קָצִיר

קָצִירm. (b. h.; קָצַר) cutting, harvest, ripening season. R. Hash. 9a ק׳ של שביעיתוכ׳ a ripening in the Sabbatical year which goes over into the eighth year, i. e. plants which were partly ripe in the Sabbatical year are subject to the laws of the Sabbatical year. Ib. קְצִיר העומר the cutting of the ʿOmer (v. עוֹמֶר); a. fr.Lev. R. s. 18 (ref. to Is. 17:11) (קְצִירִין) קְצִירָן של מלכיות the cutting down (destruction threatened) by the government; ק׳ של יסורין by sufferings; קְצִירוֹ של מלאךוכ׳ the cutting down by the angel of death, v. נִדְנֵד; Yalk. Is. 287.Pl. קְצִירִין, v. supra.