gravel stone / small stone

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gravel stone / small stone

gravel stone / small stone

A term referring to small stones or gravel (geologically defined as rock fragments larger than 2 mm and smaller than 57 mm).

("And they call it ‘Kotna’ in a foreign language... meaning ‘a standing stone’... the translator wrote that it is a small gravel stone with a hollow and another small stone inside, like a clapper in a bell, and so it was created." – Eliyahu Rabbah, Siman 303:38)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶבֶן חָצָץ

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּנּוּי לַאֲבָנִים קְטַנּוֹת (חָצָץ הוּא מֻנָּח גֵּאוֹלוֹגִי הַמִּתְיַחֵס לְכָל סוּג שֶׁל סֶלַע הַגָּדוֹל מִשְּׁנֵי מִילִימֵטֶר וְקָטָן מִ-57 מִילִימֵטֶר).

("וְקוֹרִין לָהּ קוטנ"א בְּלַעַ"ז...ד"ה אֶבֶן תְּקוּמָה... כָּתַב הַמַּעְתִּיק שֶׁהוּא אֶבֶן חָצָץ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ חָלָל וְאֶבֶן קָטָן בְּתוֹכוֹ כְּעִנְבָּל בְּזוּג וְכֵן נִבְרָא" - אֵלִיָּה רַבָּה סִימָן שג לַח)

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