Jastrow: כְּלוֹמַר

כְּלוֹמַר (= כְּאִילּוּ אָמַר) as though one said, that is to say, this means. Naz. II, 3 (11ᵃ) לא נתכוונה זו אלא כ׳ וכ׳ (Mish. ed. לומר) she had no intention except that of one who says, ‘This be unto me a sacrifice’, i.e. she meant only to forbid herself this cup (cmp. ib. כמאן דאמר). Snh. VI, 4 (interpret. כי קללת וכ׳, Deut. XXI, 23) כ׳ מפני מה וכ׳ which means as much as, (people will say,) Why has this man been hanged? &c.—Ib. 6 כ׳ שאין וכ׳ as if saying (intimating), we bear no grudge &c. Ex. R. s. 41 היא מגלה פניה כ׳ וכ׳ she uncovers her face, as if saying &c.; a. v. fr.