זיהרא II

זִיהֲרָאII (זַהֲרָא Ar.) m. (זהר, cmp. זהה a. זהם) (a glittering substance, 1) gall (cmp. Syr. זהרא P. Sm. 1091, זהירא acerbus, ib. 1090); trnsf. anger, injured pride. Gitt.45b אימליא ז׳ she was filled with gall (anger). Ber.51b. 2) venom, a fatal substance discharged by animals of prey on attacking. Ab. Zar.30b זִיהֲרֵיה חליש Ms. M. (ed. זיהרא קליש) its (the serpents) poison grows weaker with old age. Ḥull.53a שדי זיהריה it discharges its venom. Ib. 52b ז׳ אית ליה … זיהריה it issues a fluid but its discharge does not burn. Nidd.55b נהי דז׳וכ׳ Ar. (ed. דזהי׳, corr. acc.) though the poison is removed from the body (through the secretion of the nose), the fluid itself (put in the eye) is not removed.