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כְּמָה‏ adv. how much

how much, how many (interrog) Com. TgJ 2Sam19:35 : כַמָא יוֹמֵי שְנֵי חַיַי‏ how many are the days of my lifetime?. Tobit(Med) 14.2 chap 10 : כמה יומין יכיל למיזל לקבלא כספא וכמה יומין למהדר‏ how many days he could go given the money and how many to return. how much! such a long time! JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man. TgJ Zec7:3 : הֲאַמנַע נַפשִי מִתַפנוּקִין כְמָא דַעֲבַדִית דְנָן כַמָא שְנִין‏ shall I refrain from enjoyable things as I have done now for so many years.

rhetorical: with an adj. , adv. or verb : how much x ? = so much! BA^Dan, Qumran, Syr. Dan3:33 : אָתוֹהִי כְּמָה רַבְרְבִין וְתִמְהוֹהִי כְּמָה תַקִּיפִין‏ how numerous are his signs, how powerful his wonders. 4Q242 B..4 : ٠٠٠ ]כ֗מה דמא אנתה‏ how much you resemble. GenApoc 20.3 : כמא רקיק לה שער ראישה כמא יאין להון לה עיניהא‏ how fine is her hair! how beautiful her eyes!. TgJ Hab3:2var. : כמא רַברְבִין עוּבָדָך‏ .

ellipt. : a certain amount, somewhat, a few JLAtg, Syr. TgJ Zec7:3 : כְמָא דַעֲבַדִית דְנָן כַמָא שְנִין‏ as I have done for some years now.

kmh d_ : see s.v. kmh conj. JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, BabMBK, , Man, LJLA.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 261a; DJBA: 585a; Jastrow: 645; Levy Ch-W: 1:368; Cook,Qumran: 115;

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Derivatives:

ˁl ˀḥt kmh wkmh adv. how much more so

ˁl ḥd kmh wkmh adv. how much more so