The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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זַג זַגָּא‏ n.m. cymbal; bell

bell, cymbal JLAtg, Syr, JBA, LJLA. TgO Ex28:33 : וְזַגִין/וְזוֹגִין/ דִדהַב‏ . TgEsth² 6:10(1) : ותליין בארבע קרנאתא דיליה זגא דדהבא ורומנא לכל רוחא ורוחא‏ on its four corners are hung a golden bell and a pomegranate in every direction.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 399a; Jastrow: 380; Levy Ch-W: 1:210;

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Derivatives:

zgwn, zgwnˀ (zaggōn, zaggōnā) n.m. bell, small cymbal

zwg, zwgˀ n.m. bell

br zwg, br zwgˀ (bar zōḡ, bar zawgā) n.m. comrade, mate

brzg vb. to arrange marriage matches