משתיהון Ms. (ed. ממ׳ בית בזמר) att their appointed banequets,
v. preced. wds.]
זמר I (b. h.) to nip, to prune; to cut. Sabb. 73b זומר וכ׳ וצצריר if one trims a tree (on the Sabbath) for makking nse of the wood. Snh. 26a וזומר כהן (not וזמר) a priest is he. and he prunes the vine (in the Sabbatical year) ; a. ir. Nif. נזמר to be pruned, trnsf. to be checked, unnerved, defeated. Cant. R. to II, 12 (ref. to זמיר ib.) זמנה הגיע שתזמר ערלה של the time for pruning the preputium (cir- cumcision) has come (v. Ex. R. s. 19); שיזמרו . . . הגיע the time has come for the Egyptians to be checked; Pesik. Hahod., p. 50a; Pesik. R. s. 15. -- Lev. R. s. 9, beg. Akhan is named Zimri (I Chr. II, 6, cmp. with Josh. VII, 24) ידו על . . שנזמרו because through him the Isra- elites were unnerved (Josh. VII, 5); a. e.
זמר ch., Af. אזמיר same. Y. Shebi. IV, 35a א׳ חד חמא וכ׳ (not איז׳) saw one prune &c. (in the Sabbatical year).
זמר II (b. h; cmp. זמם I) to tingle, make music, sing. v. זמר. Pi. זמר 1) to sing one's praise. Cant. R. to II, 16 הוא זמרתיו . . זמרני (or זמרני, זמרתיו) He praised me, and I&c. -- Gen. R. s. 91, end (expl. מזמרת, Gen. XLIII, 11) דברים וכ׳ מזמיין שהן things which men praise all over the world. -- 2) to review a lesson in recitative chant (v. זמרה). Snh. 99b top יום בכל זמר chant every day; Tosef. Ohol. XVI, 8 ז׳ תדירה בי ז׳ (the Law says) review me steadily &c.; ib. Par. IV (III), 7; cmp. גמרא.
זמר ch., Pa. זמיר same, 1) to sing. Targ. Ps. XVIII, 50; a. e. -- Sot. 48a וכ׳ גברי זמרי when men sing and women respond. -- 2) to sing a satire, deride. Targ. Lam. III, 14.
*זמר III, Hif. הזמיר (cmp. זמורא) to look bluish. Y'lamd. to Num. XXV, 14, quot. in Ar. (play on זמרי) מוזרת כביצה בשרו שה׳ עד until his fesh (through his lewdness) had the color of a smashed (rotten) egg; (cimp. Tanh. Pinh. 2, Num. R. s. 21, beg., Snh. 82b-- where our w. is omitted).
זמר I m. (זמר II) music, song; ז׳ כלי (or sub. כלי) musical instrument. Sot. 48a ז׳ מינו בארבעה to the music of four instruments. Y. ib. VII, 21c top לז׳ לעז Greek is adapted for song; Y. Meg. I, 71b bot. -- Snh. 101a ועושה ז׳ כמין אותו and treats it (a verse of Song of Songs) like a (secular) song; Yalk. Prov. 953; a. fr.
זמר II m. (זמר I; cmp. זמרה, Gen. XLIII, 11) fruits, (grapes &c.), dessert. Y. Pes. X, 37d bot. (expl. אפיקומין) ז׳ מיני various dessert fruits (Bab. ib. 119b וכ׳ תמרים; Tosef. ib. X, 11 וכ׳ אגוזים).
זמר m. (זמר I) musician, singer. Kel. XVI, 7 מרכוף ז של, v. מרכוף. Yalk. Lam. 1001.
זמרא ch. same. - Pl. זמריא. Targ. Koh. II, 8. - Fem. pl. זמריתא. Ib.
