זרד

זֶרֶדm. (v. זרז) 1) strength, alertness, valor. Yoma 47a (a metaphor in imitation of Prov. 31:29) כל הנשים זֶ׳ זָרָדוּ וזֶ׳ אמי עלת׳ לגג Ar. (read עלה; ed. הנשים זרדו וז׳ אימאוכ׳ …; Ms. M. זֶרֶז זָרָזוּ אימא, insert וזֶ׳; Ms. M. 2 זריד זרדו וזֶ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) all women have done valiantly, but the valor of my mother excelled them all (a metaphor of careful maternity). 2) (v. next w.) pl. זְרָדִים, זְרָרִין shoots, greens. Tosef.Sabb.IX, (X), 16; Sabb.103a המְזָרֵד ז׳וכ׳ he who cuts greens, if for human food Ib. XVIII, 2 (126b) חבילי ז׳ bundles of greens (young reeds , available for fodder); Ib. 128a; Tosef. Ib. XIV (XV), 10 זרדן ed. Zuck. (read זרדין, Var. דים …).Esp. לולבי ז׳ the young sprouts of the service-tree, the interior of which is eaten as a relish. Shebi. VII, 5. Tosef.Sabb.VIII (IX), 9 לולבין וז׳ (corr. acc.); Tosef.Maas. Sh. I, 13; Tosef.Ukts.III, 9; Ukts.III, 4. 3) pr. n. (b. h.) Zered, name of a brook, נחלא דז׳. Targ. O. Num. 21:12; a. e.Tosef.Shebi.IV, 11; Y. Ib. VI, 36c; Sifré Deut. 51 דורד; Yalk. Deut. 874 נחלת דור (corr. acc.); v. Hildesh. Beitr. p. 66.