קֶבַע, (preced.) appointment, permanency, institution; regular, perfunctory act. Y. Ber. II, 4ᶜ bot. אכילת ק׳ a regular meal; שינת ק׳ a regular sleep, v. עַרְאַי. Yoma 10ᵇ, v. דִּירָה I. Ber. IV, 1 תפלת … אין לה ק׳ for the evening prayer there is no fixed law, expl. ib. 27ᵇ רשות it is optional. Ib. IV, 4 העושה … ק׳ וכ׳ the prayer of one who treats it as a perfunctory obligation, is not a means of grace. Ab. II, 13 אל … ק׳ אלא רחמים וכ׳ make not thy prayer a perfunctory act, but a means of mercy and grace. Ib. I, 15 עשה תורתך ק׳ make thy study of the Law a regular engagement. Num. R. s. 2, beg. משם … ק׳ שמתפללים וכ׳ from this the institution of three daily prayers is derived; a. fr.