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זיין , det. זיינה n.m. weapon (< Per zae:nu (Avestan) ze:n (Pehlevi) Nyberg, Manual 2:231; → מרי זיין , √זיין ; CPA ܙܝܢ LSp 56, ܡܐܢܝܙܝܢ ib. 106, ܡܐܢܝ ܙܝܢܟ Act. Adr. 114:9) זינה FPT Gen 49:5[22];- a. alone: sg. גיברין מתלתין בזיינא brave men trebled with weapons FTP Ex 14:7 [H שלישים ]; וסדי{ד}<ר> זייניכון your weapon is ordered TN Dt 33:29; b. in phrase מני זיינה weapons: ib. Ex 33:5; Num 11:26; Dt 22:5; שנן מאני זינך ٠٠٠ סני מאני זינך sharpen your weapons! Hate your weapons BR 723:10 [expl. שׂא נא כליך Gen 27:3]; EchRB 98:2 