Jastrow: כּוֹתָל

כּוֹתָל, (כּוֹתֶל) m. (b. h. כֹּתֶל; כתל to press together, [something solid, cmp. אָטוּם, אוֹטֶם,] wall. Gen. R. s. 68 (ref. to Gen. XXVIII, 11 ‘he struck’) נעשה … כמין כ׳ וכ׳ the whole world was before him blocked as by a wall. Ohol. VI, 3 כ׳ שהוא לאויר a wall which faces the air (which is continued above the roofing, or faces the court yard). Ib. כ׳ המשמש את הבית a wall made for forming an enclosure, contrad. to ib. 6 בית המשמש את הכ׳ a wall formed by digging two cavities next to each other. B. Bath. I, 1; a. fr.—Pl. כּוֹתָלִים, כּוֹתָלִין, כְּתָלִ׳. Y. Shek. IV, 48ᵃ bot. כתלין (Bab. ed. כתלים, Ms. M. כותל). Gen. R. s. 18, beg. כ׳ של זהב golden partitions (of Adam’s tent). B. Mets. 59ᵇ כּוֹתְלֵי בה"מ וכ׳ let the walls of the school house decide. Nidd. 3ᵃ כותלי בית הרחם the enclosures of the womb; a. fr.