Baal Keres (Owner of a Belly)

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Baal Keres (Owner of a Belly)

Baal Keres (Owner of a Belly)

A man with a large and protruding belly.

("A bull, his way is to be a belly and hoof, owner of a broad belly and broad hooves" - Rashi Chullin 60a, and also: "For it is possible that this owner of the belly saw at first and therefore was silent and acknowledged or not" - Responsa HaRashba Part A Siman 214, and also: "And you!, owner of a belly! A belly full of a pot of Naphur" - H. Hazaz / Early Generations, 107)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּעַל כֶּרֶס

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם עִם בֶּטֶן גְּדוֹלָה וּבוֹלֶטֶת.

("שׁוֹר-דַּרְכּוֹ לִהְיוֹת כְּרַסְתָּן וּפַרְסָתָן בַּעַל כֶּרֶס רְחָבָה וּפְרָסוֹת רְחָבוֹת"-רָשִׁ"י חֻלִּין ס ע"א, וְכֵן:"שֶׁהֲרֵי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁרָאָה זֶה בַּעַל הַכֶּרֶס מִתְּחִלָּה וּלְפִיכָךְ שָׁתַק וְהוֹדָה אוֹ לֹא"- שׁוּ"ת הָרַשְׁבָּ"א חֵלֶק א סִימָן רֵד, וְכֵן:"וְאַתָּה!, בַּעַל כֶּרֶס! בֶּטֶן מָלֵא סִיר נָפוּר"-ח.הָזָז/ דּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, 107)

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