קוּם (b. h.) to stand up, rise; to stand, exist. Sifré Deut. 357 (ref. to Deut. XXXIV, 10) אבל באומות קָם וכ׳ but among the nations he (a prophet like Moses) has existed &c.; R. Hash. 21ᵇ בנביאים לא קם וכ׳ among the prophets never one arose like Moses, but among the rulers one did arise (Solomon). Tanḥ. B’shall. 16 שכל הַקָּם … כאילו קם וכ׳ whoever rises against Israel is considered as if he rose against the Sh’khinah. Ib. (ref. to Ex. XV, 7) הרבית … כל הקָּמִים לנגדך thou hast often shown thyself glorious over all that rose against thee; a. v. fr.—קוּם עֲשֵׂה rise and do, a transgression of a prohibitive law which you must repair by an action, v. נָתַק. Ḥull. XII, 4. Macc. 15ᵇ, v. infra; a. fr.—V. קַיָּים.
Pi. - קִיֵּים 1) to establish; to attest, identify. Gitt. 2ᵇ אין עדים מצויין לקַיְּימוֹ no witnesses are likely to be found to attest it (identify the signatures). Ib. 6ᵃ כולי עלמא בעינן לקיימו all agree that identifiation by witnesses is required. B. Mets. 7ᵃ מודה בשטר … צריך לקיימו even if the debtor admits that he has written the note, the creditor must establish its identity (or else the debtor may maintain that the debt has been paid). Gitt. III, 4 וקיְּימוּ את דבריו and they sustained his opinion. Keth. 20ᵃ אין מְקַיְּימִין … אלא משטר וכ׳ a document can be identified only by comparison of the signatures with those on a document that had been disputed and declared valid in court. Ib. אין מקיימין … משתי כתובות וכ׳ a document can be identified only by comparison of signatures with two marriage deeds or deeds of sale of two fields &c. Ned. 72ᵃ שמע וק׳ if he heard her vow and confirmed it. Y. R. Hash. I, 56ᶜ top קִיַּימְתִּיהָ כשחל וכ׳ I sustain that opinion for a case when &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּיָּים. B. Mets. l. c. במק׳ דברי וכ׳ if the document has been identified, all agree &c.; a. e. —2) to fulfill, carry out, execute. Yoma 28ᵇ ק׳ אברהם וכ׳ Abraham fulfilled the whole Law. Macc. l. c. כל מצות … ק׳ וכ׳ in the case of a transgression of a prohibitive law for which reparation is commanded, if the transgressor fulfills the prescribed reparation, he is free (from legal punishment), but if he made the reparation impossible &c. Ib. ור"ש בן ל׳ קִיְּימוֹ ולא קִיְּימוֹ R. S. ben L. reads, if he makes reparation (he is free), and if he refuses, (he is punished); ib. 15ᵃ למאן דאמר ק׳ ולא ק׳ according to him who reads ḳiyy’mo v’lo ḳiyy’mo (punishment can be executed as soon as one refuses to make reparation, although reparation is not made impossible); Ḥull. 141ᵃ. Ab. IV, 9 כל הַמְקַיֵּים … לקַיְּימָהּ מעושר he who maintains (studies and observes) the Law in poverty, shall finally maintain it in wealth. Sot. 13ᵃ sq. אמרו ק׳ זה כל וכ׳ they said, this one (Joseph in the coffin) has fulfilled what is written in this (the tablets in the ark of the covenant). Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ top רצה מְקַיְּימָהּ if he so desires, he observes it (his own decree). Ber. 9ᵇ ועבדום … ק׳ בהם וכ׳ the Lord fulfilled on them ‘and they shall make them serve &c.’ (Gen. XV, 14), but he did not fulfill on them &c.; a. v. fr.—מה אני מקיים וכ׳ how can I maintain the words &c., i.e. in what way can this Scriptural verse which seems to conflict with my opinion be interpreted? R. Hash. 21ᵇ אלא מה אני מקיים ביקש וכ׳ and how do I interpret the verse biḳḳesh &c. (Koh. XII, 10)? Y. Kidd. I, 61ᶜ bot. מה מקיים … בנים how does R. Elazar interpret banim &c. (Deut. XIV, 1)?; a. fr. —3) to sustain, preserve alive, save. Snh. IV, 5 כל המקיים … כאילו ק׳ וכ׳ he who saves one life … is considered … as if he had preserved the whole world; B. Bath. 11ᵃ. Ab. V, 1 צדיקים שמקיימין את העילם וכ׳ the righteous who sustain the world which was created &c. Kil. V, 8 המקיים קוצים בכרם he who keeps (cultivates) thorns in a vineyard. Ib. דבר שכמוהו מקיימין a plant of the kind that people are wont to cultivate; a. e.—4) to place (on the chafing stove). Tosef. Sabb. III, 1 ואין מקיימין עליה וכ׳ (not לה) you must not place dishes on it, until it is swept or covered with ashes. Ib. 3; Y. ib. III, beg. 5ᶜ; a. e.