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זוּז‏ n.m. a weight (half shekel)

a weight (half shekel) Com^-OA^-BA. 11QtgJob 35.3=40:24 : [٠٠٠ ]זו֗זיא כטינא יסגא‏ if] he makes half-shekels as numerous as clay. TgJ 1Sam9:8 : הָא אִשתְכַח בִידִי זוּזָא חַד דְכַספָא‏ here there is a single zwz [MT: רֶבַע שֶׁקֶל !] of silver in my possesion. TgIChron 29:7 : דהבא קנטינרין חמשא אלפין וזוזין עשרא אלפין‏ five thousand hundred-weights and ten thousand zuz of gold. coin, drachma Palmyrene, JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, Man. TN Gen20:16 : לף זוזין‏ . GT Gen37:28(5) : ٠٠٠יו]סף לסרקאי בעשרין זוזין דכסף‏ [they sold] Joseph to the Saracens for 20 silver coins. TgIChron 29:7 : דהבא קנטינרין חמשא אלפין וזוזין עשרא אלפין‏ five thousand hundred-weights of gold and ten thousand zuz.

From Akkadian zūzu, "half shekel", but note that in the cited JLA passage it renders MT "quarter-shekel".

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 173b; DJBA: 402a; Jastrow: 385; Levy Ch-W: 1:215; Tal Sam: 225; DNWSI: 308; DJA: 46b; Cook,Qumran: 70;

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šbzyz (šaḇzēz) n.m. sapphire