- כְּמֵי׳
- כְּמֵהוֹת, כְּמֵהִים, כְּמֵהִין, כְּמֵי׳c. pl. (כָּמַהּ to be hot to thirst, long for) a kind of mushroom, morils. Gen. R. s. 69, beg. (ref. to כמה, Ps. 63:2) בכ׳ הללו שהן מצפיןוכ׳ like those morils which look out for water; Yalk. Gen. 119 כַּכְּמֵהִיּוֹת (not כמ׳); Yalk. Ps. 786 כאמבטאות (corr. acc.). Ned.55b; Y.Maasr.I, 48d top, כ׳ ופטריות morils and truffles which are not planted; Ber.40b; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
