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zpt, zptˀ (zp̄eṯ, zep̄tā) n.m. pitch
pitch, tar, resin
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA
TgO Ex2:3↗ וַחפָתַה בְחֵימָרָא וֻבזִפתָא‏ ; SR[1].32:3(27)↗ כיון דחמת דיינא דהוא דאין בנור ובזפת‏ : when she saw the judge torturing with fire, pitch ... ; TN Ex2:3↗ ונסבת ליה תיבו דגמי ושעיית"ואשעה" יתיה בחימרא ובזיפתא ושויית בה ית טליא‏ : she took a papyrus chest for him, smoothed it with bitumen and pitch, and placed the child in it † ; SamTgJ Ex2:3↗ וחמרתה בחימר ובזפת‏ : she coated it with bitumen and with pitch ; Geop 110:6↗ ܙܒܬܐ ܪܛܝܒܛܐ ܕܡܢ ܐܪܙܐ ܘܪ̈ܗܛܢܐ‏ : moist resin of cedar and pine resin ; P Ex2:3↗ ܘܫܥܬܗ݀ ܒܟܘܦܪܐ ܘܒܙܦܬܐ‏ : she plastered it with pitch and with tar ; BT Šab 20b(42)↗ עיטראנא פסולתא דזיפתא‏ : tar is the unfit part of pitch ; PJ Ex2:3↗ וחפתא בחימרא וזיפתא‏ : †
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Syr. also ܙܒܬܐ‏
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This word would appear to refer primarily to sticky plant-based liquids that harden rather than to bitumen.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 392[203]DJPA: 181aDJBA: 418Jastrow: 408J. Payne-Smith: 119Tal Sam: 238

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