- זִלְחָא
- זִלְחָא, זִילְחָאch. sam(זלח sprinkling fluid, perfume), sprinkling, gurgling, jet of water. Sabb.95a שרי זי׳ permitted sprinkling the floors on the Sabbath. Meg.28b ז׳ דמטרא a shower.Pl. constr. (זַלְ׳) זִלְחֵי, זִי׳. Targ. Job 28:11 Regia (ed. קלילי, h. text בכי). Targ. Ps. 42:8 ז׳ מרזביין the gurgling of gutters, v. זְלַח Ithpe.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.