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bzwz, bzwzˀ (bāzōz, bāzōzā) nom.ag. despoiler
√ bzz vb.
despoiler, rapacious one
JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Jud2:14↗ וֻמסַרִנוּן בְיַד בָזוֹזִין וֻבַזוּ יָתְהוֹן‏ ; SR[1].37:2(28)↗ בזיזין בני בזיזין‏ : despoilers sons of despoilers ; P Is21:2↗ ܘܒܙܘܙܐ ܒܐ݁ܙ‏ ; BT Ket 112b(6)↗ בזוזי ובזוזי דבזוזי‏ : plunderers and plunderers of plunderers ; TgPs137:3↗ ובזוזנא על עיסק חדוא‏ : our despoilers (asked us) for happy things ; TgPs137:8↗ בזוזיתא טב ליה די שלם לך ית גומליך ביש‏ : o rapacious one! Blessed is the one who repays your wickedness ; TgJob15:21↗ בחיי עלמא בזוזתא ייתניה‏ : in the eternal life the rapacious one shall come to him (or: He shall bring him the plunder [rdg MT שׁוֹדֵד as if שׁוּדָד]
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Note the Syriac type feminine form בזוזיתא in LJLA
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There is a great confusion of related forms and meanings in the surviving LJLA mss.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 133[64]DJPA: 89aDJBA: 194aJastrow: 152Payne-Smith ~: 501J. Payne-Smith: 40Levy Ch-W: 1:88
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