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zmm, zmmˀ (zmām, zmāmā) v.n. muzzle
1
reins, bridle
Qumran, JLAtg, JBA, LJLA
11QtgJob 35.5=40:26↗ התשוא זמם באפה ובחרתך תקוב לסתה‏ : could you put a bridle in his nose and bore his cheek with your stylus? † ; TgJ 2K19:28↗ וַאְשַוֵי שֵירִי בְלִסתַך וֻזמָם בְסִפוָתָך‏ : I shall put my nose-ring in your jaw and a bridle in your lips ; BT San 107a(26)↗ איכו נפל בההוא גברא זמ̇א̇מא ולא אמר כי הא מילתא‏ : had a muzzle only been placed on me I would not have said such a thing! ; TgPs39:2↗ אנטור לפומי זממא‏ : [MT: אֶשְׁמְרָה לְפִי מַחְסוֹם]
(1)
specifically, reins with a muzzle-ring for a camel
PTA, SyrLex, JBA, Man, LJLA
TN Gen24:32↗ ושרא ^זממי^ גמליא‏ : he loosened the camels' muzzles ; TN Gen24:32 var.↗ ^זממי^ גמליא‏ : muzzles of camels ; TNM Gen24:32↗ זממין דגמלין דהוון זמימי באורח דלא למיכל מן גזילא‏ : muzzles of camels who were muzzled on the road so as not to eat of the robbed goods ; BT Šab 111b(25)↗ קטרא דקטרי בזממא‏ : knot which one ties (with the guide rope) through the nose-ring ; PJ Gen24:32↗ ושרי זממי גמלייא‏
(2)
as imprisonment
LJLA
TgJob30:11↗ וזממא מן קדמי שלחו‏
(3)
other types of fastenings
Syr
Geop 14:27↗ ܕܗܫܐ ܝܬܝܪ ܗ݀ܘܐ ܝܐܐ ܙܡܵܡܗܘܢ‏ : for now (fastening the vines) becomes more appropriate
2
false accusation, evil plan = Hebrew זִימָה
LJLA
TgEsth109:25↗ זממיה בישא דחשיב למעבד למרדכי‏ : his evil plan that he had devised to do to Mordecai ; TgEsth308:3↗ text not cited
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LJLA also dmm.
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Camels may be harnessed in a wide variety of ways, from a light rope around the head to a complicated and complete muzzling device. It is not clear what these references refer to, a confusion clear in the various translations of Biblical Hebrew terms מֶתֶג and רֶסֶן.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 386[199]DJPA: 178aDJBA: 416aJastrow: 403Drower/Macuch: 168b, 166bPayne-Smith ~: 1132Levy Ch-W: 1:223BarBahlul: 692:17Qumran: 72

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