- קוא
- קוּא(b. h.) to spit. Hif. הֵקִיא same, to vomit. Sifra Aḥăré, end (ref. to Lev. 18:25) כאדם שמֵקִיא את מזוני like a man vomiting his food; Yalk. Lev. 599. Esth. R. introd. to Par. 3 (play on קיקלון Hab. 2:16) מקיא מלמעלן קלון מלמטן (thou shalt be) vomiting above together with disgrace (nuisance) below; וכיון שראו … שמקיאוכ׳ and when the two chiefs of his legions saw that he was vomiting Mikv. X, 8 טבל והֵקִיאָן if he vomited them after the immersion; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.