A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/זהם - זוב
זהם (b. h.; cmp. זהה) [to be glistening; cmp. צהן a. צחח)] to be filthy, smell ofensively, be offfensive. -- Part. זוהם, or part. pass. זהום. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41c bot. אמר ר״ל ז׳ ככוס (not בכוס) R. L. says, It is like drinking out of an offensive cup; וכ׳ ז׳ בכוס השותה he who drinks (sacred wine &c.) out of &c. Y. Nidd. IV, end, 51b זהום נידה דם (Tosef. ib. IX, 10 זוהם; Bab. ib. 65b) the blood of a men- struant is sticky (or ill-smelling). Pi. זיהם 1) to smear plants with rancid oil for keep- ing off vermin, [oth. opin.; to cover a wound in a tree iwith dung and tie it up.] Shebi. II, 4. Y. ib. 33d (expl. מזהמין of Mish.) מתלעין to keep the worms of. Ib. המזהם וכ׳ אינו oiling a plant is merely like appointing a watch- man (it does not advance growth). Y. Sabb. VII, 10a top, v. בחל II. -- Part. pass. מזוהם, f. מזוהמת ll-smelling, filthy,. ofensive. Bekh. VI, 12 ומז׳ and an animal of offensive smell or sight. Ber. 53b מז׳ an offensive-looking priest. Y. Gitt. VIII, 49d top מלפניו היא מז׳ she is disgusting to himt(on account of her conduct);a. e. -- Pl. מזוהמים, מזוהמין; fem. מזוהמות. Ber. l. c. מ׳ ידים smelling hands (after a. meal, when not perfumed). Lev. R. s. 16; Esth. R. to III, 1 וכ׳ מ׳ . . . מה as ordure is offensive, so is he (the leper); a. e. -- 2) to declare unft for priestly or levitical service (or connection), to reyect. Bekh. 47a וכ׳ מזהמין אין the child is not rejected (as the child of a gentile). -- Y. Yeb. X, 11a; XIII, 13d bot. אותה מזהמין בד ואין but the court does not declare her unfit to marry a priest. --- 3) (v. זוהמא) part. pass. מזוהם, pl. מזוהמין inclined to las- civiousness, unchaste. Sabb. 145b bot. **Ilif. הזהים to become unfit for ofering through offen- siveness. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 10a הזזהימו לא (perh. to be read הוזהמו Hof.; (Yalk. Num. 713 הוזמו, expl. חוסמו, corr. acc., or הוממו as Num. R. s. 12, end, a. e., v. Bub. note to Pesik. l. c.).
זהם ch. same. Part. pass. זהים q. v. Pa. זהם to create aversion, to sicken. Lev. R. s. 16 (to the leper) ברייתא תזהם לא (ed. Wil. תזהום, read תזהים) do not sicken people with thy sight. Itthpe. אזדהם, thpa. אזדהם 1) to be soiled, to empty the bowels. Targ. Ps. CVI, 20. -- 2) to become offensive. Ab. Zar. 26a וכ׳ מיזדהמנא לא I do not desire to become offensive to my husband (get ungainly through nursing).
