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ḥzyh, ḥzytˀ (ḥāzyā, ḥāzīṯā) n.f. mirror; thing that sees
1
mirror (of bronze)
Qumran, PTA
FTP Ex38:8↗ בחזיין נשיא צניעתא דהוון צניען בתרע משכנא‏ : with the mirrors of the modest women who were modest at the gate of the tabernacle [Compare Onqelos, PsJ, and Neof., all of which have known words for "mirror" here]
2
eye, (lit.: the one that sees)
Syr
P Job16:16↗ ܘܚ̈ܙܝܬܝ ܡܢ ܛܠܠܗ ܕܡܘܬܐ‏ ; P Eccl12:3↗ ܘܢܚ̈ܫܟܢ ܚ̈ܙܝܬܐ ܒ̈ܟܘܐ‏ : eyes that see through windows will darken
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There may well be two different forms here if the Qumran example is correctly read, i.e. ḥzī and ḥāzyā.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 194bJastrow: 443Drower/Macuch: 139b, 142bPayne-Smith ~: 1233J. Payne-Smith: 137Levy Ch-W: 1:247Qumran: 81

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