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zqt, zqtˀ (zqeṯ, zeqṯā) n.m./f. goad, sharp stick
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goad
JLAtg, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ 1Sam13:21↗ וֻלאַנָצָא זְקַת‏ : [=MT וּלְהַצִּיב הַדָּרְבָן] ; KD I:9,30:2 ܐܝܟ ܙܩܬܐ ܠܬܘܪܐ ܣܛܝ݂ܢܐ‏ : like a goad to a constantly straying ox ; P Prov26:3↗ ܘܙܩܬܐ ܠܚܡܪܐ‏ ; BT BM 94a(2)↗ כך וכך זיקתא פסיקא לן‏ : such and such number of goads have been allotted to us † ; TgQoh12:11↗ פתגמי חכימין מתילן לזקתין‏ : the sayings of sages are likened unto goads
2
rod
Syr, Man
P Gn30:37↗ ܙܩ̈ܬܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܬܐ ܪ̈ܛܝܒܬܐ‏ : moist white rods ; IshGen 192:20↗ ܙܩ̈ܬܐ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܚܘܛܪ̈ܐ‏
3
(music) plectrum
Syr
IA1 2:v7 ܐܝܟ ܙܩܬܐ ܬܟܣܬܗ ܠܟܢܪܝ‏ : like a plectrum you plucked my lyre
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Probably from Akkadian ziqtu, 'barb.’ see ALIS pp. 266f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 395[204]DJBA: 411bJastrow: 411J. Payne-Smith: 120Levy Ch-W: 1:230

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