Jastrow: כּוֹבֶד

כּוֹבֶד m. (b. h. כֹּבֶד; כָּבֵר) 1) weight, heaviness, pressure. Snh. 63ᵇ א"ת כבודו אלא כּוֹבְדוֹ Ms. M., v. כָּבֵד II. Yoma 41ᵇ בעי כ׳ it requires weight (must be heavy so as to sink into the fire). Ib. כדי שיהא בהן כ׳ (they are tied together) in order that they may be heavy. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵈ צריך לכבוש את כּוֹבְדוֹ (in putting his hands on the sacrifice) he must press his weight on it; (Bab. ib. 16ᵇ סמיכה בכל בחו). Naz. 5ᵃ כ׳ the feeling of heaviness (of the hair).—כ׳ ראש bending down the head; humble, solemn disposition, opp. קלות ראש. Ber. V, 1 אין עומדין … כ׳ ראש we must not rise for prayer in any other than a humble &c. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵈ top; Tosef. Ab. Zar. I, 2 שואל בשלומו בכ׳ ר׳ greet him with a bent head (without ostentation). M. Kat. 21ᵇ בשפה רפה ובכ׳ ר׳ in an undertone and with solemnity. —2) roller or beam of a loom; כ׳ העליון the upper beam from which the warp depends; כ׳ התחתון the lower beam, the roller on which the web is wound as it advances. Kel. XXI, 1 (Talm. ed. כֹּבֶד). Neg. XI, 9 (fem.). Sabb. 113ᵃ; Y. ib. XVII, 16ᵃ bot.