שִׁי׳

שִׁזְרָה, שִׁי׳f. (preced.) cord, esp. spinal column; skeleton (interch. with שִׁדְרָה); trnsf. stem, rib of a plant. Y.Sot.IX, 23c top מציינין על הש׳וכ׳ you must mark the spot as unclean if you find a spinal column or a skull. Y.Taan.II, 65c top כנגד … שבש׳ corresponding to the eighteen vertebræ of the spinal column. Y.Succ.III, 53c bot. לולב … ש׳ the Lulab must be a handbreadth high, not counting the stem; a. fr.Pl. שִׁזְרוֹת, שִׁי׳. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 42a כל שהראשים והש׳וכ׳ (fish-brine) in which the heads and the spines are intact; (Bab. ib. 40a ראש ושדרה).Y.Sabb.III, beg.5c שִׁיזְרֵי הריות stems of dry twigs (prob. to be read: שִׁיּוּרֵי, v. חֶרְיָה).