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זָכוּ‏ n.f. merit; victory

merit BA^Dan, Palmyrene, Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. Dan6:23 : כָּל־קְֹבֵל דִּי קָדָמוֹהִי זָכוּ הִשְׁתְּכַחַת לִי‏ inasmuch as merit was found for me before Him †. 4QTQah 1,2:13 : ٠٠٠] לכון בהון זכו רבה באתהילכותהון עמכון‏ great merit [will accrue] to you through them when they are practiced by you †. TgO Gen15:6 : וְהֵימֵין בְמֵימְרָא דַיוי וְחַשבַה לֵיה לְזָכוּ‏ he was loyal to the Lord's word and He reckoned it to his merit. TN Gen12:3 : ויתברכון בזכותך כל {זעזר} זרעיותא דארעא‏ all the families of the earth shall be blessed through your merit. PJ Gen31:22 : דבזכותיה הווה טייפא עשרין שנין‏ through whose merit it had overflowed for twenty years. meritorious deed, covenantal obligation JLAtg, Gal, PTA, LJLA. TgO Gen32:11 : זְעֵירָן זָכְוָתִי מִכֹל חִסדִין וֻמִכֹל טָבוָן דַעַבַדת עִם עַבדָך‏ my good deeds are inferior to all the covenantal obligations you have performed for your servant. TgJ Jer23:6 : יִתעַבדָן לַנָא זָכְוָן מִן קְֹדָם יוי בְיוֹמוֹהִי‏ in his days the Lord will do His covenantal obligations for us. GT E Gen30:33 : ויסהדן בי זכוותי יומה הדין‏ let my accomplished obligations testify on my behalf today. PJ Gen47:22 : מן בגלל דחמון ליה זכותא‏ because they saw it as a meritorious action by him. PJ Ex40:4 : צדיקיא דמנהרין לעלמא בזכותהון‏ the righteous who enlighten the world with their meritorious deeds. righteousness JLAtg, Sam, Syr. TgJ Jer4:2 : בְקֻשטָא בְדִינָא וֻבזָכוּתָא‏ with truth, justice, and righteousness.

victory JLAtg, Syr, Man. TgJ Mi6:5 : בְדִיל לְמִדַע זָכְוָתָא דַיוי‏ in order to know the Lord’s victories. in law, i.e., innocence, acquittal Gal, Syr, LJLA. PJ Deut25:1 : וידונון יתהון ויכרעון לזכותא ית זכאה ולחובא ית חייבא‏ they must judge them and decide the innocence of the just one and the wrong of the wrong one.

benefit Gal, PTA, JBA. GT I Gen4:8 : וְלֵית פֻורְעָנֻותָא לְרַשִיעַיָא וְלֵית זַכְוָתָא לְצַדִיקַ֯יָא‏ there is no punishment for the wicked ones nor are there benefits for the righteous.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 176b; DJBA: 412b; Jastrow: 398; Levy Ch-W: 1:221; Tal Sam: 230; Cook,Qumran: 71;

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