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zyp, zypˀ (zēp̄, zēp̄ā) n.m. mold, forgery; falsehood
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mold
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Ex32:4↗ ונסֵיב מִיַדהוֹן וְצָר יָתֵיה בְזֵיפָא וְעַבדֵיה עֵיגַל‏ : he took (the gold) from them and formed it in a mold and made it into a calf †
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forgery, false copy
Syr, JBAmb, Man
EphFid 64:1.5↗ ܘܚܕܝܘ ܕܠܐ ܡܟܣ ܟܘܪܢ ܠܙܐ̈ܦܝܗܘܢ‏ : they rejoiced that our furnace does not damage their forgeries ; LawsCoun.20.19↗ ܙܐܦܗ݀ ܕܪܚܡܬܐ݂ ܪܓܬܐ ܡܬܩܪܝܐ‏ : false love is termed desire ; JBABowl 82.1:6↗ כל רזי חרשין ומיני חרשין וזיפין‏
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ܕܙܐܦܐ : adj.: false, simulated
Syr
AGnEx 35.24↗ ܚܙܘܐ ܕܙܐܦܐ‏ : a false vision
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dross metal
Syr
Am4 655:14↗ ܥܠ ܗܘܐ ܠܟܘܪܐ ܂܂܂ ܘܚܕܝ ܠܡܪܗ ܕܐܪܚܩ ܡܢܗ ܙܐܦܐ ܣܢܝܐ‏ : he went into the smelter ... and brought joy to his Lord who removed the ugly dross from him
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false coin
Syr
IA2 188:v547 ܐܝܢܐ ܕܛܒ݁ܥ ܙܐܦܐ܂ ܒܡܘܢܝܛܐ ܕܐܬܪ̈ܘܬܐ܂ ܒܟܣܦܐ ܘܕܗܒܐ ܩ݁ܪܡ ܠܗ܂ ܕܢܟܠܐ ܒܩܘܫܬܐ ܢܨܬܒܬ‏ : one who stamps a false coin with the local stamp overlays it with silver and gold so that the guile is adorned with truth
3
fraud, falsehood
Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA
NarsGrab 6:23 ܐܚ̈ܐ ܢܟܝ̈ܠܐ ܡܠܝܝ ܙܐܦܐ‏ : treacherous brothers full of falsehood ; EphNis 30:8.2↗ ܒܝܫܐ ܗܘ ܚ݂ܠܛ ݁݁݁ ܙܐܦܗ ܒܓܘ ܩܘܫܬܐ ܘܒܝܫܬܗ ܒܛܝܒܘܬܐ | ܘܥܘܠܗ ܒܟܐܢܘܬܐ‏ : the evil one mixes his falsehood with truth, his evil with the good and his crime with honesty ; AphDem23.496:18↗ ܗܘܝܬ ܠܟ ܕܓܠܐ ܡܡܠܠ ܫܘܩܪܐ ܘܙܐܦܐ‏ ; AM 230:3↗ zipa ukadba bmdiniata napil : fraudulence and falsity will occur in the major cities ; TgTosPr Isaiah.57:15↗ בשיקרא ובזיפא קיימין קדמך‏
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a type of magical practice, trickery
JBAmb, Man
JBAmb2 77:6↗ דלא ח̊רשין קר̊בין ליה ולא זיפין מחן לביה̊‏ : so that sorcery does not attack him nor trickeries strike his heart ; HS 3015 1:3↗ לא שדי לא חרשי לא דוי לא בני זפי‏ ; GY 20:15↗ zmara ḏsaṭana ḏkulẖ haršia uzipa umasṭianuta mlia : Satan's song, all of which is full of enchantments, trickery, and seduction
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Misunderstood by earlier lexicographers. From Akkadian zīpu, "mold, cast coin." See AIOA 113.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 361[195]DJBA: 410bJastrow: 393Drower/Macuch: 167a, 169bJ. Payne-Smith: 109aLevy Ch-W: 1:220Tal Sam: 229

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