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צִיּוּר   v.n.D  embroidery


  embroidery, i.e. decoration on textiles  JLAtg, PTA, Sam, LJLA.  TgO Ex26:36 : בוּץ שְזִיר עוֹבָד צִיוּר  woven byssos of embroidery work [parallels have צייר, embroiderer].  TN Ex26:1 : ציורין.  TN Ex26:36 : ציור.  PJ Ex26:1 : ותיכלא וארגוונא וצבע זהורי צייור כרובין  with blue, purple, and scarlet-colored embroidery of cherubs.

  decoration, image  JLAtg, Sam, LJLA.  TgJ 1K6:29 : וְיָת כָל כֻתלֵי בֵיתָא אַקֵיף צִיוּרִין.  TgJ 1K7:36var. : ְעַל גְדָנְפַהָא ציור כְרוּבִין.  TgEsth2sup25.8-08:15 : עלה ציי<ו>ר קרתא ירושלם.

In JLA "embroidery" is usually in the plural whereas "decoration" is in the singular, but the variants are many, especially in the frequent expression עובד צייור/צייר where "embroiderer" is almost certainly the original intent.
  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 463a; Jastrow: 1275; Levy Ch-W: 2:322; Tal Sam: 729;

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