Jastrow: קָאֵי

קָאֵי m. (abbrev. of קָאֵים) standing. Targ. Y. Gen. XXIV, 13. Targ. Prov. XXIV, 16; a. e.—Ber. 2ᵃ תנא היכא ק׳ דקתני וכ׳ where is the teacher of the Mishnah (Taan. I, 1) standing (what does he refer to), when he says, ‘From what time does the duty of reading the Sh’mʿa begin’? Ib. תנא אקרא ק׳ the teacher has in his mind the Biblical text (Deut. VI, 7). Taan. 2ᵃ תנא התם ק׳ דקתני וכ׳ the teacher refers to what has been taught there (Ber. V, 2) &c. Pes. 43ᵇ מסתברא ק׳ באוכלין … ק׳ באוכלין מרבה נאכלין it stands to reason, where the text speaks of eaters (‘thou must’ or ‘must not eat’), you extend its scope to eaters, but when the text speaks of eaters, would you extend its scope to things to be (or not to be) eaten?; a. v. fr.