קְעָרָה, קער to be sunk, dish, charger. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ bot. אלכסנדרוס … ואת הים כק׳ when Alexander the Macedonian attempted to ascend to heaven, he rose higher and higher, until he saw the earth beneath him like a ball and the sea like a dish; ויצורינה ק׳ בידיה and why is he not represented with a dish in his hand?; Num. R. s. 13. Ib. הקריב ק׳ … ודומה לק׳ he offered a charger which is typical of the sea that surrounds the whole world and resembles a dish. Ker. 7ᵇ, v. גָּדַף. B. Bath. 16ᵃ בקש איוב להפוך ק׳ על פיה Job attempted to turn the dish upside down, i.e. to challenge Providence; a. fr.—Pl. קְעָרוֹת. Men. 97ᵃ, v. דָפוּס; a. e.