Jastrow: קַלִּיל II

קַלִּיל II, קַלִּילָא, קְלִ׳ c. = h. קַל, 1) light of weight; quick. Targ. II Sam. II, 18. Targ. Prov. XIX, 2 (ed. Wil. קָלֵיל). Targ. Jer. II, 23; a. fr.—Gitt. 56ᵃ חייא ק׳ ממיתא a live body is lighter than a dead one. Ḥull. 16ᵇ בעופא דק׳ in the case of a bird, which is of light weight. Snh. 46ᵇ כמאן דאמר ק׳ לי עלמא Ms. M. (ed. קִיל) as one says, the world is light to me (meaning to say, I feel heavy); Y. ib. VI, 23ᵈ bot., v. קָלַל; a. e. —2) slight, of little esteem; little, small (in numbers); easy. Targ. Y. Ex. XVIII, 22 (ed. Amst. קָלִ׳). Targ. Lam. III, 28. Targ. Jer. III, 9 (h. text קֹל!). Targ. II Kings III, 18. Targ. Y. Gen. XXIV, 15; a. fr.—B. Kam. 6ᵇ, v. לִישָׁן. Y. Nidd. I, 49ᶜ top הדא … ק׳ וכ׳ the opinion of R. M. is more lenient than that of R. J.; a. e.—Pl. קַלִּילִין, קַלִּילַיָּא; קַלִּילָן, קְ׳. Targ. Is. XVIII, 2. Targ. Lam. IV, 19. Targ. II Chr. XXIX, 34. Targ. Y. Lev. XIV, 32; a. fr.—Koh. R. to I, 18 אכל מלין ק׳ he ate light things (easy to digest), opp. בורין coarse things.