צֶדַע

צֶדַעor צִדְעָה m.; pl. צְדָעִים (cmp. צַד) temples. Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI (expl. פאת ראשכם, Lev. 19:27) אילו הם הצ׳ מיכןוכ׳ that means the temples on both sides; Macc.20b זה המשוה צְדָעָיווכ׳ he who makes his temples as hairless as the spot back of his ears Nidd.30b ידיו על שני צדעיו its (the embryos) hands rest on its two temples; Lev. R. s. 14. Ned.49b צִידְעַי, v. חֲגַר; a. e.