כּוֹבַע m. (b. h.; כבע, cmp. גבע a. denominatives) helmet, turban. Ber. 24ᵃ מניחן בכ׳ וכ׳ let him put them (the T’fillin) into the turban under his pillow. Gitt. 14ᵇ (of the Persians) כּוֹבְעָן אמה their turban is one cubit high; a. e.—Pl. כּוֹבְעִים, כּוֹבְעִין. Gen. R. s. 99 לובשי כ׳ wearing helmets. Y. Gitt. I, end, 43ᵈ; Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ bot. כּוֹבְעֵיהֶן אמה (v. supra).—Trnsf. the thyroid cartilage, Adam’s apple. Ḥull. 19ᵃ משיפוי כ׳ וכ׳ from where the thyroid cartilage begins to protrude and downward.
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כּוֹבַע m. (b. h.; כבע , cmp. גבע a. denominatives) helmet, turban . Ber. 24ᵃ מניחן בכ׳ וכ׳ let him put them (the T’fillin) into the turban under his…
References
- Berakhot 24a:2
- Gittin 14b:4
- Jastrow, כּוֹבְלִין 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 99:2
- Jerusalem Talmud Kiddushin 3:4:7
- Chullin 19a:1