קוה

קוי, קָוָה(b. h.) (to circle, v. קַו, to cave or heap up, gather. Part. pass. קָווּי. Y.Ber.VI, 10d ואפי׳ ק׳ לתוך ירו even when the oil is held in the hollow of his hand. Hif. הִקְוָה, הִקְוָוה 1) to gather, to conduct water courses into a common bed. Y.Kil.IX, 32c bot.; Y.Keth.XII, 35b bot. דוקל׳ה׳ נהרות ועשאו Diocletian united several rivers and made it (the bay of Emesa); Midr. Till, to Ps. 24 (corr. acc.), v. חֲמָץ. Num. R. s. 13 כשה׳הקב״הוכ׳ when the Lord, on the third day of creation, gathered all the waters in one place; a. e. 2) to add to the capacity of a bath. Tosef.Shek.I, 2 כל מקוה … כשר להַקְווֹת עליו a bath which has the (legally required) capacity of forty Sab is fit to be added to (by carrying water into it in vessels). Tosef.Mikv.III, 6; a. e. Pi. קִוָּוה, קִיָּה to look out (cmp. קַוָּא a. כַּוָּוא) to wait, hope. Gen. R. s. 5 (play on יִקָּווּ, Gen. 1:9) יְקַוּוּ לי המים מהוכ׳ let the waters look out for me (to see) what I shall do ; ib. s. 28; Lam. R. to I, 17; Yalk. Gen. 7; Yalk. Ps. 848; (perh. to be read יִקָּווּ Nif.). Midr. Till. to Ps. 6 … והיה … מְקַוֶּה לרופאוכ׳ and the patient anxiously waited for the physician (asking), when will he come? ; Yalk. ib. 635. Cant. R. to II, 3, v. next w.; a. fr.