קְעָרָה

קְעָרָהf. (b. h.; קעד to be sunk, cmp. קִעְקַעַ II) dish, charger. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42c bot. אלכסנדרוס … ואת חים כק׳ when Alexander the Macedonian attempted to ascend to heaven, he rose higher and higher, until he saw the earth beneath him like a ball and the sea like a dish; ויצורינה ק׳ בידיה and why is he not represented with a dish in his hand?; Num. R. s. 13. Ib. הקריב ק׳ … ודומה לק׳ he offered a charger which is typical of the sea that surrounds the whole world and resembles a dish. Ker.7b, v. גָּדַף. B. Bath.16a בקש איוב להפוך ק׳ על פיה Job attempted to turn the dish upside down, i. e. to challenge Providence; a. fr.Pl. קְעָרוֹת. Men.97a, v. דָפוּס; a. e.