kel. XXII, 1 שנפחתו). ↗ expanded

קַרְסֵם , bite, nibble. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXVIII, 38 (Y. II יקרסום, corr. acc.; h. text יחסל׳). ↗ expanded

קִרְסֵף , v. קִרְצֵף, קַרְצֵף. ↗ expanded

קָרַע (b. h.) to tear, split; esp. to rend the garment in mourning. Kel. XVI, 5 עד שיִקְרְעֶנּוּ (Mish. ed. שיַקְרִיעֶנּוּ Hif.) until he tears the bale open. M. Kat. 22ᵇ על כל … אינו קוֹרֵעַ אלא עליון for all dead (except parents) … one must rend only the upper garment. Ib. האשה קוֹרַעַת וכ׳ a woman (mourning for her parents) rends the lower garment and puts it back in its place, and then rends the upper garment. Snh. 60ᵃ אחד השומע … חייב לִקְרוֹעַ both he that hears a blasphemy directly, and he that hears it from one that heard it (and reports as witness before court) must rend his garment; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. קָרוּעַ; pl. קְרוּעִים, קְרוּעִין. M. Kat. 26ᵇ היוצא בבגד ק׳ וכ׳ he that marches before a corpse with a garment rent (for a previous case) robs (deceives) the dead and the living. Ib.ᵃ (ref. to II Kings II, 12) ק׳ ועומדים לשנים remaining always rent in two; ib. 22ᵇ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4); Snh. l. c.; a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵעַ same. M. Kat. 26ᵇ ואין מְקָרְעִין בפניו you must not rend your garment in his (the sick man’s) presence. Ib. מקרעין לקטן וכ׳ we rend a minor’s garment in order to make him feel sad; ib. 14ᵇ. R. Hash. 16ᵇ ארבעה … מקרעין גזר וכ׳ four things cause an evil decree passed on man to be torn (cancelled), they are: charity, prayer &c.; a. fr. (cmp. גָּרַע) to scrape, to mark the outlines of letters by abrasion. Gitt. 19ᵇ עדים … מקרעין להם וכ׳ for witnesses that know not how to sign their names, grooves are made on blank paper, and they fill the grooves out with ink; ib. 9ᵇ; Y. ib. II, 44ᵇ top ומְקָרֵעַ; [Tosaf. to Gitt. 9ᵇ: you cut the names out on blank paper and put it on the document, and the witnesses fill the cuts out]. Tosef. Sabb. XI (XII), 8, contrad. fr. רשם; a. e. Nif. נִקְרַע to be torn; to be cut open, be operated upon by a section. Yeb. VIII, 6, a. e. טומטום שנ׳, v. טוּמְטוּם. Bekh. 42ᵇ שמא יִקָּרֵעַ וכ׳ he may have an operation performed, and be found a eunuch; Tosef. Yeb. XI, 1; Yeb. 83ᵇ. B. Bath. 168ᵇ נ׳ פסול נִתְקָרֵעַ כשר if a document is found torn, it is invalid; if it appears torn by accident, it is valid as evidence; ib. נ׳ קֶרַע של בית דין נתק׳ וכ׳ miḳrʿa refers to the rent as made in court for cancellation, nithḳareʿa refers to a rent different from the manner customary in court; Y. Gitt. II, 44ᵇ; a. e. Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵעַ to become torn, v. supra. ↗ expanded

קְרַע M. Kat. 20ᵇ אמימר … ק׳ עילויה when Amemar’s grandson died, he rent his garment for him. Keth. 104ᵃ קַרְעִיה וכ׳, v. קִרְעָא; a. e. Pa. קָרַע same. Targ. Ps. XXXV, 15 Ms. (ed. בזע).—Part. pass. מְקָרַע. Ber. 58ᵇ, v. וִילוֹן Ithpe. אִיקְּרַע to be torn, cut open. Bekh. 42ᵇ אטו כל דמִיקְּרַע וכ׳ is every ṭumṭum that is operated upon found to be a male?; Yeb. 83ᵇ ↗ expanded

קֶרַע preced.) rent; piece. B. Bath. 168ᵇ ק׳ של בית דין, v. קָרַע; Y. Gitt. II, 44ᵇ. Ib. איזהו ק׳ … בין כתב לעדים which is a rent made in court? A cut between the writing and the signatures of the witnesses; (different in B. Bath. l. c.); a. e.—Esp. the rent in the garment as a symbol of mourning. M. Kat. 24ᵃ כל ק׳ שאינו … אינו ק׳ a rent not made at the moment of excitement (v. חִימּוּם) is no rent (has no symbolical meaning); Y. B. Mets. II, end, 8ᵈ, v. בֶּהָלָה. M. Kat. 22ᵇ, v. קְרִיעָה; a. fr.—Pl. קְרָעִים, קְרָעִין. Ib. 26ᵃ ואלו ק׳ שאין וכ׳ and these are the rents which must never be stitched together. Sifra Thazr. Par. 5, ch. XVI (ref. to Lev. XIII, 57) לימד על כל הק׳ וכ׳ this shows that all the torn-off pieces must be burnt. Snh. 60ᵃ נתמלא כל הבגד ק׳ one’s entire garment might soon be full of rents. Tosef. B. Kam. III, 2 לא יאמר … ואת הק׳ וכ׳ the injured person cannot say, take thou … the pieces (the torn garment) and restore to me a cloak; a. fr. the groove made by marking the outlines of letters. Y. Gitt. III, 44ᵇ מרחיב בפניהן את הק׳ (in the case of witnesses that know not how to sign their names) one must make wide grooves for them (so as to leave room for individual characters in filling out the outlines).—Pl. as ab. Bab. Gitt. 19ᵇ, v. קָרַע. ↗ expanded

קֶרַע ² Keth. 104ᵃ קַרְעֵיה … לקִרְעֵיה וכ׳ he rent his garment (at Rabbi’s death), and turned the rent inside (to hide it); a. e.—Pl. קְרָעִין. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ top וקרעון ואזל קלא דקרעין וכ׳ (not דקרעון) they rent their garments, and the lamentations accompanying the rending were heard as far &c., v. גּוֹבְבָתָא; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ top קלה לק׳ (read: דק׳); Koh. R. to VII, 11, a. IX, 10 קליה דקריעה, read: דקִירְעָה (sing.). ↗ expanded

קַרְפָּאוֹת , v. קוּרְפָּיוֹת ↗ expanded

קַרְפְּדַאי , v. קוּרְפְּדַאי ↗ expanded

קִרְפּוּף , v. קַרְפִּיף ↗ expanded

קַרְפָּיוֹת , v. קוּרְפָּיוֹת ↗ expanded

קַרְפִּיטָא , v. אַקְרַפְטָא ↗ expanded

קַרְפִּיף (Parel of קפף, cmp. נָקַף II Hif.) enclosure, esp. an enclosed space outside of a settlement, for storage of wood &c. Erub. II, 3 לא אמרו … לגנה ולק׳ they limited the area to two S’ahs only for a garden and a storehouse. Ib. 5 הגינה והק׳ שהן וכ׳ a garden or a ḳarpif of seventy (cubits) and a fraction by seventy and a fraction, surrounded by a fence ten handbreadths high &c. Bets. IV, 2 מביאין … ומן הק׳ וכ׳ you may bring in (on the Holy Day for immediate use) wood from the field, taking from what is piled up, and from the k. even from what lies around scattered; איזהו ק׳ כל וכ׳ what is understood by k.? An enclosed space near the town. B. Bath. 24ᵇ ק׳ … שהוקף לדירה a ḳ.… which has been enclosed for living purposes; a. fr. an area (of seventy square cubits) outside of a town, added to the city limits for the purposes of Sabbath distances. Erub. V, 2 נותנין ק׳ לעיר for measuring Sabbath limits we allow a ḳ. to each town; וחכמים … ק׳ אלא בין וכ׳ but the scholars say, a ḳ. as an extension to city limits is allowed only in the case of two neighboring towns; אם יש לזו … עושה ק׳ לשתיהן להיותן כאחת (Y. ed. קִרְפּוּף) if there is a space of seventy cubits for one and an equal space for the other, this forms a ḳ. for both, so that they may be considered as one town. Ib. 57ᵃ מאי ק׳ תורת ק׳ by ḳ. the scholars mean the application of the law of ḳ. (as an extension to the town); a. fr.—Pl. קַרְפִּיפוֹת. Ib. IX, 1 אחד גגות … ק׳ רשות וכ׳ joint roofs, courts, and enclosures are each considered as one area (for Sabbath movements). Ib. 89ᵃ; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַרְפִּיפָא Y. Kidd. II, beg. 62ᵃ אפקיד … גבי ק׳ דחבריה gave his wine vessels in charge at his neighbor’s enclosure. Y. B. Mets. II, 8ᶜ top (expl. מצובה) כגון אהין ק׳ וכ׳ (in a pyramid) in the manner as goods are stored up in an enclosure belonging to three persons. ↗ expanded

קַרְפָּסִינוֹן (καρπάσινον) (made of) fine linen. Esth. R. to I, 6, v. כַּרְפַּס I. ↗ expanded

