קהה

קֵהֶה, קֵי׳m., קֵהָה, קֵי׳ f. (preced.; cmp. כֵּהֶה) dull, faint; 1) (of cutting tools) blunt; (of teeth) blunt and loose.Pl. קֵהִים, קֵהִין, קֵי׳; קֵהוֹת, קֵי׳. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 as with the grape vine כל מי … שיניו ק׳וכ׳ he that eats of its unripe fruit, will have his teeth set on edge, so it is with Israel ; Lev. R. s. 36 (corr. version after Midr. Sam.). 2) (of limbs) wearied, benumbed. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d בבא מן … ק׳ עליו in the case of one that had come from a journey, and his feet were benumbed; Y.Ber.II, 5b bot.; a. e. 3) tough, hard, unyielding. Taan.7b (ref. to Koh. 10:10) אם ראית רקיע שק׳ כברזלוכ׳ when thou seest the sky as tough as iron not sending down dew or rain; Yalk. Koh. 979 אם … דור שהשמים קהיןוכ׳ when thou seest a generation over which the heavens are as tough Ab. IV, 20 ענבים קהות hard (unripe) grapes, opp. בשולות.Trnsf. (of intellectual subjects) tough, difficult, unsolvable. Yalk. l. c. אם … שתלמודו ק׳ עליו כברזל when thou seest a student to whom his lesson is as tough as iron (Taan.8a שלמודו קשה; Ms. M. כהה). Pesik. R. s. 33 והמעשה שהיה ק׳וכ׳ and when a case was too difficult for me to decide, I asked ; Yalk. Job 917. Cant. R. to IV, 11; a. e. 4) fainting, having a morbid appetite. Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c שכן דרך הק׳ אוכלות אותו for craving women are in the habit of eating it (the unripe grape).