- קוֹשֶׁט
- קוֹשֶׁט(b. h. קשֶׁט; קָשַׁט) straightness, truth. Gen. R. s. 55 (ref. to Ps. 60:6) וכל כך למה מפני ק׳ בשביל שתתקשטוכ׳ and wherefor all this (trial)? For the sake of truth, in order that divine justice be justified in the world; Yalk. ib. 95; Yalk. Ps. 777 כדי ליתן … בק׳ in order to give them their reward in truth (ref. to Is. 41:8); Yalk. Job 906.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.