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zbwn, zbwnˀ (zāḇōn, zāḇōnā) nom.ag. buyer
buyer
OfAGen, Palmyrene, Gal, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA
IduOstr 1:199.1↗ זבונא זי הקים למנתן לי כספא‏ : the buyer who contracted to give me money ; Trf 2.1.6↗ text not cited ; PTBM 10.a:60[2]↗ ווי לזבונא‏ ; Hom9 1.2:6↗ ܒܝܢ ܙܒܘܢܐ ܠܡܙܒ‍{‍ܘ‍}‍ܢܐ‏ : between the buyer and the seller ; OS MtCur21:12↗ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܙܒ̈ܘܢܐ ܘܡ̈ܙܒܢܢܐ‏ : all the buyers and sellers ; P Lv25:50↗ ܢܚܫܘܒ ܥܡ ܙܒܘܢܗ‏ ; BT Er 29b(40)↗ מידי דלא קפיץ עליה זבונא‏ : something which a buyer does not rush to acquire ; Sheel 130:3 וכי היכי דאסיר למזבננא הכי אסיר לזבונא‏ : just as it is prohibited for the seller so it is prohibited for the buyer ; TgEsth2 3:11(0)↗ את לא זבונא ולא מזבננ׳‏ : you are neither buyer nor seller
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In TAO IV:488, this word is read as זבינא, apparently to comport with other texts, but we prefer this earlier reading.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 362[187]DJPA: 171aDJBA: 397aJastrow: 378Levy Ch-W: 1:210Tal Sam: 219DNWSI: 301DCPA[Schulthess]: 107[53]

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