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זְעֵירוּ‏ n.f. smallness

youth JLAtg, PTA, LJLA. TgO Gen43:33 : וְאַסחַרוּ קְדָמוֹהִי רַבָא כְרַביוּתֵיה וֻזעֵירָא כִזעִירוּתֵיה‏ they surrounded him by age [lit.: the old one according to his elderliness, the young one according to his youth]. TN Gen43:33 : רבה כרביותה וזעירא כזעירותה‏ . PJ Gen43:33 .

shortness (time) JLAtg, LJLA. TgO Lev25:16 : וֻלפוֹם זְעֵירוּת שְנַיָא תַזעַר זְבִינוֹהִי‏ you should lessen its cost according to the smallness of the (remaining) years. PJ Lev25:16 .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 180b; Jastrow: 408; Levy Ch-W: 1:227;

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