זהר (b. h.; cmp. זהה) 1) to shine; v. זהור, זהורית. - 2) to look out, beware, be strict (corresp. to b. h. שמר); v. זהיר. Pi. זהר to brighten. Midr. Till. to Ps. X0, 16 וזדו and brightened his countenance. Nif. הזהר (=b. h. השמר) to be careful, be strict; to beware, take heed. Ber. 8b בורידין הזהרו be careful to cut the jugular veins, v. וריד. Ib. וכ׳ בזקן ה׳ beware of disregarding an old man who &c. Ned. 81a עניים בבני ה׳ וכ׳ take heed of (do not disregard) the children of the poor; a. fr. Hif. הזהיר to caution, foreawarn, esp. to prohibit by a. special law, v. אזהרה. Yeb. 22b, a. e. הדין מן מזהירין אין a aw derived from analogy (v. דין) is not considered a. specitie aw on which pumshmen can be execued after due warning. Zeb. 106b, a. e. ה׳ אאכ ענש לא the Bible text did not pronounce punishment without having ex- pressed a warning (thou shalt not' &c.); a. fr. Hof. הוזהר to be forewarned, to be forbidden from doing (by a special law). Yeb. 84b וכ׳ הוזהרו לא there is no specific law prohibiting women of legitimate birth to marry men of illegitimate birth. -- Part. מוזהר, f מוזהרת. Ib. מ׳ שהאשה מלמד (the repeated expression, 'they shall not take', Lev. XXI, 7) intimates that woman is included with man in the prohibition; ib. מ׳ היא מ׳ דהוא היכא כל wherever the man is cautioned not to marry, the woman (in the same social relation) is cautioned; a. fr. [Ib. היא מזדהרא לא, read; מוזהרת.]
זהר, זהיר ch. same, 1) so shine, bloom. Targ. Job XXII, 28 (ed. il. יזהר Af.). Targ. Hos. XIV, 6; a. e. -- 2) to look out, guard. -- Part. pass. זהיר. Hag. 23a מיזהר בהו זהיר he guards them (from levitical impurity). Hull. 107b דזהיר he is careful (not to touch), contrad. o זריז taking precaution. Y. Ber. V, 9a bot. לה זהירא watches it (the cloak). Y. Ab. Zar. III, 41a bot. הוינא לא לך ז׳ was I not on my guard against thee?; a. fr. Pa. זהר 1) to emit light, to glisten. Targ. Zech. IX, 15. -- 2) to caution. Targ. Cant. V, 2. Af. אזהר 1) to give light, shine. Targ. Is. IX, 1; a. e.- 2) to explain. Targ. Ex. XVIII, 20. -- 3) to caution. Targ. Ez. III, 18; a. e. --Snh. 66a bot. וכ׳ א׳ אקודש דילמא perhaps in saying 'thou shalt not curse Elohim (Ex. XXII, 27) the Law gave warning with regard to holy Elohiom (God), but not with regard to secular Elohim (authorities)? Ithpe. אזדהר, thpa. אזדהר 1) to take heed, beware. Targ. Y. Ex. X, 28; a. e. -- Ab. Zar. 28a, v. זיקא I. Ib. 12b, v. שברירי; a. fr. - 2) to watch. Y. Ber. V, 9a bot. מזדהרא ליה was watching it. B. Bath. 29a מזדהר . . תרתי the first two or three years man takes care of the deed. Ib. וכ׳ מזדהרנא הוה I should have taken care &c.; a. e.
זהרא I, זהרא (זהר) 1) light. Y. Yoma III, beg. 40b, v. איביריתא. Cant. . to VII, 3 (ref. to הסהר ib.. v. אדר) סהרא לזהרא , . . אית (some ed. לזהרה) there are places where they write and pronounce sahaira for עahara. --- 2) brightness, splendor; moon, v. זיהורא a. זיהרא I.
זהרא II poison, v. זיהרא II.
זהרה, v. זהרא I.
זהרורא, v. זיתררא.
זהרורא, זיה׳ m. (זהר) red light, glare, reflex. - Pl. יי, ׳-. res. 13a וכ׳ בעלמאא וז׳ (Ms. M. זהרוריה, Ms. M. 2 וזהרירי) and what he saw was merely the glare, v. גילהי; Snh. 42a. -- B. Mets. 84a מעין מיניה דנפקי ז׳ והנהו וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. מעין ז׳ וההוא; Rashi; זי׳) and those refexes issuing from it are a specimen of the beauty of &c.
זהרורית, v. זהורית.
זהריתא, v. זהוריתא.
ז, v. זה. ב (b. .; cmp. רבב, רית to tow, drip. Yee. 5a, a. r. שזבו משקין juice of fruits which fowed out (on a Holy