- כדא
- כַּדָּאch. sam(כד II to be rounded). B. Kam.27a באתרא דכ׳ לא קרווכ׳ in a place where they distinguish between Kadda a. ḥabitha (v. preced.). B. Mets.59a (prov.) כמשלם שערי מכ׳וכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) when the barley is gone from the pitcher, strife knocks and enters; Yalk. Ps. 888 כַּדָּה.Ḥull.58b top הני תמרי דכ׳ (Var. דכרים, v. כְּרוּם ch.) dates kept in a vessel (which became worm-eaten); a. fr.Pl. כַּדִּין, כַּדַּיָּא. Targ. 1 Kings 18:34. Targ. Jud. 7:20; a. e.Trnsf. כַּדָּא a big figure, important personage. Yeb.70a בן בתי כ׳ my grandson, the big vessel (high-priest), opp. כוזא the little jug (bastard).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.