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קַלְמָה   n.f.  insect vermin


  insect vermin, lice  JLAtg, BabMBK, JBA, LJLA.  TgO Ex8:12 : וֻמחִי יָת עַפרָא דארעא וִיהֵי לְקַלמְתָא  strike the dirt so that it turns into lice.  PJ Ex8:14 : והות מחת קלמי שלטא באינשא ובבעירא  the plague of lice prevailed over men and cattle.


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 1021a; Jastrow: 645; Levy Ch-W: 2:363;

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