כּוֹכָב

כּוֹכָב, כֹּכָבm. (b. h.; = כבכב, v. כבב) (rounded, globe, star, planet. Y.Ber.I, 2b כ׳ אחד ודאי יום as long as one star only is visible, it is surely day-time. Hor.10a כ׳ אחד יש ועולהוכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) there is a certain star (comet) which appears once in seventy years. Gen. R. s. 100 עשרה כוכבים בקשו לאבד כ׳ אחד ten stars (sons of Jacob) desired to destroy one star (Joseph); a. fr.Pl. כּוֹכָבִים, כֹּכָ׳. Ib.Ber.10a כ׳ ומזלות stars and planets; a. fr.עובד כ׳, עובד כ׳ ומזלות (abbr. עו״כ, עכו״ם), עבודת כ׳, v. עָבַד, עֲבוֹדָה. Succ.22b; Y. ib. II, beg.22d כּוֹכְבֵי חמה scintillations of the sun as seen through the covering of the festive booth. Yalk. Esth. 1053 כ׳ חנגה, v. next w.