Jastrow: קוּפָּה

קוּפָּה f. (קפף, v. כָּפַף; cmp. כִּיפָּה) 1) heap, pile. Yoma 22ᵇ אלא אם כן ק׳ של שרצים וכ׳ unless a heap of reptiles hangs behind him, v. פַּרְנָס. Ber. 32ᵃ, v. נָהַם; a. e. —2) archway, vault, v. כִּיפָּה. —3) (v. כְּפִיפָה) basket, large vessel. Y. Ber. I, 3ᵃ ק׳ מלאה וכ׳ a basket full of bones. Gen. R. s. 13 הבא קוּפָּתְךָ וכ׳ bring thy tub and measure (fill it); Y. Succ. I, 52ᵇ bot. Y. Sabb. X, 12ᶜ top ק׳ פרוצה a basket which is broken through (the contents of which protrude). Bab. Sabb. 91ᵇ קוּפַּת הרוכלין a spice-dealers’ basket. Gitt. 67ᵃ ר׳ יוחנן … קופת הרוכלים R. Joḥ. ben Nuri is a spice-peddlars’ basket (ready in all branches of learning); ר׳ … ק׳ של בשמים R. El. is a spice box; Ab. d’R. N. ch. XVIII; ib. ק׳ של הלכות a basket (or a pile) of laws (an erudite scholar). Keth. VI, 4 החתן … עשרה דינרין לק׳ וכ׳ the bridegroom must obligate himself to give his wife ten Denars for the ḳuppah for each Maneh (which she brings in), expl. ib. 66ᵇ ק׳ של בשמים for perfumes; a. v. fr.—Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. III, 7 קיפה (corr. acc.).—Esp. ḳuppah, the communal fund for dispensing sustenance to the poor every Friday, contrad. to תמחוי. B. Bath. 8ᵇ. Peah VIII, 7 לא יטול מן הק׳ must not take support from the ḳuppah; a. e.—Pl. קוּפּוֹת. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵈ היה למוד … ק׳ והוציא עשר if one was in the habit of exhibiting five baskets with goods, and exhibited ten (on account of the gentile festival). Tosef. Maas. Sh. I, 10 אם היו ק׳ if the dates are in baskets, opp. של פטליא in bales; a. fr.—Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VIII, 2 מעקה שבמגדל והק׳ שבו R. S. to Kel. XVIII, 2 (ed. קוסת) the railing attached to a turret (spice-box) and the cupolas thereon (cmp. אֲקוּנְבִּי).