Jastrow: קֵן

קֵן, קִנָּא, קִי׳ ch. same 1) nest, swarm. Targ. O. Deut. XXII, 6 (ed. Berl. קִינָא). Targ. Is. X, 14 (ed. Wil. קִנָה, corr. acc.). Targ. Jud. XIV, 8. Targ. I Sam. XIV, 27 (h. text יערת); a. fr.—Ḥull. 141ᵇ זיל טרוף אקן וכ׳ go and knock at the nest, that the birds be moved, and thus take possession of them. Gitt. 68ᵇ ק׳ דתרנגולא ברא the nest of a woodcock; חפיוה לקִינֵּיה וכ׳ they covered his nest with white glass; a. fr.—Snh. 102ᵇ (prov.) דפרע קִנְאֵיה מחריב קִינֵּיה Ar. he that wreaks his vengeance destroys his own nest (ed. דפרע קיניה מחריב ביתיה, read with Ms. F. קנאיה).—Pl. קִנֵּי, קִי׳. Erub. 3ᵃ (expl. אמלתרא) ק׳ nest-shaped cornices.—קַן נִשְׁרַיָּיא pr. n. pl. Eagles’ Nest, Ḳan-Nishraya (v. P. Sm. 3673), Kennesrin on the Euphrates. R. Hash. 26ᵃ (Ms. M. קנשרייא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). —2) close place. B. Kam. 58ᵇ תלתא … בק׳ וכ׳ three date-trees stood in one place (close together). Ib. 92ᵇ, v. שְׂרָכָא. Succ. 32ᵇ תלתא תלתא טרפי בק׳ three leaves close together (Rashi: on one stem, = קַן, קָנֶה).