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zn, znˀ (zen, znā) n.m. kind, type
1
kind, type
OfAPer, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBA, Man, LJLA
4Q539 2..4↗ ٠٠٠ ]ת̇מנין ב̇זני‏ : eighty ? with kinds of ... ; TgO Gen1:11↗ אִילָן פֵירִין עָבֵיד פֵירִין לִזנֵיה‏ : a fruit tree that makes fruit according to its kind ; FTP Gen1:25↗ וברא מימריה דייי ית חיתא דארעא לזנה וית בעירא לזנה‏ ; BT Ber 32a(17)↗ מלא כרסי זני בישי‏ : his stomach is full of bad sorts of things ; GY 268:17↗ bazrunia zan zan : seeds of all kinds ; AM 199:15↗ ˁit ḏmanzia ḏpanba uˁit ḏšaraia zan zan : there are those whose hair is of cotton and of various kinds of silk ; PJ Gen1:24↗ זני דכיין וזני דלא דכיין‏ : pure types and impure types
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quality
Syr
AS4 9:24 ܙܢܐ ܂܂܂ ܐܝܟܙܢܐ ܕܚܘܪܘܬܐ ܘܐܘܟܡܘܬܐ‏ : quality is like being white or being black ; glherm 170 text not cited
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a type of proposition
Syr
BHde Plantis 113:431 ܗ݀ܠܝܢ ܡ݁ܢ ܒܙܢܐ ܕܝܗܘܒܘܬ ܩܢ̈ܘܢܐ ܟ̈ܠܢܝܐ ܣܦ̈ܩܢ‏ : these are sufficient for a kind of providing of general rules
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kḏ zan : like, as; see also s.v. ˀkzn, ˀkznˀ conj.
Man
ATS 1.1:422↗ uhauia kḏ zan ḏlahuat mn širša : she becomes as if she were not her kin
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ܕܙ̈ܢܝܢ ܙ̈ܢܝܢ : of various kinds
Syr
IVMac3:21↗ ܘܒܥܩ̈ܬܐ ܕܙ̈ܢܝܢ ܙ̈ܢܝܢ ܢܦ݂ܠܘ‏
2
weapon, implement [see s.v. zyn]
OfAEg, Syr
(1)
zny zmr : musical instruments
BADan, Gal, Syr, JBAmb
Dan 3:7↗ כֹל זְנֵי זְמָרָא‏ : all the types of musical instruments ; SYAP 33:100↗ פקדית זני זמרין‏ ; Rev 18:22↗ ܘܩܵܠܵܐ ܕܩܝܼܬ݂ܵܪܵܐ ܘܲܕ݂ܫܝܼܦ݂ܘ݂ܪܵܐ ܘܕ݂ܲܙܢܲܝ̈ ܙܡܵܪܵܐ‏ : the sound of cithern, trumpet, and musical instruments
3
mode, reason, way
Syr
KwD(<sup>1</sup>) 2:11 ܐܙܠ ܘܪܟܒܗ ܠܩܝܣܐ ܒܗ ܒܙܢܐ‏ : he went and climbed on the board in the same way
(1)
habit, custom
Syr
ZM1 183:2 ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܝܡܛܝܩܘܣ܂ ܘܒܙ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܡܟܝܟ ܗܘܐ݂‏ : he was a man of the common folk and humble in his habits ; JoshStyl 16.20↗ ܝܠ݂ܦ ܥܠ ܙܢܘ̈ܗܝ ܒܝ̈ܫܐ‏ : he learned about his wicked ways
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ܒܙܢܐ ܕ : by way of
Syr
IshPs 11(8)↗ ܟܬܒ̈ܐ ܩܕܝܫ̈ܐ ܒܙܢܐ ܕܫܘܥܝ̈ܬܗܘܢ ܕܗ݀ܢܘܢ ܙ݁ܕܩ ܕܢܬܦܫܩܘܢ‏ : it is even right for the holy scriptures to be interpreted by way of their their stories
(1)
metaphorical(ly)
Syr
IshGen 165:29↗ ܛܒ ܠܚܡܐܝܬ ܗܘ݂ܬ ܐܬܐ ܡܣܪܕܢܝܬܐ ܘܦܪܝܫܬ ܒܙܢܐ‏ : the frightening sign was very threatening and distinctly metaphorical
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Syr. pl. ܙܢ̈ܲܝܵܐ‏
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Iranian; see Hinz AISN 276.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 387[200]DJPA: 179bDJBA: 417aJastrow: 405Drower/Macuch: 159b, 169bJ. Payne-Smith: 118Levy Ch-W: 1:225Tal Sam: 234DNWSI: 333Qumran: 72

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