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zwˁh, zwˁtˀ (zawˁā, zawˁṯā) n.f. terror; movement
1
terror
Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA
P Gn9:2↗ ܘܙܘܥܬܟܘܢ ܬܗܘܐ ܥܠ ܟܠܗ݀ ܚܝܘܬܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ‏ : all the animals of the earth shall have fear of you ; P Ex15:16↗ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܘܙܘܥܬܐ‏ : fear and trembling ; IIMac3:30↗ ܙܘܥܬܐ ܘܐܪܗܒܐ‏ ; GY 24:22 ↗ hauqa uziuihta : fear and terror ; PJ Deut2:25↗ יומא דין שריית למיתן זועתך ודחלתך על אנפי כל עממייא דתחות כל שמיא‏
2
movement, motion
Syr
TB 2:66.5↗ ܩܝܡܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܒܪܝܬܐ ܟܠܗ݀ ܟܕ ܡܬܙܝܥܐ ܒܛܟܣܐ ܙܘܥܬܐ ܕܝܠܗ݀‏ : all of creation exists, its movement being moved in an orderly way ; Ps-Clem Recogs 3.182:3↗ ܕܒܙܘܥܬܗܘܢ ܠܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܡ̈ܢܘܢ ܦܪ̈ܝܫܝܢ‏ : those which are divided into two classes by their motion
3
rumbling
JLAtg
TgJ Jer49:21↗ זַעַת אַרעָא צְוַחתָא"זועתא" בְיַמָא דְסוּף אִשתָמַע קָלַה‏ : the earth shook and the sound of the shouting/rumbling in the Reed Sea was heard
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thunder storm (?)
LJLA
TgJob37:9↗ מן אדרון עילא תיתי זועא ומכוות מזרים קורה‏ : [MT מִן־הַחֶדֶר תָּבוֹא סוּפָה וּמִמְּזָרִים קָרָה] †
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The passage from PJ Deut2:25 should probably be emended to זיעתך to reflect the Onkelos form in this passage (or perhaps the reverse?).
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 375[193]Jastrow: 389Drower/Macuch: 166b, 158a, 157bJ. Payne-Smith: 114Levy Ch-W: 1:216Tal Sam: 227

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