Jastrow: קִינָּמוֹן

קִינָּמוֹן, קִנָּ׳ m. (קנם, cmp. קִינּוּמָא) 1) (b. h.) cinnamon-tree, cinnamon. Sabb. 63ᵃ עצי … של ק׳ היו the kindling wood in Jerusalem was of the cinnamon tree. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵃ bot. ק׳ … היה והיו וכ׳ (not היו) the foliage of the cinnamon tree was food for goats, and the Israelites cultivated it. Gen. R. s. 33. Ker. 5ᵃ; a. fr. —2) (cmp. קִינּוּמָא) [something enduring,] principle. Gen. R. s. 46 אמר הקב"ה ק׳ אני מעמיד בעולם מה ק׳ וכ׳ (not ריש לקיש) the Lord said, (by delaying the conception of Isaac until Abraham was ninety-nine years old,) I will establish a ḳinnamon (an everlasting principle), as the ḳinnamon (the cinnamon tree, no matter how old) will grow fruit when you manure and hoe around it, so shall Abraham (bear fruit) after his blood is tied up (runs slowly), and his desire is gone &c.; Yalk. ib. 80; Yalk. Koh. 968 (corr. acc.).