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כַּמּוֹן‏ n.m. cumin

cumin JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man. TgJ Is28:27 : אְרֵי לָא בְמוּרגֵי בַרזְלָא מַדרְכִין קִצחָא וְגִלגְלֵי עַגלָא עַל כַמוּנָא מַחזְרִין‏ for one does not thresh onions with threshing sledges nor run back and forth over cumin with wagon wheels.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 262a; DJBA: 586a; Jastrow: 646;

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