קַרְפִּף , v. קַרְפִּיף ↗ expanded

קָרַץ (b. h.) to make an incision; to cut. Yoma III, 4 קְרָצוֹ ומרק וכ׳ he made the ritually required cut, and some one else finished &c., v. מָרַק. Ib. 32ᵇ מאי קרצו … לישנא וכ׳ what is meant by ḳ’ratso?… It has the meaning of slaying (by ref. to Jer. XLVI, 20); Y. ib. III, 40ᶜ top, v. נָכוֹסָא. Tosef. Ukts. II, 8 כיון שקרצו as soon as he has made an incision into it (although he did not cut it apart, v. Ukts. II, 5).—Esp. to cut dough on the baker’s board. Kel. XV, 2 אם … קוֹרֵץ עליו if he prepares it to cut dough on it; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. V, 4; a. fr.—[Y. Pes. IV, 31ᵇ top מודיי שקורצין, read: שקוצרין.] to bite, pinch. Nidd. VI, 12 כדי לִקְרוֹץ בצפורן a hair large enough to seize with the nails. [to form a groove,] to press the lips close together; to gesticulate with closed lips. Mikv. VIII, 5 קָרְצָה שפתותיה if (in taking a ritual immersion) she pressed her lips together.—Yoma 19ᵇ הקורא … ולא יִקְרוֹץ בשפתותיו reading the Sh’mʿa one must not blink with one’s eyes, nor gesticulate with one’s lips &c. (make motions to his neighbor). Pi. קֵרֵץ same. Ib. הקורא … ומְקָרֵץ וכ׳ of him who reads the Shmʿa and blinks with his eyes and gesticulates with his lips and points with his fingers, the Scriptures say, ‘not me didst thou call &c.’ (Is. XLIII, 22); Yalk. Is. 318) וקוֹרֵץ. Nif. נִקְרַץ to be nipped off. Peah VII, 4 אם נִקְרֶצֶת עם וכ׳ if it (the isolated bunch on the knee of a vine) can be nipped off as a cluster, it belongs to the owner (Ms. M. נקצרת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Sifra K’dosh., Par. 1, ch. III (Var. נקצרת); Yalk. Lev. 605 נקצרת; Y. Peah VII, 20ᵃ bot. אני אומר את הנִקְרָצוֹת עם האשכולות (not עם) I mean those which have been nipped off in clusters; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְרַץ 1 , to bite, pinch, sting. Erub. 65ᵃ אי קְרַצְתָּן כינה וכ׳ I could not study, if a vermin were to bite me. ↗ expanded

קְרַץ 2 (denom. of קְרִיץ, קְרִיצְתָּא) to get up early, to do a thing early. Y. Ter. XI, end, 48ᵇ ע"י כן הוה שהר … הוה ק׳ through that (burning lamp) he was wakeful, and through that he arose early; Y. Sabb. II, 4ᵈ top. Y. Ab. Zar. V, 44ᵈ נִקְרוֹץ וכ׳, v. סְדַר. Ib. וק׳ ונפק ליה he got up early and went off. Lev. R. s. 25 אי קַרְצַת לא חשכת if thou hadst worked early (while young), thou wouldst not have to work late (in old age). Ib. קַרְצִית וחשכית (not קריצת) I did work early, and do work late. Lev. R. s. 32 ק׳ נוגש וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קדם), v. נָגַשׂ. Lam. R. to III, 7 לא הוה בר נש קָרֵיץ לתאיניא וכ׳ (not לתאינה) and none came in the morning to gather the figs earlier than they; Y. Maas. Sh. V, 56ᵃ top. Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ ק׳ זבונה וכ׳ the trader got up early &c., v. קְרַן; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קֶרֶץ (קָרַץ) division, partition. Kel. VIII, 6 השאור … והק׳ וכ׳ the leaven and the reptile in it (in the vessel with two compartments), and the squeezed-in partition between them; [Hai Gaon: a piece of dough, v. מִקְרֶצֶת].—Pl. קְרָצִים, קְרָצִין. Tosef. B. Mets. IX, 19 פשתן עד שיעשנו ק׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. קורצין) he that rents (on shares) a field on which to raise flax, must attend to it until he has made it into divisions (piles ready for division into shares). ↗ expanded

קְרַץ 3 (קְרַץ I) biting, cutting, destruction; only in אכל ק׳ (mostly pl. קַרְצִין, קוּרְ׳) (v. אֲכַל I) to inform against. [Targ. Is. LVIII, 1 אכלי ק׳ Ar., read with ed. Koh. only אכלי, quoted to prove the meaning of אכל = קרא, v. כְּלֵי II.] Targ. Prov. XI, 13 קֻרְצָא ed. Wil. (Ms. קורצין). Ib. XX, 19. Targ. Lev. XIII, 16 (O. ed. Berl. קִירְצִין); a. fr.—Lam. R. to IV, 2 קַרְצְהוֹן, v. אֲכַל I; Gitt. 56ᵃ קורצא; a. fr.—Ab. d’R. N. ch. XVI (in Hebr. dict.) אוכילו קורצא אצל וכ׳ (?). ↗ expanded

קַרְצוֹבָא (Parel of קצב) thorn.—Pl. קַרְצוּבי. Targ. Prov. XV, 19. ↗ expanded

קרצוד , v. קורצד ↗ expanded

קַרְצוֹל , v. קַרְסוֹל, קַרְסוּלָּא. ↗ expanded

קרצום , v. קִרְיָינוֹס ↗ expanded

קִרְצוּף , v. קִירְצוּף ↗ expanded

קְרִצְטְיוֹנָא , v. כַּרִיסְטְיוֹנָא ↗ expanded

קְרַצְיוֹן Ḳ’ratsion (Chorazin, Ch. Keraze), near Capernaum. Y. Ber. VIII, 12ᵇ bot. ר׳ יוחנן דק׳ (ed. Lehm. דקסריון); Y. Bets. V, end, 63ᵇ דקציון (some ed. דקיצ׳, corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קְרָצִית (קָרַץ; cmp. קוֹרְצִין) a big fly or locust. Gitt. 86ᵇ ק׳ שבעמיר, expl. ib. רידבתא דביני כיפי flies among sheaves. ↗ expanded

קִרְצֵף (cmp. קָצף) [to use a rough tool,] to scrape, curry with a large-toothed strigil, contrad. to קָרַד. Bets. II, 8 מְקַרְצְפִין you may curry &c. (on the Holy Day); Y. ib. II, end, 61ᵈ ↗ expanded

קְרִצְתָּא , v. קְרִיצְתָּא, a. קְרִיץ. ↗ expanded

קַרְקָא , v. קוּרְקָא ↗ expanded

קָרְקְבָן , v. sub קוֹרְקְ׳. ↗ expanded

קַרְקוּזָאָה (cmp. כַּרְכּוּז) of Ḳarḳuz.—Pl. קַרְקוּזָאֵי. Ned. 51ᵃ (expl. דלעת הרמוצ׳) קרי ק׳ (not קרא) Ḳarḳuz pumpkins. ↗ expanded

קַרְקוֹם , v. כַּרְכּוֹמָא I ↗ expanded

קרקומניקיא , v. כִּירוֹמָנִיקְיָא ↗ expanded

קִרְקוּר , v. קִירְקוּר ↗ expanded

קרקיא , Yalk. Ps. 838 כל ק׳, v. גְּלוּגְדְּקָא ↗ expanded

קרקייאות , v. קִרְקְסָיוֹת ↗ expanded

קַרְקֵיפֶל , v. קַרְקֵפֶל ↗ expanded

קַרְקִישָׁא , v. קַרְקְשָׁא ↗ expanded

קַרְקָס , v. קוֹלְקָס ↗ expanded

קַרְקְסָא clasp, v. קוּרְקְסָא. ↗ expanded

קִרְקְסָא (v. קִרְקְסָיוֹת) circus, place of amusement.—Pl. קִרְקְסָתָא, קִרְקְסָוָותָא. Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 19 בתי קִיאַטְרוֹנֵיכוֹן וקוֹרְקִיסַתְכוֹן (for תיאט׳) ed. Vien. (oth. ed. קוּרְקְסַתְ׳) your theatres and circuses. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 13 בית קִרְקַסְוָון (some ed. קַרְ׳; Ar. בתי קִרְקְסֵיהוֹן, Var. קרקסוון) (v. Lam. R. introd. 17).—[Lam. R. to I, 18 קרקסוון, v. קִרְקַסְיוֹן.] ↗ expanded

קִרְקְסָאוֹת , v. קִרְקְסָיוֹת ↗ expanded

קִרְקַסְיוֹן (Κιρκήσιον) Circesium (כַּרְכְּמִישׁ). Lam. R. to I, 18 (ref. to II Chr. XXXV, 20) בק׳ דעל פרת (not בק … וון) at Circesium on the Euphrates. ↗ expanded

