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zyn, zynˀ (zayn/zēn, zaynā/zēnā) n.m. weapon
1
weapon, weaponry
Common (except: OA, BA)
TAD A4.8R.8↗ אתו לבירת יב עם זניהום‏ : they came to Fortress Yeb with their weaponry ; 11QtgJob 33.6=39:25↗ לנקשת זין וזעקת אשתדור‏ : a the clash of weaponry and the shouting of insurrection ; TgO Gen41:44↗ לָא יְרִים גְבַר יָת יְדֵיה לְמֵיחַד זֵין‏ : no one shall lift his hand to hold a weapon ; FTP Ex14:7↗ גיברין מתלתין בזיינא‏ : warriors with trebled weapons ; CPA Psalms45:10↗ ܩܫܛܐ ܫܚܩ ܘܬ݁ܒܝܪ ܙܝܢܐ ܘܐܣܩܘܛܘܢ ܐܘܩܝܕ ܒܢܘܪܐ‏ : He crushed the bow and shattered the weapon and burned the shield in fire ; P Ps35:2↗ ܙܝܢܐ ܘܣܟܪܐ‏ : weapon and shield ; SM 22(20):4.1(21)↗ אם זינך עלך ספרך כאן‏ : (even) if your weapon is upon you, (nevertheless) your book is here [i.e. your genealogy is known to us] ; Pishra D-ainia 23 ↗ zaina tla ˁl kadpa : he hung a weapon upon his shoulder ; TgPs7:14↗ זיני מותא‏ : deadly weapons
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ˁbd z' : make or prepare for war
Man
JohnBook 11:11↗ qum abud zaina rba uqraba ḏsaka litlẖ : go make great war and endless battle
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נָטֵיל זֵינִין : weapon bearer
JLAtg
TgJ 1Sam16:21↗ text not cited
2
mˀn zyn : article of weaponry, armor
Gal, Syr, LJLA
BR 723:10(1)↗ שנן מאני זינך סני מאני זינך‏ : sharpen your weapons, hate your weapons ; P 1Ch11:39↗ ܡܐܢ̈ܝ ܙܝܢܗ ܕܝܘܐܒ ܒܪ ܨܘܪܝܐ‏ ; P 2Ch18:29↗ ܘܐܢܬ ܠܒܫ ܡܐ̈ܢܝ ܙܝܢܟ‏ ; PJ Gen27:3↗ סב כדון מאני זינך‏
(1)
(alone) : armor of a hoplite (i.e. shield?)
Syr
3KgdHex 10:17 ܬܠܬܡܐܐ ܙܲܝ̈ܢܐ ܡܫܒ̈ܛܐ ܕܕܗܒܐ‏ : three hundred beaten gold armor pieces [LXX: ὅπλα, but MT: מָגִנִּים!]
3
זיני זמרא : musical instruments (error for zn!)
LJLA
TgIChron 23:5↗ text not cited
4
(alone) clothing, dress
OfAEg-inf, JLAtg
TAD D7.57 9↗ וזינא במשתלא חתם‏ : and the clothing(? or perhaps: all the above stuff --hardly 'weapon') is sealed in the container ; TgO Deut23:14↗ וְסִיכְתָא תְהֵי לָך עַל זֵינָך‏ : you must have a spade upon your outfit
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Syr. ܙܲܝܢܵܐ‏; JLA זֶינ; זֶינָא
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Iranian zēn.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 378[195]DJPA: 175bDJBA: 410aJastrow: 395Drower/Macuch: 158aJ. Payne-Smith: 115Levy Ch-W: 1:218Tal Sam: 226DNWSI: 319DCPA[Schulthess]: 110[56]

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