- זֵין
- זַן, זֵין, זְנָאI (b. h. זַן; Syr. זן qualitas, modus, P. Sm. 1138, sq.; cmp. זֶה, a. מִין a. מַה) quality, nature; kind, species. Targ. Gen. 1:11 לִזְנֵיהּ After its kind. Targ. Lev. 11:14 לִזְנָהּ; a. v. fr.Ber.32a (prov.) מלי כרסיה זנא בישִא Ar. (ed. זְנֵי בישי) filled stomachs are a bad sort (plenty is tempting).Pl. זְנֵי, זֵינֵי. Targ. Gen. 1:21; a. fr.Dan. 2:5, v. זְמָרָא.B. Kam.16b (expl. זנים, 2 Chr. 16:14) זני זני Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. זיני) various species.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
