Jastrow: קִיר I

קִיר I c. (b. h.; [surrounding, enclosure,] 1) wall, recess, chamber. R. Hash. 16ᵇ; Snh. 109ᵃ, v. נָטָה. Y. Ber. IV, 8ᵇ bot. (ref. to Is. XXXVIII, 2) באיזה ק׳ נשא עיניו to what wall did he direct his eyes? בקִירָהּ של רחב to the wall of Rahab’s house (ref. to Josh. II, 15); ib. בקירה של שונמית to the ḳir (chamber) of the Shunamite; השונמית ק׳ אחת וכ׳ the Shunamite made one chamber for Elisha &c.; Bab. Ber. 10ᵇ. Zeb. 65ᵃ ק׳ העליון the upper portion of the side of the altar; ק׳ הכבש the masonry of the ascent to the altar; a. fr.—Pl. קִירוֹת. Y. Ber. l. c. בק׳ בה"מ וכ׳ he directed his eyes to the walls of the Temple; בק׳ לבו וכ׳ to the recesses of his own heart he directed his eyes; Bab. ib. l. c. התפלל מק׳ לבו he prayed out of the recesses &c.—2) rim, border of mats, (v. גְּדָנְפָא). Succ. 20ᵇ