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עַרְזָל‏ n.m. rickety hut

hut or lean-to, a rickety structure for overnight lodging in a field being harvested JLAtg, Syr, JBA. TgJ Is1:8 : כְעַרסַל מְבָתוּתַא‏ like a hut for spending the night.

hammock (?) JLAtg. TgJ Is24:20 : אִשתְדַאָה תִשתְדֵי אַרעָא כְרָויָא וֻתהֵי אָזְלָא וְאַתיַא כְעַרזְלָא‏ the earth will be tossed around like a drunk and move to and fro like a hammock †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 165; Jastrow: 1121; Levy Ch-W: 2:246;

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