- קצרא III, קצרה
- קַצְרָאIII, קַצְרָה II f. = קַסְטְרָא., fort, camp. Arakh.IX, 6, v. צִיפּוֹרֵי; Y.Sabb.XVI, end, 15d (not קיצרה). Y.Shek.VIII, beg.51a קַצְרָן של גוים היה שם (some ed. קַצְרִין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60) a camp of gentiles (Romans) was there, (comment. a fuller, v. קַצָּר). Num. R. s. 18 (ref. to הקם על, 2 Sam. 23:1 (read:) שהקים עולה של תורה בעולה של קצרה he (David) restored the yoke (rulership) of the Law through the yoke of the camp (used his military power to restore the government of the Law; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIX קיים … בעילה של מלכות).Pl. קַצְרִים, קַצְרִין; Chald. קַצְרַיָּא (with sing, meaning). Y.Erub.V, 22b bot. את רואה … והק׳ … לאיצטדין ובית מעון … לק׳ consider the ruins (near Tiberias, v. אִיצְטַדִּין) as if they were inhabited buildings, and the fort is within seventy odd cubits n ear the ruins, and Beth Maon is within seventy odd cubits near the fort (by which calculation Beth Maon and Tiberias may be considered one township, v. עָבַר Pi. 4). Y. Shek. l. c., v. supra. Y.Shebi.VI, 36c ק׳ דגליל (not קציריא) the Fort of Gelil (v. Hildesh. Beitr. Geogr. p. 17, sq.); Tosef.Shebi.IV, 11 קַצְטְרָא (Var. קצטרי); Sifré Deut. 51 קצרא דגלילא; Yalk. ib. 874 ק׳ רגליא (corr. acc.).Trnsf. קַצְרִים wax-cells in the honeycomb. Cant. R. to I, 2 מה דבש יש בו ק׳וכ׳ as there are wax-cells (unenjoyable parts) in the honey, so you might think the same was the case with the Law.
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