Jastrow: קֶבֶר

קֶבֶר m. (b. h.; preced.) grave. Snh. 47ᵇ ק׳ חדש a fresh grave (that has been dug but not used). Ib. ק׳ בנין a grave on which something has been built, i.e. an arched grave (not flat). Ib. שלשה קברות הן ק׳ הנמצא there are three kinds of graves (with reference to law): a grave that has been discovered (a fresh grave in which somebody was buried without the consent of the owner of the ground); ק׳ הידוע a known grave (in which one was buried with the owner’s consent); ק׳ המזיק את הרבים a grave which interferes with public comfort (made in a thoroughfare). Y. Naz. IX, 57ᵈ top., v. תְּהוֹם. Ohol. XVII, 1 החורש את הק׳ if one passes the plough over a grave. Koh. R. to VII, 8 וכיון שקברוהו … את קִבְרוֹ when they had buried him (Elisha-Aḥer), a fire came to burn his grave; a. v. fr.—Pl. קְבָרִים, קְבָרוֹת. Taan. 25ᵇ תקנתם ק׳ וכ׳ have you prepared graves for yourselves (are you ready to die)? Ib. 22ᵇ שלא יהא בתיהם קִבְרֵיהֶם that their houses may not become their graves (that their dwellings may not fall down from excessive rains); Y. Yoma V, 42ᶜ top שלא יעשו … קִבְרֵיהֶן. Ḥag. 22ᵇ נשתטח על קִבְרֵי וכ׳ he prostrated himself over the graves of &c. Yeb. 47ᵇ שני ק׳ נמסרו וכ׳ the court has charge of two burial places (for culprits). Snh. VI, 5 ולא היו קוברין אותו בקִבְרוֹת אבותיו they did not bury him (the culprit) in the burial place of their ancestors; a. fr.—בֵּית הקברות (abbr. בה"ק) cemetery; pl. בָּתֵּי ק׳. Ber. 18ᵇ הלך ולן בב"הק he went and spent the night in the cemetery. Snh. l. c. (46ᵇ) שני בתי ק׳ וכ׳ two burial grounds were at the disposal of the courts, one for those put to death by the sword, and one &c.; a. fr.—Trnsf. uterus (containing an embryo). Nidd. 21ᵃ באיפשר לפתיחת הק׳ וכ׳ they differ as to whether the uterus can open (to pass the embryo) without discharging blood. Sabb. 129ᵃ חיה כל זמן שהק׳ פתוח וכ׳ for a woman in confinement you must violate the Sabbath laws as long as the uterus is open, whether she says that she needs it or that she needs it not. Ib. מאימתי פתיחת הק׳ when does the opening of the womb begin (in regard to Sabbath laws)?; עד מתי … הק׳ how long is it considered open? Ohol. VII, 4 אין לנפלים פ׳ הק׳ וכ׳ in the case of abortions the laws of levitical cleanness connected with the opening of the womb do not apply, unless &c., v. פִּיקָא I; Tosef. ib. VIII, 8; a. fr.