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zwṭr (zūṭar) adj. small, young
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small, young
JBA, Man, LJLA
BT Beṣ 14b(17)↗ דנפיש בטירחא וזוטר בשעורא‏ : in terms of the effort (picking out the refuse) is great. In terms of the amount it is small ; BT Qid 12b(3)↗ כי זוטרת‏ : when you were young ; MandMB 65:111↗ hut ˁzil ˁl punaqit lilita zuṭratia ḏhuata : descend and go against Punaqit the Lilith, the youngest of her sisters ; TgPs119:141↗ זוטר אנא ובסיר‏ : [MT צָעִ֣יר אָנֹכִ֣י וְנִבְזֶ֑ה]
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minor, of lower status or power
JBA
BT Ber 33b(48)↗ לגבי משה מילתא זוטרתי היא‏ : is what concerns Moses a minor matter?
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few
JBA
BTŠvu 3a(10)↗ איידי דזוטרן מילייהו, פסיק שדי להי‏ : since their matters are few, he disposes of them briefly
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Mand: ˁṣṭartia, ṣṭartia, zuṭartia (see s.v. ˀṣṭˁrty); In Babylonian dialect commonly simplified to זוּטָא
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Some LJLA texts use both this word and זעיר, in which case זוטר might mean "very small" or "youngest" or vice-versa!
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 403Jastrow: 386Drower/Macuch: NALevy Ch-W: 1:217

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