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ḥzy, ḥzyˀ (ḥazzāy, ḥazzāyā) n.m. seer; watcher
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seer
OA, Syr
Zak.a12↗ wy...] | bˁlšmyn | ˀly | [b]yd | ḥzyn | wbyd | ˁddn : then Baalshamayin ap[peared] to me by means of seers and by means of diviners ; P 1S9:9↗ ܬܘ ܢܐܙܠ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܚܙܝܐ܂ ܡܛܠ ܕܢܒܝܐ ܕܝܘܡܢܐ ܡܢ ܩܕܝܡ ܚܙܝܐ ܡܬܩܪܐ ܗܘܐ‏ : come let us go to the seer; for a prophet of today previously used to be called a seer
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spectator, watcher
Sam, Syr, Man
JSBhom 126:398↗ ܙܟܵܐ ܐܲܬܠܼܝܛܵܐ ܘܡܸܢ ܚܲܙܵܝܸ̈ܐ ܩܥܵܬܵܐ ܣܸܠܩܲܬܹ‏ : the fighter was victorious and a clamor arose from the spectators ; JSBhom 71day6 2079↗ ܫܲܦܼܝܪ ܢܽܘܗܪܵܐ ܘܠܲܝܬ ܚܲܙܵܝܵܐ ܕܢܸܬܒܲܩܸܐ ܒܸܗ‏ : the light was beautiful but there was no spectator to look carefully it ; GY 61:17 ↗ hazaia uparuša hzinan ulatagzar ˁlan : O seeing and discerning one, see us but do not judge against us!
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eyewitness
Syr
P Lk1:2↗ ܚܲܙܵܝܸܐ̈ ܘܲܡܫܲܡܫܵܢܸܐ̈ ܕܼ݁ܝܠܵܗ ܕ݁ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ‏ : eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word
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See also s.v. ḥzw n.f. #2
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 439[224]Drower/Macuch: 118aPayne-Smith ~: 1233J. Payne-Smith: 136Tal Sam: 260

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