זרדתא (זדתא) f. (זרד) bushes of sorb, or service-
tree, growing in unhealthy marshes (v. Low. Pfd. p. 289)
Pes. 111b שידי ז׳ דבי (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 400) the
spirits of the sorb-bushes are named shidde (demons). Ib.
וכ׳ למתא סמיכא ז׳ a sorb-bush near a town has no less
than sixty shidde; [Ms. M. זרזתא, זירזתא, זרתא; v. Rabb.
D. S. a. l. notes). -- Kidd. 73b וכ׳ בו יש . . . ז׳ a child ex-
posed in a sorb-bush near a town (where it is likely to
die) is considered a foundling (אסופי). Keth. 79a וכ׳ ז׳ אבא
a forest (of timber), a sorb plantation and a fish-pond.
זרה, fem. of זר q. v.
זרה I, II, v. זרי I, II.
*זרואי, דז׳ מלח pr. n. pl. Melah d'Zarvai, a border place on the east side of the Jordan. Tosef. Shebi. IV, 11 דז׳ מלח Var. (ed. Zuck. חזרואי מלי); Y. Shebi. VI, 36c דזרכאיי מלח (read זרו=זרב׳, v. Hildesh. Beitr. p. 61, sq.); Sifre Deut. s. 51 זירזא עליה Yalk. ib. 874 וירואי מיליה. [Hildesh. l. c. a. Neub. Geogr. p. 20 emend מוליא or מלתא (מליתא) for מלח.]
זרוז, m. זרוזין, v. זירוז.
זרוע f. (b. h.) arm; (with animals) fore-leg, shoulder; strength, force. Ber. 17b בז׳ ניזונין receive their susten- ance from the Lord by dint of their strength (virtue), opp. בצדקה by divine grace. Y. Taan. IV, 69a top זרוכן ישראל כל של the arm (defence, protection) of all Israel. Sabb. 56a בז׳ נטלו they took by force. Lev. R. s. 2 כבא בז׳ חבירו על like one coming against his neighbor with force (confident of victory). -- Hull. X, 1 הז׳ the law con- cerning the shoulder as the priest's share (Deut. XVIII, 3). Ib. 98a בשלה ׳, v. בשל; a. fr. -- Pl. זרועות, constr. זרועי. Sot. 49b; Tosef. ib. XIV, 3 תורה ז׳ the supports of the Law. -- ז׳ בעלי violent men. B. Mets. 118a; a. e.
.sowing; seed. Targ (זרע ;זרועm. (=b. h. זיר׳ ,זרוע O. Lev. XI, 37. -- Pl. זרועין, זי׳. Targ. Is. LXI, 11 זרועהא (ed. Lag. זירועשה sing.. [Y. Sabb. IX, 12a top; Y. Kil. III, beg. 28c (ref. to Is. l c.) מליא זירועיה erleha is spelt plene (with ו); v. יאנא.]
זרוק pr. n., ז׳ נהר, v. יזק.
זרוקיניא pr. n. pl. Z'rukinya, in Babylonia. Hull. 111a.
זרוקפא, v. זלוקפא.
זרורזי, Cant. R. to II, 9, v. זרז I.
זרות f. (denom. of זר) the legal status of the non- priest, the laws concerning non-priests. Y. Ter. V, 43c ז׳ איסור the prohibition as far as it concerns the T'rumah to be eaten by non-priests. Y. Bicc. II, 65a ז׳ היתר in. asmuch as they are permitted to non-priests. Y. Orl. II, end, 62c ז׳ משום for violating the law forbidding non- priests &c. - Yeb. 68b, a. e. (ref. to זר וכל, Lev. XXII, 10) וכ׳ לך אמרתי ז׳ the Law treats of non -priests, but not of the mourners; a. e.
