כְּוַורְתָּא, bee-hive. Targ. Jer. V, 27 ככ׳ דמליא זיבורייתא Vers. in ed. Lag. (v. preface to Proph. XXXIV, 13) like a hive full of bees.
כְּוַורְתָּא, ramification. Num. R. s. 9 כ׳ דחרוביתא the circumference of a carob-tree; Y. Sot. I, 17ᵇ top ed. Amst. (ed. Krot. אורתא, corr. acc.); Y. Peah VII, 20ᵃ bot. בירתא (corr. acc.); (Midr. Sam. ch. XIII, v. preced.).