קִרְקְסָיוֹת (an adapt. of κίρκος, circus) circuses, buildings used for chariot races and other entertainments. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᶜ bot. בשעה … בבתי תיטריות ובבתי ק׳ וכ׳ when God looks down on the theatres and circuses as they stand undisturbed …, while his Temple is destroyed &c. Meg. 6ᵃ (ref. to Zech. IX, 7) אלו … וק׳ שבאדום וכ׳ (Ms. M. קִרְקַסְיָאוֹת שלהן) this refers to the theatres and circuses in Edom (Rome) where in the days to come Judah’s chiefs shall teach the Law in public. Keth. 5ᵃ קרקסאיות Ar. (ed. קרקייאות, corr. acc.), v. פָּקַח; Sabb. 150ᵃ קרקסאות (Ms. O. קרקיסיאות). Gen. R. s. 67. Gen. R. s. 80 צריכין אנו … ולבתי ק׳ שלהם וכ׳ we must give credit to the nations that they bring actors to their theatres and circuses and amuse themselves with them, so that they may not talk with one another and come to vain quarrels. Lam. R. to III, 13; ib. introd. 17. Ruth R. to I, 16. Pesik. R. s. 6 יום תיאטרון וקורקסיו, read: וקִירְקְסִין, v. תִּיאַטְרוֹן; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַרְקַע v. Schr. KAT², p. 583, ground, soil; bottom. B. Mets. 31ᵃ אבידת ק׳ a loss to the ground, i.e. the duty of preventing damage to a fellowman’s ground through a stray animal. B. Bath. V, 7 (84ᵇ) ואם היה (ב) מחובר לק׳ if the flax was bought while standing in the field, v. חָבַר. Ib. 4 הקונה שני … לא קנה ק׳ if a person buys two trees in a neighbor’s field, he has not bought the ground belonging thereto. Ib. בעל הק׳ the owner of the ground. Y. Succ. I, 51ᵈ מן הק׳ from the floor of the Succah. Sifré Num. 126 קַרְקָעוֹ של בית וכ׳ the ground on which the house stands down to the deep; a. fr.—Snh. 74ᵇ אסתר ק׳ עולם היתה Esther was merely like natural ground (that is ploughed), i.e. in submitting to the embraces of the heathen king she did no act on her part.—Esp. immovable property, opp. מְטַלְטְלִין. B. Mets. 11ᵇ לקנות על גבי ק׳ to be acquired in connection with immovable property, v. אַגַּב. B. Bath. 156ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. קַרְקָעוֹת. Y. ib. IX, 17ᵃ bot. כשהיו ק׳ ומטלטלין וכ׳ when his immovable and his movable properties were in the same place. Keth. 87ᵇ, a. e. שעבוד ק׳, v. שִׁעְבּוּד; a. fr.—Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. VII, 15 קַרְקְעוֹת הכלים, v. קַרְקָרָה. ↗ expanded

קַרְקַע ² Targ. II Chr. XXI, 3. ↗ expanded

קַרְקָעִית (preced.) ground, bottom. Sabb. 147ᵇ, v. דִּימְסִית. Yeb. 116ᵇ בק׳ של ספינה at the bottom of the ship; Ḥag. 23ᵃ בקַרְקְעִיתָהּ וכ׳. ↗ expanded

קַרְקָעִיתָא Targ. Y. Num. XIX, 14. ↗ expanded

קַרְקַף (= קפקפ׳, קפף; cmp. קוֹרְקְבָן) [round,] skull, head. B. Bath. 121ᵇ bot. לשבטים … לקרקף גברי וכ׳ (Ms. M. לקרקפא דג׳) was the land divided by tribes (each tribe getting an equal share) or by the heads of men? Sabb. 67ᵃ (in an incantation) אקרקף דארי וכ׳ Ar. (ed. אקרקפי, read: אקַרְקְפֵיה) on the head of a lion, and on the nostrils &c. B. Bath. 55ᵃ אקרקף וכ׳ (Ar. אקרקפא; Rashb. אקרקפתא), v. כַּרְגָּא; a. e.—Fem. form קַרְקַפְתָּא. R. Hash. 17ᵃ ק׳ דלא מנח תפלין (Tosaf. מנחא) the head (of him) that puts no T’fillin on. B. Bath. l. c., v. supra. ↗ expanded

קַרְקֵפֶל (preced., with format. ל; cmp. כַּרְמֶל &c.) scalp (used as a charm in battle). Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ (describing a sort of secular game) אחת לשבעים … קַרְקִיפְלוֹ של וכ׳ once in seventy years they make a well man ride on a lame man and dress him in the garments of Adam and place on his head the scalp of R. Ishmael &c. Ḥull. 123ᵃ קרְקֵפְלוֹ של ו׳ וכ׳ R. Ishmael’s scalp was put on the head of kings (as a charm.). Pl. קַרְקַפְלִין. Ib. אין לך לגיון … וכ׳ there is not a Roman legion that does not carry with it several scalps; Tosef. ib. VIII, 16. ↗ expanded

קַרְקַפְתָּא , v. קַרְקַף ↗ expanded

קִרְקֵר 1 to storm a wall, batter, destroy. Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ sq. בשביעי נכנסו … מְקַרְקְרִין בו וכ׳ on the seventh of Ab they entered it, on the eighth they worked to demolish it, on the ninth they set fire to it; Y. Meg. I, 70ᶜ top; Tosef. Taan. IV (III), 10 והיו מקרקרין שביעי וכ׳ they worked at its demolition on the seventh, the eighth &c. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) שהיו מְקַרְקְרִים קירות וכ׳ they tore down the walls of their houses and made of them breastworks and placed them around their forts, v. שׁוֹעַ; Yalk. Is. 289. ↗ expanded

קִרְקֵר 2 (cmp. כִּרְכֵּר) to dance, revel. Gen. R. s. 64 (v. גָּרַר II) שנכנסו … והיו מְקַרְקְרִין בו וכ׳ lawless people came to his house and revelled with him (Abimelech) the whole night; Yalk. ib. 111. Gen. R. s. 74 והיו מקרקרין וכ׳ (Var. מְקַרְטְעִים) and revelled with him (Laban) &c.; Yalk. ib. 130. ↗ expanded

קִרְקֵר 3 (onomatop.) to cackle; to quack; to cry &c. Taan. 29ᵃ (ref. to Is. XXII, 5) הקב"ה מְקַרְקֵר עליהן כתרנגולת שמְקַרְקֶרֶת על בניה Ar. (Ms. M. 1 הקב"ה מקרקר אחריהם כתרנוגלין; Ms. M. 2 קִירְקר עליהם; omitted in ed., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the Lord moans for them like a hen that cackles for her young; Yalk. Is. 289. Ex. R. s. 9 התחיל … ומקרקר וכ׳ Pharaoh began to laugh at them and crow at them like a cock. ↗ expanded

קַרְקַר Targ. II Esth. I, 2 תרנגולין מְקַרְקְרִין the cocks (on Solomon’s throne) crowed.—Ḥull. 53ᵃ bot. איהו … ואינהו קמְקַרְקְרָן when he (the lion) roars, and they (the domestic animals) make a noise (mow, bleat &c.). Ib.ᵇ top. ↗ expanded

קַרְקָרָה (cmp. קַרְקַע) rimmed bottom of a vessel; lower border of a web. Ohol. IX, 16 כנגד קַרְקָרָתָהּ ed. Dehr. a. Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. קוּרְקוּרוּתָהּ, קוּרְקְרוּתָהּ) corresponding to (under or on the rim of) its bottom; Tosef. ib. X, 9 קורקורתיה ed. Zuck. (read קוּרְקוּרְתָּהּ or קוּרְקְרוֹתֶיהָ); ib. קוּרְקַרְתָּהּ, קוּרְקוּרְתָּהּ. Kel. XXVIII, 10 עד שיגמור את קַרְקַרְתָּהּ ed. Dehr. (ed. קורקורתה; Ar. קוּרְקְרוֹתֶיהָ, ed. Koh. קר׳ pl.) until he finishes the lower border of the network.—Pl. קַרְקָרוֹת. Ib. II, 2 קַרְקְרוֹתֵיהֶן. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. II, 2 קרקרנות (corr. acc.; R. S. to Kel. II, 2 תוך). Ib. VII, 15 קַרְקְעוֹת הכלים the bottoms of vessels. ↗ expanded

קרקרנות , v. preced. ↗ expanded

קִרְקֵשׁ (= קשקש; cmp. כַּרְכֵּשׁ II) to knock, clap, ring. Tosef. Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17 אין מְקַרְקְשִׁין לא וכ׳ you must not ring a bell or a clapper for a child &c. Gen. R. s. 12 מְקַרְקֶשֶׁת בקרניה she knocks with her horns (against the rocks); Yalk. Ps. 862 מְקַשְׁקֶשֶׁת; (Midr. Sam. ch. IX מַקֶּשֶׁת, v. נָקַשׁ). ↗ expanded

קַרְקֵשׁ Ber. 62ᵃ מְקַרְקְשָׁא, v. לְקִינָא. Pes. 112ᵃ נְקַרְקֵשׁ נכתמא וכ׳ (not מקרקש; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9) let him knock the lid against the pitcher. Keth. 86ᵃ מְקרְקֵשׁ ליה זוזו he makes the coins clapper to him, i.e. offers him a few Zuz; Gitt. 40ᵇ top. Cant. R. to VII, 9 הוון נסבין … והוון מְקַרְקְשִׁין בהון they (Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah) took their idols, broke them and made of them bells which they hanged on their dogs and asses, and they clappered with them (ref. to Is. XLVI, 1); a. e. ↗ expanded

קַרְקָשׁ (preced.) clapper, bell. Tosef. Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17. Y. ib. VI, 7ᵈ; Y. Bets. I, end, 61ᵃ ↗ expanded

קַרְקְשָׁא —Pl. קַרְקְשַׁיָּא, קַרְקִי׳. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ bot. (expl. קשרים, Is. III, 20). ↗ expanded

