- כרתיא
- כָּרָתֵי, כְּרָתַיָּא, כָּרָתִיןm. pl. ch. = h. כָּרֵישִׁין (v. כָּרֵישָׁה) leek. Targ. Num. 11:5 ed. Berl. כָּ׳ (oth. ed. כְּ׳; Yarg. Y. II כְּרָתַיָּא, some ed. כְּרַתְיָא; h. text חָצִיר).Ab. Zar.10b שדר ליה כ׳ he (the emperor) sent him leek (symbolically alluding to כרת, ‘my progeny will be cut off, Rashi). Ker.6a; Hor.12a. Y.Kil.IV, end, 29c זרע כרמיה כרתין planted leek in his vineyard. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a ההן דגזז … כ׳וכ׳ he who cuts (on the Sabbath) coriander …, leek Bab. ib. 110b, v. בַּתְוָוא a. כָּתָא; a. fr.
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