אֲזָא

אֲזִי, אֲזָא(= אַזְעִי, v. אוּדְיָיתָא a. זִיעַ) to heat (make steam). Dan. 3:19; 22.Targ. Is. 33:4 וַאֲזַן (Regia אֵיזִין) and they shall heat (baths, ovens) therewith (h. text מַשַּׂק = מַשַּׁק), v. זִירְקְתָא (cmp. Ezek. 39:9). Ib. 44:15 (for baking); a. e.Y.Ter.VIII, end, 46c a bath house דאזייחוכ׳ which he had heated for seven days. Koh. R. to II, 8; a. e. דהוון אָזְיִין בהון that entertained the fires in them.Lev. R. s. 28, end ועל מזגיה וקנחיה (read ואַזְּיֵיח Pa.) and he (Haman) went and made him sweat and cleansed him (with the scraper). Ithpe. אִתְּזִי (contr. of אתאזי) to be heated. Gen. R. s. 63 קלוון אנא דיִתְּזוּןוכ׳ I command that the bath-houses be heated. Ib. אזלון ואִתְּזוּן they went off, and the bathhouses were heated (some ed. דְּיִחֲמוּן a. אַחְמוּן).