קָמַר

קָמַר(cmp. כָּמַר) to bend, arch over, cover. Erub.VIII, 9 שמבחוץ צריך לִקְמֹור the pit (עוּקָה) outside of his private ground he must arch over; a. e.Part. pass. קָמוּר; f. קְמוּרָה Ib. 10 ביב שהוא ק׳וכ׳ a gutter covered up four cubits on public ground; Tosef. ib. IX (VI), 18; Y. ib. VIII, end, 25b. Ohol. III, 7. Ib. V, 1 תנור … ועינו ק׳ לחוץ an oven which stands in the house, but the arch over its ‘eye (fire-place) is outside the house; (R. Hai G. expl. כָּמוּר וסדור; v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. קמר). Num. R. s. 12 אין צב אלא קְמוּרֹות (not קמי׳) tsab (Num. 7:3) means wagons with vaulted covers; a. e.