- כתף
- כַּתָּףm. (preced.) carrier, porter. Tosef.Ber.II, 7. Kel. XXVI, 5 עור הכ׳ the hide which the porter uses to protect his clothes. Y.Kidd.II, beg.62a ע״ר הכ׳ on the testimony of the carrier (that delivered the goods); a. e.Pl. כַּתָּפִים, כַּתָּפִין. Y.M. Kat. III, 82b bot.; Y.Ber.III, 6a top נמסר לכ׳ when the corpse has been given over to the pall-bearers. Y.Shebi.VIII, 38b (read:) החמרין הכ׳ וכל העושין בשביעית שכרןוכ׳ the drivers and porters and all employees in the Sabbatical year take their wages in fruits of that year (v. Tosef. ib. VI, 26); a. e.שבח המגיע לכ׳ an improvement touching the carriers, i. e. an increase of the value of the crop, opp. to an increase of the value of the land. B. Kam.95b; B. Mets.15b; a. e.
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