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zwg, zwgˀ (zōḡ, zōḡā/zaugā) n.m. pair
1
pair
JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA
TgJ Jud19:10↗ זוֹג חְמָרִין חַשִיקִין‏ : a pair of saddled asses ; Lag(331) Luke2:24↗ ܙܘܓ ܕܫܘܦܢܝܢܝܢ ܐܐ݁ ܬܪܝܢ ܓܘܙܠܝܢ ܕܝܘܢ‏ ; P Ju14:12↗ ܙܘ̈ܓܝܢ ܕܠܒܘܫ̈ܐ‏ ; BT Ber 22b(27)↗ חד מהאי זוגא וחד מהאי זוגא‏ : one from this pair and one from that pair
(1)
yoked pair of animals
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgJ 2Sam16:1↗ זוֹג חְמָרִין חַשִיקִין‏ : a pair of asses harnessed together ; TgJob1:3↗ שבעת אלפין דעאן ותלת אלפי גמליא וחמש מאה זוגין דתורי‏ : seven thousand small cattle, three thousand camels and five hundred oxen pairs
(2)
syzygy: time period associated with a pair of historical figures opposing each other
Syr
Ps-Clem Recogs 3.220:2↗ ܘܒܙܘܓܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܥܣܪ̈ܐ ܣܥ݂ܪ ܬܕܡܪ̈ܬܐ ܫܦܝܪ̈ܬܐ‏ : and in the period of the tenth pair he is going to perform beautiful wonders
(1)
two-horse chariot and their horses
Syr, LJLA
P 1Ch18:4↗ ܘܥܩܪ ܕܘܝܕ ܠܟܠܗܘܢ ܙܘܓ̈ܐ‏ : David hamstrung all the chariot horses ; P 2Ch14:8↗ ܒܚܝܠܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܠܦ ܐܠܦܝ̈ܢ܂ ܘܒܙܘ̈ܓܐ ܬܠܬܝܢ ܐܠܦܝ̈ܢ‏ : with a large army of a thousand thousands and thirty thousand paired chariots ; ActsThom 238:5↗ ܣܠ݂ܩ ܗܘܐ ܫܠܝܚܐ ܝܬ݂ܒ ܒܙܘܓܐ ܕܗ݀ܘ ܪܒ ܚܝܠܐ‏ : the apostle went up and sat in that general's two-horse chariot ; PJ Lev15:9↗ וכל זוגא ומרכבא דירכוב עלוי דובנא יהי מסאב‏ : any double or single-horse chariot that a gonorrheal should ride on becomes unclean
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scissors
Gal
VR 665:4(1)↗ אייתא זוגא מביתיה וספריה‏ : he brought scissors from his house and cut his hair
(4)
even number
Syr
SbSh 15:2 ܠܙܘܓܐ ܘܠܐܦܙܓܐ‏ : of the even and the odd
(5)
suit of clothes and paired clothing items
JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBA
TgJ Jud17:10↗ וַאְנָא אַתֵין לָך עְסַר סִלעִין דִכסַף לִזמַן עִדָן וְזוֹג לְבוּשִין‏ ; BR 1144:4(1)var.↗ קם ולבש זוגוי‏ ; P Gn45:22↗ ܚܡܫܐ ܙܘ̈ܓܝܢ ܕܢܚ̈ܬܐ‏ : five suits of clothing ; BT Ket 65b(3)↗ תלתא זוגי מסאני בשתא‏ : three pairs of shoes per year
2
spouse (see also br zwg, brt zwg)
Gal, PTA, Man, LJLA
PTHag 78.a:9[2]↗ יחכום זוגיה‏ : let him know his partner ; TN Gen2:18↗ אעבד ליה זוג כד נפק ביה‏ ; DMI 3:2↗ uailẖ lkul atuat ḏzaua litla : woe to the woman who has no spouse ; TgPs68:7↗ די מזויג זוגים יחידאין‏ : who makes individuals into couples
3
(gram.) grammatical term
Syr
(1)
conjugation
MerxSy 59:14 text not cited
(2)
name of an accent
ET 25:4 text not cited
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Syr. ܙܲܘܓ̇ܵܐ‏; Mand. zaua; JBA well atttested as זיגא but still dubious.
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Greek ζεῦγος. See also s.v. zwwˀ.
For the use as the name of an accent in several variations see Segal Accents.

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