קַבָּא

קַבָּאch. sam(קב to hollow out, arch), Kab. Targ. II Kings 6:25.Targ. Jer. 8:20 שלים קִבָּא, read with ed. Lag. קִצָּא.Snh.29a אטו בק׳ דקיראוכ׳ am I stuck to you by (a gift of) a Kab of wax?, i. e. am I not free to form my own opinion? Yeb.17a, v. גַּנְדַּר I. Kidd.79b, v. כּוּל ch. Pes.113a ק׳ מארעא ולא כורא מאיגרא better a Kab from the ground, than a Kor from the roof, i. e. better a small profit at home, than a large one from abroad (for which you look out anxiously from your roof-top). Snh.27a bot. ק׳ דחושלא a Kab of peeled barley; a. fr.Pl. קַבִּין; קַבַּיָּיא. Y.Ḥall.II, 58d top ק׳ באתריהון רובעיא אזדרעון (read אתערעון, v. עֲרַע I) the Kabs (measures) in their place were enlarged by one fourth.Esth. R. to I, 1 the world is shaped כאפי קַבָּאֵי (prob. to be read: קביא) like the outside of round measures.