כִּימָה

כִּימָהf. (b. h.; כום or כמם, cmp. Assyr. Kimmut, Rawl. Five Gr. Mon. ch. 7; Kimtu family, Schr. KAT2> p. 557) Kimah (gathering), a constellation, prob. Draco (not Pleiades). Ber.58b (etymol. play) כ̇מ̇אה̇ ככבי as bright as a hundred stars. Ib. 59a; Yalk. Gen. 56 נטל … מכ׳וכ׳ the Lord took two stars away from K. and brought the flood ; R. Hash. 11b, sq. B. Mets. 106b. Y.Taan.I, 64a bot. Num. R. s. 10 הדעת … ככ׳ knowledge is compared to the K … מה כ׳ מבשלתוכ׳ as the Kimah causes the ripening of the fruits and gives them taste, so does knowledge Gen. R. s. 10 כ׳ מעדנתוכ׳, v. עָדַן; a. e.