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zlyḥyn, zlyḥyˀ n.m.pl. flat dishes (?)
flat dishes (?) or amulets(?)
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P Song1:11↗ ܙܠܝܚ̈ܐ ܕܣܐܡܐ‏ ; IshSong 221:14↗ ܙܠܝܚ̈ܐ܃ ܫܒܘ̈ܩܐ ܩܛܝܢ̈ܐ ܕܣܐܡܐ ܒܢܝ̈ ܐܪܒܥ ܨܒ̈ܥܢ ‍{‍ܕܡܣ̈ܠܩܢ‍}‍‍<‍ܕܡܣ̈ܩܠܢ‍>‍ ܒܗܘܢ ܢܫ̈ܐ ܣܥܪܐ ܘܓܕ̈ܘܠܐ‏ : z': four-fingers (long) small strips of silver with which women adorn their hair and braids
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This is a hapax, glossed as flat dishes in the lexical lists and some commentaries; but, inasmuch as it translates MT נְקֻדוֹת and given the obvious etymon, it probably should be understood as droplet-shaped jewelry. See Ishodad's second interpretation cited above.

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