- טנן
- טְנַןch. sam(טנןto be easily pealed in grinding), 1) to moisten. Targ. Job 3:5 (h. text גאל, Regia יטנפ׳). 2) (cmp. our to drivel, Germ, geifern) to be jealous, zealous, agitated (corresp. to h. קנא). Targ. Ps. 73:3. Targ. Prov. 3:31; a. fr. Pa. טַנֵּין 1) to moisten. Y.Pes.VII, 30a top מְטַנְּנָה אסור to mix the wheat with moist sand is forbidden, v. preced. 2) to be jealous Targ. Ps. 37:1 תְטַנֵּין Ms. (ed. תִטְנֵין. Pe., תַטְנֵין Af.). Targ. Job 36:33 מְטַנְנִיןוכ׳ (Ms. מְטַנִּין) attacking each other in the heat of discussion (cmp. קנאת סופרים, s. v. קִנְאָה). Af. אַטְנֵין, v. supra.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.