קוּבָּה f. (b. h. קֻבָּה; קבב , v. קב) 1) arched room, compartment. Taan. 8ᵇ כמין ק׳ יש וכ׳ there is a sort of room in heaven from which the rains proceed; (Yalk. Ps. 789 קורה web; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8). Men. 31ᵇ שלא יעשנה כק׳ that he do not write the door-post inscription in the shape of an arch. —2) tent of prostitution (Num. XXV, 8). Ab. Zar. 17ᵇ, sq. על בתו לישב בק׳ Ar. (ed. בק׳ של זונות) his daughter was condemned to sit in a brothel. Gen. R. s. 91 שמא בק׳ הוא (some ed. בקובא) perhaps he (Joseph) is in a brothel (sold, for sodomy); a. e.
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קוּבָּה f. (b. h. קֻבָּה ; קבב , v. קב ) 1) arched room, compartment . Taan. 8ᵇ כמין ק׳ יש וכ׳ there is a sort of room in heaven from which the rains…
References
- Jastrow, *קַבָּה 1
- Taanit 8b:4
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 789:4
- Menachot 31b:6
- Numbers 25:8
- Avodah Zarah 17b
- Bereishit Rabbah 91