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קדל n.m. neck, nape of neck (→ צוור ; CPA ܩܕܠ LSp 174, SA קדל ST Ex 32:9) a. general: בקדלה דסוסי חיור on the neck of a white horse PRK 242:1 // SR 7d(7); קדליה TN Lev 5:8 [H ערפו ]; מעוך לי קדל{י}ך למרכב וארכב מעך ליה קדליה ורכיב lower your neck, and I will mount (the horse). He lowered his neck, and he mounted VR 666:5; PRK 145:6; Ber 9a(35); ib. 13b(13); Bes 63a(38); ib. 39; כל דאתון חמ{ו}<י>ן קדליה חיור מן חימת שעריה יהודי anyone whom you see whose nape is white from lack of hair is a Jew EchRB 155:26; קדלכון קשייא your stiff neck TN Dt 31:27; ib. 10:16; b. in idiomatic phrases: 1) קשי קדל stiff-necked, stubborn [Sy ܩܫܐ ܩܕܠܐ PSm 3488]: sg. TNGl Ex 33:5; ib. 34:9; pl. קשין קדל TN Dt 9:6; ib. 13; 2) תבור קדל repentant person (lit. neck-breaker): pl. בארעא ברייתה קריין להון עם תבורי קדל (the Jews) are called abroad "a repentant people" BRG 123:3 [glossed ib. in H: שהן שוברין את עורפן ]; 3) תביר קדל subdued person (lit. broken-necked one): pl. תבירי קדל TN Ex 23:27 [H ערף ]; ib. Dt 28:7; TNGl ib. 28:25; בעיין ולא בעיין תבירי קדל nolens volens - they are subdued MPs 373:17; 4) הפך קדל to turn one's back [cf. Sy ܐܦܢܝ ܩܕܠܐ PSm 3487]: מינפיק (V) הפך קדלא he turned his back on his way out Ber 9a(34); 5) אשתייר על קדלה to retain an obligation (lit. to remain on one's neck): JMP 14:10; ib. 22:17 On mng. b.2, v. Sok, GF 103, n. to l. 20; on mng. b.3, v. Lieb, Tarbiz 47(1978):15+; on mng. b.5, v. Friedman, JMP 1:273. 