Jastrow: קַלְפִּי

קַלְפִּי f. (κάλπη) urn for drawing lots. Targ. Y. Lev. XVI, 8 (not קְלַפֵּי).—Tosef. Yoma III (II), 1; Yoma IV, 1 טרף בק׳ he shook the urn. Ib. III, 9 וק׳ היתה וכ׳ an urn was there (in the Temple) containing two lots. Y. ib. IV, beg. 41ᵇ לא סוף דבר ק׳ וכ׳ it was not at all necessary to use an urn, a basket might have served the purpose; but why did they say, ‘an urn’?, v. פּוֹמְפִּי. B. Bath. 122ᵃ ק׳ של שבטים an urn containing the names of the tribes; ק׳ של תחומין an urn containing the names of the districts (to be allotted); Num. R. s. 21; a. fr.—Pl. קַלְפִּיּוֹת. Y. Yoma l. c. בשתי ק׳ וכ׳ by means of two urns the land of Israel was divided, v. supra.