קְהא

קְהֵי, קְהאch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְקָהֵא, הִתְקָהֶה; Nithpa. נִתְקָהֶה to faint, long for), 1) to be blunt (and loose); to be dull, faint. Targ. Y. II Gen. 33:4 (Y. I אתמזמיזו). Ib. 32:26 וקהת (some ed. וקחת, v. קִחַח; Y. I זעזע; h. text ותקע).Targ. 1 Kings 14:4 קהאה (ed. Wil. כהאה; ed. Lag. קמא; h. text קמו. 2) to be stale, distasteful. Ber.56a קהא עסקךוכ׳ Ms. F. (ed. קָאוֵי fr. קְיָא; Ms. M. פסיר עסקך וקאזיל, read וקאוי) thy business (wine store) will be stale (and taste) like a pomegranate.Part. pass. קְהִיהַ, pl. קְהִיתִין (cmp. חֲמִי, a. חַמְת׳). Lev. R. s. 19 הא קהיתין are they (the vessels with wine you have been examining) spoiled?; (Ar. s. v. קה: הָקְהֵיתָה is it spoiled?). 3) to be unrelenting, rigorous. B. Mets.52b דקָהֵי אזוזי מקרי נפש רעה Ar. (ed. דמוקים) he who is rigorous in matters of coins (refusing a coin for slight imperfections) is called ‘a malevolent soul (v. נֶפֶש). Pa. קַהֵי to give an acrid taste to. Pes.116a צריך לְקַהוּיֵיה one must give the pap (הֲרוֹסֶה) an acrid taste (with apples and wine). Af. אַקְהֵי (to blunt a persons teeth, to refute, argue. Yeb.110b מַקְהוּ Ar. a. Var. in Rashi (ed. מַקְווּ), v. אַקְוָוא.