קַרְקַשְׁתָּא f. same. B. Kam. 52ᵃ, v. כַּרְכַּשְׁתָּא I ↗ expanded

קָרָר (קרר to roll, drag; cmp. גָּרַר II) wagon-driver (dialect. interch. with קַדָּר fr. קדר, cmp. כַּדּוּר a. גַּנְדַּר I). Kidd. IV, 14 (82ᵃ) לא ילמד … חמר גמל קדר ספן וכ׳ Bab. ed. (Mish. ספר for קדר; Y. ed. ספר a. ק׳) no man should train his son to be an ass-driver, a camel-leader, wagoner, sailor, shepherd, or tavern-keeper; Treat. Sof’rim XV, 10; Y. Kidd. IV, 66ᶜ קרר קדר (strike out either). B. Mets. VI, 1 (75ᵇ) שכר את החמר ואת הקדר וכ׳ (Ms. R. 1 הקרד, corr. acc.) if one hires an ass-driver or a wagoner &c. Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. I, 13 ישיבת הקארר וקושרה ed. Zuck. (Var. הקרר; R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 הקרון וקישרה) the driver’s seat when he has tied it (to the wagon).—Pl. קָרָרִים, קָרָרִין (קַדָּ׳). B. Kam. III, 4 שני קד׳ (Tosef. ib. II, 9 חַמָּרִין). ↗ expanded

קָרַר 1 [to bore, break through,] to well forth. Hif. הֵקֵר to cause to well forth. Erub. 104ᵇ (expl. בור הקר, v. הָקֵר) בור שהֵקֵרוּ עליה דברים והתירוה (Or Zar. Erub. 216 הֵקֵירוּ) a well over which they (the scholars) caused words (arguments) to burst forth, and which they finally permitted; ib. שהקרו דברים עליה. ↗ expanded

קְרַר Polel. קוֹרֵר to cause to spring forth, give forth. Y. Shek. V, 48ᵈ הוה ידע … מְקוֹרֵר וכ׳ he knew what rock gives forth water (when bored at), and in what rock there is dry heat. ↗ expanded

קָרַר 2 (cmp. קרש) [to contract,] to be cold. Hif. הֵקֵר same. Cant. R. to IV, 5 there were two families &c. אחת מֵיקֶרֶת וכ׳ (not מקרית) one was cold-blooded &c., v. רָתַח Hof. הוּקַר to be chilled, feel cold. Num. R. s. 23 כאן … הוּקַרְנוּ here we slept, here we felt cold. Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵר to be cooled off; (with דעת) to be pacified, feel satisfied. Num. R. s. 2 נ׳ בצילו he cooled himself in its shade.—Yeb. 63ᵃ ולא נִתְקָרְרָה דעתו עד וכ׳ and he found no satisfaction until &c. Num. R. s. 14, beg. ולא נתקררה דעתו and he (the Lord) was not pacified. Tanḥ. Vaëthḥ. 6 באותה שעה נתקררה רוח הקדש that moment the divine spirit was cooled off (from its anger); a. e.—V. קוֹרָה II. ↗ expanded

קְרַר ² Pa. קָרֵיּר to cool. Sabb. 8ᵇ דעבידי אינשי לקָרוּרֵי נפשייהו when people are wont to cool themselves (by walking in pools), v. רָקָק. Af. אַקֵּר same. Pes. 76ᵃ אַקּוּרי קא מֵיקַר ליה it cools the juice off; a. e. Ithpa. אִתְקָרָר, , Ithpol. אִתְקוֹרָר to be cooled off, cool one’s self. Targ. Y. Ex. II, 5 לאִתְקַרְרָא. Targ. Y. II ib. VII, 15 למַתְקוֹרְרָה על מיא (ed. Vien. למתקודרה עלמיא, corr. acc.). ↗ expanded

קֶרֶשׁ 1 ḳarash collegit … et partes junxit) board. Sabb. 102ᵇ ק׳ שנפלה וכ׳ a board attacked by a worm, v. דַּרְנָא; a. e.—Pl. קְרָשִׁים. Ex. R. s. 52 הרי ק׳ הרי וכ׳ here are the boards (for the Tabernacle), here are the bolts &c. Sabb. XII, 3 קַרְשֵׁי המשכן the boards of the Tabernacle; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קֶרֶשׁ 2 ḳeresh, name of a kind of antelope, unicorn. Ḥull. 59ᵇ ק׳ טביא וכ׳ the ḳ. is the gazelle of Be-Ilai (v. טִגְרוֹס). Ib. ק׳ אע"פ שאין לו וכ׳ the ḳ. is permitted, although it has only one horn. Y. Sabb. II, 4ᵈ bot. ק׳ היה שמה וכ׳ it (the taḥash) was named ḳeresh … having one horn. B. Bath. 16ᵇ (ref. to קרן הפוך, Job XLII, 14) שדומה לקרנא דק׳ she had the complexion of the horn of the ḳ.; קרנא דק׳ לקותא היא but this would mean a defect (not a description of beauty). ↗ expanded

קָרַשׁ (cmp. קָרַס) [to be joined, v. קֶרֶשׁ I,] to become solid, congeal, contract. Gen. R. s. 4; Y. Ber. I, 2ᶜ bot. ובשני קָרְשׁוּ, v. לַח. Ib. יִקְרַשׁ הרקיע let the heavens congeal. Gen. R. s. 33 עמודים … בצנה שלא יִקְרְשׁוּ marble columns covered with carpets in the winter, lest they contract (and crack), v. קָרַס. Pes. V, 5 ויקרש הדם and the blood may congeal; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָרוּשׁ. Y. Nidd. III, beg. 50ᶜ דם הוא שהוא ק׳ וכ׳ it is blood which congealed and formed a lump. Y. Sabb. II, 4ᵈ כל שמתיכין אותו ואינו ק׳ whatever you melt, and it becomes not solid again. Succ. 12ᵃ יין ק׳ הוא משניר וכ׳ it means a jelly of wine from Senir that resembles fig cakes. Hif. הִקְרִישׁ to cause to congeal. Tosef. Ḥull. VI, 7 השוחט וה׳ וכ׳ (ed. Zuck. והקדיש, corr. acc.) if one slaughters and allows the blood to congeal. ↗ expanded

קְרַשׁ (neut. verb) to congeal, become solid. Targ. Y. Ex. XIV, 22 קַרְשׁוּן (not קרשוון). to cause to congeal, curdle; to freeze. Targ. Job X, 10.—V. קַרִישׁ. Ithpe. אִקְּרִישׁ same. Ḥull. 120ᵃ דא׳ some ed. (oth. דקַרִישׁ), v. חָלָא III ↗ expanded

קַרְשִׁינָא (preced.) ball, pebble.—Pl. קַרְשִׁינֵי. Sabb. 81ᵃ Ar. (ed. כַּ׳), v. כַּרְשִׁינָא I. ↗ expanded

קֶרֶת (b. h.) = קִרְיָה, town, city. Nidd. 16ᵇ, v. מָרוֹם. ↗ expanded

קַרְתָּא Targ. Gen. IV, 17. Targ. Is. XIX, 18; a. fr.—Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵈ, v. מֵרוֹן. Ib. top טב ק׳, v. טַב II. Ib., v. יָלֵיל. ↗ expanded

קָרְתָא (קְרַר) cold. Targ. Prov. XXV, 20 (ed. Lag. קור׳). ↗ expanded

קַרִתּוּיֵי , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַרְתּוּיִים (Κόρτιοι, Polybius 5, 52, 5; Strabo XI, 13) natives of Ḳartu (mountaineers of Media). Yeb. 16ᵃ ק׳ איתמר וכ׳ the traditional spelling is Ḳartuyim (and not Ḳarduyim), as people say, disqualified Kartuenians. Ib. (Chald. form) קַרְתּוּיֵי וכ׳ Kartuenians are not the same as Ḳarduenians, as people say ק׳ פסילי; v. קרְדּוּיִים. ↗ expanded

קרתחייה , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַרְתִּיגְנִי (Carthago, -inis) Carthage (rebuilt under the Roman empire). Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᵇ bot. (expl. קנזי, Gen. XV, 19) ק׳; Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵈ top קרתיגנ׳; v. קַרְטִיגְנִי.—Denom. קַרְתִּיגְנָאָה, קַרְתִּיגְנָיָיא. Y. Kil. VIII, 31ᵇ bot.; a. fr. בא ק׳ (א); Y. Sabb. VII, 9ᵈ קרט׳. Ib. XVI, 15ᶜ bot. חיננא ק׳; Y. Bets. I, 60ᶜ bot. קרתחייה (corr. acc.); Keth. 27ᵇ חנן קרט׳; B. Kam. 114ᵇ חנא קרתיגנאה Ms. M. (ed. קרטיגנא, corr. acc.); ib. אחא ק׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4). ↗ expanded

קַרְתִּיסָיָה of Ḳartes (perh. Carthæa, on the island of Ceos). Y. Keth. II, 26ᵈ bot. חנניה ק׳. ↗ expanded

קַרְתָּנִי (v. קֶרֶת) townsman, provincial. Dem. VI, 4 הק׳, opp. to ירושלמי; Y. ib. 25ᶜ bot.—[Lev. R. s. 24 מעשה בק׳, read: בקריתנו, v. קִרְיָה.]—Fem. קַרְתָּנִית. Cant. R. to I, 6. ↗ expanded

קַשׁ old, v. קְשַׁשׁ. ↗ expanded

קַשׁ ² קשש to be hard, stiff; cmp. קָשֶׁה) straw, stubble. Sabb. III, 1 בקש ובגבבא with straw or rakings. Ib. 66ᵃ כוורת של קש; Kel. XV, 1 כוורת הקש, v. כְּוֶורֶת. Ib. XVII, 17, v. שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת. Y. Peah IV, beg. 18ᵃ הנח … בקַשָּׁהּ leave for them (the poor) the grain with its straw (stalks); a. fr.—[Tosef. Sabb. IX (X), 2 הקש שבחזיר some ed. the stiff bristle &c., v. קָשֶׁה.]—Pl. קַשִּׁים, קַשִּׁין. Y. Peah V, end, 19ᵃ בזוכר את הק׳ when he recalls the straw (with which he covered the sheaves). Taan. 6ᵃ בקַשֶּׁיהָ, v. מַלְקוֹשׁ. ↗ expanded

