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zg, zgˀ (zag, zaggā) n.m. cymbal; bell
1
bell, cymbal
JLAtg, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgO Ex28:33↗ וְזַגִין"וְזוֹגִין" דִדהַב‏ ; P Ex28:33↗ ܙ̈ܓܐ ܕܕܗܒܐ‏ ; P 2Ch34:3↗ ܘܢܡܪ̈ܐ ܘܚܘܓ̈ܒܐ ܘܥܩ̈ܐ ܘܙܓ̈ܐ‏ : leopards and idols and necklaces and bells [MT וְהַפְּסִלִים וְהַמַּסֵּכוֹת, i.e., animal and human shaped idols and smelted items? compare LXX] ; BT Nid 17a(8; M) מקרקיש זגי דכילת׳‏ : he would ring the bells of his net ; TgEsth2 6:10(1)↗ ותליין בארבע קרנאתא דיליה זגא דדהבא ורומנא לכל רוחא ורוחא‏ : on its four corners are hung a golden bell and a pomegranate in every direction
2
mortar
Syr
DuvB2 35:14 text not cited
3
large grape pit? (see also s.v. zwg #3)
JBAg
TG As28 58:2 עינבי דהאו[ו] בהם זגא‏
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See s.v. zng note. See also s.vv. zwg and gz#2.
The Geonic citation meaning "grape pit", treated by DJBA as of uncertain meaning, should probably just be taken to be Hebrew, since the correct Aramaic form for that cognate would seem to be zwg.

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