קרה II

קרי, קָרָהII, Pi. קֵרָה (b. h.) 1) (denom. of קוֹרָה, q. v.) to lay beams; to cover. 2) (denom. of קִיר, q. v.) to wall up, close. Ber.10b (ref. to 2 Kings 4:10) עלייה … וקֵירוּהָ it was an open upper room (a balcony), and they closed it up. M. Kat. I, 4 מְקָרִין את הפירצהוכ׳ you may close up a breach during the festive week. Ib. 7a כיצד מקריןוכ׳ in what way is it to be done?… With shrubbery or bay-trees. Succ.I, 8 המְקָרֶה סוכתווכ׳ he who covers his Succah with spits or boards of a bed-side. Lev. R. s. 1 היה מקרה בקורותוכ׳ he covered the building with joists, and wrote the name of the king on them; a. e.Part. pass. מְקוֹרֶה; f. מְקוֹרָה. Y.Succ.1, 51d top סוכה מ׳ פסולה a Succah covered with beams is ritually unfit; מבוי מ׳ כשר a covered alley is fit (for Sabbath movements). Y.Naz.IX, 57d מערה מ׳ a vaulted cave. Sabb.5a; a. fr.