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zmm (a/a) vb. to muzzle; C refute a witness
GDCCt
Gpəˁalto muzzle1 sense▶
1
to muzzle
PTA, LJLA
TN Gen13:7↗ רעוי דאברם הוון זממין בעירהון עד זמן דהוון מטין לבית מרעי‏ : Abram's shepherds would muzzle their cattle while they were on the way to pasture ; PJ Gen13:7↗ הוו זממין בעיריהון‏
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fig. : to fasten, train (tree, vine)
Syr
Geop 14:26↗ text not cited
Dpaˁˁelto muzzle2 senses▶
1
to muzzle
LJLA
PJ Deut25:4↗ לא תזממון פם תורא בשעת דרכיה‏
2
to hold back, as with a bridle
Man
Cˀafˁelto refute a witness2 senses▶
1
to refute a witness
JBA, LJLA
BT BQ 75b(37)↗ ואתו סהדי ואזמו̇נהו דלא באפיהו גנב‏ : witnesses came and proved them [i.e. the previous set of witnesses] to be false that he had not stolen in their [i.e. the previous set's] presence ; PJ Deut19:18↗ ויתבעון דיינייא לסהדין דמזמין יתהון טבאות‏ : the judges should carefully examine the witnesses that refute them
2
to restrain (?)
Man
Pishra D-ainia 462 ↗ zimia umazimia : muzzled and restrained
Ctˀettafˁalto be shown to be a false witness1 sense▶
to be shown to be a false witness
JBA
BT Mak 3a(6)↗ דאיתזם חד מניהו‏ : one of them was proven to be a false witness
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The juridical usage in Jewish texts reflects the common Rabbinic Hebrew usage עדים זוממים descriptive of false witnesses, itself probably dependent on the Biblical Hebrew meaning "to plot, plan".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 386[199]DJPA: 178aDJBA: 416aJastrow: 403Drower/Macuch: 169a, 164bPayne-Smith: 1132Levy Ch-W: 1:223

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