- קָדַר
- קָדַרII (b. h.; cmp. Arab. ḳaḍar) (to be soiled, to be dull black; trnsf. to be sad. Hif. הִקְדִּיר to become, or be black. Y.Nidd.II, 50b top שחור מַקְדִּיר a dull black color, opp. מצחצח shining. Y.Sabb.X, 12c bot. היו פניו שלר׳ מַקְדִּירוֹת Rabbis face darkened (he grew sad). Gen. R. s. 12 הרשעים … ופניהם מקדירותוכ׳ in the future world the statures of the wicked shall be bent (their pride broken), and their faces shall be sad.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
