קְרַן II, horn; trnsf. strength; beam, ray. Targ. Josh. VI, 5. Targ. I Sam. XVI, 1. Targ. Ps. LXXXIX, 18. Targ. Job XLII, 14; a. fr.—B. Bath. 16ᵇ, v. קֶרֶשׁ II. Ber. 62ᵇ (prov.) ק׳ קריא ברומי וכ׳ when the horn calls in (the market of) Rome, son of a trader in figs, sell thy father’s figs (wait not for thy father’s return, if he is absent). Macc. 16ᵇ, a. e. ק׳ דאומנא the surgeon’s horn (in which he receives the blood); a. fr.—Pl. קרְנִין, קַרְנֵי. Targ. I Kings XXII, 11. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 32 (v. Ḥull. 60ᵃ, quoted in preced.); a. fr.—Sabb. 154ᵇ ק׳ דאומנא, v. supra. Ib. 129ᵇ מאה ק׳ בזוזא וכ׳ Ar. a. Ms. O. (ed. קרי, v. Tosaf. a. l.) a hundred horns (hundred blood-lettings) for a Zuz, a hundred heads (hair-cuttings) for a Zuz, a hundred lips (trimmings of mustaches) for nothing. B. Bath. 74ᵃ; a. fr.
קְרַן II, projection; corner. Targ. Prov. XXI, 9; a. e.—Keth. 111ᵃ וקרו לה ק׳ וכ׳ (not ליה) and they shall call it (Babylonia) the corner of salvation. B. Kam. 27ᵇ, v. עַצְרָא. Men. 34ᵃ פיתחא דאַקַּ׳ a door at the corner (having only one post); a. e.—Pl. קַרְנִין, קַרְנָתָא, קַרְנָאתָא; constr. קַרְנַת. Targ. Ex. XXIX, 12. Ib. XXX, 10. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 13; a. e.—B. Bath. 95ᵇ דמיזדבין אק׳ which is sold at the street-corners. Pes. 12ᵇ שית יומא בי ק׳ קאי (not בק׳) at six hours (at noon) the sun stands between the corners (of the globe, equally distant from east and west &c.).
קְרַן II, principal, stock. B. Mets. 79ᵃ; B. Kam. 3ᵃ, v. כְּלֵי I. Y. M. Kat. II, 81ᵇ top אגרא וק׳ קרן הוא וכ׳ the expected profit and the principal (cost price) are together considered as principal &c.; a. e.—[קרנא זול, v. קַרְנָזוֹל.]
