כְּמָא, כְּמָה (v. כְּ־ a. מָא) 1) (followed by ד־) like that which. Targ. Jud. XI, 39 a. fr. [Usu.: הֵיךְ מָא, הֵיכְמָא.]— 2) (mostly כמה) how! how many!, how much!, how long!; (also interrog.) how much? &c. Targ. Ps. CXXXIX, 17. Ib. XXXV, 17; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 6 כ׳ נפשיה וכ׳ how the soul of this man’s (my) brother is now chopping cedars and sawing &c. (is in the agony of death)! (Midr. Sam. ch. IX; Yalk. Ps. 743, only נפשיה וכ׳). Yoma 22ᵇ, v. חֲלִי. Ber. 14ᵇ כ׳ מעליא וכ׳ how excellent &c. B. Mets. 86ᵃ כ׳ ככרין וכ׳ how many cakes of nardus do we owe to &c.!—M. Kat. 16ᵇ כל כ׳ דהוה וכ׳ as long as &c.; a. fr.—Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵃ top כְּמָן קטל how many of them did he kill?