קַשָּׁא 1 Targ. Ex. XV, 7. Targ. Is. XL, 24.—Pl. קַשִּׁין. Gen. R. s. 35 (play on קשתי, Gen. IX, 13) ק׳ דפֵירַי the straw of my fruit (the least of my works); Yalk. ib. 61. ↗ expanded

קַשָּׁא 2 (קְשַׁשׁ; cmp. קַשִּׁישׁ), בַּר ק׳ elder, officer. Sabb. 110ᵃ top. B. Bath. 110ᵇ top מאן כו לירות אטו בר ק׳ וכ׳ (כּוּ = כְּהוּ, not בו) who else should be the heir? should the officer of the town be the heir? [oth. opin. (v. קָשַׁש I) collector.] ↗ expanded

קְשָׁא , v. קְשֵׁי ↗ expanded

קָשַב (b. h.) to be hard, stiff. Hif. הִקְשִׁיב [to prick up the ear,] to listen. Cant. R. to VIII, 13 אני … מַקְשִׁיבִים וכ׳ I and my household will listen to thy voice (of prayer). Sabb. 63ᵃ הקב"ה מַקְשִׁיב להם the Lord listens to them. Ib. שני … המקשיבים זה לזה וכ׳ two students who patiently listen to each other in discussions of the halakhah; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְשַׁב , to be attentive, watchful. Gitt. 56ᵃ דאינהו קַשְׁבֵי דחייא וכ׳ Ar. (ed. ידעי) read: דאינהו ק׳ וידעי דחייא וכ׳ for they are watchful (distrustful), and they know that a live body is lighter &c. ↗ expanded

קִשְׁבָּא a species or variety of dates; date-tree (v. כּוֹתֶבֶת). Ab. Zar. 14ᵇ, v. חֲצָב I. B. Kam. 58ᵇ קץ ק׳ מחבריה (Ms. H. קִישְׁ׳; Alf. קסבא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) cut one of his neighbor’s date-trees.—Pl. קִשְׁבֵּי. Meg. 7ᵇ מלא טסקא דק׳ Ms. M. (ed. דקשבא) a basketful of dates; Yalk. Esth. 1059. ↗ expanded

קָשָׁה , v. קשי ↗ expanded

קְשֵׁה , v. קְשֵׁי ↗ expanded

קָשֶׁה , קָשָׁה f. (b. h.; preced.) stiff, hard, difficult, severe; strong. Tosef. Sabb. IX (X), 2 שני זייפין מן הק׳ וכ׳ (some ed. הקַשׁ) two of the stiffest bristles of the swine; Sabb. 90ᵇ מקָשָׁה של חזיר אחת carrying one of the stiff bristles of the swine is punishable. Taan. 20ᵇ ק׳ כארז, v. קָנֶה. B. Bath. 88ᵇ ק׳ עונשן של וכ׳ the responsibility for fraud in measures is severer than that for incest. Ib. ק׳ גזל הדיוט וכ׳ robbing an individual is worse than robbing the altar. Gen. R. s. 26, end ק׳ היא המחלוקת וכ׳ strife is as bad as (the sins of) the generation of the flood. Gen. R. s. 71 ק׳ היא התפלה וכ׳ prayer is a powerful factor, for it reversed the divine decree. Taan. 8ᵃ שלמודו ק׳ עליו וכ׳ to whom his study is as hard as iron. Ib. 8ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) ק׳ יומא וכ׳, v. קָשֵׁי. Ex. R. s. 6 היה ק׳ בעיניהם וכ׳ it seemed too hard a task for them to give up idolatry; a. v. fr.—Erub. 83ᵇ בק׳ with difficulty, v. נַחַת.—[Num. R. s. 16 end קשה ערפם, v. קְשִׁי.]—Pl. קָשִׁים, קָשִׁין; קָשׁוֹת. Yeb. 47ᵇ, a. e. ק׳ גרים וכ׳, v. סַפַּחַת. Sot. 2ᵃ ק׳ לזווגן (Snh. 22ᵃ קשה), v. זָוַג. Pes. 118ᵃ ק׳ … כקריעת וכ׳ the providential support of man is as difficult (wonderful) as the splitting of the Red Sea. Ib. ק׳ … כפלים וכ׳ man’s support is twice as hard (painful) as travailing. Ber. 57ᵇ (etymolog. play on קישואים) מפני שהם ק׳ לגוף וכ׳ because they are as hard on the body as swords. Koh. R. to XII, 7 נבואות ק׳ hard (evil) prophecies; a. v. fr. ↗ expanded

קִשְׂוָא , v. קִסְוָה ↗ expanded

קִשּׁוּאִים , v. קִישׁוּת I) cucumbers. Ber. 57ᵇ, v. קָשֶׁה. B. Kam. VIII, 1 שומר ק׳ watchman in a cucumber field. Kil. III, 4; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קִשְׂוָה , v. sub קִסְ׳, קַסְ׳. ↗ expanded

קְשׁוֹט (קְשַׁט) [straightness,] truth, righteousness. Targ. Gen. XXIV, 48, sq. Targ. Y. ib. V, 22; 24. Targ. II Chr. VI, 18 (h. text האמנם); a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 26 אנא בעלם דק׳ … מילין דק׳ I (Samuel) am now in the world of truth (v. עָלְמָא), and thou shalt hear from me none but words of truth; Tanḥ. Emor 2. Sabb. 104ᵃ ק׳ קאי truth stands firm (v. לְבַן). Snh. 97ᵃ מריש … ליכא ק׳ בעלמא וכ׳ formerly I thought there was no truth in the world. Ib. איקלע … ק׳ שמיה he came to a place named Ḳushṭa (Truth); a. fr.—Pl. קוּשְׁטִין. Targ. Y. Num. XXII, 37 מן ק׳ (h. text האמנם).—Y. Ḥag. II, beg. 77ᵃ ק׳ אתון אמרין דהין וכ׳ do you (Jews) indeed say that the world is maintained by air? (sub. גבר) true. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 תמים וק׳ upright and true. ↗ expanded

קִשּׁוּט , v. sub קִישּׁ׳. ↗ expanded

קָשׁוּת 1 , Tosef. Kil. I, 11 Var., v. כָּשׁוּת ↗ expanded

קָשׁוּת 2 , v. קִישׁוּת II ↗ expanded

קָשַׁט (b. h.) [to be straight, strong,] to go in a straight line, to shoot forth. Num. R. s. 12 יש מזיק … וקוֹשֵׁט כחץ some demon flies like a bird and shoots through the air like an arrow; Midr. Till. to Ps. XCI; Yalk. ib. 842 וקוֹשֵׁת; Tanḥ. Naso 23 וקושש (corr. acc.); ed. Bub. 28.—Y. Meg. I, 72ᵇ מאיכן ק׳ הקוֹשֵׁט הזה וכ׳ whence did this archer shoot (whence did he derive the opinion) that &c. (cmp. יָרָה Hif.). to correct. B. Mets. 107ᵇ, v. infra. Pi. קִישֵּׁט to shoot, aim, direct. Tosef. Erub. IX (VI), 26 ביבין המְקַשְּׁטִין וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. המשקטין, המְקַשְׁקְשִׁין, v. קִשְׁקֵשׁ II) gutters which gush under the houses (cmp. קָלַח). Lam. R. to III, 12 מקושטים בה Ar. s. v. קורה, read: מְקַשְּׁטִים (Ar. ed. Koh. מְקוֹשְׁשִׁים; ed. מוֹרִים), v. חֵץ.—Part. pass. מְקוּשָּׁט; f. מְקוּשֶּׁטֶת; pl. מְקוּשָּׁטִים, מְקוּשָּׁטִין; מְקוּשָּׁטוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 40 (play on מוריה, with ref. to ירה יירה, Ex. XIX, 13) שהיתה מק׳ כנגד וכ׳ it (the holy land) was aimed towards (directly under) the heavenly altar (v. כּוּן); Yalk. Cant. 988. Ib. כשם שגודלת הזו … להיות מקושטים וכ׳ (not מקושטת) as the hair-dresser dressing the bride puts every ornament in its proper place, so must the words of the Law be aimed, every word in its due place. (cmp. תקן) to dress, adorn, prepare. Ib. שמְקַשֶּׁטֶת לכלה, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 8 מְקַשֵּׁט כלות he (the Lord) attires brides; Koh. R. to VII, 2. Ib.; Gen. R. s. 18 משקִשְּׁטָהּ וכ׳ after having fitted her out with twenty-four kinds of ornaments; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Sabb. 25ᵇ מטה מוצעת ואשה מק׳ לתלמיד חכם the scholar’s happiness when the couch is spread and the wife dressed (for the Sabbath). Ib. 153ᵃ כשהן מק׳ in festive dress, opp. מלוכלכין; a. fr.—Trnsf. to set right, correct. Snh. 18ᵃ (ref. to התקוששו וקושו, Zeph. II, 1) קַשֵּׁט … קשט אחרים first correct thyself, then correct others; ib. 19ᵃ; B. Bath. 60ᵇ; B. Mets. 107ᵇ קְשׁוֹט וכ׳; Yalk. Jer. 302; Midr. Till. to Ps. LIII אם תרצה לקַשֵּׁט אחרים וכ׳ if thou wishest to correct others, correct thyself first. Hif. הִקְשִׁיט to prepare, make ready. Gen. R. s. 28 הקב"ה היפך … והִקְשִׁיטָן וכ׳ the Lord turned day into night and prepared them for visitations; (Yalk. Job 920 והתקינן). Hithpa. הִתְקַשֵּׁט to dress, adorn one’s self. Num. R. s. 2 אבן יקרה שמִתְקַשְּׁטוֹת וכ׳ a precious stone with which women adorn themselves; a. e. to be verified, justified (cmp. קְשׁוֹט). Gen. R. s. 55 בשביל שתִּתְקַשֵּׁט וכ׳, v. קוֹשֶׁט; Yalk. ib. 95; Yalk. Ps. 777. ↗ expanded

