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ḥzy, ḥzytˀ (*ḥzī, ḥzīṯā) n.m. appearance; facet
1
appearance
JLAtg, JBA, Man
TgJ 1Sam16:7 var.↗ לָא תסתכיל בחזיתיה‏ : do not look at his appearance ; BT BQ 101a(37)↗ חזיתא מל̇תא היא‏ : appearance is a significant matter ; BT Men 23b(1)↗ ר׳ יהוד׳ בתר חזיתא אזיל‏ : PN follows the criterion of appearance ; ShPDm 266 ↗ ˁtahzat hzita : her appearance was revealed
2
vision, apparition
Man
GS 83:4 ↗ ainai hzita lahazia bdaria mahu ḏabdia : my eyes saw no vision of what was done through the generations
3
(stone) corner or facet: see also s.v. ˀbn ḥzy
JLAtg
TgJ 1K7:5↗ חָזֵי"זוֹי" לָקֳבֵיל חָזֵי תְלָת זִמנִין‏ : one facet facing the other three times ; TgJ Zec3:9↗ אַבנָא דִיהַבִית קְֹדָם יְהוֹשֻעַ עַל אַבנָא חֲדָא שִבעָה חָזיָן לַה הֲאֲנָא גָלֵי חָזיָתַה‏ : the stone I set before PN: there are seven (hidden?) facets on one stone and I am about to uncover its facets †
4
watchtower (?)
Qumran, JLAtg
TgJ Is23:13↗ אְקִימוּ חַזְיָתַהָא פַגַרוּ בִירָניָתַהָא שַוְיוּהָא לְדִמחַמרָא‏ : they erected its watch-towers (in a siege?), destroyed its fortresses, and made it into a ruined place
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JLA abs. חָזֵי (meaning 3), is probably a late error in a passage that was rarely understood properly within Jewish tradition, although the targumist did understand it.
For Qumran see s.v. ˀbn ḥzy.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 446bQumran: 81

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