זְנֵי

זְנֵי, זְנָאsame. Targ. Y. Gen. 38:24 זַנְיַית (O. זַנִּיאַת); a. e. Pa. זַנֵּי same. Targ. O. Deut. 22:21 לזַנָּ׳ ed. Berl. (ed. Amst. לזְנָאָה); a. e.Keth.81a ספק זַנָּאִיוכ׳ there is a doubt, did she or did she not commit adultery?Denom. אַיְיזַן f. a runner (after men). Snh.106a bot. (prov.) מסגני ושילטי הואי א׳ לגברי נגרי (נגדי) After (living with) princes and governors she became a runner after ship draggers (or carpenters). (Our w. is absent in Yalk. Num. 785 as well as in Ms. M., the latter having a marginal version אזלא הויא.