H2085

זָג

zagH:N-M

skin

1) (meaning uncertain) 1a) name of some insignificant product of the vine, forbidden to Nazarites, perhaps the stem or skin of the grape

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

זָג noun [masculine] name of some comparatively insignificant product of vine (גֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן), the eating of which was included in prohibition to Nazirite; skin of grape, so Thes (after Onk Mishna Maaser. 5:§ 4, Orla 1:§ 8, compare Sifre on the passage): מֵחַרְצַנִּים וְעַדזָֿג֖ לֹא יאֹכֵ֑ל Num 6:4 (Late Hebrew זג, זוג; so called as transparent ? compare Aramaic זְגוּגִיתָא glass, Late Hebrew זַגָּג glazier (Arabic glass, is a loan-word according to Frä64); compare theory of √ in LagGes. Ath. 41, Fll.c.: but in Hebrew glass is זְכוֺכִית).


זֶד, זָדוֺן see below זיד.


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