Jastrow: קַבָּא

קַבָּא ch. same , Kab. Targ. II Kings VI, 25.—[Targ. Jer. VIII, 20 שלים קִבָּא, read with ed. Lag. קִצָּא.]—Snh. 29ᵃ אטו בק׳ דקירא וכ׳ am I stuck to you by (a gift of) a Kab of wax?, i.e. am I not free to form my own opinion? Yeb. 17ᵃ, v. גַּנְדַּר I. Kidd. 79ᵇ, v. כּוּל ch. Pes. 113ᵃ ק׳ מארעא ולא כורא מאיגרא better a Kab from the ground, than a Kor from the roof, i.e. better a small profit at home, than a large one from abroad (for which you look out anxiously from your roof-top). Snh. 27ᵃ bot. ק׳ דחושלא a Kab of peeled barley; a. fr.—Pl. קַבִּין; קַבַּיָּיא. Y. Ḥall. II, 58ᵈ top ק׳ באתריהון רובעיא אזדרעון (read אתערעון, v. עֲרַע I) the Kabs (measures) in their place were enlarged by one fourth.—Esth. R. to I, 1 the world is shaped כאפי קַבָּאֵי (prob. to be read: קביא) like the outside of round measures.