- פָּז
- פָּזm. (b. h.; פָּזַז) (glistening, 1) fine gold; 2) name of a jewel. Yoma 44b sq. (expl. מוּפָז, 1 Kings 10:18) שדומה לַפָּז because it resembles the paz. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:127 לפי שאינו עומד … והפז ליום הדין because money and gold and fine gold cannot stand up (as defense) on the day of judgment. Gitt.58a, v. גָּנָה. Ex. R. s. 8; Tanḥ. Vaëra 8 כתם פז fine gold; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
