Dear Friends, I am cataloging an edition of Azulai's 'Avodat ha-kodesh, which contains seven works that seem to be called, together, "kokhve lekhet." The statement of responsibility says these seven works are
ככוכבים מאירים ומזהירים מכח גברא רבא קאתו I think I get all that until we come to the pelican. קאת = "pelican" in Aramaic, right?. What do we have here, a "man of great pelican"? "A man, great his pelican"? I have a feeling we're dealing with something like חסיד in Hebrew, but what, exactly? Please enlighten me. Thank you. Joan
