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צְלוֹחִי‏ n.f. vial; jar

vial, cruse JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. TgJ 1K17:14 : צלוֹחִיתָא דְמִשחָא‏ the cruse of oil. TN Num29:31 : צלוחית מיא‏ a vial of water. MegAntioch 62 : וְלָא אַשכַחוּ אלהין צְלוֹחִית חְדָא דַהְוָת חְתִימָה בְעִזקָת כָהְנָא רַבָא מִיוֹמֵי שְמוּאֵל נְבִיַא‏ they found only a single cruse that had been sealed by the ring of the high priest since the time of the prophet Samuel.

jar (i.e. a larger vessel!) JLAtg, PTA, LJLA. TgO Ex16:33 . TN Ex16:33 : סב צלוחי חדא והב בגווה מלא עמרא מנה‏ [=MT קַח צִנְצֶנֶת אַחַת וְתֶן־שָׁמָּה מְלֹא־הָעֹמֶר מָן]. PJ Ex16:33 .

plate, dish [Hebrew calque] JLAtg. TgJ 2K21:13 : כְמָא דְמִתמַחיָא צְלוֹחִיתָא‏ like a dish [MT: הַצַּלַּחַת] is wiped.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 465a; Jastrow: 1282; Levy Ch-W: 2:327; Tal Sam: 732;

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