Jastrow: קוֹמֶץ

קוֹמֶץ, קֹמֶץ m. (b. h.; קָמַץ) bending the three middle fingers over the hollow of the hand; (with מלא, or sub. מלא) grab, handful, contrad. to חוֹפֶן. Ber. 3ᵇ אין הק׳ משביע וכ׳ one grab cannot satisfy a lion. Gen. R. s. 20 ק׳ עפר וכ׳ is not the handful of dust of the ground of which thou hast been made, booty in thy possession (which thou must give back to the earth)? Gen. R. s. 90 אין בה ק׳ ק׳ there would not be a handful for each person; Yalk. ib. 148 אינן מספיקין מק׳ ק׳; a. e.—Esp. the handful of the meal offering which the priest takes to be put on the altar (Lev. VI, 8). Men. III, 2 נתערב קוּמְצָהּ בק׳ וכ׳ if the handful of one meal offering became mixed up with that of another meal offering. Ib. 3 ק׳ שנתערב וכ׳ if a ḳomets became mixed up with a meal offering from which no ḳomets was yet taken. Y. Shek. VI, end, 50ᵇ בקֻמְצוֹ של כהן measured by the officiating priest’s handful; בק׳ של בעלים by the owner’s handful. Koh. R. to IV, 6 חביב עלי מלא קמצו של עני וכ׳ the handful of the poor man’s offering is more precious to me than the fistfuls of the high priest’s frankincense; a. fr.—Pl. קְמָצִים, קְמָצִין, קוּמְצִין. Gen. R. s. 5 חפנו … שמונה ק׳ Moses’ one fistful contained eight ordinary handfuls. Y. Shek. l. c. (ed. Zyt. קומצין); a. fr.