כִּימָה, or כמם, cmp. Assyr. Kimmut, Rawl. Five Gr. Mon. ch. VII; Kimtu family, Schr. KAT² p. 557) Kimah (gathering), a constellation, prob. Draco (not Pleiades). Ber. 58ᵇ (etymol. play) כ̇מ̇אה̇ ככבי as bright as a hundred stars. Ib. 59ᵃ; Yalk. Gen. 56 נטל … מכ׳ וכ׳ the Lord took two stars away from K. and brought the flood &c.; R. Hash. 11ᵇ, sq. B. Mets. 106ᵇ. Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ bot. Num. R. s. 10 הדעת … ככ׳ knowledge is compared to the K … מה כ׳ מבשלת וכ׳ as the Kimah causes the ripening of the fruits and gives them taste, so does knowledge &c. Gen. R. s. 10 כ׳ מעדנת וכ׳, v. עָדַן; a. e.