The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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כּוּחְלָא‏ n.m. stibnite; kohl

used as eye paint: kohl Qumran, Gal, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. 4QEn^b1.2.28 : ٠٠٠ הו]א על כוחלא ועל צדיד֗[א‏ he would teach them] about kohl and antimony. TgEsth² 1:2(238) : גובתא דכוחלא‏ a tube of kohl.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 255b; DJBA: 558a; Jastrow: 618; Levy Ch-W: 1:360; Cook,Qumran: 111;

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Derivatives:

kḥl vb. a/u to paint the eyes