קמצא I

קַמְצָאI c. 1) (קְמַץ 4) (hopper, locust. Targ. Nah. 3:15 (h. text ילק).Eduy. VIII, 4, a. e. איל ק׳, v. אַיִל. Sabb.77b מ״ט קרנא דק׳וכ׳ why is the proboscis of the locust soft (flexible)?; (Rashi: = נמלה, v. infra; early ed. Rashi: שבלול). Ib. האי מאן … לק׳וכ׳ if you want to make a locust blind, break off its proboscis. Yeb.121b ודילמא ק׳ בעלמאוכ׳ perhaps it was merely a dead locust (or ant) to which playing children gave a mans name?; a. fr.Pl. קַמְצִין, קַמְצֵי. Targ. Num. 13:33 (h. text חגבים). Targ. Prov. 30:27 (h. text ארבה); a. e.Taan.21b אמרו … אתו ק׳וכ׳ when they told R. J. that the locusts were coming, he ordered a fast; a. fr.Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d bot. אכל קמצין, prob. to be read: חמיצן, v. חָמֵץ II. 2) (קְמַץ 1) (scraper, collector, ant. Sabb. l. c.; Yeb. l. c., v. supra.Pl. as ab. Ber.54b אייתי … ק׳וכ׳ the Lord sent ants which made holes in the mountain 3) snail. Gen. R. s. 21 כהדין ק׳ דלבושיהוכ׳ (‘Rashi קומצא) like the snail whose garment is part of its body. (The entire phrase is a gloss, v. Yalk. Gen. 34, and קמצא is perhaps a clerical error for לימצ״א q. v.