קְשַׁט —Pa. קַשֵּׁט to straighten, correct. Targ. I Chr. XXIX, 18. to go in a straight line, to shoot forth. Targ. Hos. VI, 3 מְקַשֵּׁיט (not מִ׳; ed. Lag. מקשט; h. text נכון). to prepare. Yeb. 63ᵇ (of a bad wife) מְקַשְּׁטָא … ומקשטא וכ׳ has a tray ready for him, and has her mouth ready for him (to scold); מק׳ … ומחדרא וכ׳ prepares a tray for him, and turns her back to him. Ithpa. אִתְקַשֵּׁט, אִיקַּשַּׁט to be shot. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XIX, 13 (ed. Vien. יתקשתין). to be dressed, prepared. Targ. Is. LXI, 10. Targ. Am. IV, 12 (h. text הכין).—Taan. 23ᵇ כי מִיקַּשְּׁטָא is well dressed; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַשָּׁט (preced.) shooter, archer.—Pl. קַשָּׁטִים, קשָּׁטִין. Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ bot. בחרבן הראשׁון … ק׳ וכ׳ at the destruction of the first Temple she (Tadmor-Palmyra) furnished eighty thousand archers &c.; Gen. R. s. 56 קַשָּׁתִים (Var. קשט׳); Lam. R. to II, 2 קשת׳.—V. קשָּׁת. ↗ expanded

קַשְׁטוּתָא , v. קשִּׁיטוּתָא ↗ expanded

קַשְׁטָן , v. קיּשְׁטָן ↗ expanded

קַשְׁטָנִית (preced. art.) bow-shaped handle of a borer, ‘bow-drill’ (v. Sm. Ant.³ s. v. Terebra). Kel. XXI, 3 (ed. Dehr. קוּשְׁטָ׳). Tosef. Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17 מטלטלין את הקשט׳ Ar. (ed. הקַשְׁתָּ׳) you may handle the bow-drill (on the Sabbath); ולא יקדיח בק׳ וכ׳ but you must not bore (a wine cask &c.) as you do on week days. ↗ expanded

קשי (b. h.) to be stiff, hard, difficult. Y. Ber. I, 2ᶜ top קָשְׁתָה על דעתך this is difficult according to (not reconcilable with) thy opinion; ib. למה א"ל קשתה (not קשתיה) why did he say to him, it is difficult?—V. קָשֶׁה. Pi. קִישָּׁה (קִישְּׁתָה, with לילד or without) to have hard labor in travailing. Ḥull. IV, 1 בהמה המְקַשָּׁה לילד וכ׳ if an animal is in labor, and &c., v. עוּבָּר. Nidd. IV, 4 קִשְּׁתָה שלשה וכ׳ if she was in pain for three days within eleven days; Tosef. ib. V, 8 קִישֵּׁת, קִשֵּׁת. Ib. 10; a. fr.—[Gen. R. s. 61 שהיו מקשין וכ׳, read: מקישין, v. נָקַשׁ.] Hif. הִקְשָׁה to stiffen, harden. Nidd. 13ᵇ המַקְשֶׁה עצמו וכ׳ he who causes erection wilfully. Ex. R. s. 11 הרשע הזה ה׳ את לבו וכ׳ this wicked (Pharaoh) hardened his heart against the first three signs; a. e. to become hard. Y. Pes. VI, 35ᵇ top שסופו להַקְשׁוֹת which gets hard in the course of time. Shebi. II, 10 אם הִקְשׁוּ וכ׳ (Y. ed. a. Bart. הוּקְשׁוּ Hof.) if they became hard (dry) and unfit for man to eat before New Year. (Y. ib. 34ᵃ bot. הקשו a. הוקשו). to be severe. Gen. R. s. 19, opp. ריתה, v. רָתָה. Hof. הוּקְשֶׁה to become hard, v. supra. to be found hard, distasteful. Tanḥ. Sh’laḥ 5; Num. R. s. 16 ה׳ הדבר והרע וכ׳ the thing was distasteful to and displeased his father. Hithpa. הִתְקַשֶּׁה, Nithpa. נִתְקַשֶּׁה to suffer severely (in travailing). Gen. R. s. 84 נִתְקַשֵּׁת אמו וכ׳ his mother was in hard labor at his birth. to become hard, stiff. Tosef. Nidd. VI, 4 משׁיִתְקַשּׁוּ, v. קִשְׁקֵשׁ I, a. II. Gen. R. s. 98, a. שׁנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָה, v. קַשְׁיוּת. to find one’s self in difficulty, to be perplexed, unable to understand or remember. Num. R. s. 15 beg. נ׳ משה במעשה וכ׳ Moses found the work of the candlestick more difficult to understand than &c.; כיון שנ׳ אמר וכ׳ when he still could not remember it, the Lord said &c. Ib.¹⁰; Tanḥ. B’haʿăl. 6 נִתְקַשֵּׁיתִי לעשותה I could not understand how to do it. Ib. נ׳ על משה it was too difficult for Moses; a. fr. to be reluctant, strive against. Tanḥ. Sh’moth 18 כמה נ׳ יונה שלא וכ׳ how hard did Jonah strive not to go on his mission. Deut. R. s. 9 מִתְקַשֶּׁה כנגדו (the sun) refused to obey; a. e. to make one’s self obnoxious. Gen. R. s. 61; Yalk. Chr. 1073 (play on יקשן, Gen. XXV, 2) שהיו מִתְקַשִּׁין בעולם they were obnoxious to the world (were hard to deal with); (Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII ed. Bub. שהיו בני אדם קשין). ↗ expanded

קְשֵׁי to be hard, difficult. Targ. Deut. I, 17. Ib. XV, 18; a. e.—Yoma 28ᵇ קָשׁוּ משמשא are harder (on the eye) &c., v. שַׁבְרִירֵי; a. fr. to find a thing difficult to understand, to object, argue against, dispute. Y. Ter. V, 43ᶜ bot. ר׳ סימון קַשְׁיְיתָהּ … קיימה R. Simon argued against it (refuted it), but R. Ba. … proved it to be correct. Y. Kidd. III, 64ᶜ top [read:] לא כבר קְשׁוּנְתָּהּ הרי עולם לא כבר קַשְׁיְתָהּ וכ׳ have not mountains of the world (great scholars) disputed it? did not R. El. dispute it in the presence of &c.; Y. Ned. VIII, 40ᵈ sq. (corr. acc.). B. Kam. 66ᵇ האי מילתא ק׳ בה רבה לרב וכ׳ Rabbah argued this difficulty before R. Joseph for twenty-two years, and it was not solved; Keth. 42ᵇ האי … קְשָׁאֵי רבה ורב וכ׳ Rabbah and R. Joseph discussed this difficulty &c.—Part. קָשֵׁי; f. קַשְׁיָא, q. v. to get old, v. קְשַׁשׁ II. Pa. קַשֵּׁי to be in pain of travailing. Targ. Gen. XXXV, 17 בקַשָּׁיוּתָהּ (not בקַשְׁיוּ׳). Targ. O. ib. 16 (Y. II Ithpa.). to perplex. Pes. 78ᵇ מתניתן קַשִּׁיתֵיה וכ׳ the Mishnah perplexed him; why does it read &c. Af. אַקְשֵׁי, אַקְשֵׁה to harden, make difficult. Targ. Ex. VII, 3. Targ. II Kings II, 10. Targ. I Kings XII, 4. Targ. Ps. XCV, 8; a. fr. to be hard on, press heavily. Cant. R. to II, 16 כד הוה צערא קשי עלוי … וכד הוה מַקְשֵׁי וכ׳ when his suffering was severe, he said, God the faithful, but when it was severer on him than necessary &c. to argue against, object, dispute. Targ. Job VI, 6 Ms. Var. מדלית מַקְשׁה עליה when there is none to dispute it.—Yeb. 77ᵃ top א׳ להו דואג כל הני קושייתא Doeg brought up before them all those arguments. Y. Yoma I, 38ᵈ bot. עד דאת מַקְשֵׁי … קְשַׁיְיתָהּ על וכ׳ (not קשייתא) instead of offering objection against R. J., rather offer it against &c.; a. v. fr. Ithpa. אִתְקֵשֵּׁי, Ithpe. אִיקְּשֵׁי to be in pain of travailing. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXXV, 16, v. supra. to be difficult, perplexing. Yeb. 40ᵃ ומִיקְּשֵׁה היא דאיקשי לך וכ׳ (Rashi דקשיא) it was perplexing to thee, and thou didst reverse it. ↗ expanded

