קָמַע, (cmp. קָמַט) to press, squeeze; to pass and knot straps. Bekh. 30ᵇ מעשה באשה … והיתה קוֹמַעַת וכ׳ a woman was married to a ḥaber (חָבר), and she fastened the straps of the T’fillin for him, and when afterwards married to a publican, she knotted the custom seals for him; Ab. Zar. 39ᵃ Ar. (ed. קושרת); Tosef. Dem. II, 17. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VI, 1 הסנדל משיִקְמַע the sandal is susceptible of uncleanness when the straps are attached.