• כִּסְלֵו S 3691 TWOT 1012 GK 4075 n.pr. [ m. ] Kislew , ninth month (postex.) = Nov.–Dec., Zc 7:1 ; בְּחֹדֶשׁ כ׳ Ne 1:1 ( ^å id.; loan-word from Bab. kislimu, kisliva , Muss-Arn ^JBL 1892, 167 ; conj. on etym. by Jen ^ZA ii, 210, Anm. 3 Hpt ib. 265, Anm. 2 ; Palm. כסלול Vog ^{No. 24}; Gk. χασελευ 1 Makk 1:54 ) .

• כַּסְלֻחִים S 3695 GK 4078 n.pr. gent. Gn 10:14 ( Ö D Χασµωνιειµ , Ö L Χασλωνιειµ , E Χαλοειµ ) = 1 Ch 1:12 ( A Χασλωνιειµ , Ö L Χασλωειµ ), among the sons of מִצְרַיִם ; not identif.; conject. in Thes D i.

כִּסְלֹת תָּבֹור S 3696 GK 4079 v ., כְּסֻלּוֹת supr.

^•[כָּסַם S 3697 TWOT 1013 GK 4080 ] vb. shear, clip ( Assyrian kasâmu , cut in pieces , according to Dl ^{HWB 344}) ;—only Qal Impf. and Inf. abs. כָּסֹום יִכְסְמוּ אֶת־רָאשֵׁיהֶם Ez 44:20 they shall be all means clip their heads ( opp. יְגַלֵּ˜חוּ shave and יְשַׁלֵּ˜חוּ , i.e. let grow freely ).

• כֻּסֶּ˜מֶת S 3698 TWOT 1013a GK 4081 n.f. 1. spelt, triticum spelta ( ^NH pl. כוּסְמִין , cf. å ã כונתא , ܟܽܘܢܬܳܐ ( kunto ); cf. Löw p. 104 ff. Di Ex 9:23 Now ^{Arch. i,} 111

) ;— abs. כ׳ Ex 9:32 Is 28:25 pl. כֻּסְּמִים Ez 4:9 (in all disting. from wheat, barley, etc.)

• [ כִּרְסֵם S 3765 TWOT 1013b GK 4155 ] vb. quadril. = Pi. , tear off ( ^cf. קִרְסֵם NH cut or eat away , Dt 28:38 å ^J for חָסַל ; on form v. Ges ^{§ 56}) ;—only Impf. 3 ms. sf .:— יְכַרְסְמֶנָּה חֲזִיר מִיָּ˜עַר ψ 80:14 teareth it off (sc. the vine, fig. of Israel).

Bab. Babylonian. Muss-Arn W. Muss-Arnolt.

JBL Journal of Biblical Literature. conj. conjecture(s); also conjection. Jen P. Jensen.

Hpt Sacred Books of the O.T., ed. Hpt (Polychrome Bible). Palm. Palmyrene.

Vog C. J. M. de Vogüé, Syrie Centrale.

No. number. ãÑ Syriac Version. Löw J. Löw, Aramäische Pflanzennamen .