קולמוס

Hebrew

Etymology

From Latin culmus or Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, reed), compare Arabic قَلَم (qalam).

Noun

קולמוס / קֻלְמוּס • (kulmus) m

  1. a quill, reed pen, or metal dip pen
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 106a:
      זָכָה קָנֶה לִיטּוֹל מִמֶּנּוּ קֻלְמוּס לִכְתּוֹב מִמֶּנּוּ ס"ת נְבִיאִים וּכְתוּבִים.
      Zakhá kané littól mimménu kulmús likhtóv mimménu sifréi toráh n'vi'ím u-kh'tuvím
      The reed merited to have taken from it a quill, to write from it Torah scrolls, prophetic books, and hagiographa.

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