- זיהום
- זִיהוּםm. (זָהַם) 1) the covering of plants with rancid oil, or tying up with manure (v. זָהַם). Ab. Zar.50b ז׳ אוקומיוכ׳ ziham is a means of preserving the tree, v. ברי I ch. 2) offensive, turbid substance. Nidd.65b, v. זָהַם. 3) social disqualification, spot in the family record (not subject to legal disqualification). Y.Yeb.X, 11a אין לה אלא משום ז׳ כהונהוכ׳ there is nothing against her except a social disqualification for priesthood, but the court cannot declare her , v. זָהַם; ib. XIII, 13d bot. אין בהוכ׳; Y.Gitt.VIII, 49c bot. אין בה משום ייחוס כהונה (corr. acc.).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.