- קְשוֹט
- קְשוֹט, קוּשְׁטָאm. (קְשַׁט) 1) (straightness, truth, righteousness. Targ. Gen. 24:48, sq. Targ. Y. ib. 5:22; 24. Targ. 2 Chr. 6:18 (h. text האמנם); a. fr.Lev. R. s. 26 אנא בעלם דק׳ … מיליןדק׳ I (Samuel) am now in the world of truth (v. עָלְמָא), and thou shalt hear from me none but words of truth; Tanḥ. Emor 2. Sabb.104a ק׳ קאי truth stands firm (v. לְבַן). Snh.97a מריש … ליכא ק׳ בעלמאוכ׳ formerly I thought there was no truth in the world. Ib. איקלע … ק׳ שמיה he came to a place named Ḳushṭa (Truth); a. fr.Pl. קוּשְׁטִין. Targ. Y. Num. 22:37 מן ק׳ (h. text האמנם).Y. ḤagII, beg.77a ק׳ אתון אמרין דהיןוכ׳ do you (Jews) indeed say that the world is maintained by air? 2) (sub. גבר) true. Targ. II Esth. 1:2 תמים וק׳ upright and true.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.