- ציצא
- צִיצָאch. sam( צִיץ II m. (b. h.; preced.) the highpriests front plate), 1) gold plate. Targ. Y. Gen. 31:19 (describing the Terafim, v. preced.).Esp. the highpriests front plate. Targ. Ex. 28:36. Targ. O. ib. 39:30 (Y. צִיצַת, constr. fem.); a. e. 2) אבני צ׳ jewels. Targ. II Esth. 1:2. 3) blossom. Targ. Job 14:2 ed. Lag., v. נֵץ I ch. 4) name of a bird of prey, night-hawk. Targ. O. Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15 (cmp. נֵץ II; h. text תחמס).Pl. צִיצִין a) fins. Targ. Lev. 11:9, sq.; Deut. 14:9 sq.; v. צִיצִיתָא.b) wings. Targ. Ps. 139:9 (Ms. צִיצְיָין). Targ. Y. Num. 24:24 (wings of an army; cmp. Is. 8:8; h. text צִים).c) fringes. Targ. Y. II ib. 15:38, v. צִיצִיתָא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.