זיין

זַיִין, זַיִןm. (זוּן) armament, armor, weapon (collect.), steel; כלי ז׳ implements of war. Tosef.Ab. Zar. II, 4 אין … לא ז׳ ולא כלי ז׳ you must not sell them either armor (steel) or implements Snh.104a ז׳ אוכל ז׳וכ׳ he showed them steel consuming steel, i. e. the manufacture of hardened steel (cmp. ib. 96b); Cant. R. to III, 4 ז׳ בולע ז׳. Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Lekh 23 הריני חוגרו זְיָינִי I will gird him with my (royal) armor. Cant. R. to IV, 4; Pesik. Naḥ., p. 124b>, a. e., v. זוֹנִי. Ex. R. s. 45 (ref. to עדי, Ex. 33:5), cmp. זוֹנִי; a. fr.Ab. Zar.25b; Yeb.115a אשה כלי זַיְינָהּ עליה a woman has her armor with her, i. e. her physical weakness is her protection from murderous attacks. (Num. R. s. 4, end בזינו, v. זוֹנִי.Pl. זְיָינוֹת. Pirké dR. El. ch. XLVII, beg.