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ḥzwn, ḥzwnˀ (ḥezwān, ḥezwānā) n.m. vision
1
vision, dream
JLAtg, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA
TgJ Joel3:1↗ סָבֵיכוֹן חַלמִין יַחלְמוּן עוּלֵימֵיכוֹן חַזוָנִין יִחזוֹן‏ : your old men will dream dreams and your young men see visions ; AQoh.86↗ ܒܚܠܡܐ ܘܚ̈ܙܘܢܐ‏ ; JBABowl 44.1:3↗ חיזונין סניין‏ : evil visions ; JBABowl 106.1:7↗ חיזונא דאיממה‏ : a daytime vision ; JohnBook 69:5↗ hzit bhizuan kḏ šikibna : I saw in my vision while sleeping ; TgJob33:15↗ בחולמא מן חזוונא דליליא‏ : upon recovering from the nighttime vision
2
appearance
PTA
GT E Gen9:13↗ ית חזון̊ קשתי יהבית בעננה‏ : [MT אֶת־קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן, i.e. only the appearance of His bow]
3
spectacle, great sight
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Jer32:21↗ וְאַפֵיקתָא יָת עַמָך ٠٠٠ בחִזוָנָא רַבָא‏ : You took your people out ... with great spectacle ; JulSok 435(214):11↗ ܘܥܒܕܝܢ ‍[‍ܗ‍]‍ܘܘ ܠܗ ܚ݁ܙ̈ܘܢܐ ܒܟܠܗܝܢ ܡܕܝ̈ܢܬܐ ܕܐܘܚܕܢܗܘ݁ܢ݁‏ : they would have made spectacles of him in all their realm’s great cities ; PJ Ex3:3↗ איתפני כדון ואחמי ית חזוונא רבא הדין‏ : now let me go over to see this great sight
(1)
performance, theater and the like
Syr
SevAntBri PO36:4 [12]:37 ܗ݀ܝ ܕܒܕܐܝܟ ܗܠܝܢ ܚܙܘ̈ܢܐ ܢܬܦܪܓܐ‏ : we should enjoy anything that is like these spectacles [of horse racing]
(1)
ܒܸܝܬ ܚܸܙܘܵܢܵܐ : theater : see s.v. byt ḥzwn
Syr
(2)
theatrical
Syr
JSMemTheat 9:1 ܕܥܠ ܚܙ̈ܘܢܐ ܕܬܐܛܪܘܢ‏
4
astronomical observation
Syr
ECth 1 ܣܒ:5 ܟܪܟܐ ܫܡܝܢܐ ܒܪܒܘܬܐ ܕܝܕܥܬܐ ܒܦܘܪܣܐ ܕܚܙ̈ܘܢܐ ܕܡܝ‏ : with an abundance of knowledge he modeled a heavenly sphere through the cleverness of observation
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Probably a back-formation from the plural of ḥzw n.m., but in Jewish texts easily confused by the scribes with biblical חָזוֹן.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 437[224]DJPA: 193bDJBA: 452bJastrow: 442Drower/Macuch: 142bJ. Payne-Smith: 136Levy Ch-W: 1:246

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