זמרא ch. =זמר I. - ז׳ זני (זמר=(זייני מיני (כלי) musical instruments. Dan. III, 5; a. e. -- Targ. Koh. II, 8. - Targ. 1z. XXXIII, 32 אבובין זמר flute-music. -- Pl. זמריא. Targ. Lam. V, 14. -- Ib. III, 63 זמריהון object. of their derisivma. songs, v. זמר II.
זמרא, זימ׳ I m. same, song, music. Gitt. 7a מנא ז׳ וכ׳ לן how is it proved that music (at banquets, afte r the destruction of the Temple) is forbidden? Ib. דמנא ז׳ in- strumental music, דפומא ז׳ vocal music. Sot. 48a בביתא ז׳ וכ׳ music in the house--destruction at the threshold. Ib. ז׳ בטיל prohibited musical entertainments. -- Sabb. 118b ד׳ פסוקי verses of praise (Ps. CXI.VIII a. CL.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 200). -- Pl. זמרין, זי׳. Y. Meg. III, 74a bot. בזי׳ וקאים דמיך הוה used to go to bed and rise with music. -- V. זמרה.
זמרא, זי׳ II pr. n. m. Zimra, father of R. Yose, v. יוסי. Keth. 96a; a. fr.
זמרגד, זמרגדא (זמרגדד, זמרגדז) m. (~~~- p~v~o ) smaragd, emerald, colored crysfal (v. Sm. Ant. s. v.). Targ. Prov. XXV, 12; a. fr. (in the sense of a precious stone [v. next w.], and as crystal or spar of copper mine). --- Pl. h. זמרגדין. Lev. R. s. 2 (precious stones).
זמרגדין, זמרגדין m. (σμαραγδιον) emerald, a pre- cious stone. Targ. Y. II Ex. XXVIII, 19, v. אזמרגד.
זמרה, v. זמירה.
זמרה, זימ׳ f. (זמר II) chant on reciting Talmudic lessons. Meg. 32a (some ed. זימרא); Treat. Sofa'rim III, 10.
זמרי (b. h.) pr. n. m. Zimri, slain by Phinehas (Num. XXV, 14). Snh. 82b, a. e., v. זמר III. Y. Taan. III, 66c bot. וכ׳ ז׳ כמה how mani Zimris (lewd men) are in our daysl; a. fr.
זמרתא, m. זמריתא, v. זמרא.
זמתני, זימתני nom. gent pl. (denom. of זמה=זמתא) Zimthane (schemers). Targ. Y. Deut. II, 20 (Targ. O. חשבני; h. text זמזמים).
זן, זין, זנא I (b. h. זן; Syr. זן) qualitas, modus, P. Sm. 1138, sq.; cump. זה, a. מין a. מה) quality, nature; kind, species. Targ. Gen. I, 11 לזניה after its kind. Targ. Lev. XI, 14 לזנה; a. v. fr. -- Ber. 32a (prov.) בישא זנא כרסיה מלי Ar. (ed. בישי זני) filled stomachs are a bad sort (plenty is temmpting). -- Pl. זני, זיני. Targ. Gen. I, 21; a. tr. -- Dan. II, 5, v. זמרא. -- B. Kam. 16b (expl. זנים, II Chr. XVI, 14) זני זני Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. זיני) various species.
זנא II to go astray, v. זני.
זנאי m. (זני) adulterer; voluptuous. Sabb. 156a. - Pl. זגאין. Targ. Jer. IX, 1; a. e. - Targ. Ez. XXIII, 45 (h. text נאפת).
זנב m. (b. h.) attachment, tail. Bekh. VI, 9 הגדי זנב the tail of a kid; a. fr. -- Yoma 41b לשון ז׳ the tail-end (fringes) of the band. Erub. 18a (ref. to צלע, Gen. II, 22) ז׳ it means the tail (with which Adam was originally created). Kil. IV. 6 ז׳ יוצאה ואחת and one vine projects like a tail. Ikts. I, 3 אשכול של ז׳ the skeleton of the cluster of grapes (the thin branches), opp. to יד, the
