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חְזִי חְזִיתָא‏ n.m. #5 appearance; facet

appearance JLAtg, JBA, Man. TgJ 1Sam16:7 var. : לָא תסתכיל בחזיתיה‏ do not look at his appearance.

(stone) corner or facet: see also s.v. ˀbn ḥzy JLAtg. TgJ 1K7:5 : חָזֵי/זוֹי/ לָקֳבֵיל חָזֵי תְלָת זִמנִין‏ one facet facing the other three times. TgJ Zec3:9 : אַבנָא דִיהַבִית קְֹדָם יְהוֹשֻעַ עַל אַבנָא חֲדָא שִבעָה חָזיָן לַה הֲאֲנָא גָלֵי חָזיָתַה‏ the stone I set before PN: there are seven (hidden?) facets on one stone and I am about to uncover its facets †.

watchtower (?) Qumran, JLAtg. TgJ Is23:13 : אְקִימוּ חַזְיָתַהָא פַגַרוּ בִירָניָתַהָא שַוְיוּהָא לְדִמחַמרָא‏ they erected its watch-towers (in a siege?), destroyed its fortresses, and made it into a ruined place.

JLA abs. חָזֵי (mng. 2), is probably a late error in a passage that was rarely understood properly within Jewish tradition, although the targumist did understand it.
For Qumran see s.v. ˀbn ḥzy.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 446b; Cook,Qumran: 81 ;

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