קְשִׁי (b. h.) = קוֹשִׁי, hardness, stiffness; difficulty. Tanḥ. Sh’laḥ ed. Bub., supplement 14 אל תבט בק׳ ערפם look not at their stiffneckedness; Num. R. s. 16 end בקשה (corr. acc.).—Pl. קְשָׁיִין. Sifré Deut. 305 אין חבר נקנה אלא בקשי ק׳ a friend can be acquired only with the greatest difficulty. ↗ expanded

קָשֵׁי c. = h. קָשֶׁה, hard, strong, heavy, difficult. Targ. Ex. VI, 9. Targ. Y. ib. 12. Targ. Gen. XLIX, 7. Targ. Is. XIX, 4. Targ. Ps. LX, 5; a. fr.—Targ. Y. Num. VIII, 4 מינא ק׳ something hard to understand (v. Num. R. s. 15, quot. s. v. קָשָׁה Nithpa.).—Yoma 28ᵇ ק׳ משימשא is harder to bear &c., v. זוֹהֲמָא. Ib. 29ᵃ ק׳ ,מקייטא v. קַיְטָא. B. Mets. 85ᵃ ק׳ יומא דמיטרא וכ׳ a rainy day (preventing people from pursuing their vocations) is as hard as the day of judgment; Taan. 8ᵇ קשה (Rashi קשי); a. v. fr.—Pl. קָשִׁין, קָשַׁיָּיא, קָשָׁן; קַשְׁיָין, קַשְׁיָיתָא. Targ. I Sam. XX, 10. Targ. II Sam. III, 39. Targ. II Esth. IV, 1; a. fr.—Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ. Koh. R. to III, 2 מן קל מיליא קַשְׁיָיאתָא וכ׳ on account of the hard things that I hear &c.; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַשְׁיָא 2 (preced.) difficult, open to objection; unanswerable objection; contradiction. Erub. 13ᵃ הא גופא ק׳ וכ׳ this in itself is a contradiction; you said, R. I. did not say such a thing, which implies that this opinion is to be rejected, and then you said, this opinion is the adopted rule. Ib. ק׳ שימוש אשימוש there is a contradiction between the two narratives of R. Meir’s ministrations; ק׳ אסרה אאסרה there is a contradiction between the relations concerning the teacher who forbade it; שימוש אשימוש לא ק׳ וכ׳ there is no contradiction between the two relations concerning the ministrations, (for I may say.) first he went &c.; אלא אסרה אאסרה ק׳ ק׳ but between the relations as to who prohibited it, is there not a contradiction? There is a contradiction (it remains unanswered). Ber. 22ᵇ לא ק׳ וכ׳ there is no contradiction (between the two traditions): the one speaks of a case where the thing is possible, the other &c. Sabb. 22ᵇ ק׳ the argument (of R. Papa) is unanswerable. Y. ib. XII, end, 13ᵈ וק׳ על דרבן וכ׳ and this is an argument against the opinion of Rabban G.; a. v. fr. ↗ expanded

קַשְׁיָאתָא , v. קַשְׁיְתָא ↗ expanded

קַשְׁיוּ , v. קַשְׁיוּתָא ↗ expanded

קַשְׁיוּת (preced. wds.) (sub. עורף) stiffneckedness; (sub. לב) hard-heartedness. Taan. 6ᵃ, v. מַלְקוֹשׁ. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) (play on מקשת אסרו, Is. XXII, 3) מקַשְׁיוּתָם נמסרו וכ׳ for their stubbornness they were given over to the governments. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to רבה קשת, Gen. XXI, 20) רָבָה וקַשְׁיוּתוֹ עמו he (Ishmael) grew, and his stubbornness with him; [anoth. vers.] רבה וקשיותו אמו he grew, and the cause of his renitence was his mother (who encouraged him in his sinful ways); a. e. erection, sensual desire. Ib. s. 98 (play on קשתו, Gen. XLIX, 24) ק׳ שנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָה וכ׳ the sensual desire which seized thee when thou wast with thy mistress. ↗ expanded

קַשְׁיוּתָא hardness, severity. Targ. Ex. I, 14 (h. text פרך). stiffneckedness, renitence. Y. Ber. VII, 11ᵇ bot. עד כדון את בקַשְׁיוּתָךְ dost thou still persist in thy renitence?; Koh. R. to VII, 11. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ top. Esth. R. introd. (play on ממקשי, Job XXXIV, 30) מן קַשְׁיוּתֵיהֶן וחיביהן וכ׳ for the renitence and the guilt of men who do not the will of the Creator; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַשִּׁיט (קְשַׁט) straight, upright, true. Targ. Deut. XXXII, 4 (Y. ed. Vien. קָשִׁ׳; h. text ישר). Targ. Y. ib. VI, 5; a. e.—Pl. קַשִּׁיטִין, קְשִׁ׳. Targ. O. ib. IV, 8 (h. text צדיק׳). Targ. Num. XXIII, 10; a. e. ↗ expanded

קְשִׂיטָא , v. כְּסִיתָּא ↗ expanded

קְשִׂיטָה (b. h.) Ḳ’siṭah, name of a standard value; a jewel, also a lamb (v. כְּסִיתָּא). R. Hash. 26ᵃ כשהלכתי … קורין למעה ק׳ when I was on my way to Africa, (I heard them) call a m’ʿah ḳ’siṭah; לפרושי מאה ק׳ דאורייתא it serves to explain the Biblical ‘one hundred ḳ.’ (Gen. XXXIII, 19). Gen. R. s. 79, end, v. אוּנְקְיָא.—V. חוּרְפָא. ↗ expanded

קַשִּׁיטוּתָא (קַשִּׁיט) uprightness. Targ. II Esth. VIII, 13. Targ. O. Gen. XX, 5, sq. (Y. קַשְׁטוּת). Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 47 ed. Lsb., v. שַׁפִּירוּתָא; a. e. ↗ expanded

קַשְׁיָיאתָא , v. קָשֵׁי, a. קַשְׁיְתָא. ↗ expanded

קְשִׁירָא , pl. קְשִׁירֵי, v. קִישּׁוּרָא. ↗ expanded

קְשִׁירָה (קָשַׁר) knotting; tying. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᶜ; ib. XV, beg. 15ᵃ מה ק׳ וכ׳ what was the knotting done at the making of the Tabernacle? Y. Erub. III, 21ᵃ, v. נְעִילָה. ↗ expanded

קַשִּׁישׁ (קְשַׁשׁ) [strong, hard, cmp. יָשַׁן,] old; old man, elder. Targ. Job III, 18. Targ. I Kings II, 22; a. e.—B. Mets. 60ᵇ אנא ק׳ מאבוך I am older than thy father. Yeb. 16ᵇ מי ק׳ כוליה האי was David so very old? Taan. 23ᵇ ינוקא ק׳ the older child. Keth. 94ᵃ אביי ק׳ Abaye senior; a. fr.—B. Bath. 142ᵇ קַשִּׁישְׁנָא מינייכו I am older than you.—Pl. קַשִּׁישִׁין, קַשִּׁישַׁיָּא, קַשִּׁישֵׁי, קְשִׁ׳. Targ. Job XXXII, 6. Ib. XII, 12; a. e.—Hor. 11ᵇ מי מלכי זוטרי מקמי ק׳ do the younger sons ascend the throne before the older? Ber. 30ᵃ רבנן ק׳ מינן teachers older than we are. Ib. 46ᵇ. Cant. R. to VII, 9 (expl. הדברי, Dan. III, 27) ק׳ ואסטרולוגיסי (not קשיש) elders and astrologers; a. fr. ↗ expanded

קַשִּׁישׁוּתָא (preced.) old age, seniority. B. Bath. 142ᵇ מידי בק׳ וכ׳ does this depend on age? It depends on reason. ↗ expanded

קִשִׁישִׁין (קשש to be straight, stiff, v. קַשׁ) splints put about a fracture. Sabb. 53ᵃ ק׳ שעל גבי השבר (Ms. M. כְּתִיתִין, q. v.); Tosef. ib. IV (V), 5 בקַשְׁקַשִּׁין ed. Zuck. (Var. בקְשׁוֹשִׁין); Y. ib. V, 7ᵇ, sq. קִישׁוֹשׁוֹת. ↗ expanded

קַשְׁיְתָא (קְשֵי) stone of date or olive. Ḥull. 49ᵃ האי ק׳ דאשתכחא וכ׳ (not דאשתכח) a date stone was found in the gall &c.—Pl. קַשְׁיָאתָא, קַשְׁיָיתָא. Ber. 56ᵃ thou shalt see in thy dream that the Romans capture thee וטחני בך ק׳ וכ׳ (different in Ms. M.) and make thee grind date stones in a golden mill. Yoma 79ᵇ (prov.) תרי … דק׳ וכ׳ in two kabs of dates there is one kab of stones and more. Ab. Zar. 28ᵃ ק׳ דזיתי olive stones.—V. קָשֵׁי. ↗ expanded

