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קָמָה #2‏ n.f. #2 stele, pillar

stele, maṣṣebah (as a proscribed element of pagan worship) JLAtg, Sam, LJLA. TgO Deut7:5 : אֵיגוֹרֵיהוֹן תְתָרְעוּן וְקָמָתְהוֹן תְתַבְרוּן‏ you must break down their temples and smash their stelae. TgIIChron 14:2 : ותבר ית קמתא וקציץ ית אשירתא‏ . pillar JLAtg, LJLA. TgO Gen19:26 : וַהוָת קָמָא דִמלַח‏ she turned into a pillar of salt. PJ Gen31:51 : הא אוגר הדין והא קמא דאקימית בינא ובינך‏ .

stone marker as a positive sign of worship used by the ancestors JLAtg, LJLA. TgO Gen28:18 : וֻנסֵיב יָת אַבנָא דְשַוִי אִיסָדוֹהִי וְשַוִי יָתַה קָמָא וַאֲרֵיק מִשחָא עַל רֵישַה‏ he took the stone that he had placed as his headrest and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. PJ Gen28:18 .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 1383; Levy Ch-W: 2:368; Tal Sam: 766;

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