Jastrow: כִּכָּר

כִּכָּר c. (b. h.; = כרכר , v. כִּרְכֵּר) [circle,] 1) district. Gen. R. s. 41 כל ערי הכ׳ all the towns of the (Jordan) district. —2) loaf. Erub. VIII, 2; Kel. XVII, 11 מכ׳ בפונדיון וכ׳ bread for two meals consists of a loaf bought for a dupondium when four S’ah of wheat are worth one Sela; ib. משתי ידות לכ׳ וכ׳ of two thirds of a loaf three of which represent a Kab of grain. Sifré Deut. 40 כ׳ ומקל ירדו וכ׳ bread and stick (reward and punishment) came down from heaven tied together; a. v. fr.—Pl. כִּכָּרִים, כִּכָּרוֹת. Toh. V, 6 שני כ׳. Ber. 39ᵇ שתי כ׳; a. fr. —3) Kikkar, a weight of silver or gold, talent (= 3000 Shekel, v. Zuckerm. Talm. Münz. p. 7). Ab. Zar. 44ᵃ שוה כִּכַּר זהב worth a gold talent; a. fr.—Pl. כִּכָּרִים, constr. כִּכְּרֵי. Y. Shek. VI, 50ᵇ top.