כְּמָה

כְּמָא, כְּמָה(v. כְּ־ a. מָא) 1) (followed by ד־) like that which. Targ. Jud. 11:39 a. fr. (Usu.: הֵיךְ מָא, הֵיכְמָא. 2) (mostly כמה) how! how many!, how much!, how long!; (also interrog.) how much? Targ. Ps. 139:17. Ib. 25:17; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 6 כ׳ נפשיהוכ׳ how the soul of this mans (my) brother is now chopping cedars and sawing (is in the agony of death)! (Midr. Sam. ch. 9; Yalk. Ps. 743, only נפשיהוכ׳). Yoma 22b, v. חֲלִי. Ber.14b כ׳ מעליאוכ׳ how excellent B. Mets.86a כ׳ ככריןוכ׳ how many cakes of nardus do we owe to !M. Kat. 16b כל כ׳ דהיהוכ׳ as long as ; a. fr.Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41a top כְּמָן קטל how many of them did he kill?