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zqp, zqpˀ (zqep̄, ziqpā) n.m. erection, hanger, stake
1
erect stake or pole for hanging
Man
(1)
straight arm
JBA
BT Ber 55b(36)↗ נינקוט זקפא דימיניה בשמאליה ודשמאליה בימיניה‏ : let him hold his straight right arm in his left (sleeve) and that of the left arm in his right (sleeve)
(2)
an instance of hanging
JBA
BT BM 59b(50)↗ דזקיף ליה זיקפא ברוקתיה‏ : one in whose family there has been a (case of ) hanging
2
erect position
JBA
BT Pes 40a(12)↗ האי חצבא דאבשונא סיחפא שרי זיקפא אסיר‏ : a pitcher of roasted ears of grain (in) an overturned position is permitted; (in) an erect position it is forbidden
3
(gram.) the cantillation sign zaqef
JBAg
4
(astron.) major star (whose "rising" is calendrically significant)
JBAmb, Man
Costa 2:4 אסיר כו<כ>בא٠ אסיר זיקפא‏ ; GY 272:7↗ uˁl šamiš uˁl sira uˁl kukbia ziqpa umanzala ḏšumia ; ShPDm 603↗ ukukbia uziqpia umanzalia ḏšumia hatam hašuk nhuraihun ulanahria : the light of the stars (i.e., planets?), major stars, and constellations of heaven has grown dark there and they do not shine
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 411bJastrow: 396Drower/Macuch: 167b, 160bJ. Payne-Smith: 120Levy Ch-W: 1:229

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