קִשְׁקוּשׁ , v. sub קִישְׁ׳. ↗ expanded

קִשְׁקֵשׁ 1 (קשש; cmp, כִּשְׁכֵּשׁ) to knock, strike, shake, tingle. Sot. 9ᵇ (ref. to לפעמו, Jud. XIII, 25) שהיתה שכינה מְקַשְׁקֶשֶׁת וכ׳ the Divine Presence rang before him as with a bell (v. פַּעֲמוֹן); Gen. R. s. 18 לקַשְׁקֵשׁ ‘Rashi’, v. נָקַשׁ. Yalk. Ps. 862, v. קִרְקִשׁ. Y. Sabb. II, 5ᵇ bot. כיון … מקשקשת עיסתה וכ׳ when the woman slaps her dough with water &c. (v. לָטַשׁ, a. קָטַף); Gen. R. s. 14, beg. מְשַׁקְשֶׁקֶת; Yalk. ib. 20; 32; Tanḥ. Noah 1 (ed. Bub. נותנת מים בעיסה, incorr.). Y. Taan. III, 67ᵃ top כדי … ומקשקש וכ׳ when a person may be placed on the summit of ʿofel, and dangle his feet in the brook of Kidron; Tosef. ib. III (II), 1 מְשַׁקְשֵׁק ed. Zuck. (Var. מְקַשְׁקֵישׁ); Bab. Taan. 22ᵇ וִישַׁכְשֵׁךְ. Gen. R. s. 69 אפי׳ כן … מקשקשין וכ׳ yet it is for thy own good that they slap thee and polish (cleanse) thee from thy guilt (v. מָרַק); ib. s. 41 מְשַׁקְשְׁקִין; Yalk. Is. 337. to slap and crush the earth under the olive tree; to hoe. B. Mets. 89ᵇ, v. עָדַר. M. Kat. 3ᵃ יכול לא יְקַשְׁקֵשׁ תחת וכ׳ lest you think that one may not hoe under the olive trees &c. (in the Sabbatical year). Ib. תשמטנה מלְקַשְׁקֵשׁ וכ׳ ‘thou shalt let it rest’ (Ex. XXIII, 11) from hoeing &c.; Succ. 44ᵇ; Yalk. Ex. 354 (corr. acc.); a. e. Hithpa. הִתְקַשְׁקֵשׁ to be shaken; to clap, ring. Ḥull. 74ᵇ כאגוז המִתְקַשְׁקֵשׁ וכ׳ like a nut that rattles in its shell. Ib. 94ᵃ לגין המתקשקש a bottle which gives a sound when shaken (half-filled). Ib. 125ᵃ מוח המתק׳ brain that shakes in the skull; a. e.—[Nidd. 47ᵃ משׁיִתְקַשְׁקְשׁוּ הדדין when the breasts begin to shake (in walking), comment.; v., however, קִשְׁקֵשׁ II.] ↗ expanded

קַשְׁקֵשׁ to knock, strike, ring. Targ. Y. Gen. XLIII, 33. to hoe. Succ. 44ᵇ לקַשְׁקוּשֵׁי כרמיא Ms. M. (ed. כרמים) to hoe in vineyards. Ib. ומְקַשְׁקְשִׁין בכרמיא and hoe in &c. Ib. וקַשְׁקוּשֵׁי מי שרי is it permitted to hoe (in the Sabbatical year)?; (M. Kat. 3ᵃ וקִשְׁקוּשׁ בשביעית וכ׳). ↗ expanded

קִשְׁקֵשׁ 2 (v. קָשַׁשׁ II) to straighten, shoot forth. Tosef. Erub. IX (VI), 26, v. קָשַׁט. Hithpa. הִתְקַשְׁקֵשׁ to become stiff, hard, be erected. Nidd. 47ᵃ משׁיִתְקַשְׁקְשׁוּ הדדין when the breasts become stiff; (Tosef. ib. VI, 4 משׁיִתְקַשּׁוּ; Var. משיתקשקשו). ↗ expanded

קִשְׁקֵשׁ 3 to collect wood, rubbish &c., v. קָשַׁשׁ I. ↗ expanded

קַשְׁקַשִׁיּוֹת , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַשְׁקַשִּׁים (v. קַשׁ) pieces of straw, chips &c. Keth. 60ᵃ צינור שעלו בו ק׳ a spout into which rubbish entered (stopping its outflow); Tosef. Erub. XI (VIII), 10 קִישׁוֹשׁוֹת (Ar. ed. Koh. קִישׁוֹשִׁיּוֹת, oth. ed. קַשְׁקַשִּׁיּוֹת). ↗ expanded

קַשְׂקַשִּׂים , v. next w. ↗ expanded

קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת [incision,] rough skin, coat of scales. Ḥull. III, 7. Nidd. VI, 9; Ḥull. 66ᵇ, v. סְנַפִּיר. Ib. 27ᵇ עופות … ק׳ ברגליהן וכ׳ fowls have on their feet a scaly skin like fishes, v. חַסְפְּנִיתָא. Ib. 66ᵇ הוה אמינא מאי ק׳ סנפיר I might have thought ḳasḳeseth (rough skin) refers to fins. Ib. וממאי דק׳ לבושא הוא (Ms. R. 2 קלפי נינהו) and whence do we learn that ḳ. means a covering (scales)? (Answ. ref. to I Sam. XVII, 5); a. fr.—Sifra Sh’mini, Sh’ratsim, ch. IV, Par. 3 ק׳ אחת one set of scales.—Pl. קַשְׂקַשִּׂים, קַשְׂקַשִּׂין. Ib. המרבה בק׳ וכ׳, v. סְנַפִּיר. Ib. (ref. to אפיקי מגנים, Job XLI, 7) אלו ק׳ that means scales; Ḥull. 67ᵇ. Ib. III, 7 ואלו הן ק׳ הקבועין בו וכ׳ by ḳaskassin we mean those which are inflexible, by s’nappirin those with which the fish moves.—Tosef. Ohol. XVII, 3 שדה ק׳ (ed. Zuck. a. R. S. to Ohol. XVII, 1 קַסְקַסִּים) a field full of scales (where all sorts of refuse are deposited). ↗ expanded

קָשַׁר (b. h.) [to strengthen, v. Gen. XXX, 41, sq.] to join, knot, tie; to fold. Sabb. VII, 2 הקוֹשֵׁר והמתיר he that makes a knot or unties it. Y. ib. 10ᶜ שהיו קוֹשְׁרִין וכ׳ they knotted the ropes (of the Tabernacle). Ib. נפסק היה קוֹשְׁרוֹ when a thread was broken (in weaving), one knotted it. Y. Gitt. VIII, end, 49ᵈ אפי׳ קושר וכ׳ even if he folds (the document) up, and then has it signed. Ib. בשׁקְשָׁרוֹ וחתמו וכ׳ when he folded it and had it signed inside; a. fr.—Trnsf. a) (cmp. חָרַז) to compose and arrange (a funeral song or eulogy). Y. Yoma I, 38ᵇ קָשְׁרוּ הספידו they arranged his eulogy. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1), v. מִסְפֵּד; a. fr.—b) conceive, form an affection. Pesik. B’shallaḥ, p. 80ᵃ הוא קושר לו אהבה וכ׳ he acquires love and affection for him; Gen. R. s. 54; Yalk. Prov. 954; a. e.—Part. pass. קָשׁוּר; f. קְשׁוּרָה &c. Y. Nidd. I, 49ᵇ top אילו יהושע שהיה ק׳ למשה וכ׳ a Joshua who was tied to Moses (his constant attendant) could not have spoken so (that Moses had not said a certain thing), and he says so (of R. Jeremiah)? Erub. II, 1 קְשׁוּרוֹת, v. נָתַר. Y. Yeb. XVI, 15ᵈ top, v. הֶסְפֵּד; a. e. Pi. קִישֵּׁר same, esp. to fold a document, to write a portion and fold it and have witnesses signed on the fold, and so continue to the end of the document. Y. Gitt. l. c. היה מְקַשֵּׁר ראשון ראשון if he folded up the signatures one by one; a. e.—Part. pass. מְקוּשָּׁר. מק׳ (גט) a folded document, opp. פָּשׁוּט. B. Bath. X, 1 גט פשוט … ומק׳ עדיו אחוריו a plain document has its signatures of witnesses inside, a folded one, on its back. Ib. 160ᵃ sq. (ref. to Jer. XXXII, 44) וכתוב … וחתום זה מק׳ ‘and write the deed’, this refers to the plain document, ‘and sign’, this means the folded document; Y. ib. X, beg. 17ᶜ (ref. to Jer. ib. 11) את החתום זה המק׳ ואת הגלוי זה הפשוט שבמק׳ ‘the sealed’ means the folded, ‘and the open’ means the plain document which goes with the folded. Ib. bot. טופס שטרות מְקוּשָּׁרוֹת וכ׳ such is the formula of folded documents; a. fr. Nif. נִקְשָׁר to be tied. Snh. 108ᵇ כלב נ׳ the dog was doomed to be tied. to be joined, harden, become knotty. Shebi. III, 1 משׁיִקָּשֵׁר (Mish. ed. משיקשור, incorr.) when the mathoḳ (v. מָתוֹק II) gets knotty excrescences; (R. S.: when the dung in its juice becomes bound, begins to harden); expl. Y. ib. 34ᶜ top משיעשה קשרין קשרין when it gets full of knotty excrescences; ib. מכיון שנקשר בו קשר וכ׳ R. S. to Shebi. l. c. (ed. שנִתְקַשֵּׁר) as soon as the uppermost protuberance is formed, it begins to dry up. Nithpa. נִתְקַשֵּׁר same, to become knotty; to become thick. Y. Shebi. l. c., v. supra. Taan. 20ᵃ נִתְקַשְּׁרוּ שמים וכ׳, v. עָב II. Hof. הוּקְשָׁר to be tied, joined. Lev. R. s. 30 יוּקְשְׁרוּ כולם אגודה וכ׳ let all of them be tied together with one band (of brotherhood; Yalk. ib. 651 יֵעָשׂוּ כולן וכ׳). ↗ expanded

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