קֶטֶב m. (b. h.; v. preced.) [cutting down,] pestilence; ק׳ or ק׳ מרירי [bitter, deadly disease], Ḳeṭeb (M’riri), name of a demon. Lam. R. to I, 3 ביומן דעקא … שבהם ק׳ מ׳ מצוי in the days of anguish, from the seventeenth of Tammuz to the ninth of Ab, during which Ḳ. M. is about. Num. R. s. 12 (ref. to Ps. XCI, 6) שד … שמו ק׳ וכ׳ it is a demon, and why is his name Ḳeṭeb? &c., v. בְּזַז, גְּזַז. Ib. ק׳ מ׳ עשוי וכ׳ Ḳ. M. is covered with peeling crusts, with hairs and with eyes; Yalk. Ps. 842; Midr. Till. to Ps. XCI. Pes. 111ᵇ חזייה להאי ק׳ מ׳ וכ׳ he said K. M. coming to his left side.
קֶטֶב
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קֶטֶב m. (b. h.; v. preced. ) [ cutting down ,] pestilence; ק׳ or ק׳ מרירי [bitter, deadly disease], Ḳeṭeb ( M’riri ), name of a demon. Lam. R. to I,…
References
- Jastrow, קְטַב 1
- Jastrow, ק׳ 1
- Eichah Rabbah 1:29
- Bamidbar Rabbah 12:3
- Psalms 91:6
- Jastrow, בְּזַז I 1
- Jastrow, גְּזַז 1
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 842:4
- Midrash Tehillim 91:3
- Pesachim 111b:9