קוּבָּה

קוּבָּהf. (b. h. קֻבָּה; קבב, v. קב) 1) arched room, compartment. Taan.8b כמין ק׳ ישוכ׳ there is a sort of room in heaven from which the rains proceed; (Yalk. Ps. 789 קורה; web; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8). Men.31b שלא יעשנה כק׳ that he do not write the door-post inscription in the shape of an arch. 2) tent of prostitution (Num. 25:8). Ab. Zar.17b, sq. על בתו לישב בק׳ Ar. (ed. בק׳ של זונות) his daughter was condemned to sit in a brothel. Gen. R. s. 91 שמא בק׳ הוא (some ed. בקובא) perhaps he (Joseph) is in a brothel (sold, for sodomy); a. e.