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כּוּמָץ‏ n.m. pit

pit JLAtg, Man, LJLA. TgJ Jer48:44 : יִפוֹל לְגוֹ כוּמָצָא וֻדיִסַק מִן כוּמצָא יִתאֲחַד בִסרִיגְתָא‏ he will fall in a pit, and one who gets up from a pit will be caught in a net. TgQoh10:8 : הי כמא דגבר דחפיר כומצא בפרשת אורחא ביה איתחייב למיפל‏ just as a man who digs a pit at the crossroads is liable to fall into it.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 621; Levy Ch-W: 1:369;

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