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ṣdˁ, ṣdˁˀ (ṣḏaˁ, ṣeḏˁā) n.m. temple (of the head)
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temple
JLAtg, JPAEpig, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA, LJLAmag
TgJ Jud4:21↗ וֻנקַשַת יָת סִכְתָא בְצִדעֵיה וֻנעַצַת בְאַרעָא‏ : she pounded the peg into his temple and thrust it into the ground ; TgJ Jud4:23↗ text not cited ; T-S K1.127 1.1:20↗ מן גופה ומן רישה ומן צידעה‏ : from his body, head, and temple ; P Num33:55↗ ܣ̈ܟܐ ܒ̈ܥܝܢܝܟܘܢ܂ ܘܠܘܠܝ̈ܬܐ ܒܨ̈ܕܥܝܟܘܢ‏ : thorns in your eyes and pricks in your temples ; P Ju4:21↗ ܘܢܩܫܬ ܣܟܬܐ ܒܨܕܥܗ‏ : she struck the peg into his temple ; JBABowl 78.1:5↗ צידיה סדנא דפרזלא‏ : his temples are an anvil of iron ; PJ Ex28:38↗ על פדחתא דבית אפוי דאהרן מן צידעא לצידעא יתמטי‏ : on Aaron’s forehead it should reach from temple to temple
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side-burn or curl over the temple
JBA
BT Šab 129a(45)↗ ולישוף מישחא בצידעיה‏ : let him rub oil on his side-burns
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jaws (i.e., lower sides of the face)
Syr
Med 156:20 ܐܠܐ ܘܐܦ ܨܸܕ̈ܥܹܐ ܡܸܙ̈ܕܲܠܡܵܢ ܗܼܘܝ̈ ܒܗ݀ ܒܕܡܘܬܐ‏ : but even the jaws were moved out of position similarly
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root fibers (|| ܨܘܨ̈ܝܬܗܿ)
Syr
ZDMG 27:594:v13 ܠܨܕܥܝܗ݀ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܛܦܪ̈ܐ܂ ܡܛܒܥܐ ܠܗܝܢ ܕܢܥ̈ܠܢ ܒܐܪܥܐ‏ : like fingernails it sinks its sidelocks to enter the ground
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JBA also צידא
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For the interpretation as "side-burn" see the extensive note in DJBA.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1275[622]DJPA: 458bDJBA: 959bJastrow: 1262Drower/Macuch: 387aJ. Payne-Smith: 474Levy Ch-W: 2:316

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