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מוֹזַנְיָא מוֹזְנָוָון‏ n.m.du. scales

du. scales BA^Dan, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Man. Dan5:27 : תְּקֵל תְּקִילְתָּה בְמֹאזַנְיָא וְהִשְׁתְּכַחַתְּ חַסִּיר‏ shekel: you have been weighted in the scales and found wanting. TgJ Is40:15 : הָא עַמְמַיָא כְטִיפָא מִדוּל וֻכעִיוּל מֹאזְנַיָא חְשִיבִין‏ . TN Lev19:35 : לא תעבדון שקר ٠٠٠ במוזניה‏ You shall not do falsehood ... with scales.

Libra Qumran. 4Q318 .1.2 : ב17 וב18 בתולתא ב19 וב20 וב21 מוזניא ב2[2 וב23] עקרבא֗‏ on the 17th and 18th Virgo, on the 20th and 21st Libra, and on the 22nd and 23rd Scorpio.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 294b; Jastrow: 740; Levy Ch-W: 2:14; Tal Sam: 455; DNWSI: 587; Cook,Qumran: 134;

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Derivatives:

mwdn, mwdnˀ n.m. scales