כְּבָר

כְּבָרII m. (b. h.; = זמן כבר; כבר to be thick, strong, round) a long time since; long ago, already; once. Sabb.51a, a. e. כ׳ חורח זקן it has already been decided by an authority. Ber.63a bot. כ׳ בניתוכ׳ you have once built and can no more tear down, (having once praised me, you cannot now censure me). Y.Sabb.XIV, 14c, bot. וכ׳ חלהוכ׳ and once when her was taken sick, and Num R. s. 3, end כ׳ נקדתי עליהם have I not put does upon them (to mark that the words are spurious)? (Ib. כ׳ אמחוקוכ׳, read: אוֹמַד I shall say, I will erase Y.Gitt.VII, end, 49a מִכְּ׳ (retroactively) at once; a. fr.