זד (reduplic. of זר, v. זרר; cmp. אזר) to be strong, vigorous, quick, v. זרד. -- Part. pass. זרו, v. זריז. Pl. זירז 1) to strengthen, to make active and ready, to instigate. Pes. 89a קאמר . . לזרזן כדי he said so in order to awaken their emulation in religious acts. Nidd. 31a; Yoma 47a זירזתני, v. זרה I. -- Part. pass. מזורז a) strong, vigorous. Nidd. l. c.; Snh. 70b; a. e., v. לבן II. -- b) active, zealous to do goodd, valiant. Macc. 23a אלא מזרזין אין למזורזין Ar. (ed. מזורז; some ed. מזרז, corr. acc.) only the strong-minded it is worth encouraging; Yalk. Deut. 937; Sifre Num. 1 למזורזים; a. e. -- 2) (with ב) to admonish, be severe. Tanh. Korah 6 בהן מזרז התחיל (Num. R. s. 18 להם לדבר) he began to speak to them earnestly. Hithpa. הזדר, Nithpa. נזדר 1) to be alert, zsealous, conscientious. Pesik. R. s. 6 (ref. to מהיר, Prov. XXII, 29) במלאכתך נזדרזת thou hast been zealous (conscientious) in thy own occupation. Tanh P'kude 11; a. fr. - V. זריז. --- 3) to be armed. Yalk. Num. 785, v. next w.
זר I, Pa. זריז same; 1) to be quick, to hurry. Targ. Y. II Gen. XXIV, 20 (h. text מהר). -- Targ. Ps. LXX, 2 זרי ed. (Ms. ז; h. text חוש); a. e. - Part. PPe. זריז, Pa. מזת; pl. זריזין, זרזין, מדזין. Targ. Y. I I Num. IX, 8, opp. מתון; v. also זריז. -- 2) to guicken, strengthen. Yeb. 102b (expl. יחלין, Is. LVIII, 11) גרמי זרוזי it means quickening the bones. Cant. R. to II, 10 גרמיך זרוזי (not זרורזי) make thyself ready; Pesik. R. s. 15 זרזי. -- 3) (cmp. זיר, אזר) to tie around, gird, arm; to harness, saddle. Targ. O. Gen. XIV, 14. Targ. Job XXXVIII, 3 זריז Ms. (ed. זרי, vזר). Targ. O. Ex. XXIX, 9; a. fr. - Part. pass. מז, pl. מזרזין, מזרזיא armed. Ib. XIII, 18. Targ. Is. XV, 4; a. fr. - Yeb.l. c. (ref. to וחלצה, Deut. XXV, 9) הוא זרוזי ואימא may I not say, it means tying onf thpa. אודרז, thpe. אזדריז 1) to strengthen one's self (so as not to giveway to emotion). Targ. Y. Gen. XLIII, 31. Targ. Esth. V, 10. -- 2) to gird one's self, be armed. Targ. Num. XXXII, 17; 20; a. e. -- Targ. Prov. XXX, 31, v. זרכל. - Sifre Num. s. 157 איזדרזו אלא החלצו אין heha'ttsu. (Num. XXXI, 3) means, be armed; Yalk. ib. 785 הזדרו (Hebr.).
זרז (זריז) m. (preced.) 1) strength, valor, v. זרד. - 2) bet, belt.saddle. Kel. XXIII, 2 האשקלוני ז׳ Ar. a. ed. Dehr. (ed. זדיז) the Ashkelonian saddle; Sifra M'tsora, Zabim, Par. 2, ch. III; Yalk. Lev. 568 האשתונית זהו (corr. acc.). - Pl. זרזין, constr. זרזי (זריזי). Erub. 18b תאנים ז׳ garments of fig-leaves (v. next w.).
זרז II, זרזא, זריז ch. same. Targ. I Sam. XVIII, 4; a. fr. -- Targ. Is. V, 27 זדיז (constr., ed. Lag. זרז). -- Pl. זרזין, זרזין garments, eguipment. Targ. O. Gen. III, 7 (h. text חגרת). Targ. Jud. XIV, 19 זרזיהון ed. Lag. (ed. Vil. זרזהון, h.text חליצות׳). - Targ. Ps. LXXXIII, 15 טוריא זרזי the crests of mountains (cmp. זיר; Ms. דרי, v. דרא I).
זרזיף, זרזף (redupl. of זרף, v. זרב) to flow over. Cant. . o I 3 וכ׳ מזרזפים . . . בשאר מזרזף . . . השמן מה (not כשאר) as oil on top of another liquid, when the cup is full, does not flow over with other liquids, so will the words of the Law not fow over (the lips) in con- nection with words of frivolity.
