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kmst prep. equivalent to
1
equivalent to, adequate for
OfAEg, Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, LJLA
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .66↗ אנה אנתן לכם כמס[ת‏ : I will give you enough for ... ; 4QLevidar2..8↗ text not cited ; 6QGiants6.1↗ text not cited ; TgJ 2Sam7:18↗ לֵית אְנָא כְמִסַת יְיָ אְלֹהִים‏ ; TN Num7:5↗ גבר כמיסת פולחניה‏ : each according to his service ; TgEsth301:7↗ והוו שתן חמר דחזי למשתי למלכא כמיסת ידא דמלכא‏ : they were drinking wine appropriate for a king to drink, as much as the king had available
2
as conj: -ד : in order that
PTA
GT E Gen40:5↗ כמסת דלא דיהוון חבישין ב[בי]ת חבושה‏ : so that they would not be imprisoned in prison
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In some usages a calque on MH כדי.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 835Jastrow: 647Qumran: 145

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