כִּימָה f. (b. h.; כום or כמם, cmp. Assyr. Kimmut, Rawl. Five Gr. Mon. ch. VII; Kimtu family, Schr. KAT2 p. 557) Kimah (gathering), a constellation, prob. Draco (not Pleiades). Ber. 58ᵇ (etymol. play) כ̇מ̇אה̇ ככבי as bright as a hundred stars. Ib. 59ᵃ; Yalk. Gen. 56 נטל … מכ׳ וכ׳ the Lord took two stars away from K. and brought the flood &c.; R. Hash. 11ᵇ, sq. B. Mets. 106ᵇ. Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ bot. Num. R. s. 10 הדעת … ככ׳ knowledge is compared to the K … מה כ׳ מבשלת וכ׳ as the Kimah causes the ripening of the fruits and gives them taste, so does knowledge &c. Gen. R. s. 10 כ׳ מעדנת וכ׳, v. עָדַן; a. e.
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כִּימָה f. (b. h.; כום or כמם , cmp. Assyr. Kimmut , Rawl. Five Gr. Mon. ch. VII; Kimtu family, Schr. KAT 2 p. 557) Kimah ( gathering ), a…
References
- Berakhot 58b:14
- Berakhot 59a
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 56:7
- Rosh Hashanah 11b:7
- Bava Metzia 106b:4
- Jerusalem Talmud Taanit 1:1:17
- Bamidbar Rabbah 10:8
- Bereishit Rabbah 10:6
- Jastrow, עָדַן 1