- אֲפוּזְיָינֵי
- אֲפוּזְיָינֵי, אָפְזְיָינֵיm. pl. (ὀψιανός, sub λίθος, obsianus) obsidian beads (Rashi: of gold, thinking of פז). Sabb.57b Ms. M. אפוז׳ (ed. אפוזיינו, Ar. s. v. אָבְז׳ אב; Var. in Mss. אפד׳, אפיד׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.), expl. טוטפת, of Mish., contrad. to חומרתא דקטיפתא balsam beads, v. חוּמַרְתָּא. V. אָפְסְיָין.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
