זבוב m. (b. h.; זבב) fly. Sabb. 121b מצרים שבארץ ז׳
the Egyptian fly (whose sting is dangerous). Tosef. Sot.
V, 9; Gitt. 90a. Pesik. Zakhor, p. 26b וכ׳ שהוא לז׳ (Amalek
resembles) the fly which is greedy for a sore; a. fr. --
Pl. זבובים, זבובין. Y. Sabb. XIV, beg. 14b; Tosef. ib. XII
(XIII), 4. Keth. 77b וכ׳ בעלי של ז׳ (not זבובי) flies which
sucked from those afflicted with gonorrhoea (carrying
contagion); a. fr.
*זבוגא m. lizard. -- Pl. זבוגי. Nidd. 56a דמחוזא ז׳ (Ar. זבזגי, Mus.: זבובי, prob. clerical error) (skeletons of) lizards of Mahuza.
זבוד pr. n. pl. Zabud, on the northernmost border of Galilee. Gen. R. s. 98 (ref. to Gen. XLIX, 13 צידון על) דגלילה ז׳ Safet, Lit. Centralblatt 1879, p. 1188).
זבודא m. (זבד) gift, outfit. -- Pl. זבודין. Targ. Y. Gen. XXX, 20 (h. text זבד).
זבוזין, Y. Ter. VIII, 45b bot. בז׳, in a corrupt sen- tence which prob. read; שקצים וכל והגזין זיזין שקץ שהפרישו, v. Sifra Sh'mini Par. 10, ch. XII.
זבול m. (b. h.; זבל) [place of offering or entertain- ment,] 1) residence, esp. temple. R. Hash. 17a; Y. Ber. IX, 13b bot. בז׳ ידיהם פשטו they laid hand on the Temple; a. e. -- 2) Z'bul, name of the fourth heaven. Hag. 12b וכ׳ ומזבח . . . שבו ז׳ it is called Z., because there are (the heavenly) Jerusalem and the Sanctuary with the altar erected &c. -- 3) ז׳ יום festival of a heathen divinity. Pesik. R. s. 6 היה נילוס ז׳ יום it was the festival of Nilus; [cacophemistic disguise; נבול, Gen. R. s. 87; Cant. R. beg. וזבול ניבול, -- Yalk. Gen. 146 גידול; Sot. 36b חגם]. V. זיבול.
זבולון, זבולן b. h.) pr. n. m. Zebulun, 1) son of Jacob; tribe of Zebulun; country of Z. Gen. R. s. 98. Pes. 4a; a. fr. -- 2) one Z. ben Dan. Kidd. 30a.
זבונא m. (זבן) purchase. Targ. Y. II Deut. XVIII, 8 זבוניה בר that which he bought. Pl. זבונין. Ruth R. to I, 17 (sect. 3) ז׳ זבן he made his purchases. -- V. זבינא.
זבונא, v. זיב׳.
זבונא, זבונה m. (preced. wds.) buyer, merchant. Targ. II Esth. III, 11. -- Y. Kil. II, beg. 27c. -- Y. Kidd. II, 64a top וכ׳ ז׳ קרן the merchant packed his goods on his wagon and went off; v. דדי.
זבוני, v. זבן Pa.
זבורא, v. זיב׳.
זבורית f. (זבר, cmp. צבר a. also זרבובית) 1) a recep- tacle for drippings fastened (or belonging) to the bottom of a vessel, saucer. Mikv. X, 71 ז׳ בלא if the vessel to be immersed has no saucer (a rim at the bottom, wider than the belly of the vessel and which forces the water into the latter); (Var. זיבורית, זוברית, זיברין). [Rabad to Maim. Mikv. III, 12 reads זרבובית q. v.]. -- 2) lowest land, v. זיבורית.
*זבזגא m., pl. זבזגי 1) (reduplication of זגא, v. זגי; for inserted ב, v. זבלגן) nest, brood, hatch. M. Kat. 28b (in a funeral song) מיבדיק אזבזגיה תגרא אחנא (or:) תגרי ..... מיבדקו דאזבזגי (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.; Rashi a. l.) our brother, the merchant, will be judged by the brood he left behind, (or) our brethren, the merchants, will be judged by the broods (allusion to Jer. XVII, 11). [En Yakob reads תגרי. . מיבדקי ובונידא our (departed) brethren are merchants who (on crossing the frontier of life) are searched for goods. -- Ms. M. 2 וכ׳ דאזוקי who are searched for the wine bags they carry, v. זיקא II a. זוק.] -- 2) v. זבוגא.
זבח (b. h., cmp. זבל) [to give a feast,] to slaughter, sacrifice. Hull. II, 3 (ref. to Deut. XXVII, 7) שאתה מה וכ׳ זובח thou mayest eat what thou (a human hand) cuttest. Snh. 60b לעכו״ם בזובח of one sacrificing to an idol; a. fr. -- Part. pass. זבוח. Lev. R. s. 10 (play on מזבח, Ex. XXXII, 5) וכ׳ לפניו מהז׳ he was afraid on account of him who lay killed before him (Hur); a. fr. Pi. זיבח same. Snh. 62a וכ׳ וקיטר ז׳ if he slaughtered a sacrifice, and burnt &c. (to an idol). Ib. VII, 6 (60b) המזבח Talm. ed. (Mish. הזובח) he who offers an animal (to an idol), a. fr. -- V. זבל. Nif. נזבח to be sacrificed, to be slaughtered; to die as a martyr. Zeb. I, l לשמן שלא שנזבחו which were offered not for the purpose for which they were dedicated. Y. Snh. X, 29c top (play on זבח עלי, Ps. L, 5) אותי שעילו שמי על ונזבחו who raised me and sacrificed themselves for my name's sake; a. fr.
זבח m. (b. h.; preced.) a slaughtering, sacrifice, esp. (festive) peace-offering (הגיגה). Pes. X, 9. Tosef. ib. X, 14. Tosef. Ber. V, 22; a. fr. -- Pl. זבחים, constr. זבחי. Ib. Zeb. I, 1 הז׳ כל all animalic offerings; a. fr. -- Z'bahim, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Babli (also called קדשים שחיטת).
זביד pr. n. m. Z'bid, name of several Amoraim. Ber. 46b, a. fr. (Z. bar Levi). -- Ib. 38a. -- Ab. Zar. 56a. -- Y. Sabb. I, 3b, v. next w.
זבידא, זבידה pr. n. m. Z'bida, Z'bidah, name of a Palestinean Amora. Y. Orl. I, 61a bot. -- Y. Sot. VII, 21d. -- Ib. זביד׳ בר יודה ר׳, Ib. bot. זביד בר סימון ר׳. Y. Sabb. I, 3b זביד רב.
זביחה f. (זבח) slaughtering ceremony. Hull. 31b לז׳ כוונה intention to slaughter according to ritual, con- trad. to חתיכה the cutting operation as such. Snh. 60b ז׳ יצתה slaughtering for idolatry is especially mentioned (Ex. XXII, 19); a. fr.
זביך or זביך, v. זוב.
זבילא m. (v. זבל; Syr. זבילא), זנב׳, P. Sm. 1074; 1140) a basket (or book-chest) of palm leaves. -- Pl זבילי. Meg. 26b דחומשי ז׳ receptacles for Pentateuch copies; [Ar.: leather casing.]
זבילא m. (v. זבל) [an implement for forming heaps,]
