- קרי
- קרי, קָרָהI (קָרָא) (b. h.) to join.Denom. קוֹרָה III.לִקְרַאת to meet. Sabb.31a ויצא לִקְרָאתוֹ and came out to meet him. Ib. 119a; B. Kam.32a top לקראת כלה to meet the bride (the Sabbath); a. fr. Nif. נִקְרָה to meet, join, esp. נִקְרֵי, נִיקְרֵי (denom. of קֶרִי) to lose semen. Gen. R. s. 52; s. 74, a. e. אין הלשון הזה וַיִּקָּר אלא לשון טומאה this expression vayiḳḳar (Num. 23:4) has the meaning of uncleanness (by analogy from Deut. 23:11).Meg.15a; Taan.5b. Yeb.76a. Hof. הוּקְרָה same, to have (nocturnal) pollution; to lose semen. Y.Snh.II, 20b top; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIII (ref. to 1 Sam. 25:20) ותפגש אותם הוּקְרוּ כולן ‘she struck them (with her charms), all of them met with
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