קֶשֶׁת

קֶשֶׁתc. (b. h.; preced.) bow; rainbow. Erub.55a עיר העשויה כק׳ a town built in the shape of a bow; ib. עשויה כמין ק׳. Ber.59a הרואה את הק׳ בענן he who sees a rainbow in the clouds. Ḥag.16a. Gen. R. s. 35; a. fr.Pl. קְשָתוֹת. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) (ref. to Is. 22:3) שהיו מתירין גידי קַשְׁתּוֹתָםוכ׳ they loosened the strings of their bows and tied them with them; Yalk. Is. 289. Sifré Deut. 18 עקרבים כק׳ scorpions as large as bows; Yalk. ib. 803; a. e.Trnsf. membrum virile, potentia virilis. Sot.36b; Y.Hor.